Five designs in contention at Michigan State University

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On 18 July, five architects presented their conceptual designs for a new $30 million art museum to be built at the University of Michigan in East Lansing, Michigan. Those firms are Coop Himmelb(l)au of Vienna and Los Angeles; Kohn Pederson Fox Associates of New York; Zaha Hadid of London; Randall Stout Architects of Los Angeles; and Morphosis of Los Angeles. The University plans to select an architect in September. Groundbreaking for the new museum is planned for the fall of 2008 with completion anticipated in 2010.


Main image: Morphosis


Thumbnails from left to right: Zaha Hadid, Randall Stout, Coop Himmelb(l)au, KPF and Morphosis.


Sharon McHugh


WAN US Correspondent

Fonte: WorldArchitectureNews

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Bem, para a malta não se confundir: 1ª imagem -> Randall Stout; 2ª imagem -> Coop Himmelb(l)au; 3ª imagem -> Zaha Hadid; 4ª imagem -> Morphosis; 5ª imagem -> KPF.

Hmm... estas propostas fizeram-me lembrar o tópico "architecture is dead" no blog [a barriga de um arquitecto). Será que uma proposta do Carrilho da Graça seria assim tão ousada?

E aqui em Portugal, haveria espaço para projectos "open-minded" como se encontram nas premissas dos Morphosis, dos Himmelblau, da Zaha Hadid ou até mesmo nos BIG?