Zaha Hadid's Nordpark
cable railway in Innsbruck (AT) In Athens (GR), the New
Acropolis Museum nears completion Urban Center in Turin
(IT) hosts tours of once neglected, now transformed industrial sites Update: Serbia Modern interpretations
of old buildings in Brussels (BE) and Stromness (UK) and more...
New projects
A team of international
and local artchitects has won the competition for a 'City of the Environment'
in Santomera (ES) Antwerp (BE) is embracing
itself; a 1200-metre-long bridge by the THV NORIANT consortium will
finally close the ring around the city Hungarian firms win competitions
for Pécs, European Capital of Culture 2010 CAKMAK architects' In
Vino winery complex in Modra (SK) Carlos Mourao Pereira's
sea baths in Lourinha (PT) With their design for
a distribution warehouse in Staffordshire (UK), Chetwoods Associates
prove that a business park can actually be green
Svatopluk Sládecek
Svatopluk Sládecek, who has been running his New Work studio
since 1995, stands out among young Czech architects. His work represents
an original architecural strategy in the Czech Republic - instead of
following the example of Western designers, he draws his inspiration
from the tradition of the Czech periphery (the world of city-yards,
farming land, industrial districts, kitsch conversions), transforming
tired architectural motifs into contemporary projects. Jan Kratochvil
interviews him.
New buildings
Behnisch, Behnisch &
Partner's spa baths in Bad Aibling (DE) offer wellness to everyone Ton Venhoeven's fire station
in Den Helder (NL) reasserts the heroic status of firefighters PK Arkitektar's apartment
building for handicapped youngsters in Hveragerdi (IS) In their apartment building
in Paris (FR), Beckmann-N'Thepé bring concrete facades alive Promontório's river
aquarium in Mora (PT) is helping to launch the local tourist economy
in the Alentejo region In his design for a housing
project in Zagreb (HR), Hrvoje Njiric politely exploits a market-ruled
context With his wooden villas
in Pirogovo (RU), Totan Kuzembayev traces Constructivism back to its
Russian origins In Ditzingen (DE), Barkow
Leibinger used the client's own technology to create a classy gatehouse Manuel Ruisanchez's library
and Sagrada Familia community centre in Barcelona (ES) Brigitte Métra's
first solo project is a cultural and sports centre in Dole (FR) In Scharans (CH), Valerio
Olgiati designed a house without a roof for artist Linard Bardill
Flourishing facades
The term ‘explosive growth’ has never been more appropriate:
in the past fifteen years or so, roofs and facades all over the world,
from Tokyo to Chicago, have started sprouting mosses, plants, flowers,
shrubs and trees. These ‘green roofs’ and ‘living
facades’ are regarded as technologically innovative but in reality
they are nothing new. After all, according to Greek historiography,
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (near present-day Baghdad), a botanical
and architectural artwork counted among the seven wonders of the world,
were built as long ago as the 6th century BCE.
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
Does the self-willed historicism
that seems to hold Islamic religious architecture in its thrall lie
in the religion itself? Christian Welzbacher investigates the architecture
of Euro-Islam Photographer William Brumfield's
pilgrimage to the most obscure corners of Russia Everybody is familiar
with Rome's ancient architectural masterpieces, but what about modern
architecture? Giampiero Sanguigni presents a critical tour of 21 projects Profile: rising Bulgarian
stars I/O Home: Peter Jannes' contemporary
wooden house in leafy Grobbendonk (BE)
Buildings from the margins of modern history
Roman Rutkowski & Lukasz Wojciechowski take another look at the
observatory complex on Mount Sniezka in southern Poland (1959-1974).
Designed by Witold Lipinski, with Waldemar Wawrzyniak, it is still a
fascinating piece architecture and a stark contrast to the usually gloomy
building production of the Communist regime.
Zaha Hadid's Nordpark
cable railway in Innsbruck (AT)
