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ABC Museum, Illustration and Design Center / Aranguren & Gallegos Architects

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Madrid, Spain
  • Architects: Aranguren & Gallegos Architects

Musashino Art University Museum & Library / Sou Fujimoto Architects

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  • Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects: Sou Fujimoto
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2883
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Kanazawa Umimirai Library / Coelacanth K&H Architects

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Kanazawa, Japan
  • Architects: Coelacanth K&H Architects: Coelacanth K&H Architects / Kazumi KUDO + Hiroshi HORIBA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2311
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

Library and Document Center / Peñín Architects

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  • Architects: Peñín Architects: Peñín Architects / Pablo Peñín Llobell, Alberto Peñín Ibáñez
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  8427
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

Shanghai Museum of Glass / logon | urban.architecture.design

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  • Architects: Logon Architecture: logon | urban.architecture.design
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  29612
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Saflex

National Museum of the Marine Corps / Fentress Architects

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Currier Museum of Art / Ann Beha Architects

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Manchester, United States

Joe & Rika Mansueto Library / Murphy Jahn

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  • Architects: Murphy/Jahn
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  58700 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Dip-Tech, Ferro

National Automobile Museum / Cino Zucchi Architetti

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Turin, Italy

Gladstone Gallery 21st Street / Selldorf Architects

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International Civil Rights Center and Museum Historic Preservation and Renovation / The Freelon Group Architects

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Greensboro, United States

Clyfford Still Museum / Allied Works Architecture

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© Allied Works Architecture

Architects: Allied Works Architecture Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Project area: 28,500 sqm Project year: 2011 Renders and drawings: Allied Works Architecture

HAIMA Archaeological Museum of Punta Umbria / ETB Architects

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Courtesy of ETB Architects

This proposal new Archaeological Center of Punta Umbria, Spain is designed by ETB Architects. It is conceived of as a simple and light architecture in the form of an Arab tent that is open to the surrounding landscape and to all society.

More on this project after the break.

Update: Knut Hamsun Center / Steven Holl Architects + LY Arkitekter

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Back in 2009 when Norway’s Kunt Hamsun Center was unveiled, the faceted volume topped with an a-typical vertical grass roof gained international attention for its reinterpretation of Nordic aesthetics complimented by Holl’s fascination with interior light quality. This year, Holl + Oslo-based LY Arkitekter, have been awarded the prestigious 2011 Byggeskikkprisen for their collaboration on the project; rising above over 90 submitted buildings. The prize, which is granted by the Norwegian government for outstanding architecture, was presented by Local Government and Regional Development Minister Liv Signe at the Norwegian Design and Architecture Center in Oslo. “The Hamsun Center is a piece of original architecture that is deeply moving on many levels and meets all of its functions in exceptionally exciting and unique ways,” said the jury. “It both provokes and delights through its strong, clear and non-traditional form, and it finds its natural place in the dramatic skyline of the northern landscape.”

Update: National Library of France / Dominique Perrault

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© Franck Bohbot

Previously featured here on ArchDaily as one of our AD Classics, the National Library of France by Dominique Perrault was built in hopes to be the most modern library in the world. The competition of 1989 that included projects from 244 internationally renowned architects was won by Dominique Perrault, who was only 36 years old. Photographer Franck Bohbot recently shared with us an extremely rare glimpse of the National Library, with a completely empty interior.

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Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art / Planda Architecture

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Courtesy Planda Architecture

The young Parisian firm Planda Architecture has shared with ArchDaily their recent competition entry for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in Manhattan. Follow after the break for additional images of this project in addition to a description from the architects.

A First Glance at Zaha Hadid's Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport / Zaha Hadid Architects

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Public Library and Music School / Donaire Arquitectos

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  • Architects: Donaire Arquitectos: Donaire Arquitectos / Juan Pedro Donaire Barbero
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1725
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010