Peter Zumthor’s Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in Sauda, Norway.It’s a bleak Norwegian vista. What appears from the outside as a series of dark grey cubicles suspended from a stone wall offers no relief from the aggressive landscape of grey rock and wilderness surrounding it. The story behind the...
#YellowtraceTravels: Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum of Modern Art in Rome.Shortly after the shocking news of Zaha Hadid's sudden death, Nick and I were on our way to Rome, and my instant thought was that we had to visit her MAXXI Museum of Modern Art - partly to pay our respects, but also because I was wildly...
ARCHI-DEPOT: Tokyo Museum Dedicated to Architectural Models.Opened earlier this year, ARCHI-DEPOT is the only museum in Japan specifically dedicated to simultaneously preserving and exhibiting architectural models. Located in a warehouse in Tokyo’s Shinagawa district, the museum features study...
Ancient Tuscan Church in Lucca Converted Into a Museum by MICROSCAPE Architecture Urban Design AA.The Church of San Pellegrino in the historic centre of Lucca, Italy takes the name from its location on Via San Pellegrino, now known as Via Galli Tassi. The Church was in an advanced state of neglect when MICROSCAPE architecture urban...
BMW Vintage Museum in Beijing, China by Crossboundaries.The design of the BMW Vintage Museum celebrates the exclusiveness of the BMW vehicles, while also referencing the Chinese aesthetic...
Magical Works of Architecture by Tokyo-based Jun Aoki & Associates.Tokyo-based architecture studio Jun Aoki & Associates has completed many, many eyeball-pleasing and thought-provoking projects over the last 25 years of practice, ranging in scale and scope - from houses, galleries and temporary...
Peter Zimmermann’s Immersive Art Installation With Coloured Epoxy Resin Floor.German artist Peter Zimmermann is an exemplary champion of conceptual painting. With rigorous theoretical underpinning, his work gives rise to paintings of immense visual power. Zimmermann is particularly well known for his...
NUEC + MMAP Museums in Portugal by Alvaro Siza + Eduardo Souto de Moura.Two white museums sit beside each other in the city of San Tirso, Portugal. Constructed three centuries apart, the two buildings differ in style, size and purpose but share a common visual and spatial sensibility. Pritzker Prize...
Oscar Niemeyer’s Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro Hosts Louis Vuitton Cruise 2017 Fashion Show.In an extraordinary pairing between architecture and fashion, Oscar Niemeyer’s modernist icon, the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil, recently played host to the Louis Vuitton 2017 Cruise Collection. The fashion show...
