Two of Scotland’s leading design firms have won an international competition to transform Berlin’s famous Tempelhof Airport. GROSS. MAX. with Sutherland Hussey Architects have been awarded the commission to design a new park and associated buildings on the site of the recently closed airport. Additional images of the winning entry are available after the break.
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Berlin Tempelhof Airport / GROSS.MAX. + Sutherland Hussey Architects
Rio Salado Audubon Center / WEDDLE GILMORE black rock studio
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Architects: WEDDLE GILMORE black rock studio
- Area: 8000 ft²
- Year: 2009
The Gateway to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve / Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio
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Architects: WEDDLE GILMORE black rock studio
- Area: 6033 ft²
- Year: 2009
Schandorff Square / Østengen & Bergo AS
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Architects: Østengen & Bergo AS
- Area: 2500 m²
- Year: 2009
Ruta del Peregrino Phase II Completed
Looking back at the Easter Pilgrimage 2011 at Ruta del Peregrino, the most important event of the year, we are pleased to announce the final step of the second construction phase (you can check the complete project over here).
This year, for the first time, the pilgrims were able to use the finished viewpoint by HHF Architects, offering a new way to experience the site.
The sanctuary by Tatiana Bilbao and the viewpoint by Christ&Gantenbein are under construction; their presence will mark the completion of the entire Ruta within a few months.
All images by Iwan Baan and you can check his website for the full coverage.
Oloron Saint Marie Multimedia Center / Pascale Guédot + Michel Corajoud
Check out this beautiful restoration project by Pascale Guédot and Michel Corajoud which transforms an industrial factory into a Multimedia Center. Situated in Oloron Saint Marie, the site is part of a larger urban renewal project intended to reconnect the abandoned site to the center of the city and infuse a new spirit into the building while reclaiming the site’s natural setting.
More images and more about the project after the break.
Shanghai Houtan Park / Turenscape
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Architects: Turenscape
- Area: 140000 m²
- Year: 2010
Culture and Leisure Complex in Morocco / Younes Diouri
Younes Diouri has shared with us a proposal for a Culture and Leisure complex in Tangier, Morocco. Read more on the project featuring additional images after the break.
Gjerdrum High School / Østengen & Bergo AS
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Architects: Østengen & Bergo AS
- Area: 56000 m²
- Year: 2009
network / Ivana Andjelic + Nemanja Kocic + Natalija Usendic
The student team of Ivana Andjelic, Nemanja Kocic and Natalija Usendic has shared with us their proposed solution for the Schindler Award 2011 contest for the Olympic Park in Berlin. Additional images and text are available after the break.
Place de L’Acadie Park / NIPpaysage
NIPpaysage has shared this small-scale project for the Place de L’Acadie Park in Quebec, Montreal. It functions on a neighborhood scale and reinforces the various public spaces in within the context of the site.
Read on for more information.
Xiang’he Garden City - Park of the Floating Gardens / OKRA
Currently under development, OKRA’s Xiang’he Garden City, consisting of a masterplan for the Park of the Floating Gardens, defines challenging ambitions, turning the former clay pits into a water park. A new garden city of approximately 700 hectares will arise close to the future 7th ring of Beijing, China. The ambitions for the park are high and should create the perfect setting for the first housing development. The park should be a place for recreation, for running, for barbequing, for celebrations and more. It should also contribute to a sustainable environment, combining green design and water. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Farm in Tokyo / ON design partners
Architects: ON design partners Location: Tokyo, Japan Project area: 21 sqm Project year: 2010 Photographs: ON design partners
Squares In Puigcerdà / Pepe Gascón
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Architects: Pepe Gascón
- Area: 6000 m²
- Year: 2009
Tassafaronga Village / David Baker + Partners
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Architects: David Baker + Partners
- Year: 2010
Ricard Viñes Square / Benedetta Tagliabue
ARC Wildlife Crossing Competition winner / HNTB + Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates
Announced in Washington DC the ARC jury of internationally-respected professionals with expertise in design, ecology, and engineering selected entry ‘hypar-nature’ led by HNTB with Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates as the winner of the ARC International Design Competition.
The ARC Wildlife Crossing Competition challenged interdisciplinary design teams to create the next generation of wildlife crossing structures for North America’s roadways. The four inter-related objectives for the competition included:
- Provide an avenue for international teams of design professionals to address new design challenges in the coalescent issues of road transportation safety, structural engineering, wildlife conservation and landscape ecology;
- Explore creative new approaches, materials, and designs that address the fundamentals of transportation engineering and ecology;
- Increase the number of potential solutions for cost efficient, innovative crossing designs that can be adapted for widespread use in other locations; and,
- Engage design professionals and students in the interdisciplinary nature of road ecology with a real-time, in-situ application.
HNTB + MVVA Team Members: HNTB Engineering, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. Landscape Architects PC, Applied Ecological Services Competition Timeline: September 2010 – January 2011 Renderings and Drawings: HNTB and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc.