Carving a two-mile-long canyon through the heart of Southern California might seem like apostasy in this age of low-impact land use. But the Orange County Great Park is no ordinary place. To build this winding canyon, excavating machines will move over five million cubic yards of earth to create a sluice of space up to 60 feet deep, with selective cuts framing views of the Santa Ana Mountains, a..
Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær Project Architect: Jakob Møller Contributors: Christian Finderup, Henning Stuben, Ingrid Serritslev, Marc Jay Collaborator: JDS, CC DESIGN Constructed Area: 2,500 sqm Project year: 2003 Budget: US $787,000 Photographs: BIG, Casper Dalhoff, Esben Bruun, Hanne Fuglbjerg, JDS Cop..
Designed by Matsys Designs, Sietch Nevada is a response to the idea of a water-poor world becoming a reality, especially in the American Southwest. With so much of the press focused on wars over oil, the world is often unaware of the slowly depleting water sources, which are indeed exponentially more valuable than oil. This futuristic urban prototype addresses the water situation as a complex un..
Architects: Bjørbekk & Lindheim Location: Oslo, Norway Client: Statsbygg and the city of Oslo Water artist and consultant: Atelier Dreiseitl Technical consultant: Norconsult Constructed Area: 200,000 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Bjørbekk & Lindheim An old cultivated landscape with much variation and beauty was levelled into Oslo’s international airport in the 1940 - 60’s. In 1998, the air..
A year and a half ago, OMA unveiled the first images for a residential project in Singapore, on schematic design phase. Basically it was a set of stacked low-rise blocks. Today OMA sent us an update on this project, The Interlace, and more details appear. The project is located on a green belt outside the capital city, and consists on 31 stacked apartment blocks, each six-stories tall and identi..
The future well being of cities around the globe depends on mankind’s ability to develop and integrate sustainable technology. LAVA designed the Masdar City as the city of the future; positioned at the forefront of integrating sustainable technology into modern architectural design. Rome, Athens, Florence; most great historical cities have had the plaza, forum, or square at their epicentre – whe..
The design team of L. Tuleikis, R. Antinis, K. Vaikšnoras, K. Lanauskas, and P. Vaitiekūnas shared their competition entry for the renovation of Lukishkiu Square in Vilnius, Lithuania. The competition highlighted “freedom” as the square was established for a memorial space. The team’s proposal consists of a gently carved out central Freedom Field, surrounded by sculptural compositions and an ext..
DeStefano and Partners have created a new commercial center for Ninbgo, China. Extending the existing canal system, the Yinzhou Fantasy Island master plan fuses the current wetlands and parks with the commercial aspects of the city as a way to balance the ecological with the cultural. The plan will not only include retail areas, but also entertainment, business, leisure and cultural facilities p..
On Thursday, July 16, the mayor of Korça, Albania and the international jury pronounced German architecture firm BOLLES+WILSON winner of the competition for the new Korça City Center Master Plan. The international two-stage competition was decided in favor of the Münster-based office for its concept of “Scenographic Urbanism”, a choreographing of new buildings and public spaces, which pays close..
Zaha Hadid Architects have won a competition to design Cairo Expo City in Cairo, Egypt. The topography of the Nile valley is the inspiration behind the project’s fluid forms. The project, located between the city centre and the airport, will provide a campus for exhibitions and conferences. See also our earlier story on The Stone Towers in Cairo by Zaha Hadid Architects. Here’s some info from th..
