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designs presented for the world's largest airport terminal in istanbul

a trio of international architectural practices have been appointed to design the terminal complex for the ‘istanbul new airport’, the first phase of which is scheduled to open in 2019. located on the black sea, 35 kilometers outside of the turkish city, the collaborative project brings together the expertise of grimshaw architects, haptic architects and nordic office of architecture. the project is on track to become the world’s largest airport terminal, with a gross floor area close to one million square meters.

http://www.designboom.com/architectu...rt-04-16-2014/

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Ciudad De La Justicia / Magüi González, José Antonio Sosa, Miguel Santiago
Arquitectos: Magüi González, José Antonio Sosa , Miguel Santiago
Ubicación: Calle Málaga, 2, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, España

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...guel-santiago/

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This is Salt Lake City's newest federal courthouse. It's causing a stir among locals for its design and has been nicknamed 'the Borg cube'. I like it.


http://www.ksl.com/?sid=13818508


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57...-sake.html.csp

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Foster + Partners submits plans for UK's tallest residential tower
24 April 2014 | Leave a comment

News: Foster + Partners has submitted plans for a 73-storey skyscraper at London's Canary Wharf, which is set to become the tallest residential tower in the UK.

The South Quay Plaza development on the Isle of Dogs in east London, designed by Foster + Partners for residential developer Berkeley Homes, will also feature a 36-storey tower, providing a total of 900 new homes.

Over 6,000 square metres of public space will be included, along with a variety of ground-floor shops, cafes and restaurants.

"Our plans for South Quay Plaza will deliver a world class development," said Harry Lewis, the regional managing director at Berkeley Homes.

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/24/fos...craper-london/

Girona, Spain
collage house
bosch capdeferro studio
April 22, 2014

Renovation always means establishing a relationship of sorts with the past, with the pasts that are accumulated in the space of the intervention. And also with the future, with that imaginary idea of the place we would like to tend towards. But above all it means a great capacity to work with the present.

http://europaconcorsi.com/projects/2...-collage-house

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04.25.2014
Indoor Architecture
Raphael Vinoly's overhaul of the Cleveland Art Museum opens.

Cleveland’s Museum of Art recently completed a ten-year long renovation and addition project, restructuring the campus of attached buildings into a more cohesive whole and adding an expansive, sweeping glass canopy. Originally composed of a neoclassical building built circa 1916, the museum added onto the original facilities throughout the past several decades.

http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=7273

The Library of Kunming University of Science and Technology \ Studio Twist
David K. • April 26, 2014

The Library of Kunming University of Science and Technology designed by Studio Twist opened In January 2012. This library is regarded as the symbolic center of the university campus. The building form resembles stacked cubes on a plinth with bi-axial symmetry and a vertical central atrium. The central circular atrium serves as the spiritual center as well as the main vertical circulation of the library.

http://plusmood.com/2014/04/the-libr...-studio-twist/

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Paris, France
Sport Centre Ladoumègue
Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
April 28, 2014

Within the context of the reinforcement of the tramway line T3, the RATP (transport service Ile-de-France) chose to build their centre of maintenance on the northern part of the Jules Ladoumègue stadium; the southern part with its field, grandstands (tribunes) and gym called Pagode – remains unchanged.

http://europaconcorsi.com/projects/2...tre-Ladoum-gue

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Bodegas Protos / Richard Rogers + Alonso y Balaguer
Architects: Richard Rogers, Alonso y Balaguer
Location: Peñafiel, Valladolid, Spain

http://www.archdaily.com/500502/bode...so-y-balaguer/

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New Animated LED Pixilated Facade For Hanwha’s Headquarters By UNStudio
By: Marija Bojovic | April - 30 - 2014

UNStudio has been chosen to remodel and renovate Hanwha’s headquarters building – the facade, the interior of the common spaces, lobbies, meeting levels, auditorium and executive areas, along with the redesign of the landscaping. Several important variables were required to be incorporated into the redesign, most essentially the surroundings, nature and the environment. Their concept for the project resulted in the design of a responsive facade which prioritizes and integrates groups of key parameters: program – exterior and interior, indoor climate and environmental considerations.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/new...s-by-unstudio/

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kengo kuma transforms macdonald warehouse into urban complex

kengo kuma and associates has designed the adaptive reuse of a large warehouse located in the suburbs of paris, france to house the ‘macdonald public facility complex’. the project includes educational facilities, housing, and a gymnasium, making it a lively urban entity in a previously industrial zone. linkage with the rail system helps to connect the site with the greater paris area.

http://www.designboom.com/architectu...urban-complex/

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Housing in Vienna \ 3XN
David K. • May 1, 2014 • Comments (0)

3XN has won an international competition for a residential development in the heart of Vienna. With a design that gently fits into the neighborhood, but also with its own expression and identity; 3XN’s proposal was chosen as the winner by a unanimous jury.

http://plusmood.com/2014/05/housing-in-vienna-3xn/

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JDS | KAG – Premier Campus Office in Kagithane
Posted by editor on May 5, 2014 in Architecture, Concept & Competition

The Kagithane Gardens is a business district that focuses on the users working and living qualities and addresses its presence in Istanbul as a new form of contextual and urban approach:

http://www.arthitectural.com/jds-kag...-in-kagithane/

Copenhagen, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, KUA2
Expansion of University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Humanities
Arkitema Architects

KUA2 is the result of a first prize in an invited architectural competition. KUA2 is a new, central section of Copenhagen University, Southern Campus.

http://europaconcorsi.com/projects/2...openhagen-KUA2

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Mediatheque Mont-de-Marsan by Archi5
May 05, 2014
Text by Peter Smisek

Located in the grounds of a former barracks in the French municipality Mont-de-Marsan, Archi5’s new mediatheque – a sleek, glass box resting on a low mound – quickly became the talk of the town. We caught up with Thomas Dryjski, one of the firm’s associate partners, to discover more about the project.

http://www.frameweb.com/news/mediath...rsan-by-archi5

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Lentpark / Schulitz Architekten
Architects: Schulitz Architekten
Location: Lentstraße 30, Cologne, Germany

http://www.archdaily.com/502781/lent...z-architekten/

Make Architects | 5 Broadgate
Posted by admin on May 6, 2014 in Architecture

5 Broadgate is a bold response to the client’s requirements and the key issues of the site. The world class office headquarters for financial services firm UBS will house up to 6,000 staff and include four state-of-the-art trading floors to accommodate up to 750 traders per floor. The scheme represents a further stage in the successful evolution of the Broadgate office estate and allows UBS to consolidate its trading operations into one building, resulting in the retention of one of the world’s leading investment banks in the heart of the City of London.

http://www.arthitectural.com/make-ar...s-5-broadgate/

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LAN Architecture | Offices Lille
Posted by editor on May 9, 2014 in Architecture

The Euravenir Tower project occupies the last free parcel of Phase One of the Euralille Area, which began in 1998 with OMA’s project built in association with François Delhays.

Is it possible to reassert a city through an architectural project?

This bold question was the starting point for the project’s layout. The parcel’s strategic position, located at the intersection of different axes, pushed our research towards a sophisticated solution that acts as a hub, as a stitch that brings together the elements gravitating around it. We strove for a “multiform” architecture whose geometry could provide a specific response to the various challenges tied to the project’s scale, geography, and program.

http://www.arthitectural.com/lan-arc...offices-lille/

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Centro Deportivo en Alcazar de San Juan / Rojo/Fernandez-Shaw
Arquitectos: Rojo/Fernandez-Shaw
Ubicación: 13600 Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, España

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...ernandez-shaw/

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Winterthur Station Square by Stutz Bolt Partner
Sculpting Urban Transparency
May 08, 2014
Text by Peter Smisek

The large canopy looming over the Winterthur bus terminal – designed by the local outfit Stutz Bolt Partner – is both a bold, stripped down sculpture and an impressive feat of Swiss engineering. Yet, despite the building’s aesthetic rigor, the space around it feels transparent and liberated, as it allows the surrounding urban tissue to form a seamless continuum.

http://www.frameweb.com/news/wintert...z-bolt-partner

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Cornell Tech

In Architecture

Universities are integral to a society increasingly turning towards innovation as a source of growth. With the flexibility and resources to undertake experimental research across the arts and sciences, these institutions have a powerful potential to make discoveries that will influence the way we live, work, and interact. Interfacing with policy makers, companies, and communities facilitates the real-world application of the research performed at these institutions and fosters an environment of collaboration and exchange.

Posted: May 13th, 2014 / Last Edited: May 13th, 2014

http://morphopedia.com/projects/cornell-tech

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Sports Hall at C.P. Pablo Iglesias / Planta 33 Arquitectura
Architects: Planta 33 Arquitectura
Location: Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain

http://www.archdaily.com/505780/pabe...-arquitectura/

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MKPL Architects Pte Ltd | Orchard Suites
Posted by editor on May 18, 2014 in Concept & Competition

Situated at a prime location in downtown Orchard Road of Singapore, Orchard Suites stands out amongst the crowd of high rise residential development around by its unique and innovative ‘skin’ architecture. Disadvantaged by an extremely small site, and with a desire to bring high rise living to a new green benchmark, an extremely sinuous and diaphanous skin is created to modulate the climate to achieve thermal comfort without resorting to the constant use of the air-conditioner.

http://www.arthitectural.com/mkpl-ar...rchard-suites/

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The Grand Mosque of Algiers
by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten Gmbh as Architects

At present, the world’s third largest mosque is soon to be erected in the bay of Algier. The mosque brings together various cultural and religious facilities. All main buildings in the mosque complex share a plinth that is in places up to 5 m high; on this raised plateau, they are aligned from west to east in the direction of Mecca. Within the complex they form two groups: in the west the place for contemplation, with entrance arcades, cultural center, and minaret, and in the east the place of congregation for up to 35,000 faithful. A spacious park leads from the mosque complex to the buildings in the south, namely the cultural centre, the library and the Imam School.

http://www.archello.com/en/project/grand-mosque-algiers

Estación Unión en Denver / SOM
Arquitectos: SOM
Ubicación: Denver, CO, EEUU

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...en-denver-som/