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Musée Yves

Saint Laurent,

Marrakech, Morocco,

by Studio KO

This elegant new museum

devoted to Yves Saint Laurent’s

life and work uses local materials

and building techniques.

museeyslmarrakech.com

Shanghai

The continual construction,

fuelled by big investment,

is astonishing, and large architect

firms (Heatherwick Studio, OMA)

are vying for their share.

Zeitz MOCAA,

Cape Town,

South Africa, by

Heatherwick Studio

Vast grain silos on Cape Town’s

V&A Waterfront have been

transformed into a striking

museum and boutique hotel.

zeitzmocaa.museum

Mexico City

Following the arrival of

Carlos Slim’s Museo Soumaya

and David Chipperfield’s

Museo Jumex, and a clamour

for Mexican cuisine, the city

is having its moment.

CoFuFun Station

Plaza, Tenri, Japan,

by Nendo

This playful plaza at Tenri City

station is punctuated by circular

pavilions with stepped roofs that

reference ancient local structures.

nendo.jp

Singapore

Superlative architecture by the

likes of OMA, Daniel Libeskind,

Jean Nouvel and Zaha Hadid and

a burgeoning restaurant scene

are all adding to this city’s appeal.

Australian Islamic

Centre, Melbourne,

Australia, by

Glenn Murcutt

Murcutt’s contemporary take on

the traditional mosque features

steel columns, raw concrete walls

and coloured lantern skylights.

australianislamiccentre.org

Cape Town

The recent opening of

Thomas Heatherwick’s

Zeitz MOCAA on the V&A

Waterfront adds cultural

weight to the city’s impossible

good looks.

Centro Botín,

Santander, Spain,

by Renzo Piano

Building Workshop

Piano’s first Spanish project is an

art gallery on stilts with exposed

structural elements and viewing

platforms at every level.

centrobotin.org

Athens

Athens is not a global city

yet, but it’s getting there

thanks to recent projects like

Renzo Piano’s Stavros Niarchos

Foundation Cultural Centre.

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