{"id":1402,"date":"2017-01-02T12:08:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2017-02-24T18:34:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T18:34:38","slug":"outstanding-buildings-look-forward-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/outstanding-buildings-look-forward-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding buildings to look forward to in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An art museum in a hollowed-out grain silo, South Korea\u2019s answer to the High Line and a high-rise inspired by Chinese landscape paintings are among the best buildings<\/strong><\/em> set to complete in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, South Africa, by Heatherwick Studio<\/h3>\n

Thomas Heatherwick\u2019s London-based studio is creating a museum of\u00a0contemporary African art in Cape Town, by hollowing out sections of a\u00a0historic grain silo \u2013 a structure containing 42 vertical concrete tubes.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, or\u00a0Zeitz MOCAA for short, will contain no less than 80 galleries, and will form part of the\u00a0V&A Waterfront complex.<\/p>\n

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Lego House, Denmark, by BIG<\/h3>\n

BIG\u2019s new visitor centre for Lego, located in the\u00a0company\u2019s home town of Billund, is designed to look like a stack of the famous plastic bricks.<\/p>\n

Studio founder Bjarke Ingels said he used the\u00a0basic two-by-four Lego brick as a design tool. The completed building will contain exhibition spaces, a cafe and a shop, plus\u00a0a series of public roof gardens.<\/p>\n

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King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Saudi Arabia, by\u00a0Sn\u00f8hetta<\/h3>\n

One of\u00a0Sn\u00f8hetta\u2019s biggest projects so far, the\u00a0King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture will\u00a0contain 100,000 square metres of cultural facilities, including an auditorium, cinema, library, exhibition hall, museum and archive.<\/p>\n

Photos of the nearly complete structure have already emerged, revealing the bulbous, metal-pipe clad forms of its exterior.\u00a0But the building won\u2019t be open for visitors until the second half of 2017.<\/p>\n

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Apple Campus 2, USA, by Foster + Partners<\/h3>\n

Over six years after Norman Foster\u2019s firm first unveiled its design for a new Cupertino campus for Apple, the huge\u00a0hoop-shaped complex is preparing to open its doors for the first time.<\/p>\n

The Apple Campus 2\u00a0will contain\u00a0research and development facilities and offices, a company fitness centre, a cafe and a 1,000-seat auditorium, all expected to promote creativity and collaboration among\u00a0staff.<\/p>\n

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Concrete at Alserkal Avenue, UAE, by OMA<\/h3>\n

Rem Koolhaas\u2019 firm will unveil\u00a0its first project in Dubai this year \u2013 a cultural centre that will\u00a0host large-scale public events, art exhibitions, performances and conferences.<\/p>\n

The project involved\u00a0transforming a set of four warehouses, giving them a new\u00a0spray-on concrete exterior. Inside, four eight-metre-high moveable walls will rotate and slide to allow for different spatial configurations.<\/p>\n

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Chaoyang Park Plaza, China, by MAD<\/h3>\n

For the past few years\u00a0MAD founder Ma Yansong has\u00a0been presenting his concept for a \u201cshan-shui city\u201d \u2013\u00a0an urban development inspired by the forms\u00a0depicted in traditional Chinese landscape\u00a0paintings. But in 2017, he will reveal the first built example in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Chaoyang Park Plaza is a complex of skyscrapers, office blocks and public spaces, all designed to resemble mountains, hills and lakes.<\/p>\n

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Museum of the Human Body, France, by BIG<\/h3>\n

As well as the Lego House, BIG will also open a museum in\u00a0Montpellier in 2017, which will look at the human\u00a0body from an artistic, scientific and societal point of view.<\/p>\n

The 7,800-square-metre building will comprise eight curved interlocking spaces, with roofs sloping up from the ground in alternate directions. Some will be paved, while others will be covered with turf.<\/p>\n

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Seoul Skygarden, South Korea, by MVRDV<\/h3>\n

Since New York\u2019s High Line elevated park first opened in 2009, it has\u00a0inspired dozens of similar proposals\u00a0all around the world \u2013 but one of the first to complete will be this one by MVRDV, which will transform\u00a0an elevated road in Seoul into a public park.<\/p>\n

The architects\u00a0have worked with\u00a0Dutch design studio Studio Makkink & Bey and landscape designer Ben Kuipers to overhaul the 938-metre-long Seoul Station Overpass, creating a new pedestrian route\u00a0that will boast 254 species of trees, shrubs and flowers.<\/p>\n

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Guardian Art Center, China,\u00a0by B\u00fcro Ole Scheeren<\/h3>\n

Previously set for completion in 2016, this cultural complex\u00a0will now open\u00a0in 2017.\u00a0Sandwiched between Beijing\u2019s\u00a0Forbidden City and a shopping district, it\u00a0will provide a headquarters for China\u2019s oldest art auction house, plus galleries, event spaces and a 120-room hotel.<\/p>\n

Its lower levels will appear as a cluster of small blocks, matching the scale of the old hutong neighbourhoods, while a large hollow structure dubbed the \u201cfloating ring\u201d will be raised up on top.<\/p>\n

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Design Society, China, by\u00a0Fumihiko Maki<\/h3>\n

The V&A also opens a second project in 2017 \u2013 a museum\u00a0in\u00a0Shenzhen, created in partnership with\u00a0developer China Merchants Group.<\/p>\n

Designed by\u00a0Japanese architect and Pritzker Prize winner\u00a0Fumihiko Maki, Design Society is expected to become China\u2019s first major design institution, beating\u00a0the Herzog & de Meuron-designed M+ museum to the title.<\/p>\n

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