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Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk

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 [...]

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Future Systems’ Prague library supporter sacked

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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Pentagon 9/11 Memorial by KBAS

The Pentagon Memorial commemorating the terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001, provides a long-awaited place for contemplation. Dedicated today and designed by Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies (KBAS), a Philadelphia-based architecture firm founded by Keith Kaseman and Julie Beckman, the memorial is composed of 184 cantilevered benches—one for each victim who died that day. The memorial is located on the West Lawn of the Pentagon, adjacent to where the hijacked plane hit the building. KBAS Read more [...]

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Design Concepts for Ike Memorial in D.C.

A federal commission is accepting entries for a competition to design a Washington, D.C. monument honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower, the United States' 34th president. For a four-acre site just south of the Mall divided by Maryland Avenue S.W., and near many Cabinet agencies that Eisenhower had a hand in creating, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission seeks proposals that emphasize open spaces with little in the way of actual buildings or statuary. Indeed, one of the only requirements is a Read more [...]

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The 34th Annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition

Welcome to the 34th Annual KRob Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition! For 34 years, The KRob Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition has celebrated the best in delineation in architecture (architectural drawing). Open to architecture students, professionals and architectural illustrators who are working in the United States, Canada or Mexico, KRob accepts both hand and digital delineation and is the longest-running architectural delineation competition currently in operation anywhere Read more [...]

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Tirana Rocks: MVRDV Wins Lakeside Competition in Albania

Rotterdam, The Netherlands—The city of Tirana and an international jury announced MVRDV winner of the competition for the urban masterplan creating a new dense urban neighborhood with a park and public facilities at the shore of Tirana Lake, in the south of the Albanian capital. Tirana Lake is one of the highly valuable green areas of the city. The project foresees the regeneration of a 20ha site on the north shore of the lake by creating a dense urban neighborhood liberating space for a park, Read more [...]

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