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VoltAir / J. Mayer H. Architects

Paula Pintos — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

VoltAir is a pulsating urban building block for new office spaces at Alexanderplatz in the heart of Berlin. With its distinctive stacked cubes, the design emerged from an invited architecture competition in 2014 with mixed-use clusters for brands, sports, and hospitality. After a change in ownership, the sculptural design was adapted and revised in response to a change in use. In collaboration with the property owner and in constructive coordination with the Design Advisory Board led by Regula Lüscher, the qualities of the design were preserved and strengthened. The arrangement of glass cubes allowed for a playful interaction with the Berlin skyline.

M17 Building / zanderroth

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Situated between Alexanderplatz and Schillingstrasse, between East German Plattenbauten and the Kino International, and between Karl-Marx-Allee and a historic residential quarter, Magazinstrasse is a product of Berlin’s urban history. Catercorner to the authoritarian grid used for planning a socialist capital, the street juxtaposes seemingly irreconcilable historical buildings from Berlin’s Gründerzeit era against Soviet prefab.

The Timber Hat Building / rundzwei Architekten

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Company headquarters and operating facility in timber construction - In an ordinary industrial park south of Stuttgart, rundzwei Architekten BDA have designed an unusual headquarters and operating facility in timber construction. The translucent, all-round canopy made of carbonized larch wood - the eponymous "wooden hat" - protects against the weather and gives the building its characteristic shape. "When a long-established family business builds anew, things don't always have to stay the same." (Architect Marc Dufour-Feronce) Hald & Grunewald specializes in the sale and rental of forklifts, telescopic handlers, work platforms, and container solutions. Training, maintenance, and repairs are also part of the offer. Around 90 employees work at the new main location in Ergenzingen, between Schönbuch, the northern Black Forest, and the Swabian Alb. The aim of the project was to bundle all the company's functions in one location. At the beginning of the project, the architects analyzed and optimized the existing workflows together with the employees. The aim was to "rethink" the long-established family business, to question old structures, and to create a contemporary commercial building with optimal workflows and quality of space for all user groups.

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex / Behnisch Architekten

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:00:00 +0000

Setting a new paradigm for scholarship in the 21st century and beyond, Harvard’s Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) is designed to inspire learning and scientific discovery while showcasing sustainability. The building weaves together a number of threads of contemporary life, which will influence current and future generations of researchers: engineering’s decisive influence on the exploration and resolution of some of the world's most pressing problems, the critical importance of cross-disciplinary efforts to achieve major scientific breakthroughs and genuine leadership in sustainable design and urban development.

Casa Morgana / J. Mayer H. Architects

Paula Pintos — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:45:00 +0000

Casa Morgana is somewhere else. Surrounded by neighbouring homes dating from the late nineteenth century, the building is like a study for possible future architecture and seems to have fallen out of context. Surrounding nature simulates a subtropical oasis and locates the residential sculpture between optical disturbance and atmospheric displacement.

Steven Holl Architects Break Ground on Houston Museum of Fine Arts Extension

Sabrina Syed — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Steven Holl Architects break ground on Museum of Fine Arts extension in Houston, Texas.

Allied Works Releases Design for Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus

Karissa Rosenfield — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Allied Works Architecture has released designs for the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus. Set to complete by 2016, the billowing museum will be constructed on the banks of the Scioto River, directly across from downtown, as part of Scioto Peninsula’s 56-acre redevelopment masterplan. It will host a variety of galleries, education and interpretive spaces that will house exhibitions and artifacts that serve as a testimonial to the 250 years of military service of Ohio Veterans.

Asymptote Architecture to Design "Park of Angels" in Italy

Connor Walker — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Asymptote Architecture has been commissioned to design a park with a collection of cultural buildings on the outskirts of Peccioli, Italy. Called the “Parco Degli Angeli," Italian for Park of Angels, this urbanized complex will be carefully grafted into the picturesque Tuscan countryside to create a dialogue with the surrounding farmland and historical sites. The park will include museums, interactive sculpture installations, and an amphitheater that can host 800 people.

J. Mayer H. Wins Competition to Design Berlin "Experience Center"

Karissa Rosenfield — Tue, 13 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

J. Mayer H. has won an invited competition to design “Volt Berlin,” a new “shopping and urban experience” center near Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. The winning scheme offers a variety of experiential offerings, including multi-brand shopping, an indoor skydiving and event space, and a 7,500 square meter hotel, all within a single cubed complex whose organization is based off an uneven grid.

Parking Garage / Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel Architekten

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Ernsting's family is branch enterprise of the textile industry based in the Coesfeld Lette (Westphalia). Continuous growing of the enterprise led to new buildings, which supplement the existing distribution centre of Santiago Calatrava and Bruno Reichlin from the early 1980s. Architect Johannes Schilling added another distribution centre in 1999. The company’s new service centre designed by David Chipperfield was completed in 2001. All buildings are situated in a green campus, for which the Belgian landscape architect Peter Wirtz is responsible.

The ARC- River Culture Multimedia Theater Pavilion / Asymptote Architecture

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The architecture of the River Culture Pavilion ( ARC ) is an powerful formal statement that combines nature, technology and space. The bold curved form of the ARC is perched on a peninsula that juts into the river and surrounded by an awe inspiring natural environment. The building is a strong focal point set against a stunning panoramic landscape.

Sejong Center for Performing Arts / Asymptote Architecture

James Taylor-Foster — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

New York based Asymptote Architecture have unveiled designs for a new Centre of Performing Arts in Sejong, South Korea. Described as celebrating "the cities emergence and growth as a place of stature and culture," the arts centre is designed to "seamlessly connect to the city fabric." Containing two theaters, the program of the building has been designed to create a unified experience, allowing for a "powerful and 'episodic' interiority and experience."

Jübergtower Hemer / Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering + Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel

Nico Saieh — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

With a 23.5 m high look-out tower, the “Landesgartenschau Hemer“ contributes a new landmark upon the city. The tower, which has been completed after a planning and construction period of merely nine months, comprises a hyperboloid of straight timber members. In 2008, it won the second prize in a competition and has been designed, planned and completed by the working group Birk und Heilmeyer Architekten BDA and Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering, Stuttgart. It was of- ficially commissioned on 17 April, the day of the opening of the “Landes- gartenschau”. The look-out tower has been donated by the foundation of the Stadtsparkasse Hemer.

Shanghai 2010 Boulevard / SBA international + Knippers Helbig

Nico Saieh — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

After the Olympic Games in Bejing, the Expo in Shanghai is the biggest international event. At the time of the opening in May, the organisers expect over 70 million visitors. The slogan ’Better City Better Life’ puts life in the cities of the 21st century at the heart of the exposition. Besides the China-Pavilion, the Expo Boulevard is the largest and most significant building on the site. It forms the central entrance area and provides 350,000 m2 effective area for numerous facilities for the exposition. Via the round 1 km long and 100 m wide axis, which stretches across the entire site to the Huangpu river, the visitors are guided to the various national and theme-based pavilions. The Expo Boulevard is one of five buildings, which will remain after the world exposition to form the centre of a new urban district of Shanghai in the long run. The winning competition design for the central boulevard originates by the architectural and urban design practice SBA from Stuttgart.

Mainz Markthäuser 11-13 / Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas

Nico Saieh — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The building complex is located in the middle of the city center of Mainz, Germany.