What is the relationship between art and architecture? What makes a great space for art? How do buildings inform what and how we see? Leading architects will be in conversation with museum directors, gallerists and artists to discuss major international projects and the role of architecture in shaping the cultural landscape.
Berlin: The Latest Architecture and News
Riku Ikegaya Constructs a Series of Nested Spaces in a Berlin Church Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Berlin is city in which the past and the present often collide – a phenomenon particularly acute when it comes to the built environment. In this project by Japanese architect and artist Riku Ikegaya, the interior of St. Elisabeth-Kirche (Church of St. Elizabeth)—designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel—is transformed by means of a structural installation. Consisting of a scale model of Schinkel’s plans for the Rosentaler Vorstadt Church, the artist has composed a "three-dimensional architectural sketch."
Maredo Flagship-Restaurant / Ippolito Fleitz Group
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Interior Designers: Ippolito Fleitz Group
- Area: 580 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: KFF, Plank, Villeroy & Boch, Wallpaper
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Professionals: Lichtwerke GmbH
BECYCLE / götz+bilchev Architekten + Lien Tran + DRAA
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Architects: DRAA, Lien Tran, götz+bilchev Architekten
- Area: 410 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Dinesen, Knauf, Material ID, Plaka
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Professionals: STUDIO SZYBKO, Soundception & BOSE NY
Shortlist Revealed for World Architecture Festival Awards 2017
The World Architecture Festival has announced the shortlist for their 2017 awards slate, featuring 434 projects ranging from small family homes, to schools, stations, museums, large infrastructure and landscape projects. The world’s largest architectural award program, the WAF Awards year saw more participation this year than ever before, with a total of 924 entries received from projects located in 68 countries across the world.
Inside the Flower Pavilion / LAVA
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Architects: LAVA
- Area: 16 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Archimedes Exhibitions, Prinzenpott, Tege Planen & Zelte
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Professionals: Bollinger + Grohmann, Cityplot
Michelberger Hotel, Room 304 / Sigurd Larsen
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Architects: Sigurd Larsen
- Area: 50 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Enrico Zanolla, SpinaLED, Vertigo Bird, Wewood
Stefan Behnisch, Omar Gandhi and Anne Lacaton Explain the Role of Light at the 7th Daylight Symposium in Berlin
Under the theme "Healthy & Climate Friendly Architecture - From Knowledge to Practice", the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium, held in Berlin on 3-4 May 2017, was attended by 39 speakers from research and architectural practice.
Participants were able to contrast the information presented by researchers with the 'built experience' of architects from Europe, Canada and USA, generating interesting discussions about the need to go deeper in the understanding of this natural resource, and then design more effectively.
These are the highlights from the event.
The Garden / Eike Becker Architekten
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Architects: Eike Becker Architekten
- Area: 37200 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: GIRA, Duravit, Saint-Gobain, Hormann, Schüco
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Professionals: hhpberlin, Topotek 1, Ingenieurgesellschaft Ridder und Meyn mbH, Machleidt GmbH
Omar Gandhi: LIVE KEYNOTE from the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium
Omar Gandhi (Canada) from Omar Gandhi Architect is recognized as one of the world’s top 20 young architects by Wallpaper* Magazine and as one of 2016’s ‘Emerging Voices’ by The Architectural League of New York will be one of four keynote presentations by critically acclaimed architects that will be live-streamed from the international forum for daylight and architecture, the VELUX Daylight Symposium, to be held for the 7th time, 3-4 May 2017.
Stefan Behnisch: LIVE KEYNOTE from the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium
Stefan Behnisch (Germany) from Behnisch Architekten, an award-winning architect and advocate of sustainable design, is one of four keynote presentations by critically acclaimed architects that will be live-streamed from the international forum for daylight and architecture, the VELUX Daylight Symposium, to be held for the 7th time, 3-4 May 2017.
BRLO BRWHOUSE / Graft Architects
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Novono Interiors
Download High Resolution World City Maps for CAD
Mapacad is a website that offers downloads of .dwgs of dozens of cities. With 200 metropolises in their database, the founders have shared a set of their most-downloaded cities.
The files contain closed polyline layers for buildings, streets, highways, city limits, and geographical data--all ready for use in CAD programs like Autocad, Rhino, BricsCad and SketchUp.
The Singularity of the Skyscraper: Studies in Form and Façade
Florian W. Mueller's Singularity series is, in the photographer's own words, "just the building – reduced to the max." These deceptively simple shots of the summits of skyscrapers from around Europe and North America, each set against in infinite gradient of sky, are symbols of architecture's effort to reach ever higher in evermore unique ways. For Mueller, who is based in Cologne, they are an attempt at abstraction. In isolation—and especially when viewed together—they are remarkably revealing as studies of form and façade.
This Photographer Brightens Up Mundane German Architecture with a Jolt of Color
In any city across the world, there are countless examples of unsung architecture – well-designed if inoffensive buildings that strive to please by not standing out from the crowd. For German photographer Paul Eis, these buildings provide the perfect canvas for his work. Displayed on his Instagram account, the_architecture_photographer, Eis captures these buildings in their best light, and then digitally adds in bright colors, elevating these structures from mundane to magnificent.