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Thomas Phifer uses white concrete to create boxy Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

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US architect Thomas Phifer has unveiled the Museum of Modern Art in central Warsaw , which resembles two giant boxes stacked on top of each other. Phifer said the staircase at the Museum of Modern Art (MSN) was designed to function as "a playful social space for people to stop and talk".

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Studio Zhu-Pei tops art centre in China with wave-like concrete roofs

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Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. Studio Zhu-Pei has created the Zibo OCT Art Centre. Studio Zhu-Pei was founded by architect Zhu Pei in 2005. Photo is by Xia Zhi.

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Contemporary culture rises from the rubble at Menorca’s magical Illa del Rei – home to Hauser & Wirth

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Louise Long takes us on a photographic tour of the uninhabited island which is being revived through art and eco-tourism. Then in 2005, its fortunes shifted when a non-profit organisation, The Fundació Hospital de l’Illa del Rei, was established by Luis Alejandre, a retired General from the Spanish military. Photography: Louise Long.

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Art in and within the design: Sullivan+Strumpf takes on Melbourne with Flack Studio

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“We look forward to building on the valued relationships we have established in Melbourne over the years, to developing new ones, and to providing an exciting new platform for our artists, and contemporary art in Australia. Mestrom’s sculptural tables were also on show at the Melbourne Art Fair.

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Art Fund Museum of Year 2023 Winners

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The shortlisted museums are: The Burrell Collection (Glasgow) Leighton House (London) The MAC (Belfast) Natural History Museum (London) Scapa Flow Museum (Orkney) Art Fund annually shortlists five outstanding museums for Museum of the Year. The prize is funded thanks to the generosity of Art Fund’s members who buy a National Art Pass.

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Xiangning Li and Paola Antonelli announced as Dezeen Awards China 2024 judges

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Paula Antonelli's most recent exhibition at MoMA focuses on design and the environment Antonelli is the senior curator in the department of architecture and design at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). His research explores the unique cultural value of contemporary Chinese architecture.

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Coffey Architects designs retirement complex in Surrey to foster neighbourly connections

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Read: Coffey Architects references industrial history for London housing and arts spaces The garden was conceived to echo nearby Painshill Park and was enclosed by walls lined with locally sourced flint, communal seating and landscaped edges. These were designed to act as a "semi-public threshold to the pavilion".

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