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PALÄON / Holzer Kobler Architekturen

July 18, 2013

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Architects: Holzer Kobler Architekturen
Area: 4090 m²
Year: 2013
Manufacturers: Alucobond

Halle A / Designliga

July 17, 2013

Architects: Designliga
Year: 2013

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Museum of Bavarian History Competition Entry / Simon Takasaki Architecture + Research Studio

July 16, 2013

Aiming to seamlessly integrate into the UNESCO World Heritage site, this proposal for the Museum of Bavarian History is derived from the existing roofscape the building references to history. Designed by Simon Takasaki Architecture + Research Studio, their proposal develops a formal language which is triggered by the existing structures, overlaying the present and the future simultaneously. More images and architects’ description after the break.

AD Classics: The Einstein Tower / Erich Mendelsohn

July 14, 2013

The Einstein Tower, designed by the German architect Erich Mendelsohn, is one of the best-known examples of German expressionist architecture. Designed as an amorphic structure of reinforced concrete, Mendelsohn wanted the tower to represent as well as facilitate the study of Einstein’s radical theory of relativity – a groundbreaking theorem of motion, light and space.

More on this expressionist monument after the break...

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University Building for Technical Faculty Winning Proposal / 3XN

July 08, 2013

3XN just won the first prize in the international competition for their design of the new building for the technical faculty of the German university Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW). With their vision to create an open, inspiring and social learning environment, the building is to be a lighthouse project for academic learning - an innovative and productive learning environment in which students, teachers and industry representatives can meet. More images and architects' description after the break.

Diogene / Renzo Piano

July 01, 2013

Text description provided by the architects. Over the years, furniture company Vitra has made a name for itself as one of the most architecturally-enlightened companies in the world, with their renowned campus featuring buildings by Nicholas Grimshaw, Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron and SANAA.

Now, Vitra has announced a collaboration with Renzo Piano that will bridge the gap between their sought-after furniture and their bespoke campus. Diogene, a self contained minimal living space with a floor area of just 2.5 x 3.0 meters, is billed as "Vitra's smallest building - but largest product".

More about the design of Diogene after the break

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Schwäbisch Media / Wiel Arets Architects

June 28, 2013

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Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Area: 13800 m²
Year: 2013
Professionals: ABT, Eicher + Pauli, Winter·lngenieure

St. Sebastian Kindergarten / BOLLES+WILSON

June 27, 2013

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Architects: Bolles + Wilson
Area: 1120 m²
Year: 2013

'In Orbit' Installation / Tomás Saraceno

June 27, 2013

A gigantic installation work by Tomás Saraceno, entitled “in orbit,” was just assembled last week in the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. At a height of more than 20 meters above the piazza of the K21 Ständehaus, Saraceno has suspended a net construction within which visitors can move, apparently weightlessly. Saraceno’s net construction, which is accessible on three levels, resembles a cloud landscape: those bold enough to clamber high into the web set beneath the glass cupola perceive the museum visitors far below them from the lofty heights as tiny figures in a model world. The installation will be up until September 7th. More images and architects' description after the break.

Gas and Steam Power Plant Winning Proposal / Henn

June 26, 2013

Henn recently won the architectural competition for the gas and steam power plant in Wedel, Germany. The new power station is positioned to the north of the river bank to allow the uninterrupted riverside promenade passage open to the public. While the majority of the existing station has been demolished, individually striking industrial relics and architecturally significant elements, such as the listed machine hall, are retained and put to cultural use. More images and architects' description after the break.

Kulturbau / Benthem Crouwel Architects

June 25, 2013

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Architects: Benthem Crouwel Architects
Year: 2013
Professionals: IDN Ingenieurbüro, Technic Air

Aachenmünchener Headquarters / Kadawittfeldarchitektur

June 21, 2013

Architects: Kadawittfeldarchitektur
Area: 29050 m²
Year: 2010

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TOR 149 / Graft Architects

June 21, 2013

Architects: Graft Architects
Year: 2012

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Torre David - Informal Vertical Communities Exhibition

June 18, 2013

Organized by ETH Zurich Department of Architecture and Urban Design, with Alfredo Billembroug & Hubert Klumpner of Urban-Think Tank, the 'Torre David - Informal Vertical Communities' exhibition is an adaptation and evolution of the installation on Torre David that was presented at the 2012 Biennale di Venezia, where it was awarded the Golden Lion. Taking place at Aedes Berlin from July 12-August 29, the Torre David project will be presented in an extended format and will include new research on the intersection between verticality and informal communities. More information on the exhibition after the break.

Call for Projects: Urban Intervention Award Berlin 2013 & Urban Living Award 2013

June 17, 2013

For the second time, the Berlin Senate Department of Urban Development and the Environment is opening a Europe-wide call for projects for the Urban Intervention Award Berlin. For the first time, this prize is being offered in collaboration with Deutsche Wohnen AG and will for this reason be expanded to include the new Urban Living Award. Deutsche Wohnen AG will award prize money in the amount of €3,000 to the winners of the two categories in the Urban Intervention Award Berlin, ‘Build’ and ‘Temporary’, as well as the winner of the Urban Living Award. Interested architects can submit their work by August 24. For more information, please visit here.