Old Weekly arcspace Features 2008

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21. december 2008 23:00
image Inspired by mountain streams, translucent glass surfaces emerge from the building’s mass to create canopies of softly diffused light.
21. december 2008 23:00
image "My ambition is to raise awareness of and appreciation for architecture by presenting it as engaging and dynamic geometric arrangements and interactions."
14. december 2008 23:00
image A landscape on top of the new program will enlarge the green qualities and link to the surrounding parks.
14. december 2008 23:00
image This first solo exhibition dedicated to Baan’s work highlights the rich and idiosyncratic nature of his oeuvre.
6. december 2008 23:00
image The highly innovative, curvilinear structure, will give both the university and the city of Berkeley an exciting signature museum building.
29. november 2008 23:00
image "I think back on my life with my father with great joy and love. To be allowed to spend so much time together  with such a remarkable man, father and architect,  has been a great privilege indeed." 
Jan Utzon
23. november 2008 23:00
image The design celebrates the history and culture of Korea, the principles of Taekwondo, and the site’s dramatic topography.
23. november 2008 23:00
image "I wanted the new parts to exceed the original in a way that blends the flight tower into the original building almost invisibly."
Erick van Egeraat
17. november 2008 00:00
image Furniture staged in key points throughout the store creates the spatial concept of a narrow enclosure changing to an open condition.
16. november 2008 23:00
image The architects have replaced the usual extrusion of standardized skyscraper floor plates with a staggered progression of structural slabs.
10. november 2008 00:00
image A center for artists, scientists, and engineers to come together to pursue discovery at the nexus of the real and virtual worlds.
3. november 2008 00:00
image The development is unified by a series of unique landscape spaces, creating a series of Urban Parks.
27. oktober 2008 00:00
image “The extension maintains the longitudinal nature of the old building and establishes a transverse axis from the Velázquez gate all the way to the cloister.”
Rafael Moneo
20. oktober 2008 01:00
image The Michael Schumacher Tower is the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide.
20. oktober 2008 01:00
image A cut in the landscape allowed a freestanding building which in volume balances the mass removed.
13. oktober 2008 01:00
image The project explores a radically different social model that integrates landscape and village topologies.
6. oktober 2008 01:00
image "Standing on a site, I seek its particular and unique expression with all the senses...."
John Lautner
29. september 2008 01:00
image A cut through the hill marks a precise intervention in nature.
29. september 2008 01:00
image Like a dinner table conversation, this is a collection of ideas and opinions from politics to ecology to fame to the future.
22. september 2008 01:00
image The new building will stand as an embodiment of the Academy's mission to explore, explain and protect the natural world.
22. september 2008 01:00
image With its glittering envelope of yellow ceramic tiles the new building is a landmark attraction in the ethnically diverse neighborhood of Crown Heights.
15. september 2008 01:00
image The bent form was created by the hybrid construction of concrete and steel, whereby for each intermediate floor the elevation shifts in relation to the concrete cores.
15. september 2008 01:00
image A new landmark amid Miami’s cityscape, offering a contemplative, quasi-natural context.
8. september 2008 01:00
image The Cidade da Musica is an homage to an archetype of Brazilian architecture.
8. september 2008 01:00
image The facade includes both clear and etched glass complemented by red brick.
1. september 2008 01:00
image A new Exhibition Pavilion and a complete restoration of the historic buildings.
1. september 2008 01:00
image The building’s envelope plays an essential role in defining its relation to the surrounding environment and atmospheric variations.
1. september 2008 01:00
image Now in its fifth installment, the Architecture Now! series is an ongoing project documenting the work of the most innovative and influential architects across the globe.
18. august 2008 01:00
image Inspired by the whirl streams of the sea, the Blue Planet is shaped as a great whirlpool.
18. august 2008 01:00
image The building is to be understood as a single, unifying and autonomous sculpture.
18. august 2008 01:00
image "We conceived a complex of elements, like a fleet, each one inspired by a boat."
Manfredi Nicoletti
11. august 2008 01:00
image The Pavilion is designed as a wooden timber structure that acts as an urban street running from the park to the existing Gallery.
Frank Gehry
11. august 2008 01:00
image The language of the external terrace translates into the interior of the coffee bar below.
11. august 2008 01:00
image A comprehensive study of all the Olympic venues in Beijing.
28. juli 2008 01:00
image Both an architectural and urban landscape scheme
28. juli 2008 01:00
image In contrast to a text, we can't reason with an image; it either catches our attention or not.
Christian de Portzamparc
21. juli 2008 01:00
image "In the end, the form of the bridge came to resemble a musical instrument, with the cables as the strings."
Santiago Calatrava
21. juli 2008 01:00
image Our intention is to create a strong and memorable interior space that redefines and serves to extend both the public realm and the spirit and character of Lincoln Center's campus.
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
13. juli 2008 01:00
image The first of seven cultural buildings in the Masterplan by MAD.
13. juli 2008 01:00
image A light-weight box that covers a series of sculptural forms.
30. juni 2008 01:00
image The exoskeleton veils the entire tower in a shimmering curvilinear form set against Abu Dhabi’s surrounding desert and sea.
30. juni 2008 01:00
image The Viikki Church forms the core of an area plan, based on JKMM Architect’s winning entry, that will be implemented gradually.
23. juni 2008 01:01
image A stimulating environment that recreates aspects of the elephant's former Asian habitat.
23. juni 2008 01:00
image "“This museum will be a place where you can experiment with the idea of galleries, spatial complexity and movement."
Zaha Hadid
16. juni 2008 01:01
The architectural concept translates the essence of city living into a powerful new image.
16. juni 2008 01:00
The first five levels of the lace-like office tower are now visible on the Dubai skyline
9. juni 2008 01:00
The Blobwall Pavilion examines one of architecture's most basic units of building – the brick.;
9. juni 2008 01:00
Perforated shields, resembling the Braille alphabet at different scales, makes the building visible from many angles.
2. juni 2008 01:00
The tower relates to the immediate context of downtown Los Angeles and the other cultural institutions within."
26. maj 2008 02:00
Ehrlich broke the monotony of the basic rectangular footprint with a bold element that resembles the hull of a boat."
26. maj 2008 01:00
Curving to maximize the views of both the river and the surrounding hillsides, its windows will reflect the sky and river images."
19. maj 2008 01:35
The complex, part of the continuous necklace of activities surrounding Marina Bay, forms a gateway to the city."
19. maj 2008 01:34
“My work is about space and the light that inhabits it. It is about how you confront that space and plumb it with vision. It is about your seeing, like the wordless thought that comes
from looking into fire.”

James Turrell
19. maj 2008 01:33
Large undetermined technical spaces with unexpected modes of circulation encourage random interactivity.
12. maj 2008 01:35
I re-imagined LACMA as a potential blend of new and old buildings, each reflecting the values of its age."
Renzo Piano
12. maj 2008 01:34
Intimate, light-filled spaces for the study and enjoyment of the Still Collection
5. maj 2008 01:33
The building is wrapped in a garment of metal ribbons.
5. maj 2008 01:32
A new country residence, less than 100 kilometers from the Arctic Circle.
28. april 2008 01:34
The book offers an inside look at the firms collaboration with architects and designers.
28. april 2008 01:33
"Restoring the building's dignity was integral to our design approach for the completed scheme."

Margarida Caldeira
Project architect Broadway Malyan

21. april 2008 01:34
The Marble clad roofscape forms a large public space in the landscape of the city and the fjord.
14. april 2008 01:34
In celebration of Jørn Utzon's 90th birthday the Danish Architectural Press have published a tribute to the man whose building became a symbol for a city.
14. april 2008 01:33
In order to fit in the requested program, a solid volume became the base for the design.
14. april 2008 01:32
The exhibition about the architect and furniture designer Marks the opening of Finn Juhl's house as part of the museum complex.
7. april 2008 01:35
The spirit of the old foundry lives on in this chic design hotel in the red-light district of Hamburg.
7. april 2008 01:34
The 380 acre redevelopment zone will be a mix of office, retail, residential, and cultural uses.
31. marts 2008 01:35
The surprising sculptural aspect of the CaixaForum's silhouette reflects the roofscape of the surrounding buildings.
24. marts 2008 00:35
The new Royal Theatre is a pronounced, yet respectful, completion of the surrounding urban structure.
24. marts 2008 00:30
How does the fusion of natural and artificial matter produce new architectural organisms, new environments, new natures?
17. marts 2008 00:35
A single monolithic roof, with a gently curving roof line and low profile that integrate it into the site, spans the main hall.
17. marts 2008 00:35
Lux 11 is cool in every sense of the word.... the place to stay for an authentic Berlin experience.
10. marts 2008 00:35
A continuous trajectory shapes the building’s internal communication.
3. marts 2008 00:35
The site is developed to maximize public open space and to stimulate micro-urbanism.
3. marts 2008 00:35
We wanted to make new architecture that honors the old in certain ways, but that stands as an elevated world, integrated with the High Line in a new way. - Neil Denari
25. februar 2008 00:35
A building inspired by the natural environment...
25. februar 2008 00:35
Saving the environment is the single most important issue for our tomorrow." - Ken Yeang
18. februar 2008 00:35
Make It Right's goal is to join the history of the Lower 9th Ward with creative new architectural solutions mindful of environmental and personal safety concerns.
18. februar 2008 00:35
The Watercube associates water as a structural and conceptual "leitmotiv" with the square, the primal shape of the house in Chinese tradition and mythology.
11. februar 2008 00:35
A series of conical screen segments will afford vibrant, large-scale images to be projected and fully coordinated from within.
11. februar 2008 00:35
A sensitive insertion into the landscape, the design ensures that much of the site remains in its natural condition.
4. februar 2008 00:35
The south facing facade is covered by a transparen, undulating stainless steel sunscreen.
4. februar 2008 00:35
A sensitive insertion into the landscape, the design ensures that much of the site remains in its natural condition.
28. januar 2008 00:35
Three cone-shaped glass structures act as giant light wells.
28. januar 2008 00:35
An expansive, sustainable, mixed-use development with two iconic sixty-story towers.
21. januar 2008 00:35
Both inside and outside walls are faceted to reconstruct the kaleidoscopic experience of the world of the stage.
21. januar 2008 00:35
An efficient, easily accessible environment conducive to research requirements in the 21st century.
14. januar 2008 00:35
“These stations are the global benchMark for the use of double- curvature glass in construction.”
14. januar 2008 00:00
The Reliance Building was reborn as the Hotel Burnham in October 1999.