DESIGN NEWS
DESIGN NEWS
The continuous arch runs through the entire gallery like a ribbon
Curved art gallery opens in Beijing
Project: Hongkun Fine Art Gallery Design: Penda Location: Beijing, China
The Hongkun Fine Art Gallery has reopened in Beijing following a refurbishment by Vienna and Beijing- based architectural fi rm Penda, featuring a fl uid, curved design. The all-white gallery
encompasses 2,000sq m of exhibition space across two fl oors. The refurbishment involved the
addition of a new reception area and gently curved archways of diff erent sizes, that open out onto the existing exhibition space. The continuous arch was selected
as a way of welcoming people into the gallery, and also references the mountains and valleys depicted in the paintings exhibited there.
The three storey building sits on a platform Pérez Art Museum Miami makes the news
The Herzog and de Meuron-designed Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) launched in Miami’s new Museum Park in December 2013, featuring 200,000sq ft of exhibition space. As well as permanent and temporary galleries, PAMM
features a shop, café, auditorium, education centre and offi ces. It also features vertical gardens by French botanist Patrick Blanc. The building sits on an elevated platform and below a canopy; tropical plants and vegetation will be planted among its columns, ‘bringing the park into the
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Project: Pérez Art Museum Miami Design: Herzog and de Meuron Location: Miami, US
museum’ and transforming the veranda into a garden. PAMM made the news in February, when a protester smashed a $1m Ai Weiwei vase in a protest about the museum’s lack of local artist displays.
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