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\nBuilt on the top of the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark, Your Rainbow Panorama is a permanent installation that soon after its opening has become an iconic landmark.<\/p>\n
Some people may claim it certainly is, others may put it into perspective or may state that it depends on the project, background and time period. Therefore, whether architecture is an art is often controversial.
\nIf we stick to the definition of art as \u201can aesthetic ideal expressed by human creations\u201d, then architecture perfectly fits in it. However, the definition of architecture itself is more complex: for example, does it aim to organise spaces or to create a beautiful object? There is no answer to this question.
\nAccording to Jay A. Pritzker and his wife, founders of the architectural prize of the same name, \u201carchitecture will go beyond the human need to seek a safe shelter and will become an artistic expression\u201d. Well-known Guardian art reporter Jonathan Jones, the judge for the 2009 Turner Prize, claims that \u201carchitecture belongs to our daily, familiar life, but as it is mainly considered as functional and necessary, it is difficult to understand where art begins when you are inside a building\u201d.
\nIt is because of this ambiguity that the architectural field is so difficult to classify but also so fascinating. In order to focus on this issue, we have chosen several architectural works that can be respectively considered art, pure architecture, or a mix of both.<\/p>\n
\nBuilt on the top of the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark, Your Rainbow Panorama is a permanent installation that soon after its opening has become an iconic landmark.<\/p>\n
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\nThis unique memorial, built in Vard\u00f8, Norway, pays tribute to those persecuted in the seventeenth-century Witchcraft Trials. A suspended silk cocoon along the coast is immersed in a dreamlike stone landscape that adds a dramatic touch to the overall effect.<\/p>\n
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\nThese plywood structures built in Winnipeg, Canada, serve as a shelter against the sun and wind.<\/p>\n
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\nBetween 25 and 50 meters in height, these vertical gardens come alive with colourful lighting at night. They offer a unique experience to visitors, who are free to \u201chike\u201d between the giant trees and explore each of them. Their concrete and metal structure houses a thousand tropical plants and produces electricity thanks to solar panels.<\/p>\n
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\nThis time Studio Olafur Eliasson wins fame thanks to a bridge that pays tribute to all the ships anchored in the Copenhagen harbour during its history. Cirkelbroen is a pedestrian bridge built with the aim of slowing down the walking rhythm and encouraging social interaction and friendliness.<\/p>\n
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\nBuilt by wrapping shiny plastic panels to a minimalist steel frame, this pavilion reproduces the spatial variety of London\u2019s subway.<\/p>\n
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\nBuilt in Hyde Park, London, this pavilion designed by the Japanese architect is a translucent three-dimensional\u00a0steel grid. Visitors are free to walk through it, on it or under it.<\/p>\n
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\nAiming at transforming public spaces in Berlin, Raumlabor installed some inflatable plastic shells in order to highlight the social potential of those areas and convert them into social interaction spaces.<\/p>\n
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\nThis museum in Singapore looks like a giant lily rising from Marina Bay. Its 10 large petals can collect rainwater and drain it in a single place.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Blur Building is an exposition pavilion built at the base of Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland. A cloud of artificial fog shapes it according to the wind direction, hiding or revealing different views that influence visiting paths inside the building.<\/p>\n
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\nThis over 75 meters high steel arch will be completed in 2017 and will be placed in front of the Sydney City Hall. It is expected to become one of Sydney\u2019s landmarks along with the Opera House.<\/p>\n
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\nLocated in a small minimalist building in Austin, Texas, this work allows visitors to see the sky through a hole in the ceiling.\u00a0Some lights illuminate the ceiling area surrounding the hole with a sequence of changing colours that transform the sky experience.
\nIn conclusion, this series of architectural masterworks shows that the boundary between architecture and art is quite blurred. Maybe we should not label things: as long as we can appreciate what we see and it stirs our emotions, it means that architecture and the architect fulfil their role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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