Business of Design Week, Shenzhen Architecture Biennale, China. BODW 2013 wraps up with Culture & The City. Asia’s leading annual design event wrapped up its 11th edition with a final day of seminars at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Recent anderson bell + christie buildings + designs – William Quarrier Scottish Epilepsy Centre, Govan + St Beya Gardens project, Millport + Bhaltos Outdoor Education Centre, Isle of Lewis + Tyne Tees site, Newcastle + East Pollokshields Health Centre
Joel Solkoff – on disability issues relevant to architects. Daniel Libeskind, master architect to rebuild Ground Zero, watched the original World Trade Center being built in the 1960s. Libeskind’s father worked in the neighborhood.
The building known as “Palazzo Campari” was designed in the 1960s by Ermenegildo and Eugenio Soncini in the heart of Milan and was one of a series of buildings that emerged during the economic boom years, representing a new aspect of corporate identity for Italian industry.
Air Traffic Control Center (ATCC) Slovenia, Airport Ljubljana building design by SADAR + VUGA. It appears as a monolithic shell, opening towards outside only when necessary. The building is wrapped in belts of glazing and combined aluminium parapets and brise-soleils.
Tintin Building, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, design by NL Architects. Nieuw-Crooswijk is a residential area in Rotterdam, strategically located near the city center and Kralingse Bos, a beautiful park, everything within 10 minutes. Large parts have recently been demolished and will soon be reconstructed
Mumbai City Museum Competition, India. Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) is delighted to announce a two-stage competition to find a design team for a new north wing to the Mumbai City Museum, also known as the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum. One of India’s leading cultural institutions, it is in the process of creating a new dynamic identity for itself as a cultural hub in Mumbai.
Çanakkale Antenna Tower Competition, Turkey. Architects Shortlist News: Team FR-EE & KOTU+MAPmx Studio & Werner Sobek are selected to proceed in the international competition to design a 100m tall Observation & Broadcast Tower in Çanakkale.
Joel Solkoff – on disability issues relevant to architects
The new Renzo Piano Whitney overlooking the Hudson River, adjacent to a really fun public park, has brought to near completion, another magnificent new Piano. Within the Gallery is the original photograph Edward Steichen took of Marlene Dietrich in 1931. The Whitney will soon be launching a new Exhibition of Steichen’s work.
London Heathrow Airport Redevelopment
Heathrow: worth more dead than alive
London – Today London Britannia Airport’s promoters, TESTRAD (Thames Estuary Research and Development Company), have released new concept images and surface access plans outlining the key economic and regenerative benefits that could be realized from a £45bn development value, should an Estuarine Airport be one of the proposed schemes selected for further consideration by Sir Howard Davies Aviation commission recommendations next week.
Cultural Center in Castelo Branco, Portugal, design by Josep Lluís Mateo: The Cultural Center, built in phase two, though part of the original project, floats on two piles over the plaza, like a bridge, freeing up at its base a covered ice-skating rink, and giving continuity to this large public space, to the plaza and to the adjacent park.
Hefei ID Mall Development, China design by Broadway Malyan: Planning approval secured for 170,000 sq m retail and office development featuring a 150 m tower, in Hefei, eastern China
Connoisseur Gallery in Shanghai design by Studio Twist, Architects, to be an exhibition space for a wide range of art objects representing the epitome of luxury catering to the tastes of a nouveau riche clientele. These may be figurative sculptures that are intricately made, or furniture upholstered with exotic leathers, or ornately embellished jewellery.
Sky Frame House on Haagwijk Estate, Voorschoten, The Netherlands, design by 123DV architecture & consult. Residence with swimming pool and bedroom pavilions. On part of estate Duivenvoorde, seven plots will be available for people who want to design their own home. The future residents will be living in peace in an ancient cultural landscape, while The Hague, Leiden and Schiphol Airport are all within reach.