Wieringen Passage, Dutch Landscape: Strootman

Wieringen is very old and was, up to 1930, an island. The design for the Wieringen Passage once again turns the former island of Wieringen into the sole boulder clay island of the Netherlands, with offshore sandbanks providing space for the development of recreational facilities and housing.

Debis Building Berlin: Daimler Financial Services

Debis Building Berlin: Daimler Financial Services

Building C1 completes an arc of buildings that run along Alte Potsdamerstrasse. The principal materials for the facades are terracotta tiles and glass. The facade utilises a double curtain wall operating system.

University of Pontevedra Campus Building, Spain

University of Pontevedra Campus Building

In the planning of the Campus of Pontevedra and the buildings of the faculty of education sciences and the CATRI (centro de apoyo a la transferencia de resultados de investigación, Transference of investigation results support center), geometries shaping “local traces” are developed.

Fishermen Warehouses Cangas Building, Spain

Fishermen Warehouses Cangas Building

On one hand a dock with numerous activities, where different equipments are already located, and where the fishermen departments to be added, can be one more scattered piece, building design by irisarri-piñera Architects.

Shenzhen Sustainable Skyscraper, BIG

Shenzhen Sustainable Skyscraper, BIG Architects Design

BIG, in collaboration with ARUP and Transsolar, was awarded first-prize in an international competition to design Shenzhen International Energy Mansion, the regional headquarters for the Shenzhen Energy Company.

Holocaust Memorial Berlin, Peter Eisenman Design

Holocaust Memorial Berlin, Peter Eisenman Design

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold.

Gloria Palast Berlin Building, Kleiststrasse

United Colors of Benetoon Berlin store

Gloria Palast Berlin: Kleiststrasse architecture development in Berlin design by Siegfried Fehr and Gerhard Jackel Architects, Germany, closed in 1998 – redeveloped as United colours of Benetton store

Galeries Lafayette Berlin: Jean Nouvel Building

Galeries Lafayette Berlin: Jean Nouvel Building

Galeries Lafayette Berlin, Germany: Friedrichstrasse store design by architect Jean Nouvel, Paris – retail development in German Capital located at the corner of Französische Straße, Mitte, built in 1996.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Central Station Building

Berlin Hauptbahnhof central station building

Berlin Hauptbahnhof architecture: Central Station design by Gerkan, Marg & Partners – major new German railway hub project at Invalidenstraße 53, Tiergarten, Date built: 2006. Building info & photos.

Akademie der Künste Berlin Building

Akademie der Künste Berlin building facade

Founded in 1696, is one of the oldest cultural institutes in Europe. It is an international community of artists and has a current total of 415 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Arts).

LEAF Awards Winners 2009, Berlin

LEAF Awards Winners 2009 – winning architects buildings photos, Ritz Carlton Hotel Berlin event, Germany – LEAF 2009 winners designs pictures, dinner, Forum