Ministry of Education Headquarters, CambridgeSeven
South Surra District, Kuwai
Boston-based architects CambridgeSeven have just completed Kuwait’s new Ministry of Education headquarters in the country’s district of South Surra. The building, a modern glass and metal composition, now houses eight ministry departments and some 3,600 employees, who relocated from different sites across the country. Consolidating a variety of needs, the new building is set to not only provide modern accomodation for one of the country’s most important public services, but also allow room for growth in the future. Photography: Jeff Goldberg
Ministry of Education Headquarters, CambridgeSeven
South Surra District, Kuwai
Boston-based architects CambridgeSeven have just completed Kuwait’s new Ministry of Education headquarters in the country’s district of South Surra. The building, a modern glass and metal composition, now houses eight ministry departments and some 3,600 employees, who relocated from different sites across the country. Consolidating a variety of needs, the new building is set to not only provide modern accomodation for one of the country’s most important public services, but also allow room for growth in the future. Photography: Jeff Goldberg
Ministry of Education Headquarters, CambridgeSeven
South Surra District, Kuwai
The structure’s curved shape is inspired by the rich maritime history of Kuwait, and the architects referenced its shipbuilding industry by designing an office building that abstractly resembles the prow of a ship. A large central courtyard sits at the heart of the ministry, while elsewhere the building features a 600-seat multi-purpose auditorium, a two-level cafeteria, and three levels of parking. To ensure the interiors remain cool, the architects specified that the external glass should be layered with copper so as to better filter the amount of sunlight that enters the building. Photography: Jeff Goldberg
Ministry of Education Headquarters, CambridgeSeven
South Surra District, Kuwai
The structure’s curved shape is inspired by the rich maritime history of Kuwait, and the architects referenced its shipbuilding industry by designing an office building that abstractly resembles the prow of a ship. A large central courtyard sits at the heart of the ministry, while elsewhere the building features a 600-seat multi-purpose auditorium, a two-level cafeteria, and three levels of parking. To ensure the interiors remain cool, the architects specified that the external glass should be layered with copper so as to better filter the amount of sunlight that enters the building. Photography: Jeff Goldberg
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center at Boston University, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
A key new part of Boston University, the Booth Theatre (as the project is more commonly known) was designed to unify the institution’s theatre arts programme. Created by Elkus Manfredi Architects, the building is a multi-functional studio theatre with production facilities including scenery, prop, and costume shop. This is a 21st-century learning environment for collaboration and experimentation at its best. Photography: Robert Benson
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center at Boston University, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
A key new part of Boston University, the Booth Theatre (as the project is more commonly known) was designed to unify the institution’s theatre arts programme. Created by Elkus Manfredi Architects, the building is a multi-functional studio theatre with production facilities including scenery, prop, and costume shop. This is a 21st-century learning environment for collaboration and experimentation at its best. Photography: Robert Benson
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center at Boston University, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Referencing its function, ‘the new centre is enveloped in a first-of-its-kind pre-cast concrete scrim that evokes the frame of a proscenium theatre’, explain the architects. Its light-filled lobby features a mirror-like 14m glass curtainwall, which cants forward 14 degrees, reflecting the city scene below. Just outside, Mikyoung Kim Design has created a 2,364 sq m plaza – the first in the area in many years – conceived as a public ‘room’ and extension of the campus community. It features bold, sculptural signage and terraced steps that double as street-side seating. Photography: Robert Benson
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center at Boston University, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Referencing its function, ‘the new centre is enveloped in a first-of-its-kind pre-cast concrete scrim that evokes the frame of a proscenium theatre’, explain the architects. Its light-filled lobby features a mirror-like 14m glass curtainwall, which cants forward 14 degrees, reflecting the city scene below. Just outside, Mikyoung Kim Design has created a 2,364 sq m plaza – the first in the area in many years – conceived as a public ‘room’ and extension of the campus community. It features bold, sculptural signage and terraced steps that double as street-side seating. Photography: Robert Benson
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center at Boston University, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The lobby, an extension of the plazza, leads to auditorium and production spaces. The building includes open-plan workshops as well as classrooms for teaching. The scheme’s multi-functional studio theatre features a 12.8m by 11m theatre trap, a sound and lighting room, a motorised catwalk, nine motorised trusses for lighting and scenery, and custom-designed acoustical walls that host rigging and scenery while protecting the acoustical woodwork’s finish. Photography: Eric Laignel
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center at Boston University, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The lobby, an extension of the plazza, leads to auditorium and production spaces. The building includes open-plan workshops as well as classrooms for teaching. The scheme’s multi-functional studio theatre features a 12.8m by 11m theatre trap, a sound and lighting room, a motorised catwalk, nine motorised trusses for lighting and scenery, and custom-designed acoustical walls that host rigging and scenery while protecting the acoustical woodwork’s finish. Photography: Eric Laignel
The Exploratorium, Bernard Tschumi Architects
Tianjin, China
Slated for an autumn 2019 opening, Bernard Tschumi Architects’ Exploratorium in Tianjin has recently completed. Bringing together artefacts from the Chinese city’s industrial and technological past, the cultural hub offers exhibition and gallery facilities, as well as offices, restaurant and retail spaces. The highlight is the building’s grand central lobby, an immense cone almost doubling the height of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Photography: Kris Provoost
The Exploratorium, Bernard Tschumi Architects
Tianjin, China
Slated for an autumn 2019 opening, Bernard Tschumi Architects’ Exploratorium in Tianjin has recently completed. Bringing together artefacts from the Chinese city’s industrial and technological past, the cultural hub offers exhibition and gallery facilities, as well as offices, restaurant and retail spaces. The highlight is the building’s grand central lobby, an immense cone almost doubling the height of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Photography: Kris Provoost
