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BVN tops Sydney's brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions

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Architecture studio BVN has retrofitted the 1970s brutalist Sirius building in Sydney , Australia, and extended it with a series of copper-clad pods. Sydney's brutalist Sirius Building has been renovated BVN a competition to redesign the building in 2019 following a campaign to save it from demolition.

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David Kohn Architects curves University of Oxford college building around three-sided quadrangles

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Located in a conversation area a couple of streets away from the original college, David Kohn Architects designed the shape of Gradel Quadrangles' main building to create outdoor areas informed by the historic New College building. The curving architecture gives it this sense of invitation."

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Inside a narrow, brutalist Tokyo home by IGArchitects which plays with heights and thresholds

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Titled ‘Building Frame of the House,’ the scheme was designed for a married couple who sought a home that supported their busy work-from-home schedules while feeling each other’s company. The north wall of the building is skewed to create a space that connects to an adjacent vacant site.

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Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern was the most significant building of 2000

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To kick off our 21st Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we profile Herzog & de Meuron 's Tate Modern in London the most significant building of the year 2000. Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern opened in 2000 The building fundamentally changed art gallery design.

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IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008

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Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha , Qatar, by IM Pei , the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". I asked if it might not be possible to create my own site," he said. It was a big bang," the MIA's former director Julia Gonnella told Al Jazeera.

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Ten striking sculptural buildings that draw attention from afar

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Following the completion of Open Architecture 's conical Sun Tower in China , we've collected 10 eye-catching skyscrapers , towers and cultural buildings that stand out from their surroundings. The towers are linked by a raised public park and contain 495 apartments, some of which open onto balconies on the corners of the jagged facade.

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Construction Site Tour

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The Robertson/Sherwood/Architects team during our construction tour of the new Lane Community College Health Professions Building. The Robertson/Sherwood/Architects staff recently toured the new Health Professions Building (HPB) project under construction on the Lane Community College main campus.

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