Guggenheim Helsinki Matching Game

Today the Guggenheim announced the six finalist designs culled from the 1,715 stage-one submissions in its two-stage open design competition for a branch museum in Helsinki, Finland. Following EU procurement rules, the architects in the competition remain anonymous (having used 8-10-digit numbers), even though the finalist teams have been announced:

1. AGPS Architecture Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland and Los Angeles, United States of America)
2. Asif Khan Ltd. (London, United Kingdom)
3. Fake Industries Architectural Agonism (New York, United States of America; Barcelona, Spain; and Sydney, Australia)
4. Haas Cook Zemmrich STUDIO2050 (Stuttgart, Germany)
5. Moreau Kusunoki Architect (Paris, France)
6. SMAR Architecture Studio (Madrid, Spain and Western Australia)

Therefore, while images and descriptions for the finalists' designs are available, it's not clear which architect is responsible for which scheme, a fact that will remain in place until June 2015 when the winner is announced. Nevertheless, like the Nobel Center competition last year, this seems like a good excuse to have some fun and take a guess. It should be particularly fun since the names in this list are not as well known – and therefore their work not as evident – as those in the Nobel Center matching game. So which architect goes with which proposal?

A. GH-04380895:


B. GH-1128435973:


C. GH-121371443:


D. GH-5059206475:


E. GH-5631681770:


F. GH-76091181:


If you care to guess, please leave a comment below with a list matching the architects (numbers) with the proposals (letters), e.g. 1A, 2B, etc. To take a more educated guess, click the links of the architects and the proposals above to get more information than just a name and one rendering.

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Today's archidose #799

Here are some of my photos of New York Light (2014), INABA's winning design in the Van Alen Institute's Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition.











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:: Join and add photos to the archidose pool

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2014 Holiday Gift Books, 4 of 4

This year I'm presenting a selection of 40 holiday gift books from the same number of publishers, presented alphabetically in chunks of 10. Some none-too-serious recommendations of who might like the titles are indicated. See the others here.

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	For the educator – tenured or adjunct: Educating Architects: How tomorrow's practitioners will learn today Edited by Neil Spiller, Nic Clear Thames and Hudson Hardcover, 352 pages
	For the lover of great architectural drawings: Graphic Anatomy 2 Atelier Bow-Wow TOTO Paperback, 174 pages
	For the architect of resistance: Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space Keller Easterling Verso Hardcover, 252 pages
	For the urban sociologist: New York's New Edge: Contemporary Art, the High Line, and Urban Megaprojects on the Far West Side David Halle, Elisabeth Tiso University of Chicago Press Paperback, 160 pages
	For the philosopher and urban theorist: Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment Henri Lefebvre, edited by Łukasz Stanek University of Minnesota Press Paperback, 248 pages
	For the lover of curves: Alvar Aalto: Second Nature Edited by Jochen Eisenbrand, Mateo Kries Vitra Design Museum Hardcover, 648 pages
	For the many who can't get enough of Kowloon Walled City: City Of Darkness: Revisited Ian Lambot, Greg Girard Watermark Paperback, 216 pages
	For the historian/theorist: Forty Ways to Think About Architecture: Architectural History and Theory Today Edited by Iain Borden, Murray Fraser, Barbara Penner Wiley Paperback, 280 pages
	For the infrastructure nut: Infrastructure: A Guide to the Industrial Landscape Bryan Hayes W. W. Norton Paperback, 568 pages
	For fans of rough concrete and flat-top haircuts: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph Timothy M. Rohan Yale University Press Hardcover, 300 pages

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2014 Holiday Gift Books, 3 of 4

This year I'm presenting a selection of 40 holiday gift books from the same number of publishers, presented alphabetically in chunks of 10. Some none-too-serious recommendations of who might like the titles are indicated. See the others here.

Click covers ↓ to visit Amazon - or click titles ↓ to visit publishers' websites.

	For the fan of construction and technology: Sagrada Familia: Gaudi's Unfinished Masterpiece. Geometry, Construction and Site Edited by Josep Gómez Serrano, Maria Rubert and Oscar Riera Ojeda Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Hardcover, 312 pages
	For the lover of classic monographs on great architects: Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect Janne Ahlin Park Books Hardcover, 208 pages
	For those wanting to delve beyond the eye candy: Shooting Space: Architecture in Contemporary Photography Elias Redstone Phaidon Hardcover, 240 pages
	For the Critical Regionalist: Local Architecture: Building Place, Craft, and Community Brian MacKay-Lyons, Robert McCarter Princeton Architectural Press Hardcover, 224 pages
	For the Classicist: Americans in Paris: Foundations of America's Architectural Gilded Age Jean Paul Carlhian, Margot M. Ellis Rizzoli Hardcover, 252 pages
	For the beginner: The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every Architect Should Know Andrea Simitch, Val Warke Rockport Publishers Paperback, 224 pages
	Yet another one for the beginner: Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand Simon Unwin Routledge Paperback, 278 pages
	For the architect/cinephile:  Christoph Schaub – Films on Architecture Texts by Martin Walder and Christoph Schaub Scheidegger and Spiess 3 DVDs, 320 minutes, w/24-page booklet
	For the landscape urbanist: An Atlas of Recycled Landscapes Michela De Poli, Guido Incerti Skira Paperback, 270 pages
	For those with strong coffee tables: Ando: Complete Works 1975–2014 Philip Jodidio Taschen Hardcover, 720 pages

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