Having previously furnished
both the Reichstag in Berlin and the British Museum in London with a
new roof, Foster & Partners has now done the same for Dresden’s
railway terminal (DE) Vienna's MuseumsQuartier
has been taken over by 114 Styrofoam blocks, designed by PPAG, which
can be arranged in countless ways forming igloos, seats, stages, catwalks,
sculptures and mountain climbing landscapes Moscow’s 171st metro
station connects the centre to the future financial district of Moscow-City Four years of research,
two years of repeated announcements from different publishers, recurring
discussions about the results – the three-volume book 'Switzerland,
An Urban Portrait' had a turbulent life behind it by the time it finally
saw the light of day The Sea Organ in Zadar
(HR) is a system of organ pipes activated by the kinetic energy of the
waves breaking against the shore, producing an ever-changing composition Reality check: Aurland's
viewing platform (NO) Update: Torino 2006. For
the Winter Olympics, Turin has built new premises, revamped old buildings
and upgraded entire districts and more...
New projects
Siiri Vallner, Indrek
Peil and Katrin Koov's competition-winning college building evokes the
baroque past of Narva (EE) Gudmundur Jonsson designed
a cultural centre in Brogarnes (IS), inspired by the Icelandic saga
‘Egill the Strong’ With a new gate to Malta,
Architecture Project fuses history with renewed urban activity in the
harbour of Valletta (MT) ARCHTEAM’s new entrance
to a municipal building in Hradec (CZ) pays tribute to modernist architect
Josef Gocar Archea insist that their
building ‘4 ever green’ in Tirana (AL) should be categorized
as an ‘urban tower’, not a skyscraper With their designs for
a tea pavilion and a forest tower, architectural firms na-ma and SeARCH
won an invited competition for the redevelopment of ‘the most
beautiful arboretum in the Netherlands’ Ex-Archigram member Peter
Cook designed a housing project in Madris (ES) with his new practice
CRAB
Urs Primas
Axel Simon talks to Urs Primas about Switzerland and the future. Primas:
‘Reflecting sceptically upon the future, addressing undesirable
or dangerous plots is necessary. Especially in urban design we should
not be operating only with promises of growth but also considering shrinkage
or even breakdown scenarios’.
New buildings
Hans Moor's bridges in
Rotterdam (NL) have been conceived by means of a design process based
on Darwin’s theories With his design for a
private house in Sigulda (LV), Andris Kronbergs was awarded the best
architectural design in Latvia, beating heavyweight rivals Lydia Haack, John Hoepfner
and Richard Horden have developed 'micro compact homes' which are being
tested this year by students in Munich (DE) Golden Nugget in Graz
(AT) exemplifies INNOCAD’s all-encompassing approach: development,
design and sale That Belgian social housing
doesn't have to be stereotypical and impersonal, is shown by TEEMA with
their project in Merksplas (BE) Two villas by Wingårdhs:
VillAnn in Kungsbacka and Villa Astrid in Gothenburg (SE) Ubaldo & Marisol Garcia
Torrente created an urban loft in the heart of Seville (ES) JKMM Architects designed
a timber church building in Helsinki (FI) with an interior that is both
minimalist and invitingly warm A remarkably innovative
school in Hadsund (DK) by JJW Arkitekter and bjerg arkitektur With their design for
a private house in Dublin (DE), Boyd Cody Architects prove that a house
can be a private refuge and a part of its neighbourhood at the same
time Allmann Sattler Wappner
have converted a listed factory building in München (DE) –
mainly for their own use In Norfolk (UK), Hudson
Architects have built Cedar House – the modern barn par excellence Zerozero transformed the
greyscale monotony of a housing estate in Presov (SK) with a powerful
geometric concept Macken & Macken has
added a new complex to the Warande Cultural Centre in Turnhout (BE),
countering the brutalism of the existing building For a double house in
Athens (GR), Nikos Ktenas reinterpreted the traditional Greek ‘katoikia’
Changing facades
A new feature focusing on specific aspects of contemporary architecture.
In this first instalment, a cross-section of changes in the area of
the facade.
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
Recent years have seen
the emergence of network practices. Jorrin ten Have interviewed three
of them: Ocean D, UFO and a-Graft. Pedro Gadanho signals a quiet revolution
of ‘open-source architecture’ The dubious proceedings
surrounding large-scale urban transformations in Istanbul A10’s Slovenian
correspondents take you on a guided tour of the best architecture in
Ljubljana
Buildings that already get their share of media attention
According to Ursula Baus, Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg is further
confirmation of what has been emerging in Zaha Hadid’s recent
projects worldwide: rather than producing over-intellectualized buildings,
she is becoming increasingly sensitive to the situation at each specific
location, offering tailor-made urban and landscape repair.
Having previously furnished
both the Reichstag in Berlin and the British Museum in London with a
new roof, Foster & Partners has now done the same for Dresden’s
railway terminal (DE)
