Oslo's new opera building
by Snøhetta (NO) Tirana's main plaza in
need of a makeover (AL) Cor-ten canoeing centre
by Sarah Wigglesworth in Chelsea, West-London (UK) Update: Latvia Reality check: Levent
Loft in Istanbul (TR) and more...
New projects
Health centre, Kiev (UA)
by Bpdgroupe6 Pavilion, Meudon (FR)
by EZCT Civil registry office,
Madrid (ES) by Angel Borrego Residential and retail
development, Druskininkai (LT) by seven leading Lithuanian architects Conference centre, Cracow
(PL) by Ingarden & Ewy
Enric Ruiz-Geli
Enric Ruiz-Geli, one of the founders of Barcelona-based office Cloud9,
studied architecture, stage design and scenography. As such he is not
just an architect, but rather a visual artist who seeks to dissolve
the boundaries between constructing, re-creating and experimenting with
space or treating it as a theoretical adventure. Since his early projects,
nature has always been present in some way or other, producing particularly
attractive images and configurations.
New buildings
Museum of Architecture,
Oslo (NO) by Sverre Fehn RATP bus and adminitrative
centre, Thiais (FR) by Emmanuel Combarel and Dominic Marrec Community centre, Mannheim-Neuhermsheim
(DE) by netzwerkarchitekten House, Majorca (ES) by
Ábalos&Herreros Rotermann business and
residential complex, Tallinn (EE) by Kosmos Hirzenbach school extension,
Zurich (CH) by Roger Boltshauser Architects Science building, Nicosia
(CY) by Zenon and Christina Sherepeklis New Royal Danish Theatre,
Copenhagen (DK) by Lundgaard & Tranberg Laranjeiras student residences,
Azores (PT) by a.S* Residential and commercial
building, Belgrade (CS) by Branimir Popovic Conversion of a warehouse,
Rotterdam (NL) by Mei Architecten
Inserting interiors
The world of the interior is not that of the exterior. The primary purpose
of buildings is to provide a climatological barrier between inside and
outside by means of facades and a roof. Outside, wind and weather enjoy
free play. Inside it is sheltered from the elements, dry and warm or,
conversely, cool, depending on the geographical location. And although
architects have long aspired to dissolve the boundary between inside
and outside, it will never completely disappear, even if it consists
of no more than a millimetre of glass.
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
Xavier Gonzalez maps France’s
contemporary architectural production according to a clear and concise
classification, but ends by concluding that certain current French architecture
eludes all categorization For most Dutch people,
the southern province of North-Brabant evokes images of rural life and
of Catholic towns and villages where Carnival is celebrated every year
in February. An image that Brabant’s cities are keen to refute,
with a united effort and ambitious architecture Office: Claus en Kaan's
orderly office building in IJburg, Amsterdam (NL)
Buildings from the margins of modern history
Vesna Vucinic reflects one of the principal monuments of New Belgrade
and Yugoslavia: the Palace of Federation (Vladimir Potocnjak, Anton
Ulrich, Zlatko Najman and Dragica Perak, 1947-1959). Once a symbol of
national unity, it is almost empty today, waiting for a new life.
Oslo's new opera building
by Snøhetta (NO)
