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Nüvist Architecture & Design, an Instanbul based practice, has revealed their entry to the Izmir Opera House Competition, which they call “Artistic Foyer”. More info and images after the break.

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Project: TED Building
Architect: BIG
           Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Lange
Project leader: Cat Huang
Team: Gaetan Brunet, Xu Li, Alysen Hiller, Xi Chen, Espen Vik, James Schrader, Kuba Snopek, Riccardo Mariano, Johan Cool, Takuya Hosokai, Daniel Sundlin.          
Collaborators: Realities United, Arup
Location: Taiwan
Type: Competition
Client: TLDC
Size: 43,000 sq. mt.

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Project: Gemayze Building
Architect: Paul Kaloustian Architect
Location: Gemayze, Beirut, Lebanon
Developer: chekerdjian
Built area: 9700 m2
Floors above ground: 17
Underground parking floors: 3
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On 25.06.200 Henning Larsen Architects won first prize in the invited competition for a new aquarium in the Georgian seaport of Batumi. The 2,000 m2 aquarium will replace the previous aquarium of the port and will be situated on the beach side of Rustaveli Str. adjacent to Batumi 6 May Park featuring a Dolphinarium and Zoo. [More info and images after the break]

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ICADE Promotion and MVRDV present the design for the Pushed Slab office building at ZAC Gare de Rungis in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The 19.000 m2 building will be one of the first low energy buildings realised in France; with low energy consumption and an energy production of appr. 200.000kWh per year. Construction of the 35 million Euro building commissioned by French project developer ICADE Promotion is expected to start 2011. More info after the break.

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Young practices WE ARCHITECTURE and Sophus Søbye Architects have been awarded with the first prize in the invited competition Kulturcenter Mariehøj, a new cultural center in Denmark´s Rudersdahl municipality. The future Mariehøj cultural center seeks to create open spaces for various activities where interactivity and connections between people have room to grow creatively. Other project collaborators are MASU Planning, Øllgaard Consulting Engineer, Spangenberg & Madsen Consulting Engineer, Hausenberg. More info after the break.

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Short video describing the Bjarke Ingles Group entry for the Taipei TEK Entertainment Center. Video directed and produced by Brooklyn Digital.
Via: El Contexto

Project: Singapore Culture City
Author: logon
Location: Changzhou, Jiangsu
Project service: urban planning, architectural/ landscape design
Usage/functions: residential, commercial
Project mode: direct commission
Site area: 63,443 sq.m
FAR / green ratio: 2.79/35 %
Gfa: 177,191sq.m
Residential total area: 142,463 sq.m (unit residential: 131,893 sq.m SOHO: 10,570sq.m)
Commercial total area: 42,403 sq.m (above ground:28,583 sq.m underground: 13,820sq.m)
Cinema: 3,500 sq.m
Landscape area: sq.m.

     
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Project: Landmark Tower
Architect: Daniel Libeskind + G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Partners
Project architect: Carla Swickerath (Studio Daniel Libeskind) + Chuloh Jung (G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Partners)
Design team: Seungki Min, Byungdon Yoo, Roy Oei (Studio Daniel Libeskind) + Shinhui Won, Wookjin Chung, Sangsu Park, Sang-Hyun Son, Inkyung Han, Taewook Kang, Namhui Kim, Shinkyung Jo (G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Partners)
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Client: KT Corporation
Project area: 169,784 sqm
Competition Year: 2010

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Project: Agriculture Museum
Author: a10studio + lab07
Project Team: Mariano Arias-Diez, Luis Alarcón, Carlos Marín, Hugo Sánchez, Mia Modak
Location: Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mexico)
type: institutional, museum and park
Area: 45,000 m2
Project year: 2010
Client: Instituto Municipal de Planeacion (IMPLAN) de Culiacan
Status: Competition finalist
Landscape architecture: Hugo Sánchez / ENTORNO taller de paisaje
Structural engineer: Ing. Fernando Alvarez / Construcciones FASA
Rendering and digital visualization: Carlos Marín / lab07
Lighting design: a10studio

     
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I used to work my 3D models on 3dMax, but about four months ago i started using Rhino and since the first day using it i uninstalled all other 3d software because Rhino is so easy to use, so powerfull and so intuitive. Today Bob McNeel, principal at McNeel and Associates announced the launch of iRhino 3D, an app which will let you visualize, pan, zoom and rotate your 3DM files on any iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. More info after the break.

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New York, March 8, 2010 – eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2010 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 organization. The award seeks to discover young talents whose ideas will change the way we understand architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.

The Jury of the 2010 edition was formed by leaders of the architecture and design fields including: Mario Cipresso, Kyu Ho Chun, Kenta Fukunishi, Elie Gamburg, Mitchell Joachim, JaeYoung Lee, Adelaïde Marchi, Nicola Marchi and Eric Vergne. The Jury selected 3 winners and 27 special mentions among 430 entries from 42 countries. Images and short description of the three winning projects after the break.

Images Courtesy eVolo Magazine

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Portland Fire and Rescue in partnership with Portland State University’s School of Architecture announced the winner of a competition to design the Portland Firefighters Memorial. After an eight month, two-stage competition with input from firefighters and the general public, the selection committee members unanimously selected the design by Aaron Whelton / Whelton Architecture as the competition winner.

The Portland Firefighters Memorial will be located on the east bank of the Willamette River adjacent to Fire Station no. 21 and directly across from downtown Portland. Whelton Architecture’s design establishes two discernable experiential zones: at the ground level, low horizontal stone benches and walls are rooted into the earth; and in the sky, tall vertical lanterns gently sway overhead. These elements are organized across the memorial field in a series of parallel lines whose overall figure is greater than any one individual mark. More images and info after the break.

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Project: Tetris Building
Author: Estudio Nussbaum
Arq. Roy Nussbaum – Arq. Diego Perrone – Arq. Alejandro Sarmiento
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Year: 2009
Marketing: Lic. Magali Claro
Plot Area: 1000m2

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Project: Hotel and Hotel Center
Author: SHL Architects
schmidt hammmer lassen architects
Project Partner: Kim Holst Jensen, schmidt hammer lassen architects
Project Architect: Kristian Lars Ahlmark, schmidt hammer lassen architects
Location: Helsingborg, Sweden
Client: Midroc Property Development (Sweden)
Area: Hotel and congress 16,900 m2/ Housing and shops 17,100 m2
Competition year: 2009
Competition type: Property development competition
Contractor: Midroc Property Development
Landscape architect: schmidt hammer lassen architects in collaboration with Masu Planning Landscape (Denmark)
Executive consultants: Sweco (Sweden)

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