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Off-Duty and Losing Power?
The International Conference on Architectural Criticism took place online over four days in October, with dozens of academics…
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plusCity Climb, billed as "the highest open-air building ascent in the world," has opened on the top of 30 Hudson Yards in New York City, directly above Edge, an outdoor skydeck that cantilevers from the supertall skyscraper.
A new short film from Spirit of Space captures people relaxing and playing in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the post-industrial waterfront park designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates that recently won the 2021 Rosa Barba International Landscape...
The International Conference on Architectural Criticism took place online over four days in October, with dozens of academics addressing the theme “On the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism.” Ulf Meyer watched the proceedings and sent us...
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West Bottoms Flats
BNIM describes West Bottoms Flats, their adaptive reuse of four historic warehouse and…
Projets
plusKirsti Sivén & Asko Takala
THL K-Building Laboratory
Helsinki, Finlande, 2021
The new K-Building “TeHoLab” is a special laboratory building for THL: The National Institute for Health and Welfare. The THL Campus con...
Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala
Lars Sonckin tie Houses
Helsinki, Finlande, 1999
On a dramatic site overlooking the sea, three buildings are arranged in a fan-shape on the old garden island suburb of Kulosaari. The mag...
Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala
Virtarannankatu Housing
Helsinki, Finlande, 2017
Virtarannankatu 3-5 state-subsidised rental housing is an infill-plan implementation in the Eastern Myllypuro, by Mustanpuronpuisto park ...
Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala
Kyösti Kallion tie Housing
Helsinki, Finlande, 2020
Densification plans for Kulosaari included a block for apartments on a former site of a school, beside a church and a rocky park. Accor...
Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala
Metropolia Campus Extension
Vantaa, Finlande, 2018
Extension and partial renovation of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences at their Myyrmäki Campus. The buildings were to create an u...
Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala
Villa Tervas
Kajaani, Finlande, 2017
A retired couple from Kajaani wanted an accessible single-family home for their retirement days in the centre of town. They had the skill...
Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala
Kampin Helmi Senior Housing
Helsinki, Finlande, 2016
“The cream-white housing complex for senior citizens with 93 rental apartments occupies its extremely difficult site with grace and elega...
ADEPT
New Aarhus School of Architecture
Aarhus, Danmark, 2021
Inspired by 21st century learning principles, the new Aarhus School of Architecture was designed as an incubator for architectural experi...
Kjellander Sjöberg
Ribosomen
Stockholm, Suède, 2020
The new plans City of Stockholm has developed for Norrtull and the eastern Hagastaden entail that Stockholm will acquire a new northern e...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen
VIA
Oslo, Norvège, 2018-2021
Envisioned as a symbolic focal point for modern Oslo, VIA serves as an indoctrination of Oslo for future generations to relish. The 58,00...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Framehouse
Dragør, Danmark, 2019
Situated in Dragør, just 12 kilometres south of buzzing central Copenhagen, Framehouse is a 1,810-square-metre flexible office building. ...
Kjellander Sjöberg
Faaborg
Faaborg, Danmark, 2019
Faaborg is a coastal town located on the island of Funen in southern Denmark, one of the oldest trading cities in the country. Faaborg is...
Kjellander Sjöberg
Citadellskajen
Malmö, Suède, 2019
The Citadellskajen city block is centrally located in the heart of the historical part of Malmö, by the outer moat, overlooking Malmö Cas...
Kjellander Sjöberg
Woodhouse Rosendal
Uppsala, Suède, 2019
Woodhouse Rosendal is a new timber block in Uppsala with a strong character. The focus has been on how shared spaces, commercial faciliti...
Snøhetta
Ordrupgaard Museum
Charlottenlund, Danmark, 2021
Situated near Jægersborg Dyrehave, north of Copenhagen, Ordrupgaard houses Northern Europe’s most comprehensive collection of French and ...
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Marsk Tower
Hjemsted, Danmark, 2021
The 25-meter-high Marsk Tower – translated as “Marsh Tower” due to its location in the marshlands of Denmark’s popular National Park, Wad...
AART
Møllerveien
Oslo, Norvège, 2019
Møllerveien 4 is situated in the southern part of the Vulkan district in Oslo, a vibrant restaurant and night life are. It is shaped as a...
AART
The School on Duevej
Frederiksberg, Danmark, 2017
The School on Duevej is the first school in Denmark to receive not just DGNB Gold certification, but DGNB Diamond - a standard that honou...