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Friday, June 3, 2011

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower in Tokyo, Japan

Located in Tokyo, Japan, Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower was designed by Tange Associates. Tower floor plan is simple. Three areas rectangular room of about 120 degrees for about insiders. From the first floor to 50th floor, these areas rectangular room has a curved shape. The inner core consists of an elevator, stairs, and the shaft. Student Lounge is located between the classroom and face in three directions, east, southwest and northwest. Green planted down the door and the soft nature of the design and its elliptical shape, wrapped in aluminum curtain wall to create a form that meets the eye at all levels to minimize the impact of the construction.

Soco, Edinburgh Planning Application, United Kingdom

Designed by Allan Murray Architects, SoCo, the planning application is located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Plans to build a mixed use rehabilitation of the Cowgate fire-ravaged site in the heart of the Scottish capital Edinburgh City Council has approved only a small supply of materials will be agreed. Developer Edinburgh White burn projects used by Allan Murray Architects to design £ 40,000,000 SoCo development that revitalize the historic and once a vibrant area.

South Bridge / Cowgate site was once home to an abundance of retail stores, offices, pubs and clubs, and university buildings, but buildings were destroyed by a major fire in December 2002 which drew attention worldwide.

Enlargement SFMOMA In San Francisco, United States

SFMOMA expansion, located in San Francisco, USA, was designed by Snøhetta. The new building will house seven levels of galleries topped with two floors of offices. Snøhetta design major step was the opening of the museum complex, weaving in society, what it desperately needs, by creating new roads.

To the east, including the construction of a grand facade and a new public entrance is not used in the area is now hidden from public view. Mid-block, open air, 18ft wide promenade that stretches between Howard Street and Natoma Street to create open a new route to the public through the circulation and rejuvenate the neighborhood, Natoma Street.

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library And Museum Is Expanding Boston MA, USA

Located in Boston, USA, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum's expansion was designed by Einhorn Yaffe Prescott, A & E PC. At the dedication of the building, which was followed by the daughter of assassinated president, Caroline Kennedy, the Conservatives library presented a rocking chair that President Kennedy at Camp David that the first object to be moved into the new wing. The 20,000 other objects in the museum's collection was stored in an off-site and will now be returned to the Kennedy Library. After the formal proceedings, guests and members of the media got a tour of the new space of Library Director Tom Putnam and the library staff.

This is the second time that the library was expanded. The library and museum were designed by architect IM Pei. Since opening in October 1979, more than 7 million visitors from around the world have visited the national memorial to President John F. Kennedy. The average library of more than 200,000 visitors each year.