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Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat
Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat is an architectural firm form Poland. They recently won the "Museum of the Second World War" Competition. The Museum will be in Gdansk, the city where the war broke out. Other Information Location: Gdynia, Poland Country : Poland Founded: 1986 key People: Jacek Droszcz Bazyli Domsta Notable Projects Competition Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, Poland, 2010 Link Website ArchitectureMeme Read more [...]
Continue reading...Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk
18. October 2010
Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk is an architectural Competition to design of the building to house the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, intended to become a new identity landmark of the City of Gdańsk, and the conceptual site landscape design commensurate with the nature, status, and location of the site. Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat received 1st Prize and will design the new museum in Gdańsk, the city where the war broke out. 2nd Prize was awarded to Polish architects Read more [...]
Continue reading...Santiago Calatrava – Spanish Architect
21. April 2009
Santiago Calatrava Valls (born July 28, 1951) is an internationally recognized and award-winning Valencian Spanish architect, sculptor and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zurich, Switzerland. Classed now among the elite designers of the world, he has offices in Zurich, Paris and Valencia. Calatrava was born in Benimámet, an old municipality now integrated as an urban part of Valencia, Spain, where he pursued undergraduate studies at the Architecture School and Arts and Crafts Read more [...]
Continue reading...£1.6bn Westfield centre defies the squeeze as stores pack in
28. October 2008
Work on London's biggest shopping centre is stepping up to a peak of activity as opening day approaches. Next Tuesday will mark a major milestone in the £1.6billion Westfield London project - 100 days to go until opening day - while by the end of the month the number of workers on the 46-acre site will almost double to 5,000. The 1.6 million sq ft shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush will be the third biggest in Britain after the MetroCentre in Gateshead and Bluewater in Kent - but the biggest Read more [...]
Continue reading...B199 Istanbul Residences, Oncuoglu Architecture-Planning : Turkey
17. October 2008
B199 is designed as a mixed-use development composed of residence, retail, office space at the heart of Istanbul Located on Buyukdere Street, the newly developed business district of Istanbul, the project, designed by Oncuoglu Architecture, is a planned as a mixed-use development consisting of 32 floors which is aimed to be a landmark for the city. B199 Istanbul project stands out from the buildings nearby with its design inspired from the historical urban topography of Istanbul. The project Read more [...]
Continue reading...Oncuoglu Architecture Planning : Turkey
17. October 2008
Öncüoğlu Architecture & Planning is an international architecture company based in Turkey. The company founded as a partnership in 1964 in Ankara was converted into a limited company in the year of 1983. We have been providing building design services ranging from master planning to interior design composed of different phases from concept design till the commissioning of the construction, also including supervision services. Our main specialization has been achieved on retail, healthcare, Read more [...]
Continue reading...Herzog and de Meuron’s Stunning Triangular Skyscraper
6. October 2008
Recently Herzog & de Meuron revealed Le Project Triangle, an incredible structure that will rise 200 meters from the Porte de Versailles in Paris. The stunning skyscraper will feature a profile so slim that it casts virtually no shadow, and its orientation will be optimized to take advantage of both solar and wind power. Paris’ new pyramid will be the first high-rise to be approved for construction is the city’s center since 1977, thanks to the recent lifting of a 31-year-old ban established Read more [...]
Continue reading...Old Factory becomes Latvian Contemporary Art Museum
6. October 2008
The former soviet states are littered with half-finished buildings and projects cut short by the collapse of the Soviet Union. High schools, factories, apartment complexes: some of the buildings stand abandoned for years, stripped of their valuables and left bare to the elements. In some scenarios, they at least become playgrounds for explorers and artists. But occasionally, a lucky building will be reborn as a center for culture. In Latvia there are several examples of this: Karosta, an abandoned Read more [...]
Continue reading...Capita Architecture finishes home for BBC’s Welsh orchestra
15. September 2008
Capita Architecture has completed the new home of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff. Hoddinott Hall is named after late Welsh composer Alan Hoddinott, who died in March, and is located next to Capita's Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. The building provides a new 'multi-purpose' home for Wales' symphony orchestra, and includes office space, rehearsal facilities, a 350-capacity performance hall, and a state-of-the-art recording studio. Rob Firth, head of Capita Architecture, Read more [...]
Continue reading...Future Systems’ Prague library supporter sacked
15. September 2008
Future System's contentious competition-winning Prague library scheme is looking increasingly doubtful after its main supporter was sacked. Vlastimil Jezek, the director of the Czech National Library was dismissed by the country's ministry of culture amid a firestorm of ongoing arguments over the validity of the international contest and 'unresolved' site issues. According to the Prague Daily Monitor, the ministry had become exasperated that the project would not start 'at the time and at the Read more [...]
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18. October 2010
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