On March 25, Singapore unveiled the theme and design of the Singapore Pavilion for World Expo Shanghai 2010. The winning design “Urban Symphony” pays tribute to Singapore symbolizing its harmony of culture, progress and sustainability. Following the call for design submissions last year, Kay Ngee Tan Architects and partners were awarded lead architect for their winning concept. The winning desig..
The winners of the Valparaiso Cultural Center competition in Chile were just announced. The competition came after a proposal from brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer was rejected. The Cultural Center will be built where the former prison stood for the last 150 years. The winning projects are: 1st Prize - Jonathan Holmes, Martín Labbé, Carolina Portugueis, Osvaldo Spichiger 2nd Prize - Patricio M..
location ：Aichi Prefecture,Japan program ：concert hall、restaurant、residence site area ：831.96㎡ total area ：4076.3㎡ Norihiko Dan — born in 1956 in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan — is the designer of the beautiful Munetsugu Hall, completed in 2007 in Naka Ward, Nagoya, Japan. It is a privately-funded concert hall that continues the age-old but almost-dead tradition of wealthy arts patrons initia..
Rome architects AKA Architetti have won a competition to design a television and learning centre in Italy with this design, entitled Digital Origami. The design will be built in the former Italcitrus packaging plant in Reggio Calabria, Italy. The complex will comprise television and audio-visual productionfacilities, as well as exhibition spaces for temporary installationsand film festivals. The..
Since March 12, the City of Oslo exhibits the 40 contributions for the Munch Area and the Deichman Axis architecture competition (previously on Bustler). The list of invited architects includes names like Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Foreign Office Architects. Among the prequalified architects are Diller Scofido Renfro, Sauerbruch Hutton, and Kengo Kuma Associates. The Munch Area will have the ne..
american firm morphosis architects created a futuristic design for the taipei performing arts center. within walking distance of the lively shilin night market, the historic cixian temple, and the zhongshan north green boulevard, as well as the TRTS jiantan station and major roadways, the taipei performing arts center anchors a round-the-clock cultural axis. the architecture becomes, by virtue o..
Architect: Pedevilla Architekten Location: St. Lorenzen, Italy Project Team: Armin Pedevilla, Kurt Egger Project type: Town Hall Client: Community of St. Lorenzen Constructed Volume: 8,500 m³ Budget: US $3.7 M Project Year: 2007 Energy Consumption: 5,5 kWh/m²a Photographs: Armin Pedevilla, Günter Wett St. Lorenzen is a small community in South Tyrol, an area of the Italian Alps that lies near th..
“AIKI”, the entry by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd, has taken first prize in the architectural competition arranged by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the Finnish Embassy building in Tokyo. The winner was announced by Mikko Paaso, Director for Real Estates, at an event to publicize the competition results held at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on March 13. The event was attended by ..
Architects: debartolo architects ltd. Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Project team: Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA, Jack DeBartolo Jr FAIA, Aaron Taylor, Christoph Kaiser Civil Engineer: hec engineering Structural Engineer: rudow + berry Mep engineering: sullivan designs Lighting design: roger smith lighting design Contractor: arthur porter construction Landscape: e group Constructed Area: 2,415 sqm De..
Architect: 1100 Architect Location: Okinawa, Japan Principal: Juergen Riehm Project Architect: Joanna Chen Project Managers: Bo Lee, Sebastian Kaempf Designer: Jesse Wark MEP Engineer:American Engineering Corporation Lighting: Litelab/ Continental Lighting General Contractor: Katsuko Tokuchi, Taishin Kensetsu Project Year: 2003 Constructed Area: 650 sqm Photographs: Shinito Sato The Naha project..
