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Herzog & de Meuron to design new riverfront home for Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee
by Andrew Manns | 24 May 2019
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee has appointed Swiss architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron to design "Brooks on the Bluff", its new US$105m (€93.9m, £82.6m) home. The future art facility, which will overlook the Mississippi River, will boast 112,000 sq ft (10,405 sq m) of space and feature galleries, classrooms, a theatre, a café, museum shop, and sculpture garden. Memphis-based studio archimania, who have previously worked to
Studio Gang unveil community-focused concept for Tom Lee Park
by Andrew Manns | 05 Feb 2019
American architecture firm Studio Gang have revealed the first set of renderings of their vision to regenerate the historic Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee. Part of what has been described as a "holistic redevelopment" of the Memphis riverfront, the revitalised public space, which Studio Gang is redesigning in collaboration with SCAPE Landscape Architecture, will take design cues from various riverside structures, machines, and transport vessels – such as docks,
SO-IL and Laisne Roussel win design competition to masterplan Parisian riverfront site
by Kim Megson | 20 Jul 2017
New York architects SO – IL and French firm Laisne Roussel have won an international design competition to integrate new buildings and public spaces into Paris’ historic but underused Place Mazas. Their flexible urban strategy, called ‘L’ Atelier de l’ Arsenal’, will retain the historic fabric of the 60,000sq ft (5,590sq m) site, located between Canal Saint Martin and the Seine River, while adding three new public squares and a
Studio Gang reveal 'transformational' concept to revitalise Memphis riverfront
by Kim Megson | 20 Jul 2017
Architecture and urban designers Studio Gang have revealed a “transformational” concept for the future of Memphis’ waterfront, which would see new leisure amenities introduced across six miles and five distinct zones along the Mississippi river. A cultural pavilion, a live music stage, an adventure playground, several trails and an elevated walkway across the city’s native wetlands are all proposed for the site over the short, medium, and long-term. Investment ideas
£10m Glasgow riverfront scheme approved
by Pete Hayman | 07 Nov 2011
Plans for the development of a new £10m riverfront restaurant quarter at Broomielaw in the heart of Glasgow's financial district have been given the green light by the local authority. The 32,000sq ft (2,973sq m) Broomielaw Quay scheme has been backed by Glasgow City Council and is expected to contribute to the wider redevelopment of the Clyde riverfront. Capella Developments is behind the GD Lodge-designed project and is proposing four
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