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If museums are turning into supermarkets, why then should department stores not turn into museums?
“The Galleria Cheonan responds to the current retail climate in Asia, where department stores also operate as social and semi-cultural meeting places. Because of this, the quality of the public spaces within the building was treated as an integral aspect of the design.”, Ben van Berkel
Architect: UNStudio
Location: Cheonan, South Korea
Software used by UNStudio (not necessarily for this project):
Cad software: AutoCAD
3D modeling: Rhino, 3D Studio Max, Maya Complete, TopSolid, Vray,T-Splines
Building Information Modeling (BIM): Bentley Architecture & Mircostation, Digital Project, Autodesk NavisWorks Manage
SAN DIEGO — (April 19, 2011) — McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has begun construction for the new 196,000-square-foot, five-story Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility located on a 3.3-acre site within the School of Medicine campus at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla, Calif. The project team is targeting LEED Platinum Certification.
Major project exemplifies innovative architecture, preserves legacy of Bauhaus-influenced functionalism
On December 14, 2010, Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture unveiled the $9.5 million restoration, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the historic Hinman Research Building at a grand opening event January 12, 2011. Designed in 1939 by P.M. Heffernan, architect and later director of the Tech School of Architecture (1956-1976), the 35,000-square-foot building has been artfully preserved and revitalized in collaboration between Lord, Aeck & Sargent’s Historic Preservation Studio and Office dA as the architects and The Beck Group as construction manager.
Hinman Research Building External View - Jonathan Hillyer Photography
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The new Dalí Museum opened on January 11, 2011, at 11:11 a.m. Located on a scenic waterfront site in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., the 68,000-square-foot structure doubles the size of the original 1982 Dalí Museum, a one-story warehouse. Exhibits include oils, watercolors, sketches, sculptures and other works from a 2,140-piece permanent collection.