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Public Space in Gora Pulawska / 3XA

Architects: 3XA
Location: Góra Puławska, Poland
Design Team: Ewa Czerny, Maciej Kowaluk, Łukasz Reszka, Patrycja Żuczek
Area: 1325.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: s.zajaczkowski From the architect.… Local authorities decided to transform an undeveloped piece of land in the center of Sigue leyendo

The Courtyard of Our Dreams / Lukas Fúster

Architects: Lukas Fúster
Location: Remansito, Paraguay
Project And Construction: Lukas Fúster, Carlos Irigoitia, Martin Aponte
Design Process: girls, boys, youth and mothers of the community center “UNIDOS AVANZAREMOS”, Global Infancia, Amelí Schneider, Sofía Alfieri
Photographs: Federico Cairoli Masonry: Diego Torales, … Sigue leyendo

Esbjerg Beach Promenade & Sailing Club / Nathan Romero Arkitekter + Spektrum Arkitekter

Architects: Nathan Romero Arkitekter, Spektrum Arkitekter
Location: 6710 Hjerting, Denmark
Architect In Charge: Nathan Romero Muelas, Sofie Willems
Area: 150000.0 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Asger Simonsen Competition Team : Architects Nathan Romero, Sofie Willems
Students: Stine Christiansen, Joan Raun, Kira … Sigue leyendo

James Corner Field Operations Amongst Frontrunners for Milwaukee’s Lakefront Gateway Plaza

The City of Milwaukee has announced the four finalists in a competition to redevelop the city’s lakefront, naming OJB, James Corner Field Operations, multidisciplinary firm AECOM, and Wisconsin-based consulting firm GRAEF. Selected from 24 entrants, the shortlisted teams are competing for a… Sigue leyendo

How Should Cities Prepare for an Aging Boomer Population?

Since the end of the Second World War, one of the biggest agents for social change has been the “Boomer” generation, those born in the postwar years who thanks to a spike in birth rates in those years represent a … Sigue leyendo

Curtin University Masterplan First to Receive 5 Green Star-Communities Rating in Australia

The Curtin University Master Plan has become the first project to receive a 5 Star Green Star-Communities Rating by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). The plan sets forth a strategy for the renewal of the University’s main campus in… Sigue leyendo

SO?–?IL and FREAKS Win Competition to Modernize France’s Site Verrier

SO-IL, in collaboration with FREAKS freearchitects, has been selected as the first-prize winner of a competition to reinvent the historic Site Verrier in France. Located in the Northern Vosges Natural Park, the updated plan addresses three elements of the site’s industrial past while providing a dynamic space… Sigue leyendo

Alvega Canoeing Center / ateliermob

Architects: ateliermob
Location: 2205-102 Alvega, Portugal
Design Team: Andreia Salavessa, Tiago Mota Saraiva, Vera João, Ana Luísa Cunha, Rita Aguiar Rodrigues, Carine Pimenta, João Afonso Almeida, Mariana Simões, João Torres, Sophia Walk
Area: 320.0 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Francisco Nogueira… Sigue leyendo

Bus Station Canopies / MAXWAN architects + urbanists

Architects: MAXWAN architects + urbanists
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Design Team: Rients Dijkstra and Hiroki Matsuura with Artur Boresjo, Nobuki Ogasahara Rene Sangers, Harm te Velde, Aleksandar Hrib.
Year: 2014
Photographs: Filip Dujardin Steel Manufacturing: IHC Studio Metalix (forming), Van der … Sigue leyendo

CIAM 4 and the “Unanimous” Origins of Modernist Urban Planning

Held in 1933 on a ship in the Mediterranian, the fourth CIAM congress and Le Corbusier’s subsequent Athens Charter (La Charte d’Athenes) are widely regarded as a defining period in Modernist urban planning, a moment when architects came to an agreement … Sigue leyendo