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Architects: archimania
- Area: 11041 ft²
- Year: 2014
Cultural Center: The Latest Architecture and News
Hattiloo Theatre / archimania
AD Classics: German Pavilion, Expo '67 / Frei Otto and Rolf Gutbrod
The pivotal turning point in the late Frei Otto’s career – capped by last month’s Pritzker announcement – came nearly fifty years ago at the Expo ’67 World’s Fair in Montreal, Quebec. In collaboration with architect Rolf Gutbrod, Otto was responsible for the exhibition pavilion of the Federal Republic of Germany, a tensile canopy structure that brought his experiments in lightweight architecture to the international stage for the first time. Together with Fuller’s Biosphere and Safdie’s Habitat 67, the German Pavilion was part of the Expo’s late-modern demonstration of the potential of technology, pre-fabrication, and mass production to generate a new humanitarian direction for architecture. This remarkable collection at the Expo was both the zenith of modern meliorism and its tragic swan song; never since has the world seen such a singularly hopeful display of innovative architecture.
6 Final Designs Unveiled for Guggenheim Helsinki
Now for the first time, Guggenheim has unveiled the six fully developed designs competing to become Guggenheim Helsinki. Selected from 1,715 entries in world's the most popular architectural competition, the remaining finalists have spent the past five months refining their designs after being shortlisted by an independent 11-member jury, of which includes Studio Gang's Jeanne Gang and former Columbia University dean Mark Wigley.
The release foreshadows the April 25 opening of Guggenheim Helsinki Now: Six Finalist Designs Unveiled, a free exhibition that will open the projects up to public critique. A winner will be announced on June 23.
All 6 detailed proposals, after the break.
John M. Harper Branch Library & Stork Family YMCA / Teeple Architects
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Architects: Teeple Architects
- Area: 60000 ft²
- Year: 2011
NITA's "Antalya Tower" to be Built in Turkey
Construction is due to commence later this year on "Antalya Tower," the winning entry of "The Expo 2016 Antalya Tower" competition. Situated on Antalya on Turkey's southwest coast, the tower was designed by local firm NITA (Nitelikli Tasarımlar Atölyesi), and will cater for the city's 10 million annual visitors. The completion of the tower will coincide with the "World Botanic Expo 2016," to be held in Antalya and marking Turkey's first international Expo.
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum / Teeple Architects
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Architects: Teeple Architects
- Area: 42000 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: StructureCraft
Conservation Hall / archimania
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Architects: archimania
- Area: 19080 ft²
- Year: 2010
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Manufacturers: DuPont, Sherwin-Williams, ASI Accurate Partitions, Accurate, Armstrong Ceilings, +5
Bristol Life Sciences Building / Sheppard Robson
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Architects: Sheppard Robson
- Area: 13000 m²
- Year: 2014
Marc Koehler Wins Competition to Design Edegem Community Center and Library
Marc Koehler Architects (MKA) has taken first-place in the Open Oproep 28 design competition to design a leisure center, dubbed "The Missing Link." The competition challenged them to develop a community center, art center, and library for a municipality in Belgium. Located in suburban Edegem, the design strives to become the region's cultural hub and form a cohesive connection between its established public spaces.
XTU Architects Imagine Self-Building Wall City
Flohara by XTU Architects envisions an inhabitable desert wall that constructs itself from the natural processes of its environment. Featured at the Venice Biennale's Morocco Pavilion exhibition entitled “Fundamental(ism)s,” this ecological phenomenon defies the conventions of housing, offering shelter from varying climatic conditions and supporting both human and plant life in the harsh desert.
Lublin Science And Technology Park / Stelmach I Partnerzy Biuro Architektoniczne
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Architects: Stelmach I Partnerzy Biuro Architektoniczne
- Area: 10500 m²
- Year: 2013
Geology Museum / LeeMundwiler Architects
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Architects: LeeMundwiler Architects
- Area: 6200 m²
- Year: 2013
Vancouver Island Regional Library / Low Hammond Rowe Architects
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Architects: Low Hammond Rowe Architects
- Area: 28950 ft²
- Year: 2014
A Pavilion on the Garden / Rafael Alanis, Andres Bonino, Matias Coll, Diego Secco
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Architects: Andres Bonino, Diego Secco, Matias Coll, Rafael Alanis
- Area: 35 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Magnone-Pollio Ingenieros
Media Library Choisy-Le-Roi / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés
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Architects: Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés
- Area: 2400 m²
- Year: 2014
MeCri Museum / Studio Inches Architettura
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Architects: Studio Inches Architettura
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Deco SA, Elettricità De Lorenzi, GRG Carpenteria, Jelmoni SA