Tirpitz
The new TIRPITZ by BIG is a sanctuary in the sand that acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic war history of the site in Blåvand on the west coast of Denmark. The 2,800 m2 ‘invisible museum’ transforms and expands a historic German WWII bunke …
area 153 – out of the ordinary living
presentazione/introduction The landscape of inhabiting text by Marco Casamonti editoriale/editorial New Times, New Challenges, New Housing text by Avi Friedman scenari di architettura/architectural scenario ANMA/Les Bassin à Flot Housing – text by ANMA …
Pavillon Martell
Fondation d’entreprise Martell has inaugurate an in situ commission, an original protean structure created by Spanish architects SelgasCano, which will occupy the entirety of the vast paved courtyard in front of the Foundation until autumn 2018. The fi …
Art Mill International Design Competition
The Art Mill International Design Competition, a global search to find an outstanding team to design one of the world’s leading art galleries in Doha, was won by Chile-based practice, Elemental, whose design was described by the jury as ‘a serene artwo …
Ettore Sottsass – Rebel and Poet
This year he would have celebrated his 100th birthday: the Austro-Italian designer Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007), one of the most influential and unconventional figures in twentieth-century design. He gained renown with his designs for the office equipme …
The Silo
As the centrepiece of Copenhagen’s redeveloped Nordhavn (North Harbour), Danish architects COBE and clients Klaus Kastbjerg and NRE Denmark unveil the completed transformation of The Silo. The former industrial silo was originally used as a storage co …
Orongo Station Stewardship Plan
Orongo Station is a 1,214-ha sheep and citrus farm on the North Island of New Zealand at the site of both the original Maori landing in 1100 and Captain Cook’s arrival in 1769. With approval from Parliament and in collaboration with environmental offic …
UNDER PRESSURE Facts of socialist architecture in Albania
The architecture of Albania during the communist regime comes for the first time into the attention of an international audience with the exhibition “Under Pressure – Facts of socialist architecture in Albania” opened in Venice, Italy from June 27 to J …
Carmel Place
nARCHITECTS designed the exterior and interior spaces of Carmel Place as a repeatable and systemic new paradigm for housing in NYC and other cities with similar housing challenges. Conceived as a microcosm of the city skyline, the building’s exterior r …
Fordypningsrommet Fleinvaer
Three years ago Håvard Lund stood in the office of TYIN Tegnestue. The musician from Gildeskål presented a vision of creating the world’s most beautiful workspace on the isle of Fleinvær outside Bodø, in the northernmost parts of Norway. The workspace …