Expo Zaragoza under construction
(ES) Graeme Massie wins Reykjavik
master-planning competition (IS) Transparent designs share
first prize in PermMuseumXXI competition (RU) Update: Spring in Dublin
(IE) Award-winning Museumplein
in Amsterdam (NL) ripe for a makeover Reality check: Mixed-use
complex, Budapest (HU) and more...
New projects
Office building, Sofia
(BU) by Aedes Studio Shipping terminal, Herceg-Novi
(ME) by Studio Grad Centre for the contemporary
arts, Aberdeen (UK) by Brisac Gonzalez Two churches, Litomysl
/ Cernosice u Prahy (CZ) by Zdenek Fránek Academy of performing
arts, bridge and square, Sarajevo (BA) by Archipelagos
Father and son Turányi
Within the changing Hungarian context, father and son Turányi
combine their different approaches to architecture in their office T2a:
‘It is most inspiring when we have a continuous dialogue about
our work. We need to be flexible’. An interview by Emiel Lamers.
New buildings
Housing, Bilbao (ES) by
Eduardo Belzunce, Juan Garcia Millán and Luís Diaz Mauriño
Music centre, Watford
(UK) by Tim Ronalds Covered sports ground,
Jurmala (EE) by Substance Operational centre, Lisbon
(PT) by GLCS Arquitectos Golf club, Sempachersee
(CH) by Smolenicky & Partner Commercial and residential
centre, Zagreb (HR) by Igor Franic Community centre, Dublin
(IE) by Hasset Ducatez Housing, Stavanger (NO)
by Helen & Hard Apartment building, Amsterdam
(NL) by hvdn architecten Museum, Freiberg (DE)
by AFF Pavilion, Grammichele
(IT) by Marco Navarra Office building, Ankara
(TR) by Cirakoglu Architecture
Beyond transparency
The development of glass and architecture has for centuries been dominated
by the pursuit of maximum transparency.But in recent years architects
have been exploring and exploiting other properties of the material.
Glass, always having been associated with fragility, is now being used
as a structural material. Whereas the use of glass was for a long time
problematical because of the associated overheating, special UV-resistant
glass or glass to which a screen print or film has been applied, actually
functions as a protective or light-reflective layer. And whereas glass
once symbolized openness or even voyeurism, there are now all kinds
of coloured, translucent and matt types of glass capable of delivering
various gradations of openness or privacy.
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
Political symbolism: Monuments
and history in the new Europe An architectural tour
of the province of Tarragona (ES) Profile: ROBERTNEUN™
(DE) Home: Piotr Smierzewski’s
clear and formal home in Koszalin-Lubiatowo (PL)
Buildings from the margins of modern history
Daria Ricchi unveils Giovanni Michelucci’s 1950s Cassa di Risparmio
in Florence, which is hidden behind a fake Renaissance facade.
Expo Zaragoza under construction
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