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Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects shared with us their competition proposal for an AquaPark in the Swiss Alps where they won the second prize. Located in an exceptional geographical context, the quality of the alpine setting was decisive in shaping the design of this particular water park. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Philippe Piron

Architects: Jean-Luc Fugier
Associate Architects: FeST Architecture
Location: Aix-en-Provence, France
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 30 sqm
Photographs: Philippe Piron

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© Rafael Galan

Architect: Crystalzoo, S.L.P.
Location: Novelda, Spain
Lead Architect: Jose Luis Campos Rosique
Photographs: David Frutos, Rafael Galan

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© David Oliva + Elisenda Planas

Architects: David Oliva + Elisenda Planas
Location: El Bruc Residencial, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
Engineering: LAVOLA, S.L.
Structure: CRAE,S.L.
Client: Ajuntament El Bruc / Diputació de Barcelona
Budget: 186.300€
Project Area: 95.75 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: David Oliva + Elisenda Planas

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Courtesy of BIAD UFo

Architects: BIAD UFo
Location: Beijing, China
Client: Phoenix Satellite Television
Project Year: 2009-2012
Project Area: 64973 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of BIAD UFo

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© Indrikis Sturmanis

Architects: ARHIS
Location: Riga, Latvia
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 89,968 sqm
Photographs: Indrikis Sturmanis

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Photo by Andy Mc - http://www.flickr.com/photos/92503496@N00/

The greenway is a modern twist on an outdated concept. Ancient cities sprung up around trade routes. Many modern US cities were originally formed according to access to a local train station or navigable river. Today’s metropolises were brought to success by an advanced highway system. All of these circumstances were brought about by two prevailing factors, location and traffic. In a post-modern world however, when the infrastructure has been laid and a consumer society comes to live for a variety of new reasons how can these concepts be applied. The answer lies, partially at least, within the recent push for a developed greenway system.

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© Rafael Palomo

Architect: Metro Arkitekter
Location: Hyllie Torg, Malmö, Sweden
Project Team: Claes R Janson, resp; Ola Arnholm, project architect; Carl Kylberg, Anna-Karin Joelsson, HL; Jörgen Åkerlund
Other consultants: ÅF/ Sweco, Tyrens, Sweco
Contractor: Jernhusen AB
Building contractor: NCC
Project Area: 10,000 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Rafael Palomo

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Courtesy of Lucio Morini Studio

Architects: Lucio Morini + GGMPU
Location: Córdoba, Argentina
Client: Government of the Province Cordoba
Collaborators: Julia Garayoa, Adrián Castagno, Verónica Gordillo, Diego Andres Gómez, Mariana Pelliza, Guadalupe Daher, Cecilia Villareal, Luciana Antonucci, Agustín Elies
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 21,380 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Lucio Morini Studio

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© FS+SG Fernando GUERRA

Architect: Ateliers 2/3/4/
Location: Bobigny, France
Project Team: Christine Edeikins, Sylvain Rety (Project Manager)
Landscape Designer: Francoise Arnaud
General Engineer: SAS Mizrahi
Enterprise: CBC, Enterprise Generale
Project Area: 7,000 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs:  FS+SG  Fernando GUERRA

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© Carl Bergamini, Pfaffmann & Associates

Architect: EDGE Studio, Pfaffmann & Associates
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
EDGE Studio Design Team: Gary Carlough AIA, Jonathan Golli, Matt Fineout AIA, Stephen Mrdjenovich
Pfaffmann & Associates Design Team: Rob Pfaffmann AIA, Carl Bergamini RA, Erik Hokanson
Completion Date: 2011
Photography: Carl Bergamini, Pfaffmann & Associates

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© Robert Reck

Architect: Line and Space, LLC
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Completion Date: 2011
Project Area: 52, 700SqFt
Client: US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management
Contractor: Straub Construction
Structural Engineer: Holben, Martin, and White Consulting Structural Engineers
Civil Engineer: GLHN Architects and Engineers
Exhibit/Interpretive Consultant: Hilferty and Associates
Photography: Robert Reck, Henry Tom

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© Metrobox Architekten

Architects: Metrobox Architekten
Location: Cologne, Germany
Client: City of Cologne
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: metrobox architekten

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© trint + kreuder d.n.a

Architects: trint + kreuder d.n.a
Location: Memmingen, Germany
Client: City of Memmingen
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 15,726 sqm
Photographs: Wettbewerbe Aktuell, trint + kreuder d.n.a

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© Rafael Palomo

Architect: Metro Arkitekter
Location: Malmö Centralstation, Sweden
Project Team: Claes R Janson, head architect; Carl Kylberg, project architect; Josefin Klein, Alexander Simittchiev, Rikard Jansson, Henrik Troedson
Electric: Ramböll Malmö
V: Ramböll Malmö/ IT Konsult
Construction: Danewids Engineers
Ground: Tyréns
Light: Ramböll Denmark
Contractor: Jernhusen AB
Building contractor: NCC
Project Area: 10,000 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Rafael Palomo (Metro Architects)

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© Robert Creamer

Architects: GWWO Architects
Location: Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Structural Engineer: MacIntosh Engineering, Inc.
MEP Engineer: Mahaffy & Associates, Inc.
Civil Engineer: Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP.
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 13,900 sqf
Photographs: Robert Creamer

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Courtesy of Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

We propose a station that pretends to be a real terminus station. Consequently, it is not a place just to pass through, but a place where the passengers change their rate of movement. In this place, the city of Huelva introduces itself to the traveller, and sees him off. For this reason we have not proposed a simple halt where we get off a train which continues its journey, but rather a Terminal Station that has to be the end and the start of all travel.

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Photo by Chi (Back in Oz) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiszeo/

Formerly known as the Nippon Convention Center, the Makuhari Messe (derived from the German word meaning “trade fair”) is the second largest convention center in Japan behind only Tokyo Big Sight.  Makuhari Messe was designed by famous Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and was completed in 1989 with the intention of establishing the area of Makuhari as an architectural destination separate from Tokyo proper. read more »

© Ethan Kaplan Photography and Mark Horton / Architecture

Architect: Mark Horton / Architecture
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Project Team: Mark Horton, Principal; David Gill, Project Architect; Matt Shanks, Designer
Project Year: 2010
Project Year: 21,440 sqf
Photographer: Ethan Kaplan Photography, Jeremy Wong, Mark Horton / Architecture

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© RSA Design Group

The existing airport in Baku currently serves both international and domestic flights. The local airport authority is currently in the process of building a new international terminal building. RSA Design Group was asked to submit a proposal for the renovation of the existing building. The renovated structure would be repurposed as a domestic terminal, with all international flights passing through the new terminal building. More about the Heydar Aliyev International Airport after the break.

Architect: RSA Design Group
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: RSA Design Group read more »