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MVRDV shared with us their design of The Water Cube, a pavilion for the World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. The theme of the Expo is “The Living Ocean and Coast”. You can see more proposals for the thematic pavilion by Ginseng Chicken, PTA, and Nicoletti Associati. WORLD WONDERS World expos are fantastic. In the literal meaning. They show man kinds fantasies. They allow for this great opportunity t..
Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture PC along with joind tenderer Fei & Cheng Associates received first prize at the Taipei Pop Music Center Competition. With the Taipei Pop Music Center, Reiser + Umemoto and ARUP have fundamentally rethought the live music and entertainment venue to meet the challenges and opportunities of pop music and digital media in the 21st century. The Taipei Pop Music Cente..
Architects: KPMB Architects Location: Toronto, Canada Client: Gardiner Museum Project Team: Bruce Kuwabara (design principal), Shirley Blumberg (partner-in-charge), Paulo Rocha (design/project architect); Shane O’Neill, Javier Uribe, Kevin Bridgman, Tyler Sharpe, Ramon Janer, Steven Casey, Bill Colaco (project team) Structural Enginnering: Halsall Associates Ltd. Mechanical and Electrical Engine..
Auftraggeber: Offenburger Stadthallen- und Messeimmobilien GmbH Realisierungszeit: 2007-2008 Projektkosten Brutto: 26 Mio Euro, KG 200-700 Leistungsphasen: 1-8 Auszeichnung, Preise: Wettbewerb 2001, 2.Preis Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a conference centre in Offenburg, Germany, designed by Freiburg architects Hetzel & Ortholf. Called Stadthalle Offenburg..
French architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau shared with us the Rennes Metropole Museum by french architects Guinée et Potin. The project is the result of a competition held in 2006 for an Eco Museum, and it includes exhibition spaces, reception and administrative offices, wrapped in a wooden skin. from archdaily
The project aims to scale the space to the object that will be displayed, providing order and rhythm to an exhibition that wants to be intimate. The models of public sculptures done by Susana Solano are treated as jewels that relate to each other visually as they do historically. A single system is designed to suit two spaces with opposed spatial attributes, allowing for a single reading of the ..
Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur Location: St. Margarethen, Austria Collaborators: Ecki Csallner, Elmir Smajic, Ferdinand Kersten, Maria Magina, Mareike Kuchenbecker, Martin Brandt, Michael Sohm Client: Fürst Esterházy Familienprivatstiftung Project Year: 2005-2006 Contruction Year: 2006-2008 Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus A show in the Roman quarry doubtless is a unique experience for every ..
The theme of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo is “Better City, Better Life”, and the special theme for the Hong Kong Pavilion is “Hong Kong – a city with unlimited potential“. A concept design competition was held in 2008 and received some 80+ submissions. Ida & Billy’s submission was awarded the Frist Prize, and formed the basis for the final design and execution by the government and another archi..
'cite du design' by LIN architects was recently inaugurated in loire, france. the project situated on the historic site of the national arms manufacture in saint etienne involved the renovation of several historic buildings, as well as the integration of a new building the 'platine', an observation tower, two gardens and the place d'armes, a public esplanade. the 'platine' is an interclimatic la..
