CNN Site Map for Section Architecture (Galleries) for June - 2017
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- 2017-06-30Originally slated to finish in 2012, the opening of the highly anticipated Louvre Abu Dhabi has been pushed back to 2017. Designed by award-winning architect Ateliers Jean Nouvel with a budget of 2.4 billion AED ($653,470,224), the museum features soft cu
- 2017-06-30French billionaire François Pinault and architect Tadao Ando will convert Paris' Bourse de Commerce building into a new 32,000-square-foot gallery.
- 2017-06-30The charred remains of a lavish third-century home are the most recent discovery found during the construction of Rome's new metro line.
- 2017-06-30China's first Forest City, designed by Milan-based Stefano Boeri Architetti, could help the country tackle its air pollution problem.
- 2017-06-29Plans for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art were unanimously approved by the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday, ending the project's long wait for a home. The design is by Beijing-based firm MAD Architects.
- 2017-06-29At 1,100 feet tall, the Wilshire Grand Center, is now the tallest building in Los Angeles.
- 2017-06-28The Victoria and Albert Museum's new Exhibition Road Quarter was designed by Amanda Levete and her practice, AL_A.
- 2017-06-27The not-for-profit Rural Urban Framework designs houses, hospitals, schools and other essential buildings for rural communities in China. The staircase at the Mulan Primary School forms part of the playground, though it can also be used for school assembl
- 2017-06-26In the City Of London, staying fit and healthy is an important part of the fast-living culture, and this new development will boast a gym, wellness centre and rock climbing wall when it opens in 2019.
- 2017-06-26For the seventh year in a row, the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017 named Hong Kong the most expensive housing market. The survey uses the "median multiple" ratio system, which divides median house price b
- 2017-06-22Once the largest mosques in the world, built in the 9th century on the Tigris River north of Baghdad. The mosque is famous for the Malwiya Tower, a 52-meter minaret with spiraling ramps for worshipers to climb. The site was bombed in 2005, in an insurgent
- 2017-06-22Winner of the Hong Kong Pixel Homes competition, "Towers Within a Tower" offers a bold new vision of a high rise. Its "stacked" apartments aim to do more with limited space.
- 2017-06-21Traditional Korean hanok homes are inspiring a new generation of architects in South Korea. From subtle stylistic nods to wildly modern interpretations, hanok principles underpin the emergence of a distinctly Korean form of contemporary architecture.
- 2017-06-20The Oct Design Museum by Chinese architectural firm Studio Pei-Zhu, in Shenzhen. The interior features a continuous white curved surface designed to prevent shadows.
- 2017-06-14Another Swedish treehouse design and a part of the Harads Tree Hotel, this lightweight structure is dubbed the UFO Tree Hotel for obvious reasons.
- 2017-06-08Fallingwater in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- 2017-06-06The Shinagawa New Station complex, will soon be added to Tokyo's ever-changing skyline.
- 2017-06-05On the larger end of the tiny homes spectrum, Avava's Britespace dwellings are shipped flat-pack and take around six weeks to assemble. The company uses materials with a low-carbon footprint, and includes electrical systems that can be easily configu
- 2017-06-02"I don't have this sense of letting go or parting so much, when I design a building," says Scheeren. "I never design it for myself to begin with. I design it for the people that will ultimately own it, or inhabit it or work in it, or l
- 2017-06-02Known for their minimalist clothes and homegoods, Japanese retailer Muji have brought their aesthetic to prefab housing with Mujihut. The structure costs $27,000.
- 2017-06-01Google has submitted plans to build a new London headquarters, designed by Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels.