Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Location: Stockholm, Sweden Architects in charge: Gert Wingårdh, Cecilia Ström, Per Söderberg Collaborators: Gustav Appell, Ewa Bialecka-Colin, David Christoffersson, Daniel Frickeus, Bengt Hellsten, Robert Hendberg, Rickard Karlsson, Stefan Nilsson, Hanna Samuelsson Design Year: 2003 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Client: AB Svenska Bostäder Construction: Tyrén..
Steven Holl Architects have won a competition to design a new harbour entrance in Copenhagen, Denmark. Holl’s winning proposal for The LM Project involves building an office tower on either side of the harbour, linked by a 65m high public walkway. The walkway consists of two bridges meeting at an angle, “joining like a handshake over the harbor”. The following is from Steven Holl Architects: – S..
Architect: OFIS arhitekti Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Project Year: 2006-2008 Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik Design Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Javier Carrera, Anna Breda, Luis Ferreira, Ana Kosi, Katja Aljaz Client: Mercator d.d. Interior Design: Mercator Optima Structural Engineering: Projecta d.o.o. Contractor: Gradis Skupina G d.d. Constructed Area: 2,000 ..
Well, here we have another skyscrapper in Dubai, this time in the shape of a giant wind turbine. When I saw this, i thought it had this turbine to generate eolic energy, but actually it’s a structure that holds a panoramic restaurant in the glass capsule at the top of the building, as you can see on the further images. The 2,15 feet (655m) tall tower includes a mixed use developement with ret..
Foreign Office Architects have unveiled their design for the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station in Birmingham, UK. The metal-clad station features digital information boards at the entrance and is designed to handle over 52 million passengers per year. The £600 million project, titled New Street New Start is due to be completed in 2014. See also our story on Meydan shopping square by..
b720 architects won the competition for the World Trade Center at Igualada, Spain. The complex will articulate the existing industrial city with the residential zone, completing a new zone of infrastructure for this developing city. The complex consist of 4 buildings with a total area of 53.000 sqm, including 530 underground parking spaces. This project will hold offices, retail spaces. Retail s..
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a competition to design a new city hall for Budapest, Hungary. The project combines restoration of the existing 18th century building with 40,000 square metres of new construction. The ground floor will comprise a public square, retail facilities, cafés, restaurants and a theatre to be used for conferences and exhibitions. The upper floors will consist o..
Architects: Kristin Jarmund Architects Location: Oslo, Norway Project year: 2005-2008 Project Team: Kristin Jarmund, Leif D. Houck, Børge N. Anfinsen, Gunn Andresen, Nora Müller, Arild Eriksen, Aud Randi Astad Client: Bertel O.Steen Constructed Area: 23,500 sqm Photographs: Leif D. Houck Functionally the building is a combined office building, car salesroom and workshop. Formally we worked with ..
Warsaw-based architects Are have designed a new terminal building for Lublin International Airport in Poland. The airport extension and renovation was designed in collaboration with Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas in Poland and Spain, and Polconsult. The project is due for construction in 2012. The following is from Are: – Competition for the renovation of the Lublin International Airport in Poland ..
Architects: Baltasarh & Parasite Studio Location: Baia Mare, Romania Project year: 2007 Photographs: Andrei Margulescu The new office of San Paolo Bank in Baia Mare is located on the Unirii Boulevard, line connecting the new center with the south entrance of the city and featuring newly built buildings, as well as currently under construction ones. The area has no unitary structure due to the la..
