After long months of paralysis of an entire sector, architecture finally breathed again this year, at least partially, between the resumption of construction sites and important inaugurations. In 2021, in fact, important new cultural institutions were finally opened to the public, many of them signed by internationally renowned architectural firms.
Architectural practice thus returns – after the period of global emergency – to its concreteness, between plastic volumes and specific materiality. We have therefore selected for you projects from all over the world, from Indonesia to China and the nearest European capitals.
David Chipperfield completes the refurbishment of Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie



David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, lower ground floor plan

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021

David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, lower ground floor plan
It was perhaps inevitable that David Chipperfield would be the one who takes on the refurbishment of Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie. The most “modern” of contemporary designers, who through his works has been reaffirming for decades the relevance of the architectural modernity's cultural project, has now the occasion to operate firsthand on a major realization by the 20th century master. Read the full article here.
This space is a metaphor for Paris’ urbanity



Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop, 35 Green Corner Building, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2020
© Studio Anne Holtrop
Architecture can create intimate relationships with its context and a unique dialogue with art and craftsmanship. This is the case with 35 Green Corner Building, designed by Anne Holtrop in Muharraq, Bahrain, which serves as a warehouse and archive for an art collection. The building features structural concrete blocks, made by directly moulding the soil of the site, which thus becomes the generator of the building. Read the full article here.
This space is a metaphor for Paris’ urbanity



Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The new concrete wall, the coupole and the frescoed vaults. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Interior view. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Interior view of the new concrete structure

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The passage between new and existing structure. Photo: Maxime Tétard

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The passage between new and existing structure. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The passage between new and existing structure. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Interior view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Exhibition gallery view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Exhibition gallery view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Staircase view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Exterior view. Photo: Studio Bouroullec

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The new concrete wall, the coupole and the frescoed vaults. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Interior view. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Interior view of the new concrete structure

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The passage between new and existing structure. Photo: Maxime Tétard

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The passage between new and existing structure. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
The passage between new and existing structure. Photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Interior view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Exhibition gallery view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Exhibition gallery view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Staircase view.

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM — Lucie Niney Thibault Marca, setec bâtiment, Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Bourse de Commerce, Parigi, 2021
Exterior view. Photo: Studio Bouroullec
Born in 18th century as the Halle aux Blés, a grain and commodity exchange originally conceived by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, to then survive through the decades right in the middle of the “belly of Paris”, the ever-changing area of Les Halles, the Bourse de Commerce has finally reopened as the home to François Pinault’s art collection. The result of a 5-year long process, the project has the foundations of its simplicity rooted into a great depth of elaboration, and mostly into a close relationship between Tadao Ando and the city of Paris. Read the full article here.
A gym under impressive bamboo arches in Bali


At the Green School in Bali, in the middle of the Ayung River Valley, the tension and balance of the arch creates a spectacular bamboo structure. The architecture was founded and built in 2008 by a Canandian couple in collaboration with master craftsmen, architects, permaculturists and philosophers, with the idea of creating a school with a holistic approach able to convey an ecological education through learning in the middle of nature. Read the full article here.
Herzog & de Meuron complete Küppersmühle Museum extension



MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Staircase, detail.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Staircase.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Silos view.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Installation view. Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff (sculpture)
(r.) David Schnell
MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© für die Arbeit von David Schnell: Der Künstler und VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021
© Photo Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Staircase, detail.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Staircase.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Silos view.
Photo © MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© Simon Menges

MKM Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, Duisburg
2021 extension.
Installation view. Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff (sculpture)
(r.) David Schnell
MKM Duisburg / Herzog & de Meuron
© für die Arbeit von David Schnell: Der Künstler und VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021
© Photo Simon Menges
The German Museum of Modern Art reopens to the public with 36 new exhibition rooms and 300 works from the Ströher Collection: the annex block takes its cue from the existing building, a 1999 project by the Basel studio. After four years of construction, the extension to the Küppersmühle Museum in Duisburg, Germany, has been completed: the annex, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, takes its cue from the existing building – a historic grain mill converted into a museum in 1999 by the same Basel-based firm. Leggi l’articolo completo.
MVRDV’s Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen opens in Rotterdam



MVRDV, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2021. Photo © Aad Hoogendoorn

MVRDV, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2021. Photo © Aad Hoogendoorn
Rotterdam’s Museumpark, a legendary late post-modern public space design realized by Yves Brunier and OMA between the 1980s and the 1990s, hosts the new Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen by MVRDV. The namesake museum, located on the park’s threshold, is extended through a massive and just as simplified architecture: a single isolated bowl-like volume, entirely clad in mirrored glass panels. Read the full article here.
A music school that reconnects the city



Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Photo Marco Cappelletti

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Model

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Model

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
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Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
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Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Model

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Model

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Assonometry

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Site Plan

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Underground Floor

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Ground Floor

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
First Floor

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Second Floor

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
Section

Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
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Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
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Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
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Wunderkammer, Music School, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, Brixen, South Tyrol, 2021
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