The Tjuvholmen development commissioned by Selvaag Gruppen / Aspelin Ramm Gruppen in Oslo is located southwest of the centre of the city and is a continuation of the Aker Brygge development built in the 90’s. The site of the Tjuvholmen project is one of the most beautiful places in Oslo. The project will transform the formerly closed harbour into a public area connecting the Fjord and the centre of the city.
This office building stands on avenue Friedland, in the immediate vicinity of the Arc de Triomphe and Place de l’Etoile, in a luxurious Parisian neighborhood.
Nowadays architects, while designing projects of apartment houses, begin to take into account the demographic changes happening in the world. An attempt to find a new typology of housing was made in Austria in 2007 when was organized the competition “Generation: Life on Myulgrund Street” (Generationen Wohnen Am Mühlgrund). To bring contest projects to life, the Housing Fund of Vienna has allocated for these purposes three plots of land in 22nd district.
The Thematic Pavilion for the EXPO 2012 planned by the Austrian architecture office soma One Ocean was selected as the first prize winner in an open international competition in 2009. The main design intent was to embody the Expo’s theme The Living Ocean and Coast and transform it into a multi-layered architectural experience. Therefore the Expo’s agenda, namely the responsible use of natural resources was not visually represented, but actually embedded into the building, e.g. through the sustainable climate design or the biomimetic approach of the kinetic façade. Organically inscribed into the landscape, the pavilion has become one of main attractions of Yeosu and model of sustainable design and innovative engineering solutions.
Multifunctional complex Vanke Center, better known as “Horizontal Skyscraper” was designed by the famous American architect Steven Holl. The project was implemented in 2009 China, and has received many awards. This is one of the first buildings in Southern China to be certified LEED Platinum as an example of complex development and use of green technologies. One can say that the experience of creating precisely such sustainable projects in the future determines the success of their followers around the world.
The newsworthy event in the retail sector is expected in late 2014, when in the Chinese city of Zhuhai, Guangdong will complete the construction of the international shopping center “Summer” (Summer International Retail & Entertainment Center), which is suppose to be one of the largest in the world. The mixed use development contains 360,000 sq.m leasable retail space together with commercial, hotel serviced apartment and residential accommodation the GA of 510,000 sq.m.
Materials provided by JDS /Julien De Sm edt Architects Seoul, South Korea, is booming with new architecture, each proposed tower one-upping the one that was announced before it. Another building proposal, from JDS Architects, however, isn’t of the flashy skyscraper breed. Instead, the architects have come up with a new concept for uniting work and living spaces in a cascading design. JDS has been commissioned to design a hybrid office and hotel, the Officetel Building, for the new development area of Gangnam-gu District in Seoul. The interesting mixed program has resulted in a textured facade that responds to contextual issues such as sight lines and expose to natural light.
Modern cities have beaucoup problems: overpopulation, the style mismatch buildings, traffic jams ... Of course, one of the most urgent issues - is unfavorable ecological situation, especially in metropolitan areas. Today architects offer modern solutions, developing innovative projects at the junction of architecture and ecology.
In the heart of Berlin’s Mitte district is built residential complex designed by one of the most innovative German architects and designers Jurgen Mayer H. He has recreated the classic image of an apartment house in Berlin with a small green courtyard, but it followed the most modern approaches to the design, ensuring a sustainable balance between ergonomics and ecology. Sculptural pendant lamellas on the front face of the unusual shape of the building, visually extrapolating it to the landscaped courtyard and interiors.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) unveiled the winners of the 2012 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence were presented to 50 buildings in the UK and 9 buildings elsewhere in the EU. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the building of the year will be drawn from the 59 RIBA Award winners. Among them are the educational and cultural institutions, social housing, the former factory and recreation center.