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“Blooming” Citycenter Nieuwegein / Bureau B+B
May 1st
© Frederica Rijkenberg Architects: Bureau B+B Location: Citycenter Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Project Area : 40,350 sqm Completion : 2012 Client: Municipality of Nieuwegein Photographs: Renee Klein, Frederica Rijkenberg In its earliest phase, at the start of the 1970s, construction activity in ‘new town’ Nieuwegein concentrated on its residential areas. Around when the city centre was about to have its turn, the economic climate offered little space for financing.
Plot B of China Mobile International Headquarters Campus / Leo A Daly
May 1st
Courtesy of Leo A Daly Leo A Daly , in collaboration with Local Design Institute WDCE, recently won a competition to design Phase 2, Plot B, of the international headquarters campus of China Mobile Ltd. in Beijing. One of the largest mobile telecommunications companies in the world, China Mobile Ltd.
Villa Roces by Govaert & Vanhoutte
Apr 30th
This glass house by Belgian architects Govaert & Vanhoutte has a 50-metre-long wall at the back and an underground swimming pool at the front. (more…)
Competition: five copies of Chase for Space to be won
Apr 30th
Competition: we’ve teamed up with Slovenian architect Nejc Trost to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of Chase for Space , his new book about architecture and space travel. (more…)
Schrannenhalle Munich / Oliv Architekten Ingenieure
Apr 30th
© Edzard Probst Architects: Oliv Architeckten Ingenieure Location: Munich , Germany Project Area: 1,000 sqm Completion: 2011 Photographs: Edzard Probst With a unique concept consisting of a mixture of retail business and gastronomy, the new Schrannen Halle in Munich breaks new ground. Customers can now move freely around the different market stalls, thus experiencing a new product presentation. © Edzard Probst The challenge was to develop an overall concept in which the wares occupied the foreground and the charm of the hall remained a great experience
Treehouses in Paradise Competition: Call for Proposals
Apr 30th
Photo by weirdox – http://www.flickr.com/photos/weirdox/ The Treehouses in Paradise competition, among many competitions featured on our site, unfortunately turned out to be a scam. Many architects not only lost their time, but their efforts and money as well. Many competitions arise such as these and unfortunately, the work of the architects are often gone to waste.
Tower Studio / Saunders Architecture
Apr 30th
© Bent René Synnevåg Architect: Saunders Architecture Location: Fogo Island , Newfoundland, Canada Client: Shorefast Foundation and the Fogo Island Arts Corporation Team Architects: Attila Béres, Ryan Jørgensen, Ken Beheim-Schwarzbach, Nick Herder, Rubén Sáez López, Soizic Bernard, Colin Hertberger, Christina Mayer, Olivier Bourgeois, Pål Storsveen, Zdenek Dohnalek Associate Architect: Sheppard Case Architects Inc.
Squish Studio by Saunders Architecture
Apr 30th
Slideshow: here’s another of the six artists’ studios that Norwegian firm Saunders Architecture designed for an island off the coast of Canada, this time a white angular cabin. (more…)
2012 ONE Prize Competition: BLIGHT TO MIGHT
Apr 30th
Courtesy of Terreform ONE Terreform ONE is now accepting submissions for the 2012 ONE Prize Competition: BLIGHT TO MIGHT . The competition is a call to put design in the service of disenfranchised communities, to reinvigorate deindustrialized and depressed urban areas, and to repurpose spaces for economic growth and job creation. Situated in the context of a struggling U.S.
