Simon Menges

Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie Reopens with an Alexander Calder Exhibition

August 26, 2021

After being closed for six and a half years for a renovation by David Chipperfield Architects, the Berlin museum reopened Sunday, August 22.

Open Air: New Ways We Can Live Together in Nature

August 10, 2021

“We need a new spatial contract." This is the call of Hashim Sarkis, curator of the Venice Biennale 2021, as an invitation for architects to imagine new spaces in which we can live together. Between a move towards urban flight and global housing crises, the growth of more low-rise, dense developments may provide an answer in the countryside. Turning away from single family homes in rural areas and suburbs, modern housing projects are exploring new models of shared living in nature.

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Remise Immanuelkirchstrasse Workspace / JWA Berlin + Ralf Wilkening Architect

August 01, 2021

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Architects: JWA Berlin, Ralf Wilkening Architect
Area: 655 m²
Year: 2020
Manufacturers: Feco, Geberit, Grohe, Laufen, Hans Timm-Fensterbau, +6Haworth, Irden, RZB, Roma, Spich, Villeroy & Boch-6
Professionals: fd-ingenieure, Ingenieurbüro Dr. Specht

Softer Ground: Reclaiming Wetlands through Design

May 06, 2021

Architecture is shaped by its environment and natural forces. Inherently, the discipline focuses on the design of objects over systems, on formal morphology over networks or ecologies. However, no building exists outside its context; every structure is sited among ever-changing climates and cultural conditions. How designers respond and connect to these larger systems can radically change the nature and quality of their work. Often, it is the greatest constraints that produce novel solutions.

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The Bryant Tower / David Chipperfield Architects

April 30, 2021

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Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
Area: 21200 m²
Year: 2021
Professionals: George Sexton Associates, Shen Milsom & Wilke, Severud Associates, WSP Group, T.G. Nickel & Associates LLC

Neue Nationalgalerie / David Chipperfield Architects

April 29, 2021

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Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
Year: 2021
Manufacturers: Dornbracht, GIRA
Professionals: GSE Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbH, Ingenieurgesellschaft W33 mbH, Domann Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Müller-BBM GmbH, Akustik Ingenieurbüro Moll GmbH, +4

ArchDaily’s Readers Select Who Should Win the 2021 Pritzker Prize

March 12, 2021

Since the winner(s) of the Pritzker Prize 2021 will be announced on Tuesday, March 16th, we have asked our readers who should win the most important award in the field of architecture.

Why Are Countries Building Their Cities From Scratch?

January 25, 2021

Imagine having a blank canvas on which to master-plan a brand new city; drawing its roads, homes, commerces, and public spaces on a fresh slate and crafting its unique urban identity. Every urban planner has fantasized about designing a city from scratch and luckily for some, this dream is morphing into concrete opportunities.

Over the last two decades, new, master-planned cities have emerged from the ground up at an unprecedented scale, the majority of which have been created in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, with currently over 150 new cities in the making. This new type of urban development has shown to be particularly seductive in emerging markets, where they are sold as key parts of the strategy to leapfrog from agriculture and resource-based systems to knowledge economies by attracting foreign capital and boosting economic growth.

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Thulestrasse 62 Apartments / Zanderroth Architekten

December 07, 2020

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Architects: zanderroth
Area: 57606 m²
Year: 2020
Professionals: KUULA Landschaftsarchitekten, GKR Hydro GmbH

One Vanderbilt / KPF

October 24, 2020

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Architects: KPF
Area: 160722 m²
Year: 2020
Professionals: Cerami & Associates, Milrose Consultants, VDA, WCD Group, Emteque LLC, +18

Jacoby Studios Headquarters / David Chipperfield Architects

October 20, 2020

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Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
Area: 12500 m²
Year: 2020
Professionals: Wirtz International, Schoten

harlan + holden store / David Chipperfield Architects

September 03, 2020

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Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
Area: 210 m²
Year: 2020
Professionals: Edam SD

Residential Complex Schmollerplatz / Zanderroth Architekten

July 12, 2020

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Architects: zanderroth
Area: 8312 m²
Year: 2019
Manufacturers: JUNG, Bega, FSB Franz Schneider Brakel, NUR-Holz
Professionals: Wetzel & von Seht, Ingenieurbüro Scheibler, Susanne Friedburg in herrburg Landschaftsarchitekten

Carmen Würth Forum / David Chipperfield Architects

June 29, 2020

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Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
Area: 5500 m²
Year: 2020
Professionals: Mayer-Vorfelder, Dinkelacker Ingenieurgesellschaft für Bauwesen GmbH und Co KG, Sindelfingen, Arup, ZB Zimmermann und Becker GmbH, +7

The Scalpel / KPF

June 06, 2020

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Architects: KPF
Area: 59400 m²
Year: 2020

Tanzhaus Zürich Cultural Center / Estudio Barozzi Veiga

February 18, 2020

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Architects: Estudio Barozzi Veiga
Area: 1500 m²
Year: 2019
Manufacturers: Geberit, Sika, Armatron Sanitary, Arotec, BAUR, +22Bauder, Blaser, Deutsche FOAMGLAS®, HERAKLITH, Hebesysteme AG, Hebetec Förder, ILLUMA Licht, Kone, Liapor, MLG Metall, Pilatus Flachdach, Pius Nadler, Planung, RS Suter, Regent, Regent FlowLed, Stageparts GmbH, Sutterlueti, WALO Bertschinger, WEMA, Wehadeck, Zumtobel-22

KPF Unveils High Performance and Resilient Tower in Boston

January 30, 2020

KPF and the Chiofaro Company have released images of their latest project The Pinnacle at Central Wharf, a high performance and resilient mixed-use development on the Boston Harbor waterfront. Aiming to reconnect Downtown Boston to the waterfront, the project also puts in place a new public space.

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