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Monday, June 7, 2010

Diller Scofidio + Renfro Win Museum Competition At Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana







Seven of the largest architecture firms in Brazil and the world have participated in the contest, including Brazilian practices Bernardes & Jacobsen (1st image), Isay Weinfeld (2nd image), Brasil Arquitetura (3rd image), and Tacoa Arquitetos (4th image)and international players Diller Scofidio + Renfro (USA), Daniel Libeskind (USA), and Shigeru Ban (Japan).

LAST image is the winner of the competition for the new Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro‘s postcard beach. New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The new Museum of Image and Sound will occupy 4,500 m2 (48,500 sf) with rooms for permanent and temporary exhibitions, facilities for research, a panoramic restaurant, an open-air auditorium and others. Construction will take two and a half years.

visit http://www.archicentral.com/ for more info.

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