© Adam Mõrk
Architects: 3XN
Address: Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Completed: September 2011
Size: 27,000 sqm
Price: 49 mio. euro
Client: Gemeente Nieuwegein, Projectbureau Binnenstad
Local Architect: ABT
Photographs: Adam Mõrk
© David Vecchi
The project of the New York City Theatre, designed by David Vecchi & Emanuela Ortolani, stems from the intent to promote the independent play and recover the pioneer spirit that distinguished Broadway at the beginning. Exhibited in the ESA gallery as part of the Selon du Dessin in Paris, The proposal is for a mixed-use building that, in addition to the main function of theater, welcome inside offices and residences. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© Miran Kambič
Architects: Studio Stratum - Polona Filipič, Peter Šenk
Location: Postojna, Slovenia
Construction date: 2010
Client: Turizem Kras, d.d.
Total floor area: 20 sqm
Collaborators: Klemen Kušar
Photographs: Miran Kambič
© Jeremi Buczkowski
Architects: trabendo.+ Arpa
Location: Poznan, Poland
Interior design: trabendo.
Design Team: Jerzy Gurawski (Arpa), Lukasz Nowak (trabendo.), KatarzynaStawarz-Nowak (trabendo.)
Client: Polski Theatre in Poznan, Poland
Project Area: 250 sqm
Completion Year: 2011
Photographer: Jeremi Buczkowski
Courtesy of gmp Architekten
Following their success in winning first prize in an international competition, gmp Architekten hs been commissioned to design the new southern railway station in Hangzhou, China. The project involves the conversion and extension of the station in the Xiao Shan district to the south of the Qiantang river; after the eastern and main railway stations it will be the third largest railway station of this metropolis. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
Courtesy of Mamen Domingo y Ernest Ferré
Architects: Mamen Domingo & Ernest Ferré
Location: Balaguer, Lleida, Spain
Completion: March 2011
Area: 2,078.80 sqm
Budget: 2,216,525€
Architectural Collaborator: Malena Padawer, Isabel Cotchà,ReljaFerusic, Nagore Linares, UxíaCarballeira, Ola Otwinowska
Photographs: Courtesy of Mamen Domingo y Ernest Ferré
'Migrating Landscapes'
Winners of the National Exhibition of Migrating Landscapes have been announced! This nation-wide, open ideas competition is the main process for creating Canada’s official entry to the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture, entitled Migrating Landscapes. Themed around migration and cultural identity, entrants comprised of young Canadian architects and designers, ages 45 and under, where invited to reflect on their migration experiences and cultural memories, and design dwellings onto a new landscape that would be showcased through a series of seven regional exhibitions across the country. Together with the Winnipeg-based Migrating Landscapes Organizer (MLO), the jury has selected 18 winners out of 26 finalists to represent ‘Team Canada”. Continue after the break to review the winning competitors.
Courtesy of O-S Architects
The winning proposal for the new Theater of Cachan, designed by O-S Architects, acts as a curtain that rises over the city with the aim to transform the neighborhood with an urban, cultural and social point of view. The overall image of the project is conceived as a technological and functional tool that confirms the dynamism of the city of Cachan, for the sake of architectural and landscape quality. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© Patrick Bingham-Hall
Architects: WOHA
Location: Zubir Said Drive, Singapore
Project Team: Wong Mun Summ, Richard Hassell, Sim Choon Heok, Chan Ee Munm, Esther Soh, Ian Donlan, Teh Tien Hwa, Alina Yeo, Kwong Lay Lay, Nixon Jose Sicat, Alen Low, Christina Ong, Evi Syariffudin, Germain Goh, Merlinda Song, Muhammad Halim Bin Wahab, Ong Ker Shing, Pamela Choo, Sabrina Foong
Project Cost: S$121 million
Project Size: 52,945.54 sqm
Completion: 2009
Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall
Courtesy of Project Niafourang
Architects: Project Niafourang
Location: Niafourang, Senegal
Project Team Professors: Hans Skotte & TYIN Tegnestue
Project Team Students: Tore Hanssen Grimstad, Andreas Brunvoll, Assad Ansar
Client: Friends of Niafourang
Budget: 100,000 NOK (Approx. 17,200 USD)
Project year: October – December 2011
Sponsors: Lund+Slaatto Architects
Photographs: Project Niafourang
© Francis Dzikowski – ESTO
Architect: H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
Location: New York, USA
Completion: March 2011
Size: 15,000 square feet
Cost: $10,000,000
Client: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York, New York
Photographer: Francis Dzikowski – ESTO
Courtesy of Foster + Partners
One of the greatest Mediterranean Ports is about to be transformed. Work has begun on the Old Port of Marseille as part of a series of regeneration projects to be completed in time for the city’s inauguration as European Capital of Culture in 2013. Based on French landscape architect Michel Desvigne’s and London-based architects Foster + Partners’ competition-winning master plan, the project will reclaim the quaysides as a civic space, creating new informal venues for performances and events, while traffic is relocating traffic to a safe, semi-pedestrianised public realm.
Lord Foster stated, “I know the harbor at Marseille well and it is a truly grand space. This project is a great opportunity to enhance it using very simple means, to improve it with small, discreet pavilions for events, for markets, for special occasions. Our approach has been to work with the climate, to create shade, but at the same time to respect the space of the harbor – just making it better.” read more »
Designed by Henning Larsen Architects and Batteriid Architects, the Harpa Concert Hall was one of the finalists for Building of the Year. On the border between land and sea, the Center stands out as a large, radiant sculpture reflecting both sky and harbor space as well as the vibrant life of the city. This is all very elegantly represented in Pedro Kok‘s video which gives us more insight to the building from multiple viewpoints.
Soñando New York (Dreaming New York) - Photo Credit: Josh Nefsky
The Times Square Alliance has announced the arrival of two new public art installations, Manhattan Oil Project by German-born Josephine Meckseper and Soñando New York (Dreaming New York) by Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry. Continue after the break to learn more about these installations.
© Lyndon Douglas
Architects: Adjaye Assocates
Location: London, England
Years: 2003 – 2007
Photographs: Lyndon Douglas, Ed Reeve, Adjaye Assocates
© United Nations Photo
Planned for completion in 2014, the iconic United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) is in the middle of a $1.876 billion refurbishment project, known as the Capital Master Plan, which seeks to update the aging building with a more safe, modern and sustainable work environment. Located on the 18-acre site that was donated by John D. Rockefeller in the 1950s, the Manhattan UNHQ was designed by an international team of eleven architects who worked together in a post-World War II world to create an landmark building through collaboration rather than competition.
Continue reading for more details on the Capital Master Plan. read more »
Courtesy of Gillot + Givry
The planetarium and science center project by Gillot + Givry is designed to be a strong image in the urban context of the city of Chalet-a-Gobet, Switzerland. Worth and deserving specific treatment, it is important to strike the right balance against such a strong backdrop of heritage. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© Miguel de Guzman
Architects: Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos – María Langarita y Víctor Navarro
Location: Matadero, Madrid, Spain
Collaborators: Juan Palencia, Gonzalo Gutierrez, ToniaPapanikolau, Paula García-Masedo
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Miguel de Guzmán, Luis Díaz Díaz
© Shu He
Architect: Atelier Deshaus (Liu Yichun / Chen Yifeng)
Location: Tianzhu Rd, Jiading New Town, Shanghai, China
Project Team: Chen Yifeng, Liu Yichun, Li Jun
Project Area: 560 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Shu He, Yao Li, Su Shengliang
Courtesy of AEdifica
Architects: Ædifica
Location: Montréal, Canada
Completion: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of AEdifica
theCharrette / Tulane School of Architecture
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Five North American Architects / Kenneth Frampton
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Giancarlo De Carlo / Moleskine
Inspiration and Process in Architecture is a series of monographs on key figures in modern and contemporary architecture. It offers a reading of the practice of design which emphasis the value of freehand drawing as a part of the creative…
