ART CENTER UPON TYNE

The abandoned Baltic Flour Mills in the northern England city of Newcastle upon Tyne has recently been transformed into the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. It joins other illustrious works in the heart of the Gateshead Quays regeneration area.

GOLD COAST PAVILION

A pair of pristine pavilions in the wilds of Queensland, Australia, near the historic town of Mudgeeraba, embodies a number precedents from the Modern Movement that coalesce to form a comfortable retreat. Designed for a ballet teacher and artist who lives with her husband and mother, the so-called Gold Coast House accommodates many different activities in a relatively compact 4,500 square feet (500 square meters).

WISCONSIN CHEMISTRY

In designing a new research tower and lecture hall for the University of Wisconsin Department of Chemistry, the architects of Flad & Associates were inspired by the scholars who work there. "This is a group of incredibly bright and talented people," says Flad design principal, David A. Black, AIA. "The building is intended as a simple statement about who they are and what they've achieved."

UPSTAIRS ATRIUM

The Amgen Headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, designed by Los Angeles architects Johnson Fain Partners, was already under construction when the firm Pei Partnership Architects was invited to redesign the fourth and fifth floors for the client's executives.

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