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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 »

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 »

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.

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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 »

World Architecture Festival Film from World Architecture Festival on Vimeo.

Here’s the promo VDO of World Architecture Festival 2009 at Barcelona during  4-6 Nov 2009. You can enter “World Building of the Year award by register and submit on-line the completed work up to 15 building categories. This year there will be award for Future Idea, Interior and Fit-out, Structure Design as well. Check out the official site here http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/index.cfm

All Images from SHL Architects

Awarding-winning practice schmidt hammer lassen architects (SHL Architects) has won an international competition to design “Urban Mediaspace”, the largest public library in Scandinavia.  The € 228 million scheme, located in Aarhus, Denmark, will become a new visual and cultural focal point for the city whilst pioneering the next generation of library
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