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Cité du vin de Bordeaux
La Cité du Vin is a new museum and exhibition centre dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of the French wine industry. Situated at the junction of the Garonne river and Atlantic Ocean in Bordeaux, the centre aims to reinforce and celebrate France’s long heritage of wine making.
XTU - ©Julien Lanoo
Architect X-TU Architects (Anouk Legendre & Nicolas Desmazières) Location Bordeaux - France Company involved Euramax Coated Products - Alucoil Website www.euramax.eu - www.alucoil.com/europe -
Carcemal headquarters
Carcemal is a major textile producer which has been operating in Portugal for many years. In 2012, the company decided to completely renovate the site they had occupied since 1995. Their goal was to create a headquarters which was more in line with the company’s brand image, and to offer employees a place they would be proud to work.
credits Tiago França, Proj3ct | Inor
Architect Proj3ct Location Barcelos (Portugal) Company involved Arconic Architectural products Website www.arconic.com -
Copenhagen aquarium "The Blue Planet"
Inspired “by the shape of water in endless motion”, Denmark’s new national aquarium, the Blue Planet, is northern Europe’s largest and most modern.
The whirlpool concept on which this unusual edifice originates is, according to Copenhagen-based architectural practice 3XN: “in a narrative about water, and as an image, is at once both abstract and figurative”. The practice also cites shoals of fish and swirling starlings for influencing the vortex-like form of the building.
Images courtesy of Adam Mõrk
Architect Architects 3XN Location Copenhagen - Denmark Company involved Novelis Website http://www.novelis.com