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Zivilschutzzentrum / AllesWirdGut Architektur

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IT-Fornebu Portal building / A-Lab

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  • Architects: A-Lab
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  28000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Alucobond, Naturstein Montering AS

Alaska Building / KOW

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  • Architects: KOW
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  41210
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

In Progress: Giant Group Campus / Morphosis

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© Morphosis

Morphosis Architects is currently completing a massive project in Shanghai: The Headquarters and offices for Giant Group, including residence for the chairman & all Giant Group employees, hotel, training center and clubhouse, with a total of 258,300 sqf (23,996 sqm).

Thom Mayne’s architecture has pushed building techniques in order to take his organics form to reality, and I think that the best way to understand his projects is not through renders or even drawings, but by watching the structure and the construction progress.

In Progress: Giant Group Campus / Morphosis - Image 23 of 4
© Iwan Baan

After the break drawings and several photos during the construction phase of this almost completed project in China:

Aonni Mineral Water Plant / Bebin & Saxton

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  • Architects: Bebin & Saxton: Daniel Bebin y Tomás Saxton
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Euromax / KOW

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  • Architects: KOW
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  10000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

Otto Bock / Gnädinger Architekten

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2289
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  GIRA

Partyrent Building / Jarosch Architektur

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Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Luxsystem

Swedbank office / Audrius Ambrasas Architects

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  23000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Oras

Manitoba Hydro / KPMB Architects

Manitoba Hydro / KPMB Architects - Office Buildings, Facade, Handrail
© Gerry Kopelow
  • Architects: KPMB Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (Design Architects) / Smith Carter Architects + Engineers (Executive Architects) / Transsolar (Climate Engineers)
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  64590
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

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Horten Headquarters / 3XN

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  • Architects: 3XN
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  10000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

Lightmos / Architectkidd

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  • Architects: Architectkidd
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  630
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Darcons Headquarters / Arquitectura en Proceso

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Voest Alpine Office Center / Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  36700
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Fabromont AG, Alusommer

3XN wins competition for new Frederiksberg Courthouse in Denmark

3XN wins competition for new Frederiksberg Courthouse in Denmark - Image 4 of 4
Exterior © 3XN

Danish office 3XN is “on fire” this year: they won the competition for the Randers Museum of Art, the competition for a new cultural center in Aarhus, the Saxo Bank won the RIBA International Award, and Kim Herforth Nielsen (partner and founder) received Denmark’s highest Architectural Honour, the C.F. Hansen Medal.

And now, they won the competition for the Frederiksberg Courthouse in Denmark, an extension to a neo-classical building. The new building follows the line of the neighborhood’s architecture, reinterpreted in a contemporary style, following the horizontal lines, materials and roof.

From the public square right next to the building, the heavy volume looks lighter as the opening in the corner give a sense of cantilevering.

More images and the architect’s description after the break:

Santander-Totta University Bank Agency / LGLS Architects

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  • Architects: LGLS Architects: LGLS Arquitectos / Antonio Santos, Pedro Gaspar and Nuno Gaspar
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  120
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Unilever Headquarters / Behnisch Architekten

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VDAB Office Building / BOB361 Architects

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  • Architects: BOB361 Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3838
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2005