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accommodation, conference and exhibition spaces, re-
tail, a tourist information service and a local produce
café with communal spaces. Northumberland National
Park Authority and the Youth Hostels Association (YHA)
are partners to the Sill, with the Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF) part-financing the development, granting £7.8m
in 2015. The centre is expected to attract more than
100,000 visitors a year.

● In the 1800's, Bergen was the largest wooden city
in Europe, with timber houses forming the setting for
vibrant streets and squares. This historic urban environ-
ment is celebrated at the Gamle Bergen Museum (the
Old Bergen Museum), which organised the competition
to identify a design for its visitor centre expansion. The The complex consists of three connected saddleback-roofen
winning proposal by AART Architects is marked by high wooden houses. Photo: AART Architects
quality and a timeless expression well suited to the other
buildings in the museum. Through it, we will strengthen ● The Louvre Abu Dhabi opens November 11. It has long
the story of the museum, consider the town history in a seemed like the project that would never be complet-
broader context and revitalise the local area." (Marianne ed: The Louvre Abu Dhabi, announced in 2007, has had
L. Nielsen, CEO at the museum). AART Architects are an opening date that kept getting delayed, from 2012
working on a number of cultural projects across Europe, to 2013 to 2015 and beyond. The architect Jean Nou-
including the development of a national park near the vel designed the domed building on Saadiyat Island, a
city of Roskilde into a 1,500 ha cultural landscape called cultural district off the coast of the United Arab Emir-
"The New Hedeland". ates capital, and highlighted its surrounding water, with

Reminding of an open air swimming bath with macramé top, the Louvre Abu Dhabi combines both mosque architecture with
the white walls of greek popular architecture. Designing architect Jean Nouvel. Photo: Louvre Abu Dhabi / Mohamed Somji
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