Link to image Link to Set The geometry of the building is composed of back-to-back crescents with the main teaching wall facing out across the school fields and the Blackdale plantation. The Academy is constructed with a central steel spine and cross-laminated timber external walls, floor and roof panels. The external walls are clad with… Read more »
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MAST Foundation, Bologna, Italy. Architect: Labics, 2013.
Link to image Link to Set MAST appears as a light, translucent and changeable building. The double skin-glass envelope covers the entire facade and it is composed of two layers: a transparent curtain wall and a glazed layer screenprinted with a pixelated photographic design; at night, the building becomes a bright see-trough object. It is… Read more »
MuCEM (Museum of European civilisation and the Mediterranian), Marseille, France. Architect: Rudy Ricciotti, 2013.
Link to image Link to Set Tying in with the French city's designation as European Capital of Culture 2013, MuCEM is one of several civic buildings opened in 2013 and will be dedicated to the history and cultures of the Mediterranean region. Ornamental concrete shrouds the glazed exterior of the museum like a lacy veil,… Read more »
Greenwich Creekside, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Squire + Partners, 2012.
Link to image Link to Set This urban regeneration project brings life to a former industrial site situated between Deptford Creek and the Stirling prize winning Laban Dance School, forming part of a new cultural quarter called Greenwich Creekside. Squire and Partners' design has three linear buildings providing a formal public face onto Creek Road,… Read more »