Tête de Pont is a winning competition entry by Josep Lluís Mateo of Mateo Arquitectura that is a remodeling of the river Adour in Bayonne, France.  The solution of the design marks a new threshold for the approach to the old town that begins the process of urban renewal on the banks of Adour between the city center and the estuary.

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Several hundred guests joined Daniel Libeskind in a ceremony last Friday as he laid the foundation stone of  the Kö-Bogen building along with Dusseldorf’s Lord Mayor Dirk Elbers, investor Kurt Zech of Zech Group, and project developer Stefan H. Muehling.  The stainless steel foundation stone, designed by Libeskind, will be visibly integrated into the facade of the building.

The new 432,300 sqf mixed use building is scheduled for completion in 2013 will house both office and retail space in downtown Dusseldorf.  The design of Kö-Bogen intends to naturally blend landscape into the building space through geometry, permeated cuts in the facade, the green courtyards, and green roof system.   All of these elements are ‘part of a new environment that bridges urban space with park space’.

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© BURO II & ARCHI+I

Architects: BURO II & ARCHI+I
Location: Beernem, Belgium
Project team: Arch. Ramona Nicolaescu, Arch. Maur Dessauvage, Arch. Jo Baeke, Arch. Frederik Populier, in collaboration with cenergie and landscape architect denis dujardin, Int. arch. Bart Decloedt
Project area: 1,593 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of BURO II & ARCHI+I

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Courtesy of Agung Mahaputra, Andika Priya Utama, Arief Aditya Putra, Dely Hamzah, Nidia Safiana, and Rahadi Utomo

Departing from what is already exists in the mangrove forest of Jakarta, the Agung Sedayu Center rises out of the natural habitat as an iconic volume that takes in the breathtaking views of the forest.  The Agung Sedayu Center is an office building for Jakarta, Indonesia by Agung Mahaputra, Andika Priya Utama, Arief Aditya Putra, Dely Hamzah, Nidia Safiana, and Rahadi Utomo.

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© Richard Bryant

Architects: Stephen Marshall Architects
Location: Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Richard Bryant

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view from the north / © JDS Architects

As the first prize winner in the Hangzhou Gateway Competition, JDS Architects shared with us their building concept, which is to create a gateway that is neither closing-off or dividing the city. The 15-story tower features offices, restaurants, post office, a terraced roof garden and a sunken passage that leads through a shopping center. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Freya

Sopot Business Centre by Urbane Tehnike won 1st prize in the competition for  the business complex project in the center of Novi Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.  The concept is for the design of a simple glass cube, structured within the surface of prisms which is visually manipulated by its context. From the urban planning point of view, the cube is derived from the constant movement along the avenues and the silhouette of the city beyond.

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© Interface Studio Architects

A conceptual proposal for the retrofit of an old grain silo in Center City Philadelphia, Interface Studio Architects aims to integrate an existing, vacant structure into an urban, mixed-use project. Additionally, it raises interesting questions about old building reuse and innovative tactics for sustainability. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Pikasch Architecture Studio

Pikasch Architecture Studio shared this project for the Beton Hala Waterfront Center in Belgrade, Serbia.  The concept for this proposal embraces the historical importance and unique natural elements  of the site located in Belgrade, Serbia in the Kalemegdan Park along the river and the Brankov Bridge.

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César Gª Guerra © FÜNDC

Architects: FÜNDC
Location: Madrid, Spain
Client: Pozuelo de Alarcón Municipality
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 10,500 sqm (underground), 2,216 sqm (above ground)
Photographs: César Gª Guerra, Anna Pericas, P. Gil

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© Thomas Mayer

Architects: Tabanlioglu Architects / Melkan Gürsel & Murat Tabanlioglu
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 165,169 sqm
Photographs: Helene Binet, Thomas Mayer

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Courtesy Architektur Studio

Egyptian architects, Architektur Studio have submitted to ArchDaily their recent submission for the Beton Hala Waterfront project in central Belgrade, Serbia. Additional images of the proposal as well as a description of the work from the architects can be found after the break.
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© Adrià Goula

Architect: MiAS Arquitectes / Josep Miàs
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Client: Rubí Town Hall
Structural Consultants: BOMA
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 1,600 sqm (offices), 5,600 sqm (parking), 2,500 sqm (public space)
Photographs: Adrià Goula

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Courtesy Papaioannou Architects

Papaioannou Architects has shared their proposal for the Barcelona 2011 Bohemian Hostel for backpackers International Competition with us here at ArchDaily. Additional images of their project and a extensive architect narrative can be found after the jump.
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© Duccio Malagamba

Architects: Eisenman Architects
Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Executive Architect: Andres Perea Ortega and euroestudios
Client: Fundación cidade da cultura de Galicia
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Duccio Malagamba

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All projects from December 2010 for our seventh selection of previously featured mixed use buildings. Check them all after the break.

Contemporaine / Perkins + Will
Contemporaine is a 28-unit condominium building located on a corner lot in the River North area of urban Chicago. The building consists of an eleven-story residential tower and a four-story retail and parking base. The sculptural quality of the tower and the articulation of its functional parts work to mediate the building to the varying scales of the surrounding context (read more…)

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Courtesy of Chartier-Dalix architects

Paris-based Chartier-Dalix architects shared with us their winning proposal for a competition to design a primary school and sport hall in Boulogne Billancourt, a commune in the western suburbs of Paris. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »

Exterior View / © rojkind arquitectos

Mexico-based Rojkind Arquitectos shared with us their project ‘High Park’, a 13,000 sqm mixed use building in Monterrey, Mexico. More images, a video, and the architect’s description after the break. read more »

The thumbnail photo - Courtesy of Symbiosis Designs ltd.

IT Incubators, designed by Symbiosis Designs ltd. is a proposed addition to an existing structure in King Hussein Park in Amman, Jordan. As an addition it is a liberated open-ended space, reclaiming an intuitive space within rational offices and conference rooms’ layout, hence impelling distinctive innovation and conception; hence incubating.

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Courtesy dRN Architects

Chilean architects, dRN Architects has submitted to ArchDaily their recent submission for the Beton Hala Waterfront project in central Belgrade, Serbia. Additional images of the proposal as well as a lengthy description of the work can be found after the break.
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