Dec 5, 2009 0
The National Museum for XXI Century Art (MAXXI) has completed in Rome with ten years of construction. MAXXI was an opportunity to fuse ancient with modern in the Flaminio quarter of Rome, in the area of the existing military barracks. Zaha Hadid Architects was awarded upon winning the international competition in 1999. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 1, 2009 0
News from my Home Town, Bangkok. The winning design of the New Thai Parliament is revealed. Designed by Teeraphol Niyom (ธีรพล นิยม). The winning scheme idea is rooted from the Bhuddism Tri-Bhumi. It is a balance mixed between traditional Thai architecture and contemporary architecture, commented from the jury.
This team will get the commissioned to design this 300,000 square meters facility with the fees about 200 Million Baht. Congratulation to them. Following is its vdo, enjoy!
Nov 26, 2009 3
Photos courtery WAF
Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa, designed by Peter Rich Architects of Johannesburg, has won global architecture’s most coveted accolade of World Building of the Year at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 20, 2009 0
Render courtesy OFIS
Slovenian architecture firm OFIS have received third prize in the competition to design the new ljubljana administration centre. The brief proposed several departments to move to the same site but occupy different buildings. Located along the river on the edge of the city the building is surrounded by some protected buildings. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 29, 2009 0
Courtesy Fars Studio Co.,Ltd.
Thailand-based firm Fars Studio has been named the winner in a national design competition for the Chao Phraya River Memorial and Museum in Nakorn-Sawan, Thailand. The competition was held by the Nakorn-Sawan Municipality and the Association of Siamese Architects to create a landmark symbol for the significance of the river in this region. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 11, 2009 0
Visualization©ATP Architects and Engineers
This well proportion-stacking wooden box form resort turns out to be a winning design for the Crown Resort Motafon. It was designed by ATP Architects and Engineers, the followings are their statement;
This new interpretation of the once so successful type of alpine GRAND HOTEL is based on the LEED criteria and focuses on the reduction of the physical footprint by the use of a compact form and an intelligent energy concept with the use of renewable energies as well as favouring traditional methods of construction and the local materials (pine in the sleeping areas, etc). Read the rest of this entry »
Aug 30, 2009 0
©Luxigon, courtesy REX
REX WINS KORTRIJK CENTRAL LIBRARY COMPETITION
Design Combines Functions of Library, Life-Long Learning Center and Music Center
NEW YORK, August 4 — REX and Principal in Charge Joshua Prince-Ramus have been named the winner of the BibLLLiotheek competition to build a “Library of the Future” for the city of Kortrijk, Belgium. REX partnered with landscape architects Bureau Bas Smets in entering the competition, which included both a building and master plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug 30, 2009 0
Image courtesy Diamond and Schmitt Architects
Canadian architectural firm Diamond + Schmitt Architects has been nominated to design the 4-million new Mariinsky Theater complex’s 2000-seat opera and ballet house in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Canadian firm has been chosen from among five international and Russian competitors like Dominique Perrault. The budget for the new Theater is €295,000,000, with a projected completion date of 2011. The New Mariinsky will complement both the existing Mariinsky Theater located in Teatralnaya Square directly across the canal from the site of the new theater, as well as the new Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall, a 1,200 seat facility two blocks west which opened in 2007.
Jul 25, 2009 0
Image courtesy 3LHD
Business Centre Miramare is a winning competition project by 3LHD. The competition program is placed on a crossing of two streets, Miramarska and Bednjanska. It is a point of colliding two urban city concepts: north part with classical city blocks of the Zagreb’s lower city enclosed by the railway and the south part primarily along the Vukovarska Street, outlined with modernistic dominant character of mostly public and social buildings. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr 28, 2009 0
image courtesy Herreros Arquitectos
Spanish firm herreros arquitectos won first prize forin the international architectural competition for the munch museum in Oslo, Norway. Following is the jury verdict;
Lambda ( Herreros Arquitectos) creates a generous invitation both to the museum and to the public access of the area in general. the location of the museum on paulsenkaia leaves the area south of the opera open to a public park and recreational landmark in the middle of the bay overlooking the fjord, in close contact both with the opera and the museum. the project strengthens the river mouth, opens the landscape and gives public access to both sides of the river all the way out to the fjord. Read the rest of this entry »
