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Fondation Louis Vuitton
ARCHITECTURE
The Oculus
he structure, representing a phoenix rising from the ashes, onstructed on the edge of a water garden created especially for the
is located mere feet from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in project, the building comprises an assemblage of white blocks clad in
Tdowntown Manhattan. The structure connects eleven subway lines Cpanels of fiber-reinforced concrete, surrounded by twelve immense
and countless retail and office spaces. glass “sails” supported by wooden beams.
Santiago Calatrava Architect: Frank Gehry
New York, U.S.A. Paris, France
Guangzhou Opera House
Viceroy Hotel
he resort and residences resemble a series of stark white cubes that onstructed mostly of concrete accented with granite, steel and glass,
seem to float in blue reflecting pools. Elevated walkways crisscross and shaped into two smoothed geometric shapes, the opera house has
Tthe property meeting at Nido, a latticed, nest-like structure where Can organic, futuristic design that strikes the balance between the
guests dine while gazing at the sea. distinctly man-made and the organic.
Miguel Ángel Aragonés Zaha Hadid
Los Cabos, Mexico Guangzhou, China
Museo Soumaya
The Broad
he museum’s “veil” lifts at the corners, welcoming visitors into an he anvil-shaped museum with a windowless façade is composed of
active lobby and shop. The public escalator channels through the hexagonal aluminum tiles and constructed of 28 different sized and
T“vault” arriving onto nearly an acre of column-free gallery space Tshaped curved steel columns creating a distinctive and irregular form.
bathed in filtered light.
FR-EE, Fernando Romero Enterprise
Diller Scofidio + Renfro Mexico City, Mexico
Los Angeles, U.S.A.
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