Editors' Picks: Best of 2014
We asked our staff to select the projects—from exhibitions to houses to restaurants—that defined the year in design.
Most Memorable Exhibitions | |
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Photo © Sergio Pirrone |
![]() | Exhibition Review: 110 Years of Mexican Architecture Photo courtesy Armando Salas Portugal Foundation |
![]() | Exhibition Review: Toward an Architectural Archive at Japan’s National Archives of Modern Architecture Photo © Architectural Record |
![]() | Exhibition Review: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz Photo © Jan Sturmann, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation |
Most Attractive Attractions | |
![]() | Wild Turkey Bourbon Visitor Center Photo © De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop |
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Photo © Peter Cook |
Picture-Perfect Museums | |
![]() | Soulages Museum Photo © Pep Sau |
![]() | Aspen Art Museum Photo © Michael Moran |
Design Patron Deluxe | |
![]() | Fondation Louis Vuitton Photo © Iwan Baan |
![]() | Louis Vuitton Matsuya Ginza Facade Photo © Daici Ano |
Best Facelift | |
![]() | Superkubus Exodus Photo © Ossip van Duivenbode |
Best Hole in the Ground | |
![]() | M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark Photo © Luca Santiago Mora |
![]() | Hannah Arendt School Photo © Giacomo Flaim |
Best Toppled Tower | |
![]() | The Interlace Photo © Iwan Baan |
Most Conspicuous Cantilever | |
![]() | GL Events Headquarters Photo © Roland Halbe |
Most Ambitious Airport | |
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Photo © Leonardo Finotti |
Coziest Cabin | |
![]() | Åkrafjorden Photo © James Silverman Photography |
Biggest Architectural Tragedy | |
![]() | MoMA Begins Demolition of Folk Art Museum Building Photo © Architectural Record |
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