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Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina Proposal

Posted on March 20, 2012

Architects Đordje Alfirević and Ana Čarapić shared their proposal for the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Serbia. As a response to the site conditions, their design is positioned in the center of a park with a uniformed impact on the surroundings from every direction.

The circular form establishes a gentle dialog with the environment by means of creating an illusion of neutral form that continuously pulls back, yet on the other hand its compact and abstract volume makes a distinctive and strong landmark. Continue Reading →

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First Place of eVolo’s 2012 Skyscraper Competition: ‘Himalaya Water Tower’

Posted on March 19, 2012

Archivenue just shared a Honarable Mentions entry by Bogdan Chipara for the 2012 Skyscraper Competition hosted by eVolo Magazine.

The first place was awarded to Zhi Zheng, Hongchuan Zhao and Dongbai Song from China for their project ‘Himalaya Water Tower’. The proposal is a skyscraper located high in the Himalayan mountain range that stores water and helps regulate its dispersal to the land below as the mountains’ natural supplies dry up. The skyscraper, which can be replicated en masse, will collect water in the rainy season, purify it, freeze it into ice and store it for future use.

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‘Coal Power Plant Mutation’ by Bogdan Chipara

Posted on March 18, 2012

eVolo Magazine recently announced the winners of the 2012 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution.

This entry here, ‘Coal Power Plant Mutation’ by Romanian architect Bogdan Chipara, was one of the Honorable Mentions and suggests a radically new design approach towards fossil fuel power plants. Continue Reading →

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HWKN wins the 2012 Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 in New York

Posted on March 8, 2012

The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 have announced the New York based office HWKN (HollwichKushner) as winner of the annual Young Architects Program (YAP) in New York. As winners of the 13th edition of the program, HWKN will construct an outdoor summer installation at the PS1 courtyard in Long Island City, Queens. The winning proposal, known as Wendy, was selected from five finalists and will provide a unique setting for the popular Warm Up summer music series.

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SOM Wins Master Plan Competition for Beijing Bohai Innovation City

Posted on February 29, 2012

In an international design competiton for the rapid development of satellite cities along Chinese high speed rail corridors, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) Beijing Bohai Innovation City master plan has just been named the winning submission. Continue Reading →

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Igloo Village Kakslauttanen

Posted on February 28, 2012

While some of us are thrilled for the mild winter, others lament the lack of snow. For the latter, might we suggest a trip to Igloo Village Kakslauttanen in the Arctic Circle in Finland. In wintertime, accommodations include snow igloos and glass igloos – yes, igloos! Continue Reading →

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‘Greenhouse Transformer’ by PRAUD

Posted on February 28, 2012

Organizers Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) just announced the winners of the design ideas competition, The Harlem Edge / Cultivating Connections. One of the finalist entries was the proposal ‘Greenhouse Transformer’ by Dongwoo Yim and Rafael Luna of Boston firm PRAUD. The concept received an Honorable Mention.

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‘Métamorphose’ Sports Complex in Lausanne by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners

Posted on February 26, 2012

gmp • Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners win competition for a sports complex and urban re-design in Lausanne.

In association with Jean-Baptiste Ferrari et Associes SA, the architects gmp • von Gerkan, Marg and Partners have won the “Métamorphose – Prés-de-Vidy” project competition for a sports complex and a new urban layout of the surrounding area, west of Lausanne. Continue Reading →

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‘Fragile Shelter’ by Hidemi Nishida Studio

Posted on February 25, 2012

This project is a temporary shelter in the wild winter forest. Designed by Hidemi Nishida Studio, it leads people to gather, and number of events happened there. Sometimes, local student makes a party at there and sometimes local kindergarten children came there and had a lunch. This is a cozy base for winter activities.

Location : Sapporo Art Forest, Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
Date : Jan. 2011
Size : 20m x 2m
Materials : Wood, Plastic Screen, Stove
Construct : Hidemi Nishida, Akira Nagase, Genki Fujita
Photograph : Anna Nagai, Hidemi Nishida

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Call for Proposals: Design Exchange Toronto Canada and McGill University

Posted on February 25, 2012

Curators Effie Bouras, PhD, of Mechanik Design Office and Professor Ghyslaine McClure, P.Eng, of McGill University are seeking completed building projects and research that engage innovative approach to seismic design for an exhibit that will be held at DX during the months of Sept/Oct 2012.

Buildings, as we have been reminded by too many recent catastrophic earthquakes, are complex dynamic systems, oftentimes, aesthetic consideration is put on hold in favor of cost and engineering restraint; with this in mind, we are seeking proposals that surpass conventional approaches, ones that do not sacrifice a design aesthetic for conventional structural solution. Continue Reading →

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