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Château La Coste, Aix en Provence, France
Monday, 6 Feb, 2012 – 6:20
Château La Coste, Aix en Provence, France

Château La Coste is a vineyard where art, architecture and land have come together. Architect Jean Nouvel was commissioned to design a technologically advanced wine making chai. The Art Centre, designed by Tadao Ando. In …

Nam June Paik Library, Yong-In, South Korea
Tuesday, 27 Dec, 2011 – 14:53
Nam June Paik Library, Yong-In, South Korea

Located in Nam June Paik Art Center, in Yong-In, South Korea, the library houses and circulates the Center’s Nam June Paik Archives Collection, Nam June Paik Video Archives, and rare Fluxus Footages Collection, as well …

L’Opera Restaurant, Paris, France
Tuesday, 25 Oct, 2011 – 16:02
L’Opera Restaurant, Paris, France

Odile Decq designed  L’Opéra Restaurant, located in one of the most famous buildings in opera, the 1,600-seat L’Opéra Garnier, on Place de l’Opéra. The most significant features of the restaurant are the magnificent glass curtain walls …

Teshima Art Museum, Teshima Island, Japan
Sunday, 22 May, 2011 – 12:34
Teshima Art Museum, Teshima Island, Japan

Uniting the creative visions of artist Rei Naito and architect Ryue Nishizawa, Teshima Art Museum stands on a hill on the island of Teshima overlooking the Inland Sea. Shaped like a drop of water, the …

Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
Friday, 13 May, 2011 – 6:02
Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland

Designed by Henning Larsen Architects and Batteríið Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre is part of an extensive harbour development project in Reykjavik, the East Harbour Project.  Artist Ólafur Elíasson designed the facade and provided …

Wyckoff Exchange, Brooklyn,USA
Thursday, 31 Mar, 2011 – 11:43
Wyckoff Exchange, Brooklyn,USA

Wyckoff Exchange, Brooklyn’s emerging Bushwick neighborhood accommodates a live music and performance venue as well as an organic market and a boutique wine shop. The Wyckoff Exchange is designed by Andre Kikoski Architect, an imaginative, …

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA
Wednesday, 23 Feb, 2011 – 17:46
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA

Located in the heart of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, 257 Bowery is Sperone Westwater’s newest gallery location. Prompted by the need for larger and more structurally flexible space, the Foster + Partners design doubles the …

Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
Thursday, 3 Feb, 2011 – 15:52
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia

MONA is the dream of professional gambler, entrepreneur and philanthropist David Walsh, and is designed by Walsh and architect Nonda Katsalidis to shock and offend, challenge, inform, entertain and provoke. MONA sits on a 3.5 …