From a coastal library by MAD to an adaptive reuse project by Tadao Ando, we’ve rounded up 12 of the most interesting architecture projects that are slated for completion in 2021. Wormhole Library, China, by MAD Next year will see the opening of the coastal Wormhole Library that MAD is constructing on the Chinese island
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LCA Architetti has used cork, straw and timber to build a simple and sustainable house overlooking woodland in the small town of Magnago, Italy. Aptly named The House of Wood, Straw and Cork, the dwelling near Milan was commissioned by a young couple who wanted to live more sustainably and in closer contact with nature.
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LCA Architetti has used cork, straw and timber to build a simple and sustainable house overlooking woodland in the small town of Magnago, Italy. Aptly named The House of Wood, Straw and Cork, the dwelling near Milan was commissioned by a young couple who wanted to live more sustainably and in closer contact with nature.
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Blackened wood borders a grid of evenly spaced volcanic rocks inside this pavilion, which Pontoatelier has designed to support social-distancing in the Azores. Built on the volcanic São Miguel Island for the Walk&Talk arts festival, the Inbetween Pavilion is an open-air room for people to play, perform or practice yoga safely during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Architect Sarah Wigglesworth has carried out an extensive upgrade and retrofit of the influential Stock Orchard Street home in London to improve its energy performance and age-proof its interiors. The extensive overhaul of the home, which won the 2004 RIBA Sustainability Award and doubles as the office for Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, has resulted in a 62 per cent reduction
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Rider Stirland Architects has remodelled the interiors of a Victorian terraced house in south London by adding a small rear extension clad in blackened wood and London stock bricks. Aptly named Charred House, the project was carried out for a family of five to help make more efficient use of their home and improve views
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British designer John Pawson has collaborated with architecture studio Thomas Ford & Partners on the sensitive refurbishment of the St John at Hackney church in London. The overhaul, which is Pawson’s first church project in the UK, focuses on reinstating and accentuating the Grade II*-listed building’s original design that was hidden by past renovations. Pawson
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A pixelated skin made from thousands of glass tiles wraps around the sweeping headquarters for French daily newspaper Le Monde designed by Snøhetta in Paris. Set within the capital’s 13th arrondissement, the office provides newsrooms for each of the French media company Le Monde Group’s publications, under the same roof, for the first time. Its semi-transparent shell
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Mecanoo has unveiled its proposal for the Maritime Center Rotterdam, a spiralling museum that will be wrapped by walkways and built partially below the water in Rijnhaven harbour. Composed of three linked pavilions, the 15,000-square-metre museum in the Dutch city of Rotterdam will feature exhibition spaces dedicated to international maritime history. Its bright, sinuous form
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Jura limestone wraps around the concrete interiors of David Chipperfield Architects’ long-awaited extension for the Kunsthaus Zurich museum in Switzerland. Located in Heimplatz square in the old town of Zurich, the extension provides more gallery space for Kunsthaus Zurich – making it the largest art museum in the country. The new building was designed by David
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