79 Logements PLUS : By Badia Berger architects

Paris, France 
Badia Berger architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Benoit Fougeirol, David Boureau

Paris-based architectural firm Badia Berger architects has designed the 79 Logements PLUS located in Seine Left Bank Urban Development Zone Paris 13th Arrondissement, France.

"The facades overlooking the public space are calm, light and simple, in contrast to the domestic setting of the inside of the block, which is expressed by colours, external extensions, materials greenery and plants climbing the tower’s facades, which the residents are free to add to."
Badia Berger architects

L.B. Landry High School : By Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
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Photo © Courtesy of Timothy Hursley

This new high school for the Louisiana Department of Education Recovery School District was part of a post-Katrina “quick start” construction program to accelerate the replacement of five damaged schools within an extremely aggressive timeline (6 months for design and 20 months for construction) while a new comprehensive masterplan for the New Orleans school system was underway.

Haifa University Student Center : By Chyutin Architects

Haifa, Israel
Chyutin Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Amit Giron

Haifa University is built on the projection of a ridge of Mount Carmel that looks over the bay of this Mediterranean city. The site chosen for the Student Center building overlooks a deep valley as well as the bay and has a steep topography. Its upper part abuts the scenic road that extends through the entire campus, ending at the site. In order not to interfere with the view, the building’s roof had to be set below the level of the scenic road.

Abiquiu House : By Anderson Anderson Architecture

New Mexico, United States
Anderson Anderson Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Anderson Anderson Architecture

Designed for an anthropologist and a concert pianist, retiring from Phoenix, Arizona, to this small New Mexico town on a desert site fronting the Rio Chama—not far from Georgia O’Keefe’s famous home on the bluff above this house uses several relatively standard prefabrication systems.

Richmond House : By Morris Partnership

Melbourne, Australia
Morris Partnership
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Photo © Courtesy of Christopher Ott and Shania Shegedyn

This inner city site confronted the Architect, Michael Morris, with a number of challenges:
Overlooking on three sides
An adjacent Victorian cottage to the west boundary.
A barren three storey block of flats to the east boundary
Restrictive heritage controls exercised by the local government
A small site size of 264 square metres.
A mature peppercorn tree tumbling over the frontage from the adjacent site.

Family House in Malá Lhota : By Jarousek Rochová Architekti

Malá Lhota, Czech Republic
Jarousek Rochová Architekti
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Photo © Courtesy of Filip Slapal

The site is located in the centre of beautiful small village Mala Lhota in the valley of the hilly countryside in the middle of Czech Republic. Existing rural buildings on the site were in very bad condition and therefore demolished and removed. The main design concept was to create building which would be traditional, modest and friendly to it’s neighbourhood and surrounding village context. The form of the new building complies with traditional Czech rural house.

Mai Mai House : By Patterson Associates

Auckland, New Zealand
Patterson Associates
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Photo © Courtesy of Patrick Reynolds and Simon Devitt

Located in Auckland, New Zealand, and completed in 2008, this lovely two bedroom two bathroom residence was designed for a couple.
The white street facade is particularly impressive, with no windows and no discernible doors.
This property was nominated as one of the 16 best private homes built between 2007-2008.

Xiao-Yen’s House : By Craig Steely Architecture

San Francisco, California, United States
Craig Steely Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Bruce Damonte

The extensive renovation of this house began by tearing away the layers of substandard remodeling that had accrued over the past 100 years.  The home was designed by Craig Steely Architecture and located in San Francisco.  Follow the break for more photographs and drawings of the Xiao-Yen’s House.

Dilim Seating : By WertelOberfell

Bench
WertelOberfell
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Photo © Courtesy of WertelOberfell

DILIM is a modular soft seating system for the office and public spaces. The system can range from a very quiet and functional seating unit to a more exciting and expressive setup.

LagoLINEA, a Modular Shelving System : By Daniele Lago

Shelves
Daniele Lago
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Photo © Courtesy of Lago

Created by designer Daniele Lago from Italian furniture manufacturer Lago, LagoLINEA is a modular shelving system allows personalized creativity on your own wall.

First Collection of Belgium Furniture Company : By Moca

Furniture Collection
Moca
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Photo © Courtesy of Moca

Moca is a new furniture company based in Gent, Belgium. The company released its first collection in 2010, and use high quality materials, with the goal of giving their customers furniture that they can enjoy for lifetime.

Victorian Remodel : By Feldman Architecture

San Francisco, United States
Feldman Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Paul Dyer

The Pierce Street project is a 1906 Victorian Pacific Heights remodel by San Francisco-based Feldman Architecture.
The owners of this Victorian home wanted to maintain its traditional feel while injecting a modern feel and making it as eco-friendly as possible. The result is a beautiful space with open kitchen, roof top garden and plenty of natural light throughout.

Brouwersgracht Apartment : By CUBE Architecten

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
CUBE Architecten
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Photo © Courtesy of CUBE Architecten

This distinctive loft is located on the first floor of a historic warehouse on the Brouwersgracht in the centre of Amsterdam. The apartment is designed by Remco Wilcke of CUBE architecten and his partner Marloes van Heteren of SOLUZ. When they found the monument it was still in use as a warehouse, as two separate long and dark rooms of 100m2 each. They bought the place and hoped the council would let them change the status to ‘dwelling’, which they did after all the plans were submitted.

Atomic Spa Suisse : By Simone Micheli

Milan, Italy
Simone Micheli
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Photo © Courtesy of Jürgen Eheim

Italian architect Simone Micheli has completed the design of a wellness centre at the Exedra Milan Hotel for Boscolo Hotels in Milan, Italy.

Harbour Isle Apartments : By Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter

Copenhagen, Denmark
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
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Photo © Courtesy of Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter

The Danish architects Lundgaard & Tranberg designed the Harbour Isle apartment buildings in Copenhagen, Denmark. The buildings are part of the new Havneholmen area of Copenhagen, which is a former industrial area that has been transformed into a residential and business zone, taking better advantage of the harbour front location.

The Pier Arts Centre : By Reiach and Hall Architects

Stromness, Orkney, Scotland
Reiach and Hall Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Alister Peeble

To the southerner Stromness is located in the far north, a place more Scandinavian than Scots. To the Orcadian, Stromness lies on the threshold of a more imaginative North, where thoughts of Thule begin.

Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Laboratory : By Flansburgh Architects

Kamuela, Hawaii, United States
Flansburgh Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Matthew Millman

Conceived as a high school science building dedicated to the study of alternative energy, the new Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy functions as a zero-net-energy, fully sustainable building. The project’s fundamental goal is that of educating the next generation of students in the understanding of environmentally conscious, sustainable living systems. The project targets LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification. Recently completed in January 2010, the Energy Lab today strives as a living laboratory, furthering its educational goals as a functioning example of sustainability.

New Holmenkollen Ski Jump : By JDS Architects

Kongeveien 5, Oslo, Norway
JDS Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of JDS Architects

The Holmenkollen hill plays a significant part identifying Oslo. In the Oslo panorama its characteristic profile is a clear icon, up close its majestic steepness rises towards the sky, making heads tilt and from the top, the panorama view towards the fjord are fantastic. It is a building beyond conventions, and it is no wonder that it is one of Oslo’s most visited tourist attractions. To create a new slope on the soil of the old requires full awareness of its traditions.

Kindergarten Kekec : By Arhitektura Jure Kotnik

Ljubljana, Slovenia
Arhitektura Jure Kotnik
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Photo © Courtesy of Miran Kambič

Kindergarten Kekec is an extension of a typical Slovene prefab kindergarten from the 1980s. Situated in one of Ljubljana’s residential areas, Kekec answers the growing demand for kindergartens. This comes as a result of Ljubljana having witnessed considerable population growth as well as legislative changes and a planned increase in building density inside the highway ring surrounding the city.

Trois-Rivières Amphitheatre : By Open Form Architecture

Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Open Form Architecture
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Image Courtesy of Open Form Architecture

Canadian design team  Open Form has shared their recent competition entry for the new Trois-Rivières Amphitheatre.
At the crossings of the St-Lawrence Seaway and the St-Maurice River, the new Trois-Rivières Amphitheatre presents itself under an elegant structure that opens up towards the water and creates a dynamic unifying device over the entire seating area, whether open or closed. Under the roof, sometimes material and sometimes transparent, a play of form and program mixes with the landscape creating an expansive field of physical and visual relationships between the built and natural environments that creates a new mixed-use urban field on the edge of the city.

Pilotis in a Forest : By Go Hasegawa

Outside of Tokyo, Japan
Go Hasegawa
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Photo © Courtesy of Go Hasegawa

Japanese studio go hasegawa has designed 'pilotis in a forest', a weekend house located three hours outside of tokyo, japan. situated among a forest of mature trees, the structure aims to co-exist with the natural landscape that surrounds it.

Villa Geldrop : By Hofman Dujardin Architects

Geldrop, The Netherlands
Hofman Dujardin Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Matthijs van Roon / Amsterdam

Hofman Dujardin Architects designed a large villa set in the Dutch countryside. It is no ordinary house, however. What appears at first sight to be a simple block with an angled roof turns out to be a complex composition of space and light as well as a study of the modern home’s function.

SHIP : By Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates
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Photo © Courtesy of Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates

A residence built on a two-tiered site with a level difference of 3 meters. Because of the concern remained about the credibility of embankment and retaining wall built along the housing development, the foundation was laid on natural ground beneath the lower tier which was more reliable as the supporting stratum.

Sea Ranch Residence : By Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects

The Sea Ranch, California, United States
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of David Wakely

Located at the Sea Ranch on an infill lot, we designed this 1,030 square foot house and 550 square foot guest house to create a threshold in the larger landscape, moving from the contained space of the hedge row to the open space of the meadow. We looked to some of the earlier agricultural forms along the north coast and paired the barn shape of the main house with the agricultural shed shape of the guest house to form a compound that creates a woodland garden on the entry side of the house.

Meyerowitz Residence : By Hariri Pontarini Architects

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hariri Pontarini Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Rahn/A-Frame

Located within a large ravine system in a North Toronto neighbourhood, this private residence not only takes advantage of the surrounding expansive natural vistas, but also creates a close relationship with its immediate environment. Designed to accommodate the integration of life with nature, the external treatment of this house explores a carefully honed language of natural materials, while the slightly curved front façade is carefully sculpted, presenting a solid entity to the street.

Casa Al Gianicolo : By Nicola Auciello Architetto

Rome, Italy
Nicola Auciello Architetto

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Photo © Courtesy of Celeste Cima

The project at this residential area in Rome begins and foresees the merger of three apartments spread over 4 different levels and an additional two rooms – an area now used as a laundry – in the basement.
It is a house intended for a couple with children and considerable interest in art as well as a rather convivial way of life.

Byronmuller : By Darkitectura

Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Darkitectura

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Photo © Courtesy of Yoshihiro Koitani

In an office floor of 18×10 meters, were removed and repositioned the ceiling panels, glass and wooden divisions of an existing traditional workplace with the aim of doubling the spatial feeling of this claustrophobic site and thus house the offices, services and a large creative workshop for an advertising agency.

Langland Office Interior : By Jump Studios

Windsor, United Kingdom
Jump Studios
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Photo © Courtesy of Jump Studios

Description From Designer:

The entire scheme includes one main workspace, a library, boardroom, games room and canteen, all located within an existing office building in Windsor. Langland was previously based at another office in the town but had outgrown the space both in terms of capacity and ambition. ‘The client’s motivation in changing offices was to gain more space but with the company profile also evolving they realised this was their chance to do something special

Zuiderzeeweg : By Fact Architects

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fact Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Fact Architects

Zuiderzeeweg is a housing project for students. The location is temporary, in the future all the buildings will move to a definitive location. The blocks are made from high quality prefabricated units and are prepared for future environmental requirements.

BLOCK 39, Center for Promotion of Science : By OFF Architecture

Belgrade, Serbia
OFF Architecture

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Image © Courtesy of OFF Architecture--Visualization, exterior

Paris-based OFF Architecture have shared their entry for the Block 39, Center for the Promotion of Science competition. This entry, proposing an extremely ambitious structure for Serbia's capital Belgrade, did unfortunately not enter the competition – bad weather made the submission arrive past due time...

Brooklin Community Centre And Library : By Perkins + Will

Brooklin, Ontario, Canada
Perkins + Will
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Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Logan Architectural Photography

A remnant forest in the historic village of Brooklin, Ontario provides the setting and inspiration for this district Library and Community Centre. Each of the key program areas (library, community centre and gymnasium) are housed in one of three linked structures whose rooflines and simple forms recall the region’s agrarian roots. A sophisticated approach

675 West Kendall Street Biotech Research Laboratory : By Ehrlich Architects

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Ehrlich Architects

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Photo © Courtesy of Christopher Lovi, Chuck Choi, Peter Vanderwarker, Ed Wonsek, Paul Warchol

Located in the heart of a burgeoning biotech community, 675 West Kendall Street is comprised of research laboratories, offices, support spaces, and ground-level retail.

mARkeT : By 123DV Architecture

Competition
123DV Architecture
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Image © Courtesy of 123DV Architecture--collage 01

123DV shared their most recent competition entry titled, ‘mARkeT’, designed as a moving floating market to renew the art-trade cycle for Opgap where they won the third prize last October. They aimed at creating a conscious shopping experience in an inspiring environment from creation to shopper.

700 Palms Residence : By Ehrlich Architects

Venice, California, United States
Ehrlich Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Erhard Pfeiffer, Julius Shulman & Juergen Nogai, and Grey Crawford

Ehrlich Architects’ objective for this eco-friendly residence in Venice, California was to: design a high-performance home that dissolves the barriers between indoors and outdoors; utilize raw, honest materials appropriate to the bohemian grittiness of the surrounding community; and have the smallest carbon footprint in balance with lifestyle.  This project received a 2009 AIA National Housing Award.

Maddock House : By Marc Boutin

Calgary, Canada
Marc Boutin
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Photo © Courtesy of Marc Boutin

Description From Architects:

This design, developed for a family of four, creates a series of sophisticated relationships between interior and exterior space. Critical to the design is the embracing of the dramatic views to the Rocky Mountains and the city centre to the west.  In order to enhance this valuable site amenity, the social spaces on all levels are wrapped around view terraces with expansive floor to ceiling glazing.

La Cornette : By YH2 Architecture

Quebec, Canada
YH2 Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Loukas Yiacouvakis & Francis Pelletier

Built on the slope of a small hill, La Cornette is a country house open to the pastoral landscape that surrounds it. Under a soaring roof resembling a nun’s cornet wimple is a roomy dwelling modelled on traditional Quebec houses of old that lodged large families and their relatives. This house for celebrations and holidays, designed for two families, is set into the naturally uneven terrain in a way that brings each level into direct contact with the surrounding natural environment. It offers a resting place for all guests under its large gable in a series of bedrooms and unusual sleeping areas.

a house with hundreds of butterflies inspired from Mies van der Rohe’s popular Farnsworth House : By Bik Van der Pol

INSTALLATION
Rome, Italy
Bik Van der Pol
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Photo © Courtesy of Bik Van der Pol

The new installation by Bik Van der Pol – a house with hundreds of butterflies inspired by Mies van der Rohe’s popular Farnsworth House – is the work chosen to inaugurate the new wing of the MACRO museum.

Innovative Lampshades Made From Recycled Cola Bottles : By Sarah Turner

Lighting
Sarah Turner
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Photo © Courtesy of Sarah Turner

These beautiful lampshades are designed by Sarah Turner under her ReDesign lighting collection with recycle plastic water bottles. Sarah Turner has mastered the art of turning waste drinks bottles into decorative shapes, which hang form the basis of her beautiful ceiling, table and floor lamps. She cleverly cuts the cola bottles into these handmade innovative lamps.

Scene XXL Chair : By Gijs Papavoine for Montis

Chair
Gijs Papavoine for Montis
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Photo © Courtesy of Gijs Papavoine & Montis

Description from Montis:
A modular seating system of squares and rectangles. A large seat stands lightly on thin metal legs. Scene is compact and relatively high. Slender backrests fold around the seating element, as a raised collar. They can be ordered with the backs next to each other or diagonally facing each other in different configurations. Because the round backs are folded

Nobis Hotel : By Claesson Koivisto Rune

Norrmalmstorg square, Stockholm, Sweden.
Claesson Koivisto Rune
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Photo © Courtesy of Lindman Photography, Louise Billgert

The studio has recently designed the interior of the Nobis Hotel located in two historic late 19th-century buildings on Norrmalmstorg square in the heart of downtown Stockholm, Sweden.
The Nobis Hotel offers 201 rooms including 69 standard double rooms, 99 Superior rooms, 22 Deluxe rooms and 11 Suites.

Siki Im Concept Store ; By Leong Leong

504 W. 24th Street, New York City, New York, United States
Leong Leong
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Photo © Courtesy of Pete Deevakul and David B Smith

Building Fashion at HL23 along with PIN-UP design magazine recently unveiled their final installation in celebration of cutting edge design in New York City. Avant-garde newcomer Siki Im displays the clothing embedded beneath a layer of foam, ‘reinforcing the dichotomy of two environments – public and private, visible and invisible’.  This stand-alone retail installation is the first of its kind.

A. Kinney Court Store Interior : By Ilan Dei Studio

Venice, California, United States
Ilan Dei Studio
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Photo © Courtesy of Ilan Dei Studio

Ilan Dei Studio have designed and fabricated the interior of a concept fashion boutique and eyewear gallery, located near their design studio and workshop in Venice, California.

Alpes House : By Garduño Architects

Mexico City, Mexico
Garduño Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Paul Czitrom

Description From Architects:

When a long time friend of mine, an architect turned artist, asked me to do this job, I jumped right in at the opportunity. I was very familiar with her work and knew her perception and vision would be an important part of the process. I was given complete creative freedom by her and this proved to be both challenging and intimately rewarding.

VILLA-K : By Cell Space Architects

Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
Cell Space Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Masao Nishikawa

This site is located on a hilltop in one of the eminent Karuizawa villa areas. All directions around the site are clear for view in winter.The villa consists of four parts of floors and four parts of roofs around a central pillar.

Mixed Use Townhouse : By Dennis Gibbens Architects

Venice, California, United States
Dennis Gibbens Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Benny Chan, Nazy Alvarez, and Ryan Turner

Description from Architects:
Abbot Kinney Boulevard is one of the main thoroughfares in the coastal neighborhood of Venice, a section of Los Angeles.  The street contains a unique blend of restaurants, small boutiques, and one-of-a-kind retail establishments, along with single-family houses, apartments, and live-work spaces for artists-in-residence.

Museum of Modern Art : By Metro Arquitetos Associados + Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Santos, Brazil
Metro Arquitetos Associados + Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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Photo © Courtesy of Metro Arquitetos Associados

Check out Santos, Brazil’s new Museum of Modern Art designed by Metro Arquitetos Associados and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Officially opened,  the museum is visually shocking as the gigantic volume seems to be hovering over an open gathering space.  Metal

Jewish Museum, Berlin : By Daniel Libeskind

Berlin, Germany
Daniel Libeskind
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Photo © Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

In 1987, the Berlin government organized an anonymous competition for an expansion to the original Jewish Museum in Berlin that opened in 1933.  The program wished to bring a Jewish presence back to Berlin after WWII.  In 1988, Daniel Libeskind was chosen as the winner among several other internationally renowned architects; his design was the only project that implemented a radical, formal design as a conceptually expressive tool to represent the Jewish lifestyle before, during, and after the Holocaust.