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2012 MAD Travel Scholarship
May 6th
Courtesy or MAD Architects MAD Architects recently launched their 2012 Travel Scholarship , which provides mainland Chinese students with an opportunity to travel abroad and research an architectural topic of their choosing. Established in 2009, and with the support of long-term sponsor VERTU, this year, 5 students will have the opportunity to travel for 7-10 days in their chosen city or region of independent study
‘Translate the Intangible’ Symposium
May 6th
Courtesy of Architectural Association (AA) Taking place at the Architectural Association (AA) on May 11, the ‘Translate the Intangible’ symposium addresses the challenges of communicating dynamic aspects of contemporary design methodologies through static mediums such as text and images. As current design-oriented fields have amplified the implementation of computational and generative tools for various motives, the process of documentation and representation of the design process has become more difficult to express. As such, Translate the Intangible will bring together a multi-disciplinary group of leading practitioners from different fields to discuss the challenges involved in expressing the process involved in their work and propose new perspectives addressing this issue
Rathaus Bernried / Titus Bernhard Architekten
May 6th
© Christian Richters Architects: Titus Bernhard Architekten Location: Bernried , Germany Design Team: Stefan Krippl, Sebastian Filutowski, Elmar Wilhelm Area: 4,060 sqm Volume: 17,800 cbm Structural Engineer: Merz Kaufmann & Partner, Herr G. Kley, Dornbrin/Austria Client: Gemeinde Bernried Completion: 2008 (1st step, the other two steps are unbuild until now) Photographs: Christian Richters © Christian Richters Rathaus- und Festsaal, Bernried The guiding idea for the design of this structure was the need to derive a form befitting an ensemble composed of town hall, festival and cultural halls, and café
Rathaus Bernried / Titus Bernhard Architekten
May 6th
© Christian Richters Architects: Titus Bernhard Architekten Location: Bernried , Germany Design Team: Stefan Krippl, Sebastian Filutowski, Elmar Wilhelm Area: 4,060 sqm Volume: 17,800 cbm Structural Engineer: Merz Kaufmann & Partner, Herr G. Kley, Dornbrin/Austria Client: Gemeinde Bernried Completion: 2008 (1st step, the other two steps are unbuild until now) Photographs: Christian Richters © Christian Richters Rathaus- und Festsaal, Bernried The guiding idea for the design of this structure was the need to derive a form befitting an ensemble composed of town hall, festival and cultural halls, and café
‘Towards a New Re-Construction after 311 Tsunami in North-East Japan’ Symposium
May 5th
Courtesy of RIBA Hosted by RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), the ‘Towards a new re-construction after 311 tsunami in North-East Japan’ Symposium will take place in London on May 8, where they will present a culmination of over a year’s work by dedicated Japanese architects working closely with local communities in areas worst affected by the disaster. Ideas and proposals will be shared for building a safe and sustainable future for those whose lives and communities were devastated on 11th March 2011. For more detailed information on the event, please visit here .
CULBURB Shaping Cities Symposium + Workshop
May 5th
Courtesy of CULBURB CULBURB’s Shaping Cities Symposium + Workshop , which takes place at the Centre for Central European Architecture May 22-23, asks what the nonprofit organizations are today and questions their role in the creation of city space. Are they non-elected groups of interest promoting their own interpretation of public good?
Yenikapı Transfer Point and Archaeo-Park / MVRDV + ABOUTBLANK
May 5th
© Zwartlicht With Istanbul as the immutable intersection of vast and diverse mobilities, the rich design by MVRDV + ABOUTBLANK for the Yenikapı Transfer Point and Archaeo Park offer a unique possibility to combine and transpose contemporary transportation intelligence with a remarkable historical heritage. Layers in time will be combined with numerous lines through the city of Istanbul, a myriad of interactions of time and space
Embassy Of Canada In Korea / Zeidler Partnership Architects
May 5th
© K.Kwan Architects: Zeidler Partnership Architects Location: Seoul , South Korea Area: 81,055 square feet Cost: $19 million Completion: 2007 Client: Foreign Affairs Canada Photographs: K. Kwan © K.Kwan Koreans and Canadians share a reverence for nature.
Call for Submissions: MONU Magazine’s #17 Issue – ‘Next Urbanism’
May 5th
©BOARD. Original image: Photo still from Lewis Milestone's 1960 “Ocean's 11″ film starring Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop
22 Oei Tiong Ham Park / AR43 Architects
May 5th
© Albert Lim KS Architects: AR43 Architects Location: 22 OeiTiong Ham Park, Singapore Design Team: Lim Cheng Kooi Builder: Bestec Construction: Pte Ltd Site Area: 1,203 sqm Photographer: Albert Lim KS © Albert Lim KS The design for the house commenced in the year 2009 and was completed in May 2011. Sited within a leafy up-market housing estate, it sits on a 1200 m2 linear plot of land that was originally part of a larger estate before sub-division. The house is hence hidden away from the main road and approached via a short access road that is shared by the immediate neighbor
