The Cultural Centre from Oscar Niemeyer

The Unique Cultural Center

In Ávila (Spain) are opening a new cultural center Centro Niemeyer constructed under the project of well-known Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Oscar Niemeyer Presents...

The spiral staircase begins outside, at ground level, then deduces in premises and further into the attic hall. The unique design is only a part of the future complex, the project is in expectation of the gradual grandiose realization.

Organizers hope that the unusual object will represent itself as a magnet for the best samples of world culture, planning development of talents, knowledge and various niches of creative activity.
Except art showrooms and speech auditorium, in Centro Niemeyer are provided: the cinema hall, rehearsal rooms, conference halls and public zones. The author's plan — the centre opens doors into culture in all its directions, forms, traditions and styles: music, theater, cinema, exhibitions in the open air, live conferences and various educational programs.

The new tower will complete area of entertainments

Erection of a new 54-storeyed tower in the centre of Los Angeles has come to an end. Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences and JW Marriott have opened the doors for visitors.
Design of new hotels has developed by bureau Gensler.

Entertaining area in Los Angeles

Tower building has finished by bureau L.A. LIVE which plans erection of the whole area for sports and entertainments. In a complex are located: TV-studio, restaurants, cafe, cinemas, bowling, night clubs, an innovative musical museum.

Among harmless components of the project — a combination of a colour facade for illumination and heating distribution, system of an effective utilisation of water, and solar batteries on a roof.

Grand opening of the new hotel in Los Angeles

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology

The new building consists of six floors — the new exhibition space, the new educational centre, studios for storage of artefacts and a terrace on a roof where it is located by cafe.

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology by Rick Mather Architects

The project combines two-level and one-storeyed exposition spaces which are connected by rulers of paths and two central ladders. Light a well are located along the edges of a building, allowing to use possibility of natural illumination.

Ashmolean Museum it is constructed in 1683 year and is the oldest museum in Britain. The project of expansion of a museum has been developed in 1999 year.

The new building is attached to the central case of a museum, work of architect Charles Robert Cockerell of 1895, initially intended for placing there university, but later, in 1894 year, given to a museum.

Enormous exhibition space

Total area of the new project — 10,000 sq. m. from which 4,000 sq. m. are an exhibition space. In the first week end, after complex opening, the museum was visited by 22,000 visitors.

New evolutionary phase of the Darvinian centre

The Darwin Centre Phase II, additional case Natural History Museum in London, project C. F. Møller Architects became the main winner 2009 Concrete Society Awards.

Outstanding technologies

The building form-cocoon has been poured out on a site — this criterion became solving for a jury estimation. To reach such result, outstanding technologies and efforts were required. The concrete cockleshell impresses with the weight and the sizes.

In the estimate three key problems have been specified in building; the building should contain 20 million plants and insects, a working zone for scientists, and also spatial possibility for interaction of scientists and public. Visitors can make own round on a museum on a cocoon circle.

The Darwin Centre Phase II

THC Expo 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center

THC Expo 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center — Weed Connection.

The best architecture of the world has arrived to Paris

The best samples of world architecture it's possible to find in French museum Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine.

The head office of agency EURO RSCG has shown, how the most known known buildings of the world "were brought" to a museum.

Slogan: Find a whole world of architecture ar the heritage and architecture centre.

Childhood museum

Museum of Childhood is branch of a museum of Victoria and Albert in London.

In a museum the history of the childhood since 16th century till today is described.
The museum is entirely devoted toys, puppets, dolls, games both children's clothes and furniture.

For advertising of the Museum of the Childhood agency AMVBBDO, UNITED KINGDOM, London have thought up the unusual advertising company: in streets of London have placed shoes of the huge size which were offered to all adults to be measured and recollected as they were children.

Vintage Barbie dolls. Loved like a sister. Decapitated by a brother

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