MVRDV's colossal Parkrand
apartment building in Geuzenveld, Amsterdam (NL) De Architekten Cie. win
the competition for the extension of the seat of the Romanian government
in Bucharest (RO) Update: Sardinia (IT) Reality check: Nama's
tea pavilion in Putten (NL) Matteo Thun builds hotels
all over the world. In the Swiss Alps alone, three luxury hotels designed
by Thun are under construction and more...
New projects
L'Escaut and Weinand have
designed an 'ice cube' skating rink in Liège (BE) BCQ make a brave urban
gesture with their design for administrative offices in El Raval, Barcelona
(ES) In Szczecin, Katowice
and Cracow (PL) foreign practices are shaping the landscape The competition-winning
design for the Vojvodina Museum of Contemporary Art in Novi Sad (CS)
by Robert Claiborne, Ivan Markov and Lia Ruccolo preserves industrial
structures In Kazan (RU) Erick van
Egeraat has designed a library as a fully fledged piece of city
Marusa Zorec
Marusa Zorec is a busy woman, running her own practice, teaching at
Ljubljana University and researching Slovenian architecture from the
1960s and ’70s. A10’s Maja Vardjan interviews her about
her work and her position in Slovenia’s contemporary architecture:
‘My position? I have never tried to achieve one and I don’t
think I have one’.
New buildings
Looking at Onix’s
five black ‘barn’ villas in Zuidhorn (NL), Giampiero Sanguini
detects an evolution in their architectural language Subarquitectura’s
tram stops in Alicante (ES) are a worthy city landmark Jasarevic Architekten’s
contemporary mosque contributes to the gradual integration of different
beliefs into the village of Penzberg (DE) ArhitektuuriAgentuur’s
villa in Merivalja, Tallinn (EE) Will Sadar Vuga’s
Gradaska apartment building in Ljubljana (SI) manage to overcome its
isolated status? Goran Rako’s covering
of a Roman Forum in Vid (HR) brings archaeology alive In Hardenberg (NL) Marlies
Rohmer designed a futuristic-looking school with a classic structure Pott Architects’
Haus L in Berlin (DE) is no ‘style facade’, but an example
of undogmatic Modernism Manuel Ocaña believes
his elderly people’s residential complex in Ciutadella, Menorca
(ES) ‘may become a place we might all want to live in or visit’ Goczolowie and Ovo Grabczewski combined opacity with transparency in their design for an exhibition pavilion in Krasiejow (PL)
Light & the city
The new relationship between light, architecture and the urban environment
goes beyond decoration, advertising and purely functional lighting.
New urban lighting is all about the identity of the place, its specific
use and sustainability.
Materia's view on the latest materials
The fact that a material is environmentally friendly is in itself no
overriding reason for using it. The best materials perform well. If
they are also ecologically sound that is an added bonus. A survey of
natural and synthetic materials that fulfil both of these requirements.
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
Quality and word-of-mouth
recommendations are crucial to the success of five young Irish practices.
A mini-survey by A10's correspondent Emmet Scanlon 23 reasons why Oslo (NO)
deserves to be more than a stopover on the way to Norway's natural attractions Home: Bence Turányi's
flexible apartment, Budapest (HU)
Buildings from the margins of modern history
A reconsideration of Andrija Mutnjakovic's National Library in Pristina
in Kosovo, completed in 1982. Werner Bossmann claims that in post-war
Kosovo, where Albanian Kosovars call the shots, the building would have
little competition in any race to become the new icon of the nation-in-the-making.
MVRDV's colossal Parkrand
apartment building in Geuzenveld, Amsterdam (NL)
