Arch Tracker

Project: Brussels Airport Connector
Architect: UNStudio
Ben van Berkel, Gerard Loozekoot with Wesley Lanckriet and Joerg Petri, Maud van Hees, Milena Stopic, Perrine Planché, Deepak Jawahar, Hans Kooij, Benjamin Moore.
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Client: The Brussels Airport Company NV
Building surface: 23,182m2
Programme: Connector building between the Terminal and Pier A
Status: Competition entry
Local architect: M. & J-M. Jaspers-J. Eyers & Partners
Structural advisors: Ney+Partners and Technum-Tractebel Engineering
Visuals: MIR and Moka-Studio

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BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management are today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.

The capital Tirana is undergoing an urban transformation which includes the restoration and refurbishment of existing buildings, the construction of a series of new public and private urban structures, and the complete reconceptualization of Scanderbeg Square. This important square is the site of the new cultural complex that will consist of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.

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Project: West 57
Architect: BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels
Location: Manhattan, New York, USA
Project Leader: Beat Schenk
Project Architect: Sören Grünert
Project Team: Thomas Christoffersen, Celine Jeanne, Daniel Sundlin, Alessandro Ronfini, Aleksander Tokarz, Alessio Valmori, Alvaro Garcia Mendive, Felicia Guldberg, Gabrielle Nadeau, Ho Kyung Lee, Julian Liang, Julianne Gola, Lucian Racovitan, Marcela Martinez, Maria Nikolova, Minjae Kim, Mitesh Dixit, Nicklas Rasch, Riccardo Mariano, Stanley Lung, Steffan Heath, Thilani Rajarathna, Xu Li
Collaborators:
Architect of Record: SLCE Architects
Landscape Architects: Starr Whitehouse
Structural: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP: Dagher Engineering
Civil: Langan Engineering
Construction Manager: Hunter Roberts
Transportation: Philip Habib & Assoc.
Building Envelope: Israel Berger & Assoc.
Marketing: Nancy Packes
Vertical Transportation: Van Deusen & Assoc.
Acoustical: Cerami & Assoc.
Wind: CPP
Environmental: AKRF
Client: Durst Fetner Residential
Size: 80.000 m2
Status: Ongoing
Renders: German Glessner

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UNStudio unveiled their entry for the Waalse Krook, Urban Library of the Future and Centre for New Media in the Belgian city of Gent. The proposal by Ben Van Berkel & Caroline Bos-led didn´t win the competition, but we are very happy to share it with our readers. Architects description and more photos after the break.

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Project: Target Tower
Architect: Belzberg Architects
Principal: Hagy Belzberg
Project Team: Aaron Leppanen, Barry Gartin, Brock DeSmit, Carina Bien-WIllner, Dan Rentsch, David Cheung, Lauren Zuzack
Location: Lakewook, Colorado, U.S.A.
Year: 2007
Status: Unbuilt
Project Type: Commercial, Residential
Construction Type: New
Size: 400,000 ft2

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New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro have unveiled their design for a new Los Angeles museum for The Broad Art Foundation. Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Christian de Portzamparc, Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Foreign Office Architects competed last year for a 120,000 sq ft and $130 million dollars project for a new museum and in August Diller Scofidio + Renfro won the competition. [More info and images after the break]

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Project: Vertical Village
Architect: Graft
           Lars Krückeberg
           Thomas Willemeit
           Wolfram Putz
           Gregor Hoheisel
           Alejandra Lillo
Collaborator: Brad Pitt
Location: Dubai, U.A.E.
Type: Urban Planning, Highrise, Hotel.

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Yesterday we published that last friday the winners of the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center International Competition were announced and Reiser + Umemoto was awarded first prize. We now present the winner of the Second Prize by Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture who worked with Krix Yao of Artech Architects.

Project: Kaohsiung Port Terminal
Architects: Asymptote Architecture and Artech Architects
Project Team: Asymptote Architecture; Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture, Artech Architects; Kris Yao
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Structural Engineering: Knippers Helbig
Environmental Engineering: Transsolar
Cruise Consultant: Parsons Brinckerhoff
Fire, Electrical & Plumbing: Heng Kai
Traffic Engineering: Everest
Project Area: 40,000 sqm
Client: Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau
Competition: Kaohsiung Port Terminal 2010
Renders: Asymptote Architecture
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Designs for the Zayed National Museum have been officially unveiled today by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Conceived as a monument and memorial to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding president of the UAE, the Museum will be the centrepiece of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District and will showcase the history, culture and more recently the social and economic transformation of the Emirates. More info and images after the break.

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UNStudio, in collaboration with DP Architects, has been selected from a shortlist of five practices to design Plot A of the SUTD (Singapore University of Technology and Design) campus.

Located on a site of 76,846 m2 and close to both Changi airport – Singapore’s principal airport – and the Changi Business Park, the SUTD will be Singapore’s fourth and most prestigious university. The Singapore University of Technology and Design will offer four key academic pillars: Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD), Engineering Product Development (EPD), Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) and Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD). The SUTD will be a driver of technological innovation and economic growth, with the new campus acting as both a catalyst and a conveyor for advancement, bringing together people, ideas and innovation. More info and images after the break. Leer el resto de esta entrada »

The new Lusail Iconic Stadium, with a capacity of 86,250 seats, will host the opening and final matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ if Qatar is granted hosting rights. Located in Lusail City, the stadium takes its inspiration from the sail of a traditional dhow boat and is surrounded by water. After the FIFA World Cup™, the stadium will be used to host other spectacular sporting and cultural events, the stadium is designed to be highly energy efficient and capable of performing in extreme summer climatic conditions. More images and info after the break.

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Project: Snowflake
Architect: ACCENT DESIGN GROUP
Lead Architect: Elie Abs
Location: Tilal Faqra, Lebanon
Design Team: Djordje Stojanovic, Sally Abi Habib, Charbel Karam , Luana Mahfouz , Elie Mattar , Amal Mhanna
Type: Holiday Apartments
Area: 2500 sqm

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Paul Kaloustian, who has been published earlier in Arch Tracker (Gemayze Building) shared with us another of his projects, S1 Villa which is located in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. More images and project description after the break.

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Santiago Calatrava has unveiled his preliminary designs for Denver International Airport´s south terminal redevelopment program. The project includes the constuction of a signature rail bridge, a terminal tran station, a hotel (500 rooms), conference center and civic plaza. The rail station, plaza and hotel will form a highly integrated and dynamic complex. [More images after the break]

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The proposed Nakheel Tower in Dubai is set to be the world’s tallest building after completion in 2020 with a total height of more than one kilometer. The mix-use development will include a harbor, a cultural podium, and residential districts in the heart of the New Dubai Development. More info and images after the break.

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