Dezeen's top 10 public buildings of 2016
Continuing our review of 2016, architecture editor Jessica Mairs picks out 10 of the best public buildings of 2016, including an art gallery inside a second-world-war bunker, a dinosaur egg museum and three projects from one particularly prolific studio.
National Museum Zurich extension by Christ & Gantenbein
The robust concrete construction of Christ & Gantenbein's new wing for the National Museum Zurich stands in stark contrast to the stone construction of the original gallery. A huge pointed arch and porthole windows cut through the flanks provide views of its 118-year-old neighbour.
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Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & de Meuron
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron completed a 64.5-metre-tall addition to the Tate Modern, the London gallery the studio created inside the former Bankside Power Station in 2000. The creased brick tower provides additional gallery space as well as a viewing terrace offering panoramic views of the city, River Thames and into the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Neo Bankside. Read more about Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & de Meuron ?
Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects mounted a huge glazed volume on top of a derelict fire station to create a new home for Antwerp's Port Authority. The multifaceted volume is separated from its historic host by a large viewing gallery, propped up at one end by an angular concrete le...
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