ARCHITECTURE
Design, art on view
Two exhibits offering divergent takes on the art of architecture and architects are newly opened for viewing this weekend:

• The Museum of Design Atlanta has just opened the “Emerging Voices 11” exhibit, honoring, according to the museum, “early-career individuals and firms with distinct ‘voices’ that demonstrate the potential to influence architecture and design within the Atlanta community.”

This year’s honorees are Perkins+Will urban designer Ryan Gravel, whose 1999 Georgia Tech master’s thesis seeded the idea of the Atlanta Beltline and who is now on the team designing the project; and Tristan Al-Haddad, a Georgia Tech School of Architecture assistant professor and founder of Formations Studio. Reception: 7-10 p.m. Friday. Through Jan. 22. 1315 Peachtree St., Atlanta. 404-979-6455, www.museumofdesign.org.

• Al-Haddad is one of 27 architects exhibiting in “Architects as Artists” at the Swan Coach House Gallery. Curator Marianne Lambert said the architect-makers, who express themselves through paintings, drawings, sculpture and digital imagery, are “seeking to make a more subjective and passionate response to the everyday world of ideas and subject matter.”

Other well-known architects in the show include Oscar Harris, Amy Landesberg, Kemp Mooney, Mack Scogin and Tom Ventulett. Through Feb. 25. 3130 Slaton Drive N.W., 404-266-2636, www.swancoachhouse.com. HOWARD POUSNER