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Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects was appointed as design architects of the Heydar Aliyev Center following a competition in 2007. The Center, designed to become the primary building for the nation’s cultural programs, breaks from the rigid and often monumental Soviet architecture that is so prevalent in Baku, aspiring instead to express the sensibilities of Azeri culture and the optimism of a nation that looks to the future.

# Theater - Auditorium (175) # Zaha Hadid Architects (51) # Azerbaijan

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SL11024 STUDENT AND FACULTY HOUSING

Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects - LOHA

Through its materiality and form, LOHA’s design for the UCLA Adjacent Student and Faculty Housing complex seamlessly engages its historically sensitive site and challenging hillside topography and creates a new model for urban development that enriches an academic community.

# University (225) # Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects - LOHA (30) # California, USA (123)

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Lycée International Nelson Mandela

François Leclercq Architectes et Urbanistes

The Nelson Mandela High School recalls the figure of the industrial hall, with its long and aerial morphology that shows its rational and intense use, is intima

# France (345) # Education (461) # François Leclercq Architectes et Urbanistes

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Gammel Hellerup High School

BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group

The 1100 mq multi-purpose hall and the latest two-level addition to Gammel Hellerup High School just north of Copenhagen, provides existing students with generous spaces for social and creative unfolding, while increasing the capacity of the school in response to its growing popularity.

# Denmark (48) # Education (461) # BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group (18)

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Environment Agency,Bruxelles

Cepezed

Europe’s largest entirely passive office building was inaugurated last January on one of Brussels major urban regeneration sites called Tour & Taxis on the inland port’s quayside.

# Public (333) # Belgium (51) # Cepezed

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Plus House Larvik

Snøhetta

The ZEB Multi-Comfort House is a cooperation between Snøhetta, Scandinavia’s largest independent research body SINTEF, ZEB partner Brødrene Dahl, and Optimera.

# Residence (1664) # Snøhetta (26) # Norway (23)

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Griss Equine Veterinary Practice

Marte.marte architekten

Sturdy, earthy, yet subtly sophisticated, the “Griss Equine Veterinary Practice” by Marte.Marte is located where the village of Rankweil (A) meets the wide Rhine Valley.

# Austria (125) # Healthcare (185) # Marte.marte architekten

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Under one roof - Pomona College

WHY

Sixty kilometers east of Los Angeles, in the rural town of Claremont, is a consortium of small prestigious colleges, established almost a century ago to rival S

# WHY # University (225) # California, USA (123)

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Embassy of Switzerland

Localarchitecture

By moving to a (now) renovated and extended 1960s villa, once the residence of the Norwegian ambassador, the Embassy of Switzerland in Abidjan (Côte d&rsq

# Embassy # Ivory Coast # Localarchitecture

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The Mandeo Ethnographic and Cultural Center

Barge Bouza Arquitectura

It is the construction of a building to house the training Center for the Interpretation of Cultural and Ethnographic Values of Mandeo in the municipality of Cu

# Spain (214) # Cultural center (476) # Barge Bouza Arquitectura

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Wipo-Ompi Salle de Conference

Behnisch Architekten

The new WIPO Conference Hall lies between the organization’s main building Bâtiment AB and the recently completed administration building, by Behnis

# Theater - Auditorium (175) # Switzerland (120) # Behnisch Architekten (39)

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Living on a New Frontier. One Santa Fe Mixed-Use Complex

Michael Maltzan Architecture

Over his 20 years of practice, Los Angeles architect Michael Maltzan has housed the homeless and the super-rich [...] Highlights by Michael Webb

# United States of America (637) # Residence (1664) # Michael Maltzan Architecture (15)

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