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In Uncoverd’s first episode, Luka will expose less-known facts about the MAXXI Museum by Zaha Hadid architects. The MAXXI Museum results from an international competition established by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in 1998 to build a new Center for Contemporary Arts. Zaha Hadid’s design has been the winner of an international design competition.

A simple geometric expression fused by an organically morphed inner form. Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame frames a linear edifice designed by Trahan Architects in Natchitoches. The design envisaged horizontal slats in the oldest settlement of Louisiana Purchase, gleams and lustre in the blooming sun. Sitting amiably on the banks of the Cane River Lake, the architects inhaled their inspiration from the riverfront setting. Incorporating early sustainable practices and the 17th-century bousillage building techniques of the French settlers, the design oriented to an elemental angle.