S&B Designed projects outside our Region

[mlm]

I though it would be cool to have a thread where we could present projects from "our" architects, that are planned for places outside S&B. Please only post projects that have won competetions, or if they we're designed for a specific project (= they will probably be build)


My first is from Danish Architect "Arkitema". I would really like to see this one here instead. ;)

Architect: "Arkitema (http://www.arkitema.dk/)" (Denmark) and "Biad" (China)
Location: Shenzhen, China
Usage: Hospital
Size: 280.000 m2 (first stage is 90.000 m2)
Year: 2005-2006 (first stage)

And the rendering from Arkitema:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/shenzhen.jpg

[mlm]

Next one is also from Arkitema. This is a big residential project, also in China. (did anyone say commieblocks:D )

Architect: "Arkitema (http://www.arkitema.dk/)" (Denmark)
Location: Jinan, China
Usage: Residential
Size: 250.000 m2
Year: 2005

8 Highrises with 18 floors (I just see 7 though), and a bunch of smaller ones. Not that nice IMO. But I guess they just need tons of homes, very fast.

The rendering:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/jinan.jpg

[mlm]

This one is made by "3 x Nielsen".

Architect: "3 x Nielsen (http://www.3xn.dk/)" (Denmark)
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Name: Woontoren Badplaats Nesselande
Usage: Residential and Shopping
Floors: 22
Height: 66 m.
Year: 2006-2008

Only these small renderings:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/nesselande.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/nesselande1.jpg

[mlm]

Next project is from Henning Larsens Tegnestue (the ones with Ferring and Operaen)

Architect: "Henning Larsens Tegnestue (http://www.hlt.dk/)" (Denmark)
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Name: Hamburg City Nord
Usage: Office
Size: 60.000 m2
Year: 2005 (not sure if it's U.C. now)
Not sure how tall, but looks like 12 floores or so.

Renderings:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/hamborg1.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/hamborg2.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/hamborg3.jpg

[mlm]

Finally we have Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen (http://www.shl.dk) (Denmark).

They are involved in a bunch of huge projects in China. I have problems finding good info about each of them so I'll just post a few renderings. These are either U.C. or will be very soon:

Beijing Sunshine Upper Eastside:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/sunshine1.jpg

Some huge commie'like housing project in Jinan:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/jinan1.jpg

[Jarmo K]

nice job by the danish architects! (i agree, the hospital would look cooler if it were in copenhagen..:D)

i don't know if estonian architects have done anything outside our region (or outside estonia)... but i'm looking forward to see the finns' work ;)

[Moolio]

City Hall of Toronto:
http://www.geocities.com/torontophotos2003/20030823/RIMG1319.jpg
source:http://www.geocities.com/asiaglobe/gallery/to-cityhall.htm

"Architect by Viljo Revell on 1959-65. The Finnish architect Viljo Revell was awarded this commission after winning a competition with more than 500 entries from all over the world. The design consists of two towers, one of 20 stories, the other of 27, curving around a circular council chamber. Toronto City Hall with its two curved office wings towers over Osgoode Hall in the foreground."

source:http://user.chollian.net/~ucnet2001/ENGLISH-WFB%20North%20America-Canada-Toronto.htm

[Moolio]

TWA Terminal,
John F. Kennedy International Airport,
New York NY:
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/twa/twaext1.jpg
Photo: Simon Glynn 2001

Building designed by the Finnish architect, Eero Saarinen. Completed in 1962.

[Moolio]

Gateway Arch, by Eero Saarinen, at St. Louis, Missouri, 1947 competition, construction 1961 to 1966.
http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_gateway_arch_001.jpg
Photo by Johnson Architectural Images

http://www.sans.org/GatewayArch/arch.gif
source: www.sans.org/GatewayArch/.

[Hviid]

Im not sure but i think mlm was talking about projects that havent already been done ... only planned ....

If not...

Here's the Sydney Opera House (in Australia of course), designed by danish architecture Jorn Ultzon, build 1957-1973

http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_sydney_002.jpg

Why couldnt they have built an opera house like this in Copenhagen? I like the interior of the one we have now, but the exterior is very boxy and square :(

[Moolio]

The Sydney opera house is one of the most amazing (not exaggerating) buildings in the world, and Jorn Utzon is one of my all-time fave architects. I believe Eero Saarinen was a co-architect in the planning of the building.

[designwise]

Eero Saarinen - Dulles International Airport, Washington, U.S.A. :

http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_2402290.jpg

[designwise]

http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/images/architecture/archit24.jpg

culture centre, berlin

Gunnel Adlercreutz

This may interest Arvid (Northstar). Eero Saarinen has also deisgned the American embassies in Oslo & London. The IBM headquarters,
Bell Laboratories, the CBS Building in NYC & MIT Auditorium and Chapel.

[_keen_]

Kennedy AirPort , Sydney Opera House, St. Louis Arch ? <- Very prestige buildings !
Amazing, i had no idea there are/were so many great architects in Scandinavia... :applause:

[ch1le]

you didnt know Saarinen? ;) :nono:

[designwise]

you didnt know Saarinen? ;) :nono:

Yeah everyone who follows architecture has heard of Saarinen. Even normal joe's in the States have heard of him. In the "Men In Black" movie the MIB HQ was designed with Saarinen's chairs etc.

[designwise]

The most famous architects in this region come undoubtedly from Finland & Denmark.

[mlm]

Okay, I change the rules a bit. If you read my fist post you would notice that is was for planned highrises only, but let just keep going with all kinds of buildings.

La Grande Arch, Paris (or a suburb)

Competition won by Danish Otto von Spreckelsen. Von Spreckelsen backed out of the project before its completion, reportedly disheartened by red tape and having grown displeased with his own design. He died before its completion.

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/arcoutside/ladefense.jpg

[NorthStar77]

Don't know of any norwegians that have designed any highrises outside our country, but maybe Christian knows.

[Gatis]

Latvian based architect companies have not designed highrises outside Latvia - as far as I know. But architects of Latvian ethnicity have.
One of them - Gunārs Birkerts has worked in US:
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
It is already out of use - but it was the first building in world suspended in wires - in order to decrease the pressure on underground vaults under the bank. Built in 1972.
http://collections.mnhs.org/VisualResources/VRDBImages/pf044/pf044840.jpg
Latvian architects "A PLus" together with German "Schurmann" are designing olympic velodrome for Beijing now.

[blimey]

There's loads of new projects in Kaliningrad designed and built by Lithuanian companies. Also there's a few in Belarus.

[Ringil]

i really like danish architecture! :cheers: finnish to but not as much

[designwise]

i really like danish architecture! :cheers: finnish to but not as much

oi oi oi ! Oh and it's too with two o's. I know I'm such a smart-ass. :D

[Moolio]

i really like danish architecture! :cheers: finnish to but not as much

I agree, Danish architecture is more interesting. Personally, I think it is not a question of talent but rather a question ideology; even non-functionalistic Finnish architecture tends to have some very functionalistic qualities, consequently affecting the out-look of the buildings, and usually for the worse. I do, however, admire Eero Saarinen very much. He is, imo, by far the greatest visionary in the history of Finnish architecture.

[Hviid]

A little more from Jørn Ultzon ...

The National Assembly in Kuwait
http://homepages.compuserve.de/tobi671220/bilder/kuwait/Rathaus.jpg

http://q80sinusa.com/kuwait/images/parlamant.jpg

[Þróndeimr]

Many great project by S&B architect crew here! And here is some projects from Norwegian architects around the globe!
__________

WTC Cultural Center

Noted Norwegian architect firm Snøhetta (http://www.snoarc.no/) unveiled its design for the Cultural Center to be built at the site of the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on Manhattan, and their vision met with lavish praise.

"Snøhetta has designed an airy, light and optimistic building. It has become a fine project that supports the whole idea behind my master plan," said chief architect for Ground Zero, Daniel Liebeskind, to Aftenposten. "Snøhetta's architecture shows understanding and great respect for how sensitive an area Ground Zero is," said NY mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The planned cultural center at the World Trade Center site will house a visual arts area devoted to drawing, a visitor's hub and a center focusing on the global struggle for freedom, according to plans unveiled Thursday. The model, a transparent crystalline structure, will act as a prism, capture the shifting daylight and be as easy to see out of as in. The Cultural Center will house the International Freedom Museum, an information center for Ground Zero and an art gallery, The Drawing Center. Groundbreaking for the cultural center is scheduled for 2007 with completion in 2009.

Snøhetta was chosen from 34 applicants and is best known for the Alexandria Library in Egypt, the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin and the soon-to-be-completed New National Opera in Oslo. Police criticized the current plan as leaving the building too vulnerable to bombs carried in vehicles. The tower is now to be set back farther from the street.

Enlarge (2000x2011 | 2.1MB) (http://www.renewnyc.com/images_WMS/museum_complex/05-18-05_1_lg.JPG)
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7935/wtcculturalcentersmall0we.jpg

http://www.snoarc.no/media/project_images/wtc/02_wtc.jpg

http://www.snoarc.no/media/project_images/wtc/04_wtc.jpg

http://www.snoarc.no/media/project_images/wtc/03_wtc.jpg

http://www.snoarc.no/media/project_images/wtc/01_wtc.jpg

[Þróndeimr]

The Sail@Marina Bay

The Norwegian-American award-winning architect Peter Pran (http://www.peterpran.com/) is taking Singapore city-living to new heights with The Sail@Marina Bay. The design concept for this mixed use residential tower is a sculpture that is created by the hands of nature - Sun, Wind, and Water. The design exemplifies and defines natural forces with the overall composition created as if it were formed by water passing through the site. The result includes two prominent towers and a sculpted base. A "canyon" is formed separating the base from the tower mass and becomes an important urban space that exposes a lush green environment to inhabit.

The Sail consists of two condominium and retail twin towers on 245m and 215m in Singapore's new downtown. Togather these towers has a capacity of 1111 units. 438 one-bedroom units, 418 two-bedroom units, 175 three-bedroom units, 75 four-bedroom units and 5 penthouses, ranging in size from 592 sq ft to 1,356 sq ft. Construction is expected to be completed in 2009.

http://www.peterpran.com/bilder/sailsingapore.jpg

http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-prestaddress.jpg

[Þróndeimr]

Turner Contemporary

From the Norwegian architect firm Snøhetta (http://www.snoarc.no/) comes the Turner Contemporary, an international centre for the visual arts. Turner Contemporary will provide South East England with a major gallery for the work of contemporary artists together with exhibitions of Turner and his contemporarys.

Located in Margate, comemorating the site where the great artist undertook many of his most famous works, the Turner Contemporary occupies a dramatic position within the maritime landscape of Margate. Build in association with the historic pier, the prominent location and distinct form provides a focal point of reference not just for the whole town but for the visual arts and the works of Turner internationaly.

http://www.snoarc.no/media/project_images/turner/prosject_turner004.jpg

[kjetilab]

The norwegian architect, Snøhetta (http://www.snohetta.com) won the competion for a new library in Alexandria, Egypt.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8870/prosjectalex0031jv.jpg

The library opened in 2002, and had a price tag of 212 million USD
The building is 80.000 square metres in size

[Þróndeimr]

Snøhetta against OMA

The Norwegian architect firm Snøhetta is fighting against OMA to built the new city in Ras al-Khaimah, nabour Emirate state to Dubai. The city will be over 1 million square meters, and will room over 100 000 inhabitants, as well as large business areas and tourist attractions. Sjeik Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi wants the city to be very unique and attractive.

[Novak]

Okay this is not very new announcement, but relatively big, and because it hasn't been mentioned here I'll post some info about it:

http://www.evata.com/site/newsfx/index_valencia.jpg

Finnish architect firm Evata to design the new stadium of Valencia CF football club in Spain

The board of Valencia CF has awarded architectural and consulting group Evata the design of its new stadium of the football club. The stadium will be built in Valencia city center, and it will host 75 000 spectators, thus replacing the current stadium with capacity of 53 000 spectators.The budget of the project will be approximately 250 million euros. In addition, Evata has also negotiated about designing a multipurpose arena, which may be built close to the new stadium.

Valencia CF is one of the top teams of the Spanish League. “Football plays an important role in Spain and Valencia CF is football club with long and succesful history. In addition, the stadium will be build in the city center. Consequently, there will be huge interest to stadium project both in the fields of architecture and sports.”, says Mr. Hannu Helkiö, Director, Sport and Entertainment Venues.

Evata has special expertise and experience on Sports and entertainment venues. Evata’s recent realizations include for example Colorline Arena in Hamburg, Germany and Kazan Arena in Russia, the home of AK Bars, last season Russian champion in ice-hockey. Magnitogorsk Arena in Russia is under construction and multipurpose arena in Malmö, Sweden is under design.

The new Valencia stadium will be designed for multipurpose use, thus allowing the stadium to host all kinds of events, for example concerts. According to Mr. Helkiö, the new stadium project strengthens Evata’s role as top player in the European sport and entertainment venues market.

http://www.evata.com/site/images/valencia.jpg

[Þróndeimr]

^ Nice stadium, at least to have a rather usualy design.

[Chilenofuturista]

Where are the Swedes? :(

[Urbanus]

It is awfully depressing to read this thread and see all the great project from the nordic arcitects - especially the Danish - in other contries, when you compare to the dreadful and boring buildings they can come up with here - under the tyranny of the NIMBYs. :tongue3:

Give 3.000.000.000 DKK to two of our finist architects, and two of the best sites of Copenhagen, and they will give you Operaen and DR-Byen. Nice, but extremely boring!! With no ambitions.
It makes me mad as hell to think about what those fine architects - or others - could have gotten out of such many money, at such great places with free hands!! :mad2: :wallbash:

[Sideshow_Bob]

Where are the Swedes? :(
Tour SAS Suède: 130m (2009) (Nouvel) is a tower going up in Marseille, but I suppose Nouvel isn't a swede.. :) Nästan.. :P
And, yeah, everytime ýou hear about any swedish architect, it's always Gert Wingårdh and he's booooring! Where are the others?

[staff]

Oh, I haven't noticed this thread until now. Probably because I was on the other side of the planet when it was posted in the first place. :D
I have to say I really enjoy the Finland based architecture here, especially Saarinen. What a genius.
Both Saarinen and Utzon (Kim) has drawn a lot of nice scrapers in New York and Chicago over the years too...

At Copenhagen based architect firm BIG's website, there are many fantastic projects - especially in China. Have a look at www.big.dk!

[mlm]

Kim Utzon designing scrapers in New York and Chicago?

I've never heard anything about that, sure you're not thinking about someone else?

[Jape]

Some Canadians probably recognise this building:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2664/cityhallqx1.jpg
[source: www.bitstop.ca]
Toronto City Hall by Viljo Revell, 1966.

[staff]

^^
I sure as hell recognize it. :)

[ØlandDK]

A proposal from BIG (Denmark) for an hotel and conference center in Shanghai (China):

REN (http://www.big.dk/projects/ren/Peoples%20Building_WindowsMedia.wmv)

... from www.big.dk

[Comanche]

Henning Larsen also has a huge project going on in Saudi Arabia. "King Abdullah Financial District". 1,6 km/2.

The masterplan for the King Abdullah Financial District covers an area of 1.6 km2. The district unites the Arabian urban traditions with the modern metropolis giving the Saudi capital Riyadh a characteristic skyline with a new outstanding landmark.

The heart of the district is a transformation of the Arabian wadi, an oasis or riverbed, transversing the area. The district will be very attractive and active, as it will comprise financial institutions, residential and recreational areas, shops, restaurants, hotels and sport facilities.

The district will have 75,000 workplaces and as something unique for Saudi Arabia a monorail will connect the various areas of the district. The most essential buildings are linked by air-conditioned footbridges above street level enabling you to walk to all meetings in the Financial District – quite extraordinary for Riyadh.

http://www.bygnet.dk/bygnet/go?action=302&id=8070
http://www.hlt.dk
http://www.bygnet.dk/bygnet/pictureArchive/large/A1149585799948HLT_FP2.jpg

[kjetilab]

Norwegian arcitect firm Niels Torp (http://www.ntorp.no) won the competition for the headquarter for the british airline British Airways in Harmondsworth, England

The construction period lastet for six years before the 100.000 square metre project was completed in 1998.

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/4184/ba03ns6.jpg

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/1024/ba05ek2.jpg

[Comanche]

This project is probably not going to be build :(

Bahrain could become home of the world’s tallest skyscraper if a project by Danish company Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S gets the go-ahead. Company project director Louis Becker, who was in Riyadh yesterday, is planning to have a meeting about the proposed project with a building contractor in Bahrain later this week. The company’s design for a skyscraper measures 1022 metres - double the Taiwan Taipei 101, which is currently the world’s tallest building at 506 metres.

It was chosen by the Bahrain contractor because of the company’s previous experiences of building in Saudi Arabia, according to a report in the Copenhagen Post.

The company designed both the Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1984 and the Royal Danish Embassy in 1987, in Riyadh.

The project is awaiting approval from His Majesty King Hamad and is expected to be formally announced on May 7, said the report. Mr Becker has reportedly been working on plans for the project for a year.

The project, which would take about seven-and-a-half years to build, would comprise five towers - modelled after the five pillars of Islam. The tallest would reach 1,022m, have 200 storeys and house 30,000 people.

http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Kultur/2006/05/01/113630.htm
http://bahraini.tv/?p=477

[Þróndeimr]

This thread need to go on as i see loads of projects by famnous N&B Architect firms nowadays! :banana:

Norwegian A-Lab in United Arab Emirates
Municipal headquarters of Ajman

Six architectural practices pre qualified to participate in the international competition to design the new municipal headquarters of Ajman, which was won by Norwegians A-lab Architects in calibration with Migrant Urban Planners.

The 15000 m2 brief is divided between a high rise building housing the municipality administration, and a single storey public building with reception, exhibition, conference and café facilities grouped around a courtyard. A sail-like curved screen binds the project together, serving to shade both the entrance forecourt area and the sunny side of the building. The space between the screen and the high-rise building is planted to create a 'hanging' garden. The screen itself derives its pattern from traditional Arabic decoration. The facades around the courtyard are 'clad' in screens of flowing water, modulating both the interior and exterior light.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/MunicipalheadquartersofAjman1small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/MunicipalheadquartersofAjman2sma-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/MunicipalheadquartersofAjman3small.jpg

[Nõgesh]

it would be interesting to know how it looks from the side :)

[ramblersen]

Henning Larsen Architects had 70 % of their turnover outside Denmark in 2007 and has made projects in 17 countries. 20 % of the turnover is in the Middle East following his succes with the Minestry of Affairs i Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, i 1984.
http://www.business.dk/article/20070901/karriere/109011061/

Here are some projects not already mentioned in this thread by Henning Larsen:

One Berkeley Court in Dublin
37 story highrise, 190.000 m2
Completion: 2013
http://www.dac.dk/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=3534

http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/uploads/sd1aug312007.jpg

Der Spiegel's new headquarters in Hamburg's inner harbour
two U shaped buildings, 50.000 m2
completion: 2010
http://www.ravenpr.dk/default.aspx?pageid=121

http://www.hafencity.com/upload/images/Content/projekte/z_de_projekte_52_SPIEGEL_TBB.jpg

Massar Educational Centre, Damaskus, Syria
15.000 m2
Completion: 2007-2010
Their project beated Zaha Hadid amongst others
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/468xAny/y/o/b/Schwartz_03_ready.jpg
http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20070917/kultur/109171119/
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3105325

Palace of Justice, Keeuwarden, Holland
11.000 m2
http://www.visitdenmark.dk/usa/en-us/menu/presse/pressekit/features/henning+larse.htm?wbc_purpose=ba

"Eyes of Tirana", Tirana, Albania
Highrise, 85 meters, 59.000 m2
The new tower will stand out as a beacon of the regenerated centre of the capitol. With large, lit atriums floating over the city the tower stands as a lighthouse in focus of the pulsating radial streets of the quarter. The atriums appear as large eyes seeing the surrounding city, towards other high-rise buildings and the distant mountains.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=330031

http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/danezi1.jpg

Georgian Choreographic Centre, Tbilisi, Georgia
16.000 m2
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/larsen/tblisi/tblisi.html

http://www.arcspace.com/architects/larsen/tblisi/2tbilisi-.jpg

New arts and architecture faculty, University og Plymouth, England
15.000 m2
Completed: 2007
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/web/e/i/d/LEWINSKI_14_big_ready.jpg
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3092639
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3092659

Club La Santa, Lanzarote, Spain
40.000 m2
Completed: 2006

Max Planck Institue, Rostock, Germany
5.400 m2
Completed: 2002

Nation Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
16.000 m2
Completed: 1992

Churchill College, Cambridge, England
Completed: 1992

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Completed: 1984
The project the won hin international acclaim

[ramblersen]

3 x Nielsen is another large Danish architecture firm with international succes. Among their international projects are:

Deutche Bahn's new Headquarters in the middle of Berlin, Germany
They beated Norman Foster among others
Completion: 2010
http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Kultur/2007/12/19/140344.htm

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1766_2_1000%203XN%20Cube%203.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1766_1_1000%203XN%20Cube%202.jpg

Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
The world's largest city Museum
13.000 m2
Completion: 2008
http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/3xn-17.jpg
http://www.e-
architect.co.uk/architects/3_x_nielssen.htm

Muzickgebauw Amsterdam, Holland
Music house, in 2006 awarded "Best Building in the Netherlands 2006"
Completed: 2005
http://www.take-a-trip.eu/uploads/pics_bezienswaardigheden_nl/Muziekgebouw-aan-t-IJ.jpg
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/architects/3_x_nielssen.htm

Yangpu University District, Shanghai, China
50.000 m2
http://www.3xn.dk/showProject.aspx?lang=1&page=pro0

[ØlandDK]

^^
The inside of Muzickgebauw is really nice!!

[ramblersen]

^^
The inside of Muzickgebauw is really nice!!

Lucky...because the outside really isn't - but somewhat reminiscient of the Copenhagen Opera

[sapmi]

Sweden don't design stuff. We build it. :D

http://www.essential-architecture.com/LO/001-gherkin3.jpg

[ramblersen]

Turner Contemporary

From the Norwegian architect firm Snøhetta (http://www.snoarc.no/) comes the Turner Contemporary, an international centre for the visual arts. Turner Contemporary will provide South East England with a major gallery for the work of contemporary artists together with exhibitions of Turner and his contemporarys.

Located in Margate, comemorating the site where the great artist undertook many of his most famous works, the Turner Contemporary occupies a dramatic position within the maritime landscape of Margate. Build in association with the historic pier, the prominent location and distinct form provides a focal point of reference not just for the whole town but for the visual arts and the works of Turner internationaly.

http://www.snoarc.no/media/project_images/turner/prosject_turner004.jpg

Hasn't this one been given up and a new one been made by David Chipperfield?

[ØlandDK]

Lucky...because the outside really isn't - but somewhat reminiscient of the Copenhagen Opera

Agree...especially when you see it from the other side!

[Fab 5]

Hasn't this one been given up and a new one been made by David Chipperfield?

Yep, DC has taken over. SNOARC's project was deemed too expensive.

[ramblersen]

Schmidt Hammer Lassen is a Danish Architecture firm with about half of its utrn over from prijects outside Denmark though mainly in Scandinavia. They have an office in London. Among their non-scandinavian projects are:

Chaucer Buchanan District Centre, Sheffield, England
Schmidt Hammer Lassen has won an international invited competition to design a mixed-use scheme in north Sheffield featuring a new public square, library, homes and shops.
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/468xAny/p/x/j/Buchanan1_ready.jpg
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3102283

Aberdeen University Library, Aberdeen, Skotland
20.000 m2
Completion: 2005-2011
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/web/w/y/w/perspective_web.jpg

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/web/y/x/n/interior_pers_06.jpg
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=725&storycode=3102528

City of Westminster College - Paddington Centre, London, England
22.500 m2
Completion: 2008-2011
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/web/o/x/h/CWC_entrance_viewready.jpg
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3100207

Amazon Court, Prague, Czech Republic
24.000 m2
Completion: 2006-2008
http://www.shl.dk/pages/objectview.aspx?pageid=4&mainmenu=2&lang=1&id=101&category=4

http://www.crestcom.cz/tiskove_stredisko/files/download/6/Amazon%20Court%20-%20vnejsi%20pohled%2003.jpg

Chongqing Procect Masterplan, Chongqing, China
1.180.000 m2
Completion: 2003
http://images.google.dk/images?hl=da&q=Wuxi++schmidt+hammer+lassen&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[ramblersen]

C. F. Møller is yet another Danish architecture firm with about half its turn over outside Denmark. Projects include:

Darwin Centre Phase Two, London, England
19.300 m2
Completion: 2003.2009
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&langcurr=2.1.1&detail=1834

National Maritime Museum, SeaSpace Project, London, Emgland
5200 m2
Completion: 2009-2011
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&langcurr=2.1.1&detail=2204

A. P. Møller High School, Flensburg, Germany
15000 m2
Completion: 2006-2008
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&detail=2153

Certoso a Museo di San Martino, Naples, Italy
2000 m2
Completion: 2006-2008
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&langcurr=2.1.1&detail=2085

C. F. Møllers cocoon for the Natural History Museum in London is finished

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7594295.stm

[ramblersen]

In january 2008, a 23 year old Danish architecture student has won a competition for the design of a bridge near Sheffield, England,

http://multimedia.jp.dk/archive/00076/bro_sheffield_arkite_76228b.jpg

http://www.arkitektforeningen.dk/Nyheder/2008/studerendevinder.aspx

[ramblersen]

Am archeological museum designed by the Danish architecture firm Wohlert Arkitekter (known for the Danish art museum Louisiana north of Copenhagen) has just opened in Bahrein in february 2008. The museum lies in a UNESCO protected area right next to the Arabian Gulf. Wohlert Arkitekter are working on several more museums in Bahrain.

http://jp.dk/kultur/article1275792

http://multimedia.jp.dk/archive/00083/Museeum_Bahrain__83336b.jpg

[Þróndeimr]

Snøhetta in the Middel East
Snøhetta is doing very well in the Middel East, with two larger projects in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates and in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture is their latest project outside the city of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The cultural building will cost over 2 billion NOK (300 billion USD) and contain theatres, cinemas, a museum, a library and exhibition halls. This is the biggest contract for Snøhetta so far.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/KingAbdulazizCenterforKnoxledgea-3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/KingAbdulazizCenterforKnoxledgea-2.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/KingAbdulazizCenterforKnoxledgea-1.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/KingAbdulazizCenterforKnoxledgeandC.jpg

Hotel Cobra in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates will be the gateway building into a new business city in RAK, close to Dubai. This 270 000sqm large building will contain a 4 and a 5 star hotel, Congress Centres, Exhibition Halls and a Shopping Center.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/HotelCobraNew1small.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/HotelCobraNew2small.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/HotelCobraNew4small.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/HotelCobraNew5small.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/cityz/Urban/HotelCobraNew3small.jpg

[Boscorelli]

^^

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture is soo cool! Why don't they build these really spectacular stuff here in Scandinavia! :(

[ramblersen]

Danish company JDS/Julien de Smedt Architects has been short listed in a competition for the planning of a face lift for the European Quarters in Brussels, Belgium.
http://www.dac.dk/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=4636

BTW come september we will se an exciting competition win from BIG/Bjarke Ingels Group that will fit in here. Yong Danish architecture continues to do well abroad!:)

[Kevlargeist]

The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, to be opened to visitors in 2010, designed by Finnish architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki:

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/8/4902/z4902388Z.jpg

http://www.hs.fi/kuvat/iso_webkuva/1101980075852.jpeg

http://www.safa.fi/archive/387_Jewish_museum2.jpg

http://www.jewishmuseum.org.pl/

http://www.ark-l-m.fi/

[Jarmo K]

^ good example of contemporary finnish architecture actually NOT SUCKING.


(wait, was that sentence grammatically correct? :crazy:)

[ramblersen]

C. F. Møller is yet another Danish architecture firm with about half its turn over outside Denmark. Projects include:

Darwin Centre Phase Two, London, England
19.300 m2
Completion: 2003.2009
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&langcurr=2.1.1&detail=1834

National Maritime Museum, SeaSpace Project, London, Emgland
5200 m2
Completion: 2009-2011
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&langcurr=2.1.1&detail=2204

A. P. Møller High School, Flensburg, Germany
15000 m2
Completion: 2006-2008
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&detail=2153

Certoso a Museo di San Martino, Naples, Italy
2000 m2
Completion: 2006-2008
http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectdetail.asp?x=&langcurr=2.1.1&detail=2085

C. F. Møllers cocoon for the Natural History Museum in London is finished

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7594295.stm

C. F. Møllers cocoon-shaped Darwin Centre Phase Two for the Natural Gistory Museum in London is finished.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7594295.stm

[Jarmo K]

nauru house in melbourne, australia. completed in 1977 and designed by the estonian architect ernst kesa (1910-1994, moved to australia in 1949). he very quickly became partner in the prestigious office perrott, lyon, timlock & kesa. nauru house was his last project. before world war 2 he was the most successful young architect in estonia, having won many big competitions (working with alar kotli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Kotli)), unfortunately most of these projects were never built...

anyway, nauru house, the 50-storey skyscraper was the tallest building in melbourne when completed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Liitium/nauruhouse.jpg


...


there's an exhibition about kesa and his work in the museum of estonian architecture! come and see! (:

[Þróndeimr]

It took a few years, but Snøhetta's final design have been unveiled in NYC today. Snøhetta won the competition for the 9/11 memorial
building in 2004.

The architect Craig Dykers has been working since 2004 on the design of a museum building for the World Trade Center site. In the end, he realized
there could be no more powerful a centerpiece than something Minoru Yamasaki designed 45 years ago.

Though the broad outlines of the design have been known for some time, the unveiling on Tuesday provided and confirmed some key details about the
$80 million pavilion, which is being financed by New York State. The polygonal pavilion will range in height from 57 to 72 feet (roughly equal to a
six-story office building). It will contain 47,499 square feet of floor area; 34,834 square feet devoted to public programs and museum functions,
the rest to ventilating ductwork and mechanical equipment serving the underground museum, the nearby World Trade Center Transportation Hub and the
No. 1 subway line.

The ground floor will have ticket windows, a large security area in which visitors will undergo airport-style screening, and a staircase, escalators and
elevators down which they will begin a trip that will lead them nearly 70 feet below street level, ending near an exposed part of the slurry wall. There
will also be exit doors ushering them into the heart of the memorial plaza.

On the second floor will be a 180-seat auditorium, a private room in which relatives of 9/11 victims may gather, an overlook from which visitors can
take in a sweeping view of the memorial, and a small cafe. (”For sustenance,” Mr. Dykers said, “not a restaurant per se.”)

The third floor will be given over entirely to equipment and ventilation.

The museum is to open in 2012, a year after the memorial plaza. It is not yet known whether an admission fee will be charged. Museum officials have
estimated the annual maintenance cost of the memorial and museum at $45 million to $50 million. “If we can get the money from other sources, we won’t
charge,” said Joseph C. Daniels, the president and chief executive.

About five million visitors are expected annually, said Alice M. Greenwald, the museum director. The building is designed to handle 1,500 people arriving
an hour, she said.
>> Read more: The New York Times article (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/new-911-museum-design-is-unveiled/index.html?hp)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/WTCCulturalCenterAsmall.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/WTCCulturalCenterCsmall.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/WTCCulturalCenterBsmall.jpg

[Jarmo K]

norwegian architecture rules (:

here's the recently completed norwegian embassy in kathmandu, nepal by kristin jarmund architects:

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/649822912_0806-000453.jpg

more here: http://www.archdaily.com/6178/the-norwegian-embassy-in-nepal-kristin-jarmund-architects/

[Jarmo K]

isn't this --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- here...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/WTCCulturalCenterBsmall.jpg


... a section of the old wtc facade?!

[Þróndeimr]

^^ It is. :) But not the real original thing of course... ;)

[sapmi]

But not the real original thing of course... ;)
Are you sure? I mean, why make it rusty if it's not the real deal?

I think they should have used the original structure...

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fzhehFfvS8jV/340x.jpg

[LatvianGG]

Those pilars in Brondeimr's pic are actually taken from Old WTC twin towers debree, so they are 'a real thing' - i saw a documentary about the new museum on WTC site.

[sapmi]

Those pilars in Brondeimr's pic are actually taken from Old WTC twin towers debree, so they are 'a real thing' - i saw a documentary about the new museum on WTC site.
Ok, great. It would have been wrong to have some kind of replica.

[Þróndeimr]

Those pilars in Brondeimr's pic are actually taken from Old WTC twin towers debree, so they are 'a real thing' - i saw a documentary about the new museum on WTC site.

Ah yeah, its the real thing that way, i was more thinking about its location. Its not where WTC and that pilar originally was located, so they have been moving it around and so on blabla you get it! ;)

[ramblersen]

Not a won competition but I guess this is the most relevant place to post this. In a competition for a new building for the Speed rt Museum at the local university of the American city Louisville, both Henning Larsen Architects, Bjarke Ingels Group and Snöhetta has been shortlisted. Our region thus takes 3 out of 8 shortlistings out of the 100 companies that applied in the first place. Among the other shortlisted companies are renowned Bernard Tschumi Architects from US/France and SANAA from Japan.

[ramblersen]

Bjarke Ingels Group has designed this project for Prague. Some renewal would be nice soon, it does look a lot like his Ren Skyscraper (http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=818) times two turned upside down. Or a giant McDonald's logo turned upside down. Or Hadid's Dancing Towers (http://www.yankodesign.com/2007/04/19/dancing-towers-by-zaha-hadid/) gone into line dance. But at least Gehry's Dancing House/Fred and Ginger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House) will have someone to dance with. I had kind of hoped he was done with making giant letters after that silly VEJLE-project though. Well here goes:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/09/waltertower.jpg

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/09/walter4.jpg

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/09/walter2.jpg

http://gizmodo.com/5056814/walter-towers-are-a-giant-wavy-w-make-us-seasick

[ØlandDK]

^^
Funny to read the comments in the link.

[ramblersen]

C. F. Møllers cocoon-shaped Darwin Centre Phase Two for the Natural Gistory Museum in London is finished.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7594295.stm

C. F. Møllers expansion of the Hatural History Museum in London has been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009.

http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/newsdetail.asp?x=&detail=12707&langcurr=2.1.1

[Jarmo K]

henning larsen in damascus:

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10714

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10714_4_Damascus4big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10714_3_Damascus3big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10714_1_Damascus%201big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10714_2_Damascus%202big.jpg

[ramblersen]

^^
It's allready been posted (post #46) but now more and larger renderings and looking good.:)

[Jarmo K]

^ whoops (:

anyway the project looks great! too bad their cph opera turned out so crappy... i heard master larsen himself didn't show up for the opera's opening cause he was so disappointed by how the building's initial design was altered too much...

[ramblersen]

^ whoops (:

anyway the project looks great! too bad their cph opera turned out so crappy... i heard master larsen himself didn't show up for the opera's opening cause he was so disappointed by how the building's initial design was altered too much...

Well the building's exterior is as problematic - turning its back at the city, being such a Nouvel rip-off (and a bad one, if you have to steal, do it well at least) etc. But yes that's really a shame, such a wasted opertunity.

[muster]

henning larsen in damascus:

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10714

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10714_4_Damascus4big.jpg



What a beauty!:drool: I hope for something like this for the new national museum in Oslo..

[Boscorelli]

^^
It looks a bit like a wasp nest! Nothing negative about that though!

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/2423/2520761862fa60df789cun8.jpg

[ramblersen]

BIG goes mad and MAD goes biiiiiiiiig in South Korea. Well see for yourself! Crazy, crazy! I'm sure they had fun when they made it though!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kex8knCKZ2M

Take two parts nasty insect, one part VM Mountain Dwellings, a game of domino and one large rollercoaster. Stir, leave for fifteen minutes. Ad one Sky Village. Bake for 45 minutes in the middle of the oven at medium heat. Leave to cool. Forget.

http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/22/ansan-urban-plan-by-mad-big-inaba-and-mass-studies/

PS These are your options BIG boys: Get a job in a shoe store or come up with something new:

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ansan-urban-plan-by-mad-big-inaba-and-mass-studies-4_big_city_render.jpg

[sapmi]

The Swedish architect Anna Ranova Kerr is one of six who has a chance to design the new Opera and concert house in Seoul.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/87/12/22/operahus1463.jpg