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Oppenheim Architecture Wins Competition to Restore the Besa Museum in Albania

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:30:00 +0000

Switzerland-based office Oppenheim Architecture has been announced as the winner of a two-phase competition for the redesign and restoration of the Besa Museum in Tirana, Albania. The institution is dedicated to showcasing the Albanian code of honor represented through the name “Besa,” a concept that dictates welcoming any guests as one’s own. The museum is conceived as a continuation of the Jewish Museum on Vlora, diving deeper into the principle of Besa and its role in the help given to the Jews in Albania during the Holocaust.

"I Wanted to Look at Places in a New Three-Dimensional Way": In Conversation with Daniel Libeskind

Vladimir Belogolovsky — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 03:30:00 +0000

Daniel Libeskind (b. 1946, Lodz, Poland) studied architecture at Cooper Union in New York, graduating in 1970, and received his post-graduate degree from Essex University in England in 1972. While pursuing a teaching career he won the 1989 international competition to design the Jewish Museum in Berlin before ever realizing a single building. He then moved his family there to establish a practice with his wife Nina and devoted the next decade to the completion of the museum that opened in 2001. The project led to a series of other museum commissions that explored such notions as memory and history in architecture.

How Architecture Communicates the Greater Cultural Context: 4 Projects by Studio Libeskind

Jullia Joson — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 07:30:00 +0000

Polish-American architect, artist, professor, and set designer, Daniel Libeskind, founder of Studio Libeskind in 1989, believes that buildings are crafted with perceptible human energy, constructed with the intention to address the greater cultural context in which they are built. His commitment to expanding the scope of architecture reflects his profound interest and involvement in philosophy, art, literature, and music.

Changing the Paradigms of Memorialization: the Ongoing Story Behind the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center

Christele Harrouk — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:30:00 +0000

Babyn Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, witnessed the killing of more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children, on September 29 and 30, 1941. The site of one of the largest single massacres perpetrated by occupying German troops against Jews during World War II, Babyn Yar became a symbol of the Holocaust by Bullets.

Olson Kundig Reinterprets Noah's Ark for Children's Experience at the Jewish Museum in Berlin

Andreea Cutieru — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 05:30:00 +0000

Completed in 2020, amidst the pandemic, ANOHA- The Children’s World designed by Olson Kundig for the Jewish Museum in Berlin is finally opening its doors to the young public. The design reinterprets the myth of Noah’s Ark and furthers the concept and ideas of a similar installation at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, created by the firm then named Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen. More than a museum experience, the project is a space for community building, a place for imagination and play that enacts a universal story, creating an inclusive environment for children and families of all cultures and backgrounds.

Barozzi Veiga Wins Competition to Design and Renovate the Jewish Museum of Belgium

Christele Harrouk — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 06:30:00 +0000

Barozzi Veiga, in collaboration with Tab Architects and Barbara Van Der Wee Architects, has just won the competition for the renovation of the Jewish Museum of Belgium. Discrete yet present and integrated into the urban fabric, as the jury stated, the proposal was selected from five shortlisted established and young architectural practices.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Modern Icon Pierre Chareau

Sabrina Santos — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:00:00 +0000

Known for his collaboration on the legendary Maison de Verre, French architect, and interior designer Pierre Chareau is a celebrated artist cited by Richard Rogers, Jean Nouvel, and more as a major influence on their work.

The Profound Symbolism of the Jewish Museum, Through the Lens of Bahaa Ghoussainy

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +0000

In the heart of Berlin resides an architectural metaphor of invisibility, emptiness, and anarchy forged by the Second World War upon the Jewish citizens. The expansion of the original Jewish museum, which was first organized as an anonymous competition by the Berlin government, was proposed as a means of bringing back Jewish presence, retracing their culture and religion into the German city. Renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, who was chosen to develop the project, used architecture as a form of expression, and created a museum that narrates the Jewish civilization before, during, and after the Holocaust.