International Architectural Competition | Stockholm Library | Iwamoto Scott Architecture

The project is an entry to the competition to design an addition to Asplund’s iconic Stockholm library. Our proposal transforms the annex buildings adjacent to the main library that were proposed in Asplund’s original masterplan. The volumes defined by these intended buildings are translated into voids using the prismatic geometries already found in the iconic Asplund Library’s cylindrical rotunda and rectilinear base. These voids become conical figures that intersect the lifted volume of the library addition to bring light into the center of the new mat building. The cones’ tops are rectangular while the elliptical bottom’s distort at the base to accommodate various key programs and allow for a series of public passageways through the building and over the rooftop to the hillside park beyond.......more

Invited International Competition First Prize | Batumi Aquarium | Batumi | Republic Of Georgia | Henning Larsen Architects

Batumi Aquarium is inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach – the residue of dynamic seas continually shaping the shorefront throughout millennia. The building will be situated in the port of Batumi and will stand out as an iconic rock formation – visible from both land and sea.

The formation constitutes four self-supporting exhibition areas where each of the four stones represents a unique marine biotype – the Mediterranean, the Black Sea/Red Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Indian Ocean. The four dispersed aquarium exhibitions are connected by a central, multipurpose space including café, auditorium and retail functions with views of the black sea and Batumi beach as scenic backdrop. Visitors gather in the central space to convene, play, eat, shop and relax before continuing their adventures through the exhibitions. .......more

The Tower Museum | New York City | Fletcher Priest Architects

This is a monument to celebrate the cosmopolitan, urban and global character of New York City. The Tower Museum located at the tip of Manhattan on a pier projecting from Battery Park, not only functions as an architectural landmark on the skyline, terminating the north-south axis that extends to uptown Manhattan, but also integrates and revitalizes the immediate area. It houses a museum which will display the personal effects, souvenirs and photos of a new generation of immigrants who arrived after 1960..........more