“Nothing comparable comes to my mind” says Candida Höfer after working on a series on the epic Elbphilharmonie concert hall by Herzog & de Meuron
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All about context – new museums in Lisbon and Tartu
On the edges of EU, two museums opened in the fall of 2016, both designed as a continuation to the surrounding landscape. In Tartu, the Estonian National Museum was designed by Paris-based firm Dorell Ghotmet Tane. Near the Atlantic coast in Lisbon, a new addition to the MAAT museum was designed by Amanda Levete’s London firm AL_A Architects.
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The year in Review
Architecture has always been a prism to perceive the world, and this year offers all the trappings of world in flux, of a world in conceptual misalignment as it comes to the apex point of a social, political and economic entanglement. By Stephen Smith
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LX Factory, Lisbon’s industrial district saved from developers
Cobbled streets lined with artists studios, shops, great bars and restaurants – LX Factory exemplifies local creative culture at its best
By Marianna Wahlsten and Sofia Andrews
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New heights: my flight up the new BAi360
A triumph of high-tech engineering on East Sussex coastline, designed by Marks Barfield
by Harri Närhi
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Helsinki waterfront hotspot – Löyly Sauna
A new take on a favourite summer ritual – the most spectacular public sauna by Avanto Architects
During high summer, from mid-June to mid-July, sun hardly sets down in the Finnish capital. Many locals escape to their waterside cottages to enjoy the long days. But now there is one more reason for staying in the city. The latest architectural hotspot is Löyly, a public sauna with a bar and restaurant designed by Avanto Architects on the Southern waterfront – literally the hottest meeting place this summer.
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