TOP 10 s and cultural venues featured in 2020

自2013年以来，每年年底，designboom都会汇总过去12个月中最受关注的项目，作为我们BIG故事系列的一部分。 as we begin thefinal month of this unprecedented and unpredictable year, we kick off our annual TOP 10 round up of theyear’s biggest and best projects with a look at popular s and cultural centers。尽管由于持续的大流行而导致许多新机构的开业，但到2020年，仍有许多知名机构与机构合作，将其创新愿景变为现实。

from a museum in thailand dedicated to theanimal that never forgets, to a spiraling structure in switzerland, see all 10 of our selected schemes below. stay tuned as we continue our BIG stories in theweeks ahead.

1 –elephant in thailand by bangkok project studio

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designed by bangkok project studio, the‘elephant museum’hopes to educate visitors about theclose connection theanimal has with thepeople of northeast thailand. 由boonserm premthada领导的设计团队说，当地的奎人与大象之间的关系是完全独特的，可以追溯到三个多世纪之前。 ‘humans live under thesame roof as elephants which are regarded as children rather than pets,’ say thearchitects. ‘这种传统，文化和智慧的传承已在泰国拥有最多驯化大象数量的乡村世代相传。’ theproject forms part of‘elephant world’, a complex that also includes a recreational space and a observation tower designed by thesame architect.

2 –jingdezhen imperial kiln by studio zhu pei

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earlier this year studio zhu pei completed a kiln museum in a historical area of jingdezhen, known as the‘porcelain capital’ of theworld. 该地区生产和出口陶器已有1700多年的历史，其特征是具有毁灭性的古代窑炉建筑群。博物馆，包括六个以上 brick vaults based on the传统的 form of thekiln, theapparatus used to create pottery for centuries. thevaults —每个都有不同的大小，曲率和长度—与许多现有的遗迹融为一体，其中一些是在项目期间发现的’s construction.

3 – musée atelier audemars piguet by bjarke ingels group

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in june, luxury watch company audemars piguet announced theopening of its new‘living’ museum designed by bjarke ingels group. 螺旋形的结构将历史和创新融为一体，邀请参观者在现场生产车间旁探索广泛的钟表。玻璃亭子是公司的补充’它是最古老的建筑，于1875年在jules louis audemars和爱德华·奥古斯特·皮格（edward auguste Piguet）那里建立了他们的工作室。新结构似乎是从地面升起的，从地板到天花板的玻璃窗可以欣赏到汝拉山脉偏远山谷的景色。

4 – he art in china by tadao ando

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the‘he art museum’, designed by japanese architect tadao ando, opened to thepublic in october. located in shunde, in china’s guangdong province, thenew museum 以其创始人何建峰的名字命名。但是，这个词‘he’具有多种含义，包括和谐，平衡，财富和联合，所有这些都为建筑的设计和空间特征提供了信息。该机构是一个艺术收藏家的所在地，收藏着从绘画，书法到摄影和雕塑等500多种作品。

5 – zhang yan cultural by horizontal design

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to realize the‘zhang yan cultural ’, architecture firm horizontal design renovated a series of structures in zhang yan, an ancient chinese village located in chonggu town. 博物馆由三个展厅组成，每个展厅围绕水露台组织成各个空间，其主题范围从‘contemporary’ to ‘traditional’ and to ‘future’. merging theold with thenew, thechinese architecture office managed to preserve as much of theoriginal buildings as possible. coexisting harmoniously, theresulting composition addresses 当代的 needs while celebrating tradition.

6 –kinder building at themuseum of fine arts, houston by steven holl architects

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designed by steven holl, the‘nancy and rich kinder building’at themuseum of fine arts, houston opened in november.thebuilding, which is thefinal part of thedecade-long expansion and enhancement of theinstitution’s campus in texas, is dedicated to presenting works from themuseum’s international collections of modern and 当代的 art. ‘光线通过‘luminous canopy’以得克萨斯州的天空滚滚的云层为模型的屋顶上，光线从柔软蚀刻的半透明玻璃管的外壁射出，这些玻璃管在夜间发光，将为整个休斯敦带来一种公民体验，为整个校园增添了影响力，’ explains steven holl.

7 –kadokawa culture in japan by kengo kuma and associates

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kengo kuma designed this monolithic museum building in japan, which opened to thepublic later in november. located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of central tokyo, the‘kadokawa culture museum’is part of a larger development called‘tokorozawa sakura town’. thesite also includes an anime-focused hotel, a book store, and an indoor pavilion for a variety of events. theproject even includes its own shrine, also designed by kengo kuma and his team.

8 –baitasi hutong gallery in beijing by DnA design and architecture

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in june we featured a two-storey building in a beijing hutong that DnA design and architecture turned into an art gallery. 该项目靠近一座拥有700年历史的佛教寺庙，该项目包含艺术家住所并举办社区展览，以满足在新兴社区生活和工作的创意者的需求。 ‘the building is a connection of historical context with 未来 programs and will provide new possibilities into thehutong community life,’ explain thearchitects.

9 –depot boijmans van beuningen in rotterdam by MVRDV

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in september, MVRDV completed the‘depot boijmans van beuningen’, theworld’s first publicly accessible art depot. located in rotterdam，该设计旨在提供一种新型的博物馆体验。该建筑物将容纳151,000件物品，这些物品将根据气候要求而不是按时代或体裁存储在五个不同的气候区之一中。反射性皮肤由6609平方米的玻璃组成，细分为1,664个镜面面板，可反射周围的环境，有助于将新的干预措施嵌入到环境中。

10 –bourse de commerce in paris by tadao ando

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although it won’t open until january 2021, the‘bourse de commerce’ — themuseum housing thepinault collection in paris —was a big story with our readers this year.theproject, which was first announced in 2017, sees thecity’s former stock exchange transformed by japanese architect tadao ando into a museum for businessman and art collector françois pinault. as part of theproject, ando—who pinault previously tasked with restoring venice’s punta della dogana —designed a central cylinder that has now been inserted into theexisting structure, forming a new exhibition space.