Jun 26, 2010 0
All Photo & Drawings courtesy WWAA Architects
PROJECT: EXHIBITION IN POLISH PAVILION FOR EXPO 2010, SHANGHAI
DESIGNED BY: Boris Kudlicka, Marcin Mostafa + Natalia Paszkowska (WWAA) CLIENT: Polish Agency for Enterprise Development AREA: ca 1500 sqm
YEAR: design 2009, construction 2010
BUDGET: ca 9 000 000 PLN
Jun 5, 2010 2
The UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo expresses British creativity and environmental engagement at the biggest event of its kind since the Expo phenomenon began in 1851 with the Great Exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace. Since then, there have been more than 50 Expos – which have also been known as World’s Fairs or World Expositions – and the most spectacular have included those at Chicago in 1893 and Paris in 1900. The latter attracted 50m visitors, a record at the time, setting an early benchmark for a country’s portrayal of innovation and progress. Read the rest of this entry »
May 30, 2010 0
Photo courtesy Nigel Young_Foster+Partners
First time for me to buzz on the Shanghai Expo 2010, sorry for a bit delay : ). First project is from Foster+Partners‘s Sand dune pavilion of the UAE. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr 21, 2010 1
NURTURING ACTIVE GLOBAL CITIZENS
Perkins Eastman’s latest project on the Concordia International School Shanghai (CISS) campus is a new 12,720 sm (129,200 sf) high school. It is the newest addition to the school’s multi-building education campus. Completed through a joint effort of the firm’s New York and Shanghai offices, this is the fourth phase of a series of planning and design projects completed for the school. The 10-acre campus also includes an elementary school and performing arts center, also designed by Perkins Eastman. As the culmination of a 10-year, multi-phased expansion of the world-class education campus, the high school is a fitting architectural expression of the evolution of design, learning, and sustainability. It is what a 21st century school is supposed to be. Read the rest of this entry »
