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Festival Plaza El Gouna / Studio Seilern Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 03 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Designed by Studio Seilern Architects (SSA) and realised by Red Sea Construction and Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) for Orascom Development Egypt, the Gouna Conference and Culture Center is a spectacular venue in El Gouna, Egypt. El Gouna is an eco-friendly resort town situated on the west coast of the Red Sea, approximately 30km Northwest of the town of Hurghada. The site was developed in 1998 by Orascom HD with the aim of building a unique, forward-thinking holiday destination with a strong commitment to sustainability. Following the immense success of the Gouna Film Festival, Orascom HD commissioned Studio Seilern Architects to design the El Gouna Conference and Culture Centre, aspiring to create a new landmark destination for this evolving town and the most spectacular and memorable conference centre in the region.

Maison de la Culture de la Province de Namur / Philippe Samyn and Partners

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The building - This cultural center sits in the center of Namur, on the north bank of the Sambre River, facing the historic center of the town known as "Le Grognon". Designed by Victor Bourgeois and built at the start of the 1960s, the building required renovation and extension to meet the current requirements of local people and to accommodate the redevelopment of the rue des Bouchers and the banks of the Sambre River. The building used to consist of a 400-seater theatre at one end of a rectangular box-shaped space on four levels with a south-facing curtain wall (looking over the Sambre River) built up against a curved rectangular box-shaped space on five levels, known as the "croissant", which has an east-facing curtain wall and a south-facing end wall which has no openings.

Atelier Médicis / Studio Muoto + Titan

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0000

This facility, located in the outer suburbs of Paris, is emblematic of the renewal of public cultural policies. The program aims to create new dynamics between artistic creation, research, and education, by creating spaces for artists’ workshops, exhibitions, performances and rehearsals. It is a place dedicated to the diversity of gesture and speech.

Olympic Services of the East Gardens of Trocadéro / Chartier-Corbasson Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 03:00:00 +0000

This project is part of the OnE project, which includes a comprehensive rehabilitation of the Eiffel Tower site, stretching from the École Militaire to the Place du Trocadéro. The project involves the rehabilitation of an underground passage located beneath Avenue des États‐Unis, in the Trocadéro Gardens, which previously served as a storage facility for the cleanliness services of the City of Paris. The location has had multiple lives, bearing the marks of its history, as evidenced by the numerous flints inscribed with names, first names, and states of the United States, all dated between 1944 and 1945.

Yangliping Performing Arts Center / Studio Zhu-Pei

Collin Chen — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Zhu Pei was invited by friends Yang Liping and Wang Yanwu to design their performing arts center in Dali. As a dance artist, Yang Liping has been enthusiastically caring for nature and culture here and devoted to discovering the local folk dance art in Yunnan. The Performing Arts Center is located on the northeast side outside the ancient city. Its east and south sides are farmland, streams, woods, and wetlands; the west and north sides are villages.