The Schindler Award has the goal of improving access and overall mobility for all city dwellers, irrespective of their age, status or physical capabilities. To that end, it challenges young architects to think beyond form, light and materials and to focus on the needs of the people who will eventually inhabit the structures and spaces that they design.
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Daniel Libeskind to design Jewish Museum Berlin Academy
The Jewish Museum Berlin held a press conference yesterday to reveal the design by Daniel Libeskind for the Jewish Museum Berlin Academy. Mr. Libeskind designed both the Jewish Museum Berlin (completed 2001) and the Glass Courtyard (completed 2007) which is an extension to the original building.
More images and complete press release after the break.
New Apartmenthouse Johannisstraße / J. Mayer H. Architects
Property development group Euroboden is building a unique apartment house at Johannisstraße in Mitte, Berlin’s downtown district. J. MAYER H. Architects’ design for the building, which will soon neighbor both Museum Island and Friedrichstrasse, reinterprets the classic Berliner Wohnhaus with its multi-unit structure and green interior courtyard.
More images and description after the break.
Otto Bock / Gnädinger Architekten
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Architects: Gnädinger Architekten
- Area: 2289 m²
- Year: 2009
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Manufacturers: GIRA
Water Pumping Plant Renovation / Wenk und Wiese
- Year: 2008
The Berg: The biggest artificial mountain in the world
German firm Mila Architecture (directed by Jakob Tigges) has projected a new and visionary landmark in Berlin. He plans to build a mountain of 1,000 meters high called “The Berg”, which would become a never-before-seen tourist destination in the German capital city. Seen at Plataforma Arquitectura. More images and description after the break.
Erika Mann Elementary School / Die Baupiloten
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Architects: Die Baupiloten
- Year: 2007
Carl-Bolle Elementary School / Die Baupiloten
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Architects: Die Baupiloten
- Year: 2008
Art Cloud / Graft Architects
The Royal Palace at Scholssplatz, located in the german city of Berlin, was destroyed by the German Democratic Republic in 1962 and in its place, they built the Palace of the Republic which was also demolished in 2005.
Since then many proposals have come, till in 2007, the Bundestag (German Parliament), decided on a reconstruction plan. Three façades of the palace will be rebuilt, and the interior will be renewed. One of the proposals came from Graft Architects who designed an art heaven in the form of a kunsthall for the young and vital international art scene in Berlin. The design is envisioned as an art cloud a temporary light structure of exhibition space, seemingly floating and resting for a moment above the topography of soft mounds.
Seen at designboom. More images after the break.
Sheet Lightning Cafeteria / Die Baupiloten
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Architects: Die Baupiloten
- Year: 2008
Neue National Gallery in Berlin / Mies van der Rohe
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Architects: Mies van der Rohe
- Year: 1968
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Manufacturers: Laufen
Taka Tuka Land / Baupiloten
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Architects: Baupiloten
- Year: 2007