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Podjunska / Enota
Oct 21st
Courtesy of Enota Upon receiving first prize in an invited competition, Enota , the Slovenia -based architecture firm, shared with us their project, Podjunska House. More images and architect’s description after the break.
New Cathay Pacific Airport Lounge by Foster + Partners
Oct 14th
Foster + Partners have completed a new airport lounge for Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong. . ‘The Cabin’ is the latest addition to the Cathay Pacific lounge collection at Hong Kong International Airport. Combining the highest quality materials with a new seating system designed by Foster + Partners, it will transform the experience for passengers using Hong Kong’s flag carrier
Järva Cemetery / NRJA
Oct 4th
© NRJA Our friends from NRJA (be sure to view previous NRJA projects on AD, especially their 2009 Building of the Year House ) shared their finished competition entry for a cemetery in Järva Common, Stockholm with us. Designing a cemetery is a difficult challenge as it is a place filled with symbolic importance and infused with a commitment to offering hope. The architects decided that this new cemetery will provide a place where the identity of the site is defined not only by the environmental quality of the space and its historical importance, but also by the project’s emphasize on concentration on the memory of the deceased
Sports Pavillion by MoederscheimMoonen
Oct 2nd
This pavilion with illuminated eaves was designed by Dutch firm MoederscheimMoonen Architects for two football teams in Rotterdam. (more…)
Playable10: International Design Competition – the annual global search for inspiring play design
Oct 2nd
international design competition: playable10
0: playable10/ defined
1: why?/ healthy + happy kids + grown-ups
2: who?/ professionals, students, children + sponsors
3: what?/ competition categories
4: where?/ what we know so far
5: when?/ competition timeline
6: how?/ make a difference+ how to enter
7: what next?/ outcomes
8: contact
competition structure:
a: playable art
b: playable d-i-y
c: playable site
d: playable kids (completed)
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e. designing for play symposium & award ceremony
f. exhibition
international design competition: playable10 (continued)
0: playable10
Playable10:International Design Competition invites designers of all types from around the world to design playground equipment More >
The I. Grace Company and The Institute for Classical Architecture & Classical America Scholarship
Oct 1st
THE I. GRACE COMPANY, COMMISSIONED PRIVATE RESIDENCES, INC.
AND
THE INSTITUE FOR CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE & CLASSICAL AMERICA
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER
ANNOUNCE THE 2ND ANNUAL $2,500.00 SCHOLARSHIP
The I. Grace Company, Commissioned Private Residences, Inc. (“I-Grace”) and The Institute for Classical Architecture & Classical America (“ICA&CA;”) Southern California Chapter are pleased to announce The 2nd Annual I-Grace Scholarship Supporting Excellence in the Study and Practice of Artisanship and Architecture.
The ICA&CA;, founded as two separate nonprofit organizations in 1991 and 1968, respectively, merged in 2002 as a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the classical tradition in architecture, urbanism and the allied arts. The organization is a valued educational resource for students of art, planning, and architecture, for design professionals and the general public assisted today by a growing network of regional and local chapters.
I-Grace is a national builder of luxury private residences with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It has been their longstanding belief that it is important More >
Lightweight Structures Award 2010
Oct 1st
Lightweight Structures Award 2010
The Association for the Advancement of Lightweight Structures (Verein zur Förderung des Leichtbaus e.V.), based in Stuttgart, announces the 2010 Lightweight Structures Award. This year marks the sixth year of the award, given annually to promote and reward student achievements in the fields of architecture, design, as well as structural, aerospace and mechanical engineering. Design studio projects as well as diploma or master’s theses are eligible for submission. A total of 1200 Euro will be awarded to the winning entries. The award is offered to participants of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Deadline for submission is October 1, 2010. Additional details at http://www.leichtbau-verein.de/de/02leichtbaupreis/index.html.
V&A Exhibition Road Competition
Sep 29th
The Victoria and Albert Museum wishes to create a major new gallery with the capacity to deliver its high-profile programme of temporary exhibitions, a new museum entrance and a courtyard to create an informal and inviting relationship with Exhibition Road. The gallery, providing approximately 1500m2 of relatively uninterrupted (column-free) exhibition space, will be formed below street level, on the only undeveloped site in the Museum
Pound Shop by Asif Khan
Sep 27th
London Design Festival 2010: designer Asif Khan created this shop interior using dust sheets, nylon rope and white paint. (more…)
