Archive | May, 2009

Interview with David Chipperfield by InterniMagazine

INTERNI magazine posted on YouTube videos of SistemA project, an installation by David Chipperfield and Marazzi at the Milan Design Week 2009. Watch them after the jump

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2009 RIBA Award Winners Announced

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently announced the winners of the 2009 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence have been presented across the country with 103 buildings in the UK and Europe winning awards (97 in the UK and six in the rest of the EU).

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Samoo Architecture PC co-Designs Winning Project, Taekwondo ‘One’, Design-Build Competition

Samoo Architecture PC, with the project lead Samsung C & T Corporation and Samoo Architects & Engineers in Seoul, Korea, have been awarded first prize and the building/construction commission for the new Taekwondo Park World Headquarters in Muju, Korea.

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UNStudio’s design selected for new hotel tower in Frankfurt

Yesterday, UNStudio was selected in the competition for a 110 meter tall hotel tower.

From the six projects presented, the jury, chaired by Prof. Johann Eisele, chose the designs by UNStudio – Ben van Berkel (Amsterdam), and Kohn, Pedersen, Fox (New York) and recommended proceeding with the UNStudio design for further development.

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ATKINS’ Masterplan for Mecca leaked ..

Consultant Atkins’ confidential master planning work for Mecca has been leaked to YouTube.
Watch the video after the jump

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HOUSE IN CHIHUAHUA, Mexico by PRODUCTORA

The House in Chihuahua is part of a golf club community in the desert.

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Base Valley House, Japan by Sambuichi Architects

Hiroshi Sambuichi`s ideas on making architecture are as far removed from those of his Tokyo contemporaries as the location of his Hiroshima-based office. With his latest project, a house for a couple and their three children, Sambuichi sets an example for the proper use of natural energy sources, showing that good design is first and foremost all about getting the balance between the building and the earth, right.

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Libeskind Wins $20B Seoul Master Plan Competition

Studio Daniel Libeskind has been named winner of the master plan competition for the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. The new large-scale district features a cluster of residential, office and retail neighborhoods in an extensive urban park along the Han River.

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REVIEW: URBAN POLITICS NOW

How does political change occur? Does it stutter along in a series of incremental developments, accidents and setbacks, creeping so slowly that we barely notice its happening? Or does it leap forward in a sudden rush, carrying everything along with it?

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Best Landscape Architecture Projects Received ASLA 2009 Professional Awards

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the winners of its 2009 Professional Awards. The jury considered nearly 600 entries—the largest number in ASLA history—from around the world and selected 49 projects for recognition in general design, residential design, analysis and planning, communications and research. The awards ceremony will take place at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Chicago on September 21.

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D-Project by Youssef Tohme/ARCHITECTS

The site is situated on a hill in front of the sea….

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Ruta del peregrino – lookout point by HHF Architects

Ruta Peregrino is a path that goes from Ameca to Talpa de Allende…

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