A crater measuring around 800 meters in diameter surrounded by woods, at its base a bare stretch of ground − in the Messel Pit near Darmstadt in central Germany, oil shale was mined for almost 100 years.
Steven Holl has been awarded the 2010 Jencks Award: Visions Built at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The Jencks Award is given annually to an individual that has recently made a major contribution simultaneously to the theory and practice of architecture internationally.
HP Skyline 2020 Competition, Winners, Designs, 2010, Images HP Skyline 2020 Design Competition : Architecture Contest HP Skyline 2020 Design Contest 2 Sep 2010 HP Skyline 2020 online design competition ABOUT THE COMPETITION: HP SKYLINE 2020, the online design competition outlined fresh visual imaginations for the skyline discarding preconceived notions. Initiated by HP & AEC … Read more
This project involved the refurbishment of the previous British Rail Headquarters buildings sited beside the eastbound carriageway of the A40 Westway in Paddington.
Thousands of buildings in the Netherlands lie vacant. Some of them for a week or a few months, many even for years. During the twelfth Venice Architecture Biennale, the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) and Rietveld Landscape will highlight the huge potential of all that temporarily unoccupied space.
The competition will take place every two years and for each award cycle, six internationally renowned architectural firms will be invited to develop their visions for the future of a designated theme.
JA Joubert Architecture, a Rotterdam-based architectural office, has won first prize in an international competition for a new neighbourhood in Tirana, Albania.
Vetreria Airoldi Offices, Milan, Italy design by Buratti Battiston Architects, images of Milanese commercial building: glass high-to-floor panels composition of seven different colours
The Jury is of the opinion that the design selected in the Architectural Competition has every chance of becoming one of the most important features of the Gdańsk City Centre from the very beginning.
‘A neon Emergency Exit sign hangs on the facade of the Polish Pavilion. Inside, a surreal structure made of hundreds of reclaimed bird cages hides a path to its summit. It is lit from within, suggesting a night landscape, a fantastical de-materialized world’.
In combining architecture, urbanism, visual arts and film, the exhibition Noord Publiek – Proposals for an undivided city offers a kaleidoscopic perspective of Amsterdam Noord, the area of the Dutch capital north of the IJ.
Scottish Building News Early 2010: best new architecture designs in Scotland – selection of major architectural updates for January through to August, with items arranged chronologically, latest first.
Bjarke Ingels in discussion with e-architect editor Adrian Welch: The last year is all about buildings. In 2009 we had a lucky streak with many competitions having success and now turning into built work. The office swelled from 65 to 100 staff
The Venice Architecture Biennale content is principally located in the Giardini (gardens) and Arsenale (former rope walks) – areas in the eastern part of Venice. Other shows are dotted around town.