Kanzlei Balkenhol / Ecker Architekten
Architects: Ecker Architekten
Location: Buchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Project area: 675 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2011
Photographs: Brigida González
Friedrichstrasse 40 Office Building / Petersen Architekten
Architects: Petersen Architekten
Location: Berlin, Germany
Client: ANH Hausbesitz GmbH & Co.KG
Project Area: 1640 sqm
Photographs: Jan Bitter
Visitors Centre in Niederwalddankmals / René van Zuuk Architekten
René van Zuuk Architekten shared with us their proposal for a competition to design a visitors centre in Niederwalddankmals, Germany. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Berlin Tempelhof Airport / GROSS.MAX. + Sutherland Hussey Architects
Two of Scotland’s leading design firms have won an international competition to transform Berlin’s famous Tempelhof Airport. GROSS. MAX. with Sutherland Hussey Architects have been awarded the commission to design a new park and associated buildings on the site of the recently closed airport. Additional images of the winning entry are available after the break.
Andreas Doria Post Production / feldmann+schultchen
Architects: feldmann+schultchen
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Design team: André Feldmann, Arne Schultchen, Julia Otten, Mechthil Ubl, Sven Seevers
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of feldmann+schultchen
Felix Nussbaum Museum / Daniel Libeskind
Architects: Daniel Libeskind
Location: Osnabrueck, Germany
Architect of Record: Reinders & Partner
Structural Engineer: Watermann
Landscape Architect: Müller, Knippschild, Wehberg
Mechanical Engineer: Jäger & Partner, Beratende Ingenieure
Lightning Designer: Dinnebier Licht
Contractor: Reinders and Partner
Project area: 1,890 sqm
Photographs: Bitter Bredt Fotografie
Canadian Embassy Berlin / KPMB Architects with Gagnon, Letellier, Cyr, architectes and Smith Carter Architects + Engineers
Located at the junction of Leipziger Platz and Postdamer Platz where a portion of the Berlin Wall still stands, the new Canadian Embassy is one of several initiatives in the city’s third wave of reconstruction. The design participates in the reconstruction of the original octagonal wall of Leipziger Platz, and conforms to the stringent planning and design guidelines set out by the District Office of Central Berlin which dictated a stone exterior with punched windows, and 22 meter setbacks.
Architect: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB Architects) with Gagnon Letellier Cyr architectes and Smith Carter Architects + Engineers
Location: Leipziger Platz 17, Berlin, Germany
KPMB Team: Franciska Cape, Bill Colaco, Deni Di Filippo, Brian Graham, Simon Haus, Robert Kastelic, Carolyn Lee, Dan Nawrocki, Riki Nishimura, Karen Petrachenko, Shadi Rahbaran, Bruno Weber
Gagnon Letellier Cyr Team: Marc Letellier, Michel Gagnon (senior architects); Simon Brochu, Jean-Sebastien Laberge (architects); Pierre Michaud, Réal St.-Pierre, Guylaine Lehoux (technologists), Simon Brochu
Smith Carter Architects Principals: James Yamashita (project management); Takashi Yamashita (A/E integration); Colin Gibbs (structural); Jim McEwan (mechanical), Howard Procychyn (electrical), Sam Cox
Local Executive Architect: Pysall Ruge Von Matt Architekten
Local Consulting Architect: Rave Architekten
Structural Engineer: GSE Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbH Saar, Enselett und Partner
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: Happold Ingenieurbüro GmbH
Landscape: Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Office Interiors: Vogel Architects
Lighting: Suzanne Powadiuk Design
Cost: Vermeulens Cost Consultants
Developer: Hanover Leasing, Tercon Immobilien
Project Area: 180,000 sqf
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Foto Design, A-Frame
Jewish Community Center Mainz / Manuel Herz Architects
Architects: Manuel Herz Architects, Basel and Cologne – Manuel Herz
Location: Mainz, Germany
Project Team: Construction Design: Elitsa Lacaze; Hania Michalska, Michael Scheuvens, Peter Sandmann
Concept Design: Cornelia Redeker, Sven Röttger, Sonja Starke
Project Management: Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft mbH
Site Supervision: Klaus Dittmar Architekt, Mainz
Landscaping: Harald Heims, Mainz
Structural Engineering: Arup GmbH, Düsseldorf
Ceramic Facade Planning: Niels Dietrich Keramikwerkstatt, Cologne
Electrical Engineering: K. Dörflinger GmbH, Allendorf
Building Services: House of Engineers, Mainz
Building Physics: IBC Ingenieurbau Consult GmbH, Mainz
Fire Services: Ingenieurbüro Ingo Petry, Mainz
Acoustical Planning: Ingenieurgesellschaft für Technische Akustik, Wiesbaden
Project area: 2,500 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Iwan Baan
Legal / Illegal / Manuel Herz Architects
Architects: Manuel Herz Architects – Manuel Herz
Location: Cologne, Germany
Project Team: Emmanuelle Raoul, Sven Röttger
Site Supervision: Martin Schäfer
Structural Engineers: Ove Arup GmbH
Technical Services: Frank Rapita
Project area: 400 sqm
Project year: 2004
Photographs: Boris Becker
Treehugger / Holger Hoffmann, One Fine Day
Architects: Holger Hoffmann, One Fine Day
Location: Koblenz, Germany
Client: Chamber of Skilled Crafts
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Roland Borgmann, Münster
Moritzburg Museum Extension / Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
The ancient castle of Moritzburg in the city of Halle is a very valuable example of Gothic military architecture, typical of Germany at the end of the 15th century. Its turbulent history has inevitably been reflected in the many alternations it has undergone over the years. But despite these, the building still keeps the original structure of its main architectural features: the surrounding wall, three of the four round towers at the corners and the central courtyard.
Architect: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, S.L.P.
Location: Halle, Saale, Germany
Project Team: Fuensanta Nieto, Enrique Sobejano, Sebastian Sasse (Project Architect), Udo Brunner, Nina Nolting, Dirk Landt, Susann Euen, Siverin Arndt
Competition Collaborators: Vanesa Manrique, Nina Nolting, Olaf Syrbe, Miguel Ubarrechena
Site Supervision: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos S.L.P., Fuensanta Nieto, Enrique Sobejano, Sebastian Sasse, Johannes Stumpf, Karl Heinz Bosse
Structural Engineer: GSE, Jorg Enseleit
MEP Engineer: Rentschler y Riedesser, Jürgen Trautwein
Models: Juan de Dios Hernández-Jesús Rey
Roof Construction Company: Dornhöfer GmbH
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Roland Halbe Fotografie
Exhibition: Container Architecture at the NRW Forum Museum in Duesseldorf
The NRW-Forum Duesseldorf (Germany) invited renowned architects, designers, and artists from around the world to submit designs for container architecture. The response was overwhelming. Submissions included not only existing container buildings, but also new designs that were created specially for the exhibition. Two dozen of these designs have been reconstructed as models on a scale of 1:5 for the ‘Container Architecture’ exhibition; the highest of the models breaks through the ceiling of the museum. Over 100 designs were submitted for consideration and every one of them will be included in a frieze of pictures running around the walls of the exhibition space.
Submissions came from Sean Godsell, MVRVD, Adam Kalkin, Jure Kotnik, Massimiliano Fuksas, Graft, Platoon, Ingenhoven Architects,Han Slawik, Stefan Sous, Luc Deleu, and many others around the world. A catalogue and a magazine will accompany the exhibition. The exhibition will run from June 8 to September 4. For more information, please click here.
Oberen Berg House / Alexander Brenner
Architects: Alexander Brenner
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Project area: 4,876
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Courtesy of Alexander Brenner
House B-Wald / Alexander Brenner
Architects: Alexander Brenner
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Project area: 1,616
Project year: 2006
Photographs: Courtesy of Alexander Brenner
Neues Museum / David Chipperfield Architects in collaboration with Julian Harrap
Winner of the prestigious Mies van der Rohe 2011 Award, The Neues Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island was originally designed by Friedrich August Stüler and built between 1841 and 1859. In 1997, David Chipperfield Architects won the international competition for the rebuilding of the Neues Museum in collaboration with Julian Harrap. The design focused on repairing and restoring the original volume, respecting the historical structure. Both the restoration and repair of the existing is driven by the idea that the original structure should be emphasized in its spatial context and original materiality – the new reflects the lost without imitating it.
Architects: David Chipperfield Architects in collaboration with Julian Harrap
Location: Berlin, Germany
Landscape Architect: Levin Monsigny Landschaftsarchitekten
Exhibition Design: architetto Michele de Lucchi S.r.L.
Structural Engineer: Ingenieurgruppe Bauen
Services Engineer: Jaeger, Mornhinweg+Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft
Site Supervision: Lubic & Woehrlin GmbH
Project Area: 20,500 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects, Courtesy of Flickr CC License / jonas-k, christiane-necker, stijn, audringje, dizdau
network / Ivana Andjelic + Nemanja Kocic + Natalija Usendic
The student team of Ivana Andjelic, Nemanja Kocic and Natalija Usendic has shared with us their proposed solution for the Schindler Award 2011 contest for the Olympic Park in Berlin. Additional images and text are available after the break.
Lampenwelt Office Building / herbertarchitekten
Architects: herbertarchitekten
Location: Schlitz, Germany
Client: Lampenwelt GmbH & Co. KG
Structural Engineering: IPB Statik
Project area: 4,600 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Photoplusgraphic
Beblond Store in Stuttgart / raumspielkunst
Architects: raumspielkunst
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Project area: 108 sqm
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Michael Eckel
David Chipperfield’s Neues Museum Receives 2011 Mies van der Rohe Award
Announced today, the Berlin Neues Museum designed by David Chipperfield is the recipient of this years prestigious EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The Neues Museum is the result of blending old and new; the original Museum was designed by Friedrich August Stüler in the mid-19th century. Substantially damaged in the Second World War reconstruction of the Museum began in 2003.
Jury Chair Mohsen Mostafavi, shared the following about the building, “The rebuilding of the Neues Museum is an extraordinary achievement. Rarely have an architect and client succeeded in undertaking a work of such historic importance and complexity; especially one that involves both preservation and new building. The project raises and addresses many aesthetic, ethical, and technical issues. It is an exemplary demonstration of what collaboration can achieve in the context of contemporary European architectural practice.”
Also announced today was the recipient of ‘The Emerging Architect Special Mention’ award, given to Ramon Bosch and Bet Capdeferro for the Collage House in Girona, Spain.
The awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona on June 20th.
More details about this announcement following the break.
AD Classics: Neue Staatsgalerie / James Stirling
In 1977, as part of a city wide planning initiative, the Prime Minister of Baden – Württemberg, Hans Filbinger, held a private international competition to design the Neue Staatsgalerie that would revitalize and reinvigorate the cultural influence in Stuttgart, Germany. The competition posed the issues of making a connection to the older Staatsgalerie that dated back to 1843, as well as traversing the sites dramatic slope. By 1979, the jury unanimously chose a design by James Stirling of Michael Wilford & Associates in London.
Completed in 1984, Stirling’s design incorporated the sloping site as part of an architectural promenade that moved the public walkway through the museum that embodied the transitions of the classical art of the Alte Staatsgalerie and the modern art of the Neue Staatsgalerie into one seamless architectural response.
More on the Neue Staatsgalerie by James Stirling after the break.
