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Sanxingdui Museum, China


The Sanxingdui relic site holds a civilization that dates back 4,800 years. The existing museum park was completed and opened in 1997, covering an area of approximately 35.3 hectares. However, the combined total area of the old museums No.1 and No.2 is only 11,000 square meters, which is insufficient to accommodate the display of new cultural relics and the increasing number of visitors. To address this, the new museum and…

Yohoo Museum, China


Architecture studio Aedas has completed the Yohoo Museum in China. The museum is located on an island in an artificial lake, which connects to the over 2,500-year-old Grand Canal. The building has an undulating roof design that takes the form of two interlocking rings. Two circular light wells were created within the interlocking rings that, according to the studio, symbolise the connection between heaven and earth. The museum's undulating roof…

The Discovery Center (DISC), UK


AstraZeneca is establishing a new global research and development facility, named The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge, UK, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC). The architecture makes it visible with a porous building that is accessible from three different sides. The new building is a triangular glass disc with rounded edges that loosely follows the shape of the site; it is defined by a saw-tooth roof that runs East to…

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