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BelView Tower / COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

Collin Chen — Sat, 28 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au, the BelView Tower is located close to Vienna's main train station and prominently adjacent to the Schweizergarten in the Quartier Belvedere Central. The residential tower is designed as a flowing monolithic structure of the organic, amoeba-like form. The perimeter parapet bands of white, powder-coated aluminum panels that essentially wrap around the entire building contour are interrupted in certain zones according to different environmental factors, such as wind, sound, and light exposure. This generates a differentiated facade design with opaque and glazed, linear, and dot-shaped balcony elements.

PANEUM Center / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Daniel Tapia — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0000

The Customer Information Centre and Event Forum PANEUM – Wunderkammer des Brotes - for the company Backaldrin in Asten consists of two elements: a box-shaped plinth building with foyer and event rooms plus the “Wunderkammer des Brotes”, a two-story freeform exhibition area floating on top. The chosen materials augment the contrast of these two elements: The square base building shows a cast-in-place concrete façade while the rounded wood structure of the museum is clad with stainless steel shingles.

Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Julio Effa — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:30:00 +0000

The Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) is part of the master plan for the Futian Cultural District, the new urban center of Shenzhen. The project combines two independent yet structurally unified institutions: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Planning Exhibition (PE) as a cultural meeting point and a venue for architectural exhibitions. The lobby, multifunctional exhibition halls, auditorium, conference rooms and service areas will be used jointly.

European Central Bank / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Daniela Cardenas — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:00:00 +0000

The striking twin tower shapes the skyline of Frankfurt’s Ostend

Musée des Confluences / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Fernanda Castro — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Right from the 2001 international competition for a natural history museum in Lyon, the museum was envisioned as a "medium for the transfer of knowledge" and not as a showroom for products.

House of Music / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:00:00 +0000

In Progress: Musée des Confluences / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Crystal Cloud of Knowledge

Dawang Mountain Resort / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Barbara Porada — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

One of Coop Himmelb(l)au's latest competition winning designs is the Dawang Mountain Resort near Changsha, China, a combination of an entertainment ice world with an indoor ski slope, a water park and supporting restaurant and shopping facilities. Positioned directly on top of a historical cement mining quarry pit and lake, this proposal aims to combine "striking landscape with ambitious design" in a way that could redefine the idea and aesthetics of recreation for the south-central Chinese city.

Dalian International Conference Center / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Nico Saieh — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The building has both to reflect the promising modern future of Dalian and its tradition as an important port, trade, industry and tourism city. The formal language of the project combines and merges the rational structure and organization of its modern conference center typology with the floating spaces of modernist architecture.

Busan Cinema Center / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Barbara Porada — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

In 2005, the Busan International Architectural Culture Festival in South Korea organized a design competition for a new Busan Cinema Center that would be home to the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au's radical design received first place and construction began in late 2008, finishing four years later in 2012. In its very short history, the building has already won the International Architecture Award and the Chicago Athenaeum in 2007 as well as a Guinness World Record for the "longest cantilever roof" in the world. The Coop Himmelb(l)au team has managed to successfully bring to life an architectural vision of a caliber seldom seen off of the drafting board.

Culture Art Center Changsha / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Barbara Porada — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Coop Himmelb(l)au has come up with an incredibly unique design for the new Grand Theatre and International Culture & Art Center for Changsha, China. The site is located on the northeastern side of the newly created Changsha Meixi Lake in the Daheexi District, with the design engaging both land and water with a flowing and undulating white form of enormous scale. The architects hope to create a new cultural center that interacts with the existing natural landscape, not only visually, but scientifically by running on alternative energy sources and efficient passive energy systems to reduce environmental impact.

Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Christopher Henry — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea, designed by Wolf D. Prix/COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, the new home of the Busan Film Festival (BIFF), was inaugurated with a grand opening on 29 September 2011 in the presence of the president of South Korea. The innovative building combines open space, cultural program, entertainment, technology and architecture in a novel way. Over 800 guests, among them the Mayor of Busan, the cultural minister, the sports minister as well as film celebrities attended the ceremony.

Martin Luther Church in Hainburg / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Nico Saieh — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Architectural Concept

House of Music / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Karen Cilento — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Coop Himmelb(l)au’s House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark is a shared hybrid space that becomes a center of inspiration, “both of the shared-synergetic behavior and of the form and expression of the architecture..” Cultural and educational functions are interspersed between shared public and performance spaces, creating a network of interaction among the public, artists, students and educators. Situated in a dynamic urban grid, the House of Music becomes a full extension of the city, linking the character of the city with the new opportunities the Music Hall provides.

BMW Welt / Coop Himmelb(l)au

Nico Saieh — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Conception