The Lisbon Architecture Triennale is getting ready to open its doors October 14. The exhibition Let’s talk about houses: Between North and South will be presented at the Museu Colecção Berardo. Occupying the entire floor of the Grand Hall (3000 m2), it will examine dwelling conditions and the new solutions found in the specific contexts of various regions around the world. With a broad span of commissioners, the exhibition is based around two emblematic experiments (the SAAL project and Alison and Peter Smithson’s House of the Future) in order to examine the meaning of the specificity of place, the modernist legacy, and new solutions to the question of dwelling.
Mexico-based Dellekamp Arquitectos shared with us ‘New Palace-Lecumberri’, their proposal for the new archive in Mexico City Competition. They were one of the two finalists. More images and architect’s description after the break.
With his passing on July 2, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer, the Los Angeles architectural and design community loses one of its most prominent advocates. A thirdgeneration architect and principal of Kanner Architects, Stephen was a native Angelino known for his reinterpretation of Southern Californian modernism and for his unique imprint on LA’s urban landscape.
His contributions to the Los Angeles built environment reach from Santa Monica to East Los Angeles, as his firm completed more than 150 projects throughout the city. In addition, Kanner earned national and international stature with residential projects across the US and, most notably, PUMA retail stores worldwide.
Amsterdam-based IOU Architecture shared with us their project “BadBuiten”, a floating pool and bar in the Amstel river in Amsterdam. See more images after the break.
The Media Architecture Biennale 2010 will link stakeholders willing to shape the evolution of Media Territories in Economy, Urbanism, Design, Arts and Architecture.
“PAV – Parco Arte Vivente”, Turin’s Living Art Park and Experimental Contemporary Art Centre, is promoting the PAV PRIZE 2011, an international competition organised by Landscape Architect Gianluca Cosmacini, to create an environmental artwork in a portion of the territory of PAV.
Architects Roman Pomazan and Eugene Vashchenko shared with us their proposal for the “Library of the name of Kushnaroyv in Kharkiv Competition”, for which they received an honour diploma in singularity. The library, located in Liberty Square, Khrakiv, Ukraine will combine a research center, huge library storage, a kid club, cafe, a bookstore, business area and work studios. See more images after the break.
Last year we features some amazing offices, including the famous Selgas Cano Architecture Office in Spain. Check our 5th selection after the break.
Selgas Cano Architecture Office by Iwan Baan Once again, Iwan Baan amaze us with this great project between the woods by Spanish practice Selgas Cano: Their own architecture office (read more…)
Architects: Maxwan Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Partner in Charge: Hiroki Matsuura Project Leader: Nobuki Ogasahara Project Team: Artur Borejszo, Jason HIlgefort, Nara Lee, Michiel Raats & Rene Sangers Client: NAi + Ymere + City of Amsterdam Program: Housing, Office, Fitness, Public program, Park Site Area: 17 ha Total Floor Space: 8700 m2 Photographs: Courtesy of Maxwan
As we told you a few weeks ago, Autodesk has launched an iOS based mobile app for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. AutoCAD WS will be available soon for free, and you will be able to view, edit, and share DWG files on your mobile devices. More about it after the break.
A couple of days ago we featured a project by Slovenian architects Enota, which received second prize in an invited competition. In that project, our readers asked for OFIS arhitekti’s proposal to the competition, so they shared it with us for you to enjoy. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Chicago-based architects WEATHERS shared with us their proposal for the Museum of World War II in Gdańsk Competition, which they designed with OOS. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
Latvian architects ARHIS shared with us their proposal for the Museum of World War II in Gdańsk Competition. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
Poland-based Ultra Architects shared with us “Café at Malta Lake”, a 300 sqm project located in an artificial like in the city of Poznań. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
The Victoria and Albert Museum wishes to create a major new gallery with the capacity to deliver its high-profile programme of temporary exhibitions, a new museum entrance and a courtyard to create an informal and inviting relationship with Exhibition Road.
RESET Development are pleased to announce the winners of the first ever UK Integrated Habitats Design Competition, run in association with CIRIA and livingroofs.org. The competition focuses on valuing biodiversity in the built environment and received a wide range of entries from participants around the country which included submissions not only from architects, but from engineers, landscape designers and students. The success of this years competition has now resulted in the IHDC becoming an annual event with the 2011 launch to take place next year.
You can see the winning proposals after the break.
From a library located in the former palace of Louis Bonaparte in 1807 to a modern university library completed in the Republic of Korea this year, here’s our 5th selection of previously featured libraries. Check them all after the break.
University library Utrecht / Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten The former palace of Louis Bonaparte built in 1807, situated on the Drift in the historic city centre of Utrecht, has undergone a total redesign over recent years. The first and most prominent part of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Binnenstad (University Library City Centre) and the main entrance to the ‘Drift cluster’ on the Drift are now complete (read more…)
