
Hotels and Restaurants: The Latest Architecture and News
Science Town Project / Spark Architects
Pleats.M / Hironaka Ogawa & Associates

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Architects: Hironaka Ogawa & Associates
- Area: 1398 m²
- Year: 2012
Hotel Wiesergut / Gogl Architekten

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Architects: Gogl Architekten
- Area: 5047 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Akzente Lichtsysteme
Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant / LEAD
Johnnie Walker House in Beijing / Asylum + LOVE

- Year: 2013
Bar Street of Quanzhou / HYHW Architects

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Architects: HYHW Architects
- Area: 63000 m²
- Year: 2012
The West Coast's Tallest: Wilshire Grand / AC Martin Partners
ME Hotel / Foster and Partners

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Architects: Foster + Partners
- Area: 28070 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Andreu World, Bellapart, Sky-Frame
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Professionals: Davis Langdon, Gordon Ingram Associates, BDSP, Buro Happold
REM Island / Concrete

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Architects: concrete
- Area: 661 m²
- Year: 2011
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Professionals: Heuvelman-ibis bv, ABT
Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim / Space Group

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Architects: Space Group
- Area: 35000 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Cane-Line, Protan, Trysil Interiørtre AS
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Professionals: Space Group, PLAN arkitekter AS, Arup, A. Aas-Jakobsen Trondheim AS, MIR AS, +2
Hotel Downtown / Cherem Arquitectos

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Architects: Cherem Arquitectos
- Area: 3474 m²
- Year: 2012
Coca Grill / Integrated Field

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Architects: Integrated Field
- Area: 200 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Choice Interiors, Integrated Field
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre / Woods Bagot

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Architects: Woods Bagot
- Area: 66000 m²
- Year: 2009
Nørre Vosborg / Arkitema

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Architects: Arkitema
- Area: 1444 m²
- Year: 2008
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Manufacturers: Troldtekt
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Professionals: OBH-Gruppen
Het Bosch / JagerJanssen architecten + Dreissen Architecten

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Architects: Dreissen Architecten, JagerJanssen architecten
- Area: 480 m²
- Year: 2010
In Progress: The Biomuseo / Frank Gehry

The Puente de Vida Museum, more commonly referred to as The Biomuseo, will be Frank Gehry's first design in all of Latin America. It is located in Panama in the area called Amador, which sits only a few blocks from the country's principal cruise port and is adjacent to Panama City. The mission of the Biomuseo is to "offer an impressing and educational experience about the biodiversity and emergence of the isthmus in Panama in order to motivate all Panamanians to get to know and to value this natural component of their identity, as well as to generate in all its visitors the need to protect the environment" (Biomuseo Website). The Biomuseo intends to explore the importance of Panama's biological systems and its emergence as a geological link between North and South America, both of which have had global impacts many are unaware of.
With these goals in mind, it quickly became clear that the museum design needed to be something very special to attract the international attention its founders desired. They wanted the museum to be a never-before-seen kind of design and to serve as a new architectural icon for Panama, much like the Eiffel Tower does for France or the Tower of Pisa for Italy. With the participation of Gehry Partners as well as the world-renowned landscape architect Edwina von Gal & Company, the Biomuseo began to take form: an extremely unique, Gehry-esque structure surrounded by an open botanical park that complements the exhibits within.
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