Marina Bay Sands, the most expensive casino in the world located in Sinapore will soon open the world’s first ArtScience Museum. The concept of the “Welcoming Hand of Singapore” features 10 “fingers” of the museum anchored by a unique round base in the middle of the composition. Each finger reveals a different gallery. At the “fingertips” openings were created that illuminate the dramatically curved interior walls. The museum’s dish-like roof channels rainwater through the central atrium of the building creating a 35-meter water drop into a small pool. The rainwater is then recycled for use in the building’s restrooms. The author of the design is the world-renowned architect Moshie Safadie. The ArtScience Museum features 21 gallery spaces totaling 6,000 square meters that will deliver exhibits from art and science, media and technology to design and architecture.
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The Raiffeisen Finanz Center, a project of the studio Pichler & Traupmann which form reminds us of deconstructionism has become a landmark in the city of Eisenstadt, Austria. The design had to respond to all building restrictions that a bank must have as well as the different activities distributed on all floors. The facades have been designed so that the window panes do not disrupt the people from work and at the same time allow a privileged view of the city. On the western and eastern side the building is covered in a metallic façade which is made of ALucobond panels and perforated by window openings. The fully glassed façade on the southern side offers a view of the Wulka river and regulates the sunshine.
This interesting sophisticated living on Downshire Road in Newbury in England was conceived by the architecture firm Mim Design. The layout of the house is quite simple. On the first floor there is a kitchen, living room and other rooms for socializing through which the garden can be entered. The second floor offers space for relaxing. There is a sense of lightness to the house, from its linear form and pale colors to the heavy use and transparency of glass doors and light-toned wood floors. The dominant material is metal which was also used in the house’s structural framework but also served as the inspiration for the gray and steel-toned color upholstery fabrics in the house. The interior with its contemporary furnishing is enlivened by large-scale abstract paintings. The rear of the house is anchored by a covered terrace and swimming pool, which are visible from the living and dining areas sided by floor-to-ceiling glass. The light enters the house also thanks to the well arranged skylights which noticeably influence the atmosphere of the interior.
This pentagonal house was built near Nagoya in a calm village of Thushima in Japan by architectural studio Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio. As the name suggests the geometry of the plan is pentagonal and to that shape also the roof is adopted. The roof is the element the architects mostly concentrated on. The house was designed for a young couple just next to the house of their parents which is built in a traditional Japanese style. The surrounding housing development had to be respected and that is why the pentagonal roof was designed. It not only fits in the surroundings but is also original. The unusual floor plan creates the largest possible open living space. The five main structural walls were set in radially, and they can stick out as extension of the inner spaces. They are cut off only in the centre with the dining table, a place from which everything can be seen. Here, under the peak, the ceiling is high and the owners can enjoy their dishes together with the garden views. The usual materials were used, mostly wood, the material of the whole construction. The white plaster walls together with it create a harmonic space.
The project team composed of Joost Smorenburg, Hiroko Kawakami, Laurence Meulman, Vincent van der Meulen, Edward Timmermans, Merlijn Huijbers and Joop Fock have expanded the exhibition space in the Dordrechts Museum in The Netherlands. This museum hosts one of the most important collections of Dutch Masters in The Netherlands. The existing building was too small to show the collection and temporary exhibitions simultaneously. A good museum offers its visitors a continuous walking route which could not be implemented under previous conditions. The historic building is ideally suited for a chronological display of the permanent collection. The new extension with its steel-like volume wrapped in a metal skin seems to be floating. It now accommodates temporary exhibitions. Visitors enter it through the splendid museum garden which underlines the overall impression. Merkx + Girod Architecten were responsible for the interior works and Michael van Gessel for the garden design. The whole project came to life within four years and was financed by Dordrecht.
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