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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 [...]
Continue reading...Datong Sports Park
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Datong Sports Park includes a 30,000 seat stadium, an 8,000 seat arena, a 1,500 seat natatorium and a multi-use training hall. The sports park is part of a larger plan by the Datong Mayor to regenerate the historic old city and create a new city centre with other development including a city hall, museum and convention centre. Inspiration for the new Datong Sports Park has come from both its impressive cultural heritage and the stunning rugged beauty of the surrounding landscape outside Read more [...]
Continue reading...Populous
Monday, October 18, 2010
Populous, formerly known as HOK Sport, is an architectural firm specializing in the design of sports facilities and convention centers, as well as planning of major special events. The firm enjoys a dominant role in the design of sporting stadia and arenas, including such globally prominent facilities as the new Yankee Stadium, Wembley Stadium in London, ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Wimbledon Centre Court, San Francisco's AT&T Park, Chicago's United Center arena, Cleveland Browns Stadium, Read more [...]
Continue reading...Grand Lisboa
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Grand Lisboa owned by Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau and designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man, is a 58-floor 261 metres (856 ft) tall hotel in Macau. The casino and restaurants within Grand Lisboa were opened on February 11, 2007, while the hotel was opened in December 2008. The casino offers 268 mass gaming tables and 786 slot machines. The hotel contains 430 hotel rooms and suites. The casino is the first in Macau to offer Texas hold 'em poker ring games. Read more [...]
Continue reading...Infill housing design, public transit gain popularity
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A housing slump and increased commuting costs are fueling more infill design near public transit sites, the American Institute of Architects, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group, reports. Traditional neighborhoods are designed with homes planted on small lots next to the street and sidewalk. But that is now changing. New developments are increasingly focused on denser urban sites instead, the institute's latest home design trend survey finds. Much of the design shift stems from the economic downturn. Read more [...]
Continue reading...Touching the Sky, Poet in the City – United Kingdom
Friday, October 17, 2008
Poet in the City invites you to a major event combining poetry and architecture in celebration of the opening of a spectacular new arts and office complex at Kings Place, near King’s Cross. There is something both poetic and mysterious about the relationship between human society and its great buildings. This event traces the connections between poetry and architecture and follows poets as they reflect upon human aspirations to beauty and attempts to realise these in concrete, steel and glass. The Read more [...]
Continue reading...HOK Unveils Sustainable British Embassy in Jakarta
Monday, September 22, 2008
Balancing the harsh conditions of Jakarta, Indonesia, is quite a challenge - the area faces high pollution, high humidity, and heavy rains more than 60% of the year. HOK recently unveiled a stunning design for the region’s new British Embassy, situated on a 1.5 hectare site in the center of the city. HOK chose to use locally sourced black granite and metal cladding for the cantilevered canopy, stating that more porous materials would have eventually discolored due to pollution. The black diamond Read more [...]
Continue reading...MAD Architects Honeycomb Skyscraper – Sinosteel International Plaza
Monday, September 22, 2008
Be it their biomimetic form, their integral strength, or the their beautiful visual texture, lately we can’t get enough of hexagonal honeycomb structures. The latest to catch our eye is the stunning Sinosteel International Plaza by Beijing-based MAD architects. More than just a striking façade, the building’s hexagonal curtain is based upon climate modeling and serves to regulate the structure’s temperature and daylight by varying the size of each cell’s window. Seeking to set it apart Read more [...]
Continue reading...Home Delivery Walkthrough: BURST*008
Monday, September 22, 2008
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbzusJcSNU] Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is both a survey of the past, present and future of the prefabricated home and a building project on the Museum's vacant west lot. Not since the mid-century House in the Garden series has MoMA built occupiable model buildings to demonstrate contemporary issues to the public. The fives homes erected on the vacant west lot are designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia); Jeremy Read more [...]
Continue reading...Home Delivery Walkthrough: micro compact home
Monday, September 22, 2008
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey7EfAu_lq4] Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is both a survey of the past, present and future of the prefabricated home and a building project on the Museum's vacant west lot. Not since the mid-century House in the Garden series has MoMA built occupiable model buildings to demonstrate contemporary issues to the public. The fives homes erected on the vacant west lot are designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia); Jeremy Read more [...]
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Monday, October 18, 2010
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