N&B Designed projects outside our Region [Archive]

ramblersen

February 2nd, 2008, 09:06 AM

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 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 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, leeuwarden, 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.*************/architects/larsen/tblisi/tblisi.html

http://www.*************/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

February 2nd, 2008, 10:15 AM

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://*************************/architects/3_x_nielssen.htm

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

ØlandDK

February 2nd, 2008, 08:19 PM

^^
The inside of Muzickgebauw is really nice!!

ramblersen

February 3rd, 2008, 12:38 AM

^^
The inside of Muzickgebauw is really nice!!

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

sapmi

February 3rd, 2008, 02:29 AM

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

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

ramblersen

February 3rd, 2008, 05:21 PM

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

February 3rd, 2008, 05:39 PM

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

February 9th, 2008, 04:34 PM

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

March 16th, 2008, 09:07 AM

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.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/5422UniversityofAberdeenLibrary_pic1.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

March 16th, 2008, 09:35 AM

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

March 16th, 2008, 10:01 AM

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

March 16th, 2008, 10:27 AM

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

May 30th, 2008, 02:33 PM

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

June 8th, 2008, 10:02 PM

^^

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

ramblersen

August 15th, 2008, 09:57 PM

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

August 15th, 2008, 11:29 PM

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

August 16th, 2008, 04:53 PM

^ good example of contemporary finnish architecture actually NOT SUCKING.

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

ramblersen

September 4th, 2008, 04:03 AM

Jarmo K

September 8th, 2008, 11:28 AM

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

September 9th, 2008, 09:08 PM

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

September 13th, 2008, 03:52 PM

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

September 13th, 2008, 03:56 PM

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

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

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

Þróndeimr

September 13th, 2008, 04:00 PM

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

sapmi

September 14th, 2008, 12:18 AM

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

September 14th, 2008, 12:31 AM

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

September 14th, 2008, 12:44 AM

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

September 14th, 2008, 01:05 AM

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

October 24th, 2008, 05:06 AM

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

November 11th, 2008, 03:32 PM

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

November 11th, 2008, 07:32 PM

^^
Funny to read the comments in the link.

ramblersen

November 25th, 2008, 01:30 PM

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

November 25th, 2008, 02:24 PM

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

November 25th, 2008, 04:21 PM

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

Jarmo K

November 25th, 2008, 04:58 PM

ramblersen

November 25th, 2008, 10:27 PM

^ 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

November 25th, 2008, 10:55 PM

Boscorelli

November 26th, 2008, 06:05 AM

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

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

ramblersen

December 25th, 2008, 11:24 PM

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

January 8th, 2009, 07:44 PM

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

ramblersen

January 30th, 2009, 12:37 PM

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released their master plan design for the island of Zira off the coast of Azerbaijan. The island will undergo a full revitalization to become a zero-energy resort and entertainment city. Under this concept BIG has developed a sustainable urban development which uses the landscape of the country, recreating its seven mountains. The project can currently be seen in Dansk Arkitekturcenter.

http://loudreams.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/zir1.jpg?w=450&h=295

http://loudreams.com/2009/01/28/seven-peaks-of-azerbaijan-zero-energy-resort/

staff

February 6th, 2009, 04:19 PM

More renders:

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11033_1_ZIRA1big.JPG

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11033_2_ZIRA2big.JPG

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11033_3_ZIRA3big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11033_4_ZIRA4big.JPG

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11033_5_ZIRA10big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11033_6_ZIRA13.big.jpg

Jarmo K

February 9th, 2009, 12:05 AM

water towers in kuwait. designed by sune lindström and poul kyhl. the original tower built in 1954-1958 can be seen in örebro, these here are repetitions of that project, built between 1969 and 1973. (hmm, possibly some of them were built later...)

it seems like there are many clusters of those towers around kuwait...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/100016869_7955b221c1_o.jpg

quite a syrreal sight (:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/401699042_b938a4001d_o.jpg

like a supersize forest of magic mushrooms :D
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2219754900_2bde6e1798_b.jpg

cool, eh?

staff

February 9th, 2009, 01:58 AM

They're illuminated the same way as the Hyllie Watertower in Malmö. :)

ramblersen

February 24th, 2009, 05:57 PM

Henning Larsen Architects in corporation with Spanish architect Carlos Morales have won a competition to design a concert and congress centre for the Spanish island Lanzarote. It is going to be situated by the beach promenade in Arrecife, the capital of the island.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11239

http://www.lavozdelanzarote.com/local/cache-vignettes/L340xH227/PROYECTO_No_9-_20_-d2fed.jpg

http://www.diariodelanzarote.com/images/2009/02/050209-palacio1.jpg

ramblersen

March 24th, 2009, 11:12 AM

Dabish Christensen & Co has won a competition for a masterplan for a new district Almere Poor just north of Amsterdam. The plan includes an artificial landscape of dunes in the centre, a 1,5 km long beach promenade and highrises of up to 30 stories.
http://christensenco.dk/img/projekter/40/ill_1.jpg

http://christensenco.dk/img/projekter/40/ill_4.jpg

http://christensenco.dk/img/projekter/40/ill_7.jpg
http://www.cco.as/
http://www.dac.dk/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=5350

CCO is inter alia behind a research % educational centre for Karolinske in Stockholm, a new KTH campus also in Stockholm and the Twister highrise at the northern tip of Amager Strandpark in Copenhagen.

ramblersen

April 28th, 2009, 05:22 PM

BIG has in colaboration with local Mexican architect firm Rojkind Arquitectos won a competition for a  New Tamayo Museum overlooking Mexico City.

Looks a bit on the boring side but hey a win is a win!:cheers:
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/squ-rojkind-tamayo-03-exter.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rojkind-tamayo-03-exterior.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rojkind-tamayo-04-exterior.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rojkind-tamayo-02-exterior.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/04/28/%e2%80%a8new-tamayo-museum-by-rojkind-arquitectos-and-big/

ØlandDK

April 28th, 2009, 05:43 PM

Looks like a crazy construction!

matrixmxp

April 28th, 2009, 07:40 PM

i like it, it seems afterall of economical crisis worl is still going to be futuristic place :)

ramblersen

May 6th, 2009, 02:02 AM

And now BIG wins in Hamburg. Some 33,000 sqm residential area along Kaufhauskanal in a former industrial harbour area. Looks even more boring. But hey a win is still a win!:cheers:

http://magasinetejendom.dk/typo3temp/pics/a816ebab41.jpg

http://europaconcorsi.com/projects/95530
http://magasinetejendom.dk/news/singleview/article/big-og-carl-bro-vinder-33000-kvm-boligprojekt-i-tyskland.html

Time to see a new BIG project in DK soon, I think. All we see these days are projects in Stockholm, Prague, Mexico, Germany, China, norway, Aserbajdsjan. :ohno:

Jarmo K

May 6th, 2009, 02:06 AM

^ and soon... maybe in tallinn, too (: (we'll know by the end of june)

ramblersen

May 29th, 2009, 03:14 AM

C. F. Møller is designing a 16,000 sqm extension of the King Khaled University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

http://www.cfmoller.com/getimagevar.asp?id=1471&h=464&w=800&type=D

http://www.cfmoller.com/getimagevar.asp?id=1469&h=464&w=800&type=D

http://www.cfmoller.com/getimagevar.asp?id=1482&h=449&w=800&type=D

http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/newsdetail.asp?x=&detail=12737&langcurr=2.1.1

Boscorelli

July 3rd, 2009, 06:36 PM

The Caspian pearl 12fl.

An ecological luxury hotel by the Caspian sea designed by Sweco.
Location: Turkmenistan

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8122/turkmenistan090409011ko.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4314/turkmenistan090409012ko.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9210/turkmenistan090409017ko.jpg

ramblersen

July 14th, 2009, 06:46 PM

chmidt hammer lassen has won a competition for a building for the Technical University of Achen in German.

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11985_1_horsaal1big.jpgS

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11985_2_horsaal2big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11985_3_horsaal3big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11985_4_horsaal4big.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11985

ch1le

July 14th, 2009, 07:25 PM

^ and soon... maybe in tallinn, too (: (we'll know by the end of june)

:banana:

Jarmo K

July 16th, 2009, 08:26 AM

hmm i love almost everything schmidt hammer lassen does... (:

ramblersen

July 24th, 2009, 05:23 PM

Some photos of 3XN's u/c Museum of Liverpool:

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/595xAny/3/2/1/1207321_P6230017.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/3/2/2/1207322_P6240008.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/3/2/4/1207324_P6230011.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/3/2/3/1207323_P6230013.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/3/2/5/1207325_P6020033.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/8/9/7/276897_liverthymb.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/8/8/8/276888_pano2.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/8/9/3/276893_P2114107.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/8/9/4/276894_07.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/8/9/5/276895_DSCN5956.jpg

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/550x400fitpad[150]/8/9/2/276892_P2114117.jpg

Some other 3XN updates:

Their Yangpu Universitet Gateway in Shanghai has gone u/c.
http://www.3xn.dk/content/news/2009/21_04_09_shanghai/03.jpg

...and so has tTheir New Town Hall, Library and cultural centre for Nieuwegein, the Netherlands:
http://www.architecture-page.com/assets/images/content/prj_3xn_stad/3.jpg

dancle

July 24th, 2009, 05:39 PM

Is it just me or is this thread dominated by Danish architects?:shifty:

What are all the other architects from our region doing??

Þróndeimr

July 24th, 2009, 05:41 PM

^^ or is it because danish members have just been better at posting stuff about what danish architects are doing outside Denmark? ;)

ramblersen

July 24th, 2009, 07:44 PM

^^ or is it because danish members have just been better at posting stuff about what danish architects are doing outside Denmark? ;)

Maybe...what do you think?:)

dancle

July 25th, 2009, 11:38 AM

^^ or is it because danish members have just been better at posting stuff about what danish architects are doing outside Denmark? ;)

Haha perhabs..:)

Fender56

July 26th, 2009, 04:46 PM

^^ or is it because danish members have just been better at posting stuff about what danish architects are doing outside Denmark? ;)

Ok, then please show us some Norwegian contributions....!

;)

muster

July 26th, 2009, 05:34 PM

Ok, then please show us some Norwegian contributions....!

;)

If you bother to actually read this thread, I'm sure you will find norwegian projects :nuts:

ramblersen

July 26th, 2009, 06:03 PM

If you bother to actually read this thread, I'm sure you will find norwegian projects :nuts:

Judging from the context, I think he might have ment "that hasn't been posted" by implication, though. But for God's - or our own - not go into this discussion. It's so silly.

ramblersen

August 17th, 2009, 01:27 PM

3XN will be designing a 5-star hotel in Cairo, part of the Cairo Expo City development. Their head architect Kim Herforth Nielsen was a judge in a competition on the masterplan for the area (won by Hadid), so I guess he sweattalked someone. No renderings yet. Will be interesting to see what they can come up with for a place with low construction costs and a presumed taste for bling-bling.

In Damaskus, the Massar Discovery Centre by Henning Larsen Architects has gone u/c.

ramblersen

August 27th, 2009, 01:01 AM

The latest issue of Monocle has a feature on the A. P. Møller School in Germany build to the design of C. F. Møller Architects. And their web site has a video about the project:

http://www.monocle.com/sections/design/Web-Articles/AP-Moller/

He should pay for a couple of schools in DK as well. What about an international school located in the Carlsberg area. Or in Nordhavnen in connection with the new UN Village? Mr. Møller...ARE YOU LISTENING?

ramblersen

August 27th, 2009, 01:29 AM

Bjarke Ingels Group has won an international competition to design the Astana National Library in Astana, Kazakhstan.

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_sq_anl_rendering_02.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_sq2_anl_rendering_01.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_rendering_03.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_rendering_07.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_rendering_05.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_rendering_04.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_model_04.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_model_01.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_rendering_06.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_elevations.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_plan-6th-fl_500_ru.gif

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_rendering_01.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_rendering_02.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_section_ru.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dzn_anl_section-2_ru.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/08/25/astana-national-library-by-big/
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=12208

Those guys are on fire, winning an international competition a month!

staff

August 27th, 2009, 08:57 AM

^^
The fact that they beat out Foster + Partners and Hadid is pretty cool too.

moveteam

August 27th, 2009, 09:44 AM

They also seem to do proper renderings now, that's great (but still room for improvement)

ØlandDK

August 27th, 2009, 10:44 AM

Jarmo K

September 8th, 2009, 01:54 AM

ramblersen

September 8th, 2009, 04:42 AM

big has done it again: 1st prize in a competition to design a low-energy 200 meter skyscraper in shenzhen! -> http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/07/shenzhen-international-energy-mansion-by-big/

this is their 3rd competition win in 3 months. damn, they're on a roll...

Or their 5th win in five months. This one seems to be their Escher Tower, never realized in Ørestad reborn with a vertical instead of a diagonal fold:

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dzn_sem_rendering_05.jpg

The bad side of this is that they cannot possibly have the time to design anything for Cph. anymore.:(

Jarmo K

September 8th, 2009, 04:49 AM

aha, 5th in 5 months, yes! it's getting tricky to keep track :D i'm eagerly waiting for their new homepage to be online...

ramblersen

September 8th, 2009, 05:06 AM

aha, 5th in 5 months, yes! it's getting tricky to keep track :D i'm eagerly waiting for their new homepage to be online...

If they are getting a new web site it sure is good news, their current site probably being the worst piece of web design ever made.

Schmidt hammer lassen is btw doing a project in East London called the Creative Industries Quarter which recently received planning permission. It is a redevelopment of some 19th century buildings in combination with some new ones.

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11638_2_barking2big.JPG

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11638

ramblersen

September 9th, 2009, 10:37 AM

Article in Dezeen on C. F. Møller Architects' Darwin Centre phase II in London. It was completed almost a year ago but is now opening to the public:

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dzn_sqdarwin-centre-copyrig.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dzn_darwin-centre-_photogra.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dzn_darwin-centre-copyright.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dzn-darwin-centre-aug-02ae7.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/08/darwin-centre-by-cf-m%c3%b8ller-architects/

Jarmo K

September 15th, 2009, 05:05 PM

bjarke ingels @ ted - http://www.ted.com/talks/bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales.html

ØlandDK

September 15th, 2009, 10:37 PM

Thanks for the link. BI is a pretty cool guy :)

This is how the island in Azerbaijan looks today:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1118/577404233_71819308c1.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1064/577399058_635034ef2f.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q-PuSGjFHvY/SJ4a9HurPVI/AAAAAAAABYg/AngOagPRBEk/s640/nargin09.JPG

http://www.keithmellnick.com/expatmonkey/images/az_nargin/images/nargin21.JPG

http://www.keithmellnick.com/expatmonkey/images/az_nargin/images/nargin22.JPG

:uh:

moveteam

September 15th, 2009, 10:58 PM

bjarke ingels @ ted - http://www.ted.com/talks/bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales.html
Thanks for sharing, everyone should watch that.

ramblersen

September 15th, 2009, 11:19 PM

Thanks for sharing, everyone should watch that.

...and someone should give him 20 billion kr. and free hands to build in Copenhagen.

Unfortunately I can't find my wallet...

Jarmo K

September 16th, 2009, 02:22 AM

Thanks for the link. BI is a pretty cool guy :)

yea, a really charming dude, he has this kind of popstar image to him, loved by everybody, little kids and their moms as well :D a good friend of mine works at big at the moment and he only has good things to say about him: very friendly, but very strict.

...

oh, and be sure to keep an eye on big's channel on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BIGSOLUTIONS

ramblersen

September 16th, 2009, 10:23 AM

yea, a really charming dude, he has this kind of popstar image to him, loved by everybody, little kids and their moms as well :D a good friend of mine works at big at the moment and he only has good things to say about him: very friendly, but very strict.

...

oh, and be sure to keep an eye on big's channel on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BIGSOLUTIONS
^^
I guess they call them starkitechts for a reason:-p

Never seen that BIG CHONGQUING CIRCUS CITY proposal on the link you just posted before, it looks like a cross between their Copenhagen Harbour Bath and their Scala Tower proposal, it's really true what he says about evolution.

mlm

September 16th, 2009, 09:55 PM

Didn't see the video until now, it's great, thanks a lot for posting. :okay:

Not only is he a great architect, he's also really funny. :)

moveteam

September 16th, 2009, 10:11 PM

Didn't see the video until now, it's great, thanks a lot for posting. :okay:

Not only is he a great architect, he's also really funny. :)
Yep exactly :happy: Love how he makes fun of Denmark's size, he caught the audience that's for sure.

Boscorelli

October 22nd, 2009, 06:10 PM

Nigerian waterpark

Architects Krook & Tjäder

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3489/nigerianwaterpark3b.jpg

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9793/nigerianwaterpark4b.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1977/nigerianwaterpark1b.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8329/nigerianwaterpark6b.jpg

http://www.krook.tjader.se/

ØlandDK

October 22nd, 2009, 07:43 PM

Nigeria as in Nigeria?

Þróndeimr

October 22nd, 2009, 07:45 PM

Sweet tower. But what? that in Nigeria...

Þróndeimr

November 26th, 2009, 01:19 AM

Posted a few of these before, but here is updated renderings plus some new projects.

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture by Snøhetta
Damman - Saudi Arabia
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/WhatIsThat_MIRsmall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/PH_amraco_dusk_MIRsmall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SNO_ITHRA_V1HIGWAY_FINALEsmall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SNO_ITHRA_V1HIGWAY_FINALEsmall2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SNO_ITHRA_V1HIGWAY_FINALEsmall3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/waterfeature_steam4_www_mir_nosmall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Keystone_rev1_copyrightbyMIR_wwwmir.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KAAC_Plaza_OldUpdated2_wwwmirnosmal.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/AramcoPlaza_entering_revised_NoBann.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KAAC_museum_fixed_wwwmirnosmall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KAAC_GreatHall2_revised2_Exhibition.jpg

Hotel Cobra by Snøhetta
RAK - EAU
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/RAK_Natt_MIR4small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/RAK_oversiktsbilde_rken_FINALE_MIRs.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/RAKoversikt3_editcopysmall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/RAK_Uttrykk_MIR5small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Tower_Oasis_revidert_MIRcopysmall.jpg

University Of The Gambia by Snøhetta
Gambia - Africa
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/diagram_facultiessmall.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Institute_cluster_detail03small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Institute_cluster_detail01small.jpg

Sheik Zayed National Museum by Snøhetta
Abu Dhabi - EAU
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SZNM_Snohetta_Planoverview1to500sma.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SZNM_Snohetta_Sectionlongrenderedsm.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SZNM_Snohetta_canopysmall.jpg

Þróndeimr

November 26th, 2009, 01:25 AM

^^ last project was their entry in a competition where they lost (in 2007 actually, so old proposal). Foster won the competition.

GeorgeGriffiths

December 19th, 2009, 02:27 PM

Never give up

December 28th, 2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:
Architect who threatened to sue National Museums Liverpool to hold talks next month
Dec 28 2009
by Ben Schofield, Liverpool Daily Post

AN ARCHITECT who threatened to sue National Museums Liverpool for breach of copyright is due in the city for talks with heritage chiefs next month.

Danish designers 3XN were behind the new Museum of Liverpool’s distinctive “X-Wing” shape.

But they were acrimoniously dropped from the project in favour of Manchester-based architects AEW when building was due to start.

Last year, 3XN’s principal architect, Kim Nielsen, said his firm was considering legal action against NML after the falling-out.

The Dane – whose firm picked up the Royal Institute of British Architects’ coveted International Award in 2009 – also claimed NML had withheld payments for the design work.

Now Mr Nielsen is due to return to Liverpool in January to meet NML director Dr David Fleming.

Speaking exclusively to the Daily Post, he refused to rule out legal action or say if NML had settled its bills with 3XN.

But he noted AEW had stayed largely true to 3XN’s original design, changing only the cladding material, the toilets and the access ramps.

Last year, Mr Nielsen said NML still owed his firm “a lot of money”.

Confirming the meeting was due to take place, NML said Dr Fleming and Mr Nielsen would be discussing how to “promote” the new museum once it is completed later in 2010.

Mr Nielsen said last night: “We are due to fly to Liverpool just after Christmas to have a friendly meeting with the client. I am coming over at the start of January.

“Our aim is to have a gentlemen’s agreement (with the client). I think things are going in the right way now.

http://i45.tinypic.com/mvsxvl.jpg

A disagreement between the Danish architect office 3 X Nielsen and the client resulted in the architects being fired. This did not prevent the client from buiding the museum to more or less the original design in collaboration with a Manchester based firm.
Sounds a bit like Sydney Opera House.
Anyway, according to this article the affair may end amicably.

ramblersen

January 14th, 2010, 09:28 AM

Vilhelm Lauritzen has won a big masterplan competition in Chengdu, China.

http://www.dac.dk/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=6037

ramblersen

January 26th, 2010, 01:10 PM

Some new (and a couple of not so new) renderings of some of Henning Larsen Architects' international projects. Many more as well as videos on their new website. I really think they are on the move in a positive direction after the old Larsen has retired.

Institute of Diplomatic Studies and Consular Affairs Department in Riyadh:

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f339857%2fInstitute_for_Diplomatic_Studies_04.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f339842%2fInstitute_for_Diplomatic_Studies_01.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

King Abdullah financial District Masterplan, don't exactly know how many and which of the individual buildings the design:
http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f105346%2fKing-Abdullah-Financial-District-02.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

Massar Discovery Centre in Damascus:

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f288537%2fMassar_Childrens_Discovery_Center_01.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f288552%2fMassar_Childrens_Discovery_Center_04.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

Damn this lrendering ooks a lot like the Ingels library in Kazaksthan...or rather the other way round:

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f288562%2fMassar_Childrens_Discovery_Center_06.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

Der Spiegel's new headquarters on the harbourfront in Hamburg:

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f72270%2fSpiegel_HQ_Ericusspize_01.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f72295%2fSpiegel_HQ_Ericusspize_06.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f72305%2fSpiegel_HQ_Ericusspize_08.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f72290%2fSpiegel_HQ_Ericusspize_05.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

Some project they didn't win in Singapore - but they should be most welcome to build it in Cph.:

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f297399%2fMediaCorp_Singapore_01.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f297414%2fMediaCorp_Singapore_04.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f297419%2fMediaCorp_Singapore_05.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f297424%2fMediaCorp_Singapore_06.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

Boscorelli

February 14th, 2010, 01:41 AM

Some scraper in New York by Wåhlin Arkitekter but there is no real info about it's status on the site:

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6722/senise02.jpg

http://www.wahlinarkitekter.se/index.php?id=82

Þróndeimr

February 14th, 2010, 08:38 PM

Loads of cool project from Henning Larsen! :okay:

Here is a few projects not designed by N&B architects, but the renderings are rendered by Norwegian MIR.

Dream Hub Archipelago in Seoul, this proposal was rejected.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SOMProposal2small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SOMProposal1small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SOMProposal4small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/SOMProposal3small.jpg

Mumbai International Airport
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Mumintairport3small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Mumintairport2small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Mumintairport4small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Mumintairport5small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Mumintairport1small.jpg

Comparto Via Lagra in Bologna, Italy.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Comparto1small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Comparto2small.jpg

mlm

February 14th, 2010, 09:48 PM

^^ I really like that tower in Bologna. :okay:

Wish we could get towers like that here....

Þróndeimr

February 14th, 2010, 10:13 PM

More projects by Norwegian Snøhetta.

St. Petersburg Dance Hall
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/PetersburgDanceHall1small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/PetersburgDanceHall2small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/PetersburgDanceHall3small.jpg

Cairo Expo
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/CairoExpo1small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/CairoExpo2small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/CairoExpo3small.jpg

Amman Cultural Center
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/EsrthsCrust1small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/EsrthsCrust2small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/EsrthsCrust3small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/EsrthsCrust4small.jpg

KAPSARC, unknown project in Saudi Arabia.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KAPSARC1small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KAPSARC2small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KAPSARC3small.jpg

Boscorelli

February 14th, 2010, 10:51 PM

^^

Are anyone of those projects you posted by Snøhetta about to get built?

ramblersen

February 14th, 2010, 11:18 PM

^^

Are anyone of those projects you posted by Snøhetta about to get built?

I think the Cairo EXPO project was for a masterplan competition ultimately won by Hadid, I think Danish 3XM is supposed to make a 5-star hotel for that development.

Don't know anything about the others, they look mighty sweet though as Snøhetta's projects usually do. Hopefully they will soon win the competition in Malm¨for that concert hall and congress centre.:)

Þróndeimr

February 15th, 2010, 01:24 AM

^^

Are anyone of those projects you posted by Snøhetta about to get built?

No idea since the site where i find the renderings offer no info, so i have to search up each project to find out. But since those projects arent available on Snøhetta's homepage i guess they didnt win the competitions.

ramblersen

February 15th, 2010, 11:53 AM

Here's the Hadid proposal that won the Cairo EXPO project and it is also mentioned that Snøhetta was the other shortlisted firm:

http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3142425
http://www.archtracker.com/cairo-expo-city-competition-zaha-hadid/2009/06/

And here's something on the 3XN hotel involvement (in Danish):

http://www.building-supply.dk/article/view.html?id=37869

Boscorelli

February 15th, 2010, 03:03 PM

No idea since the site where i find the renderings offer no info, so i have to search up each project to find out. But since those projects arent available on Snøhetta's homepage i guess they didnt win the competitions.

What a pity, they where great!

ramblersen

February 18th, 2010, 02:59 PM

Hvidt Arkitekter in California:

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/13344_ESRI2main.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=13344

void0

February 19th, 2010, 09:34 PM

^^

Are anyone of those projects you posted by Snøhetta about to get built?

At least dance palace in St.Petersburg will be designed by Dutch company, which won competition.

mlm

March 7th, 2010, 10:29 PM

According to DR News, Danish "Schmidt Hammer Lassen" has won the new International Criminal Court in The Hague. It will be announced offically tomorrow.

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/haag01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/haag02.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/haag03.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/haag04.jpg
© Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Fab 5

March 7th, 2010, 11:49 PM

^^WOW, that's crazy. I never thought they would be able to pull it off in the end.

staff

March 8th, 2010, 02:25 AM

I think SHL's problem is that their stuff is so inconsistent. I think this one is looking exciting though. I can't wait to see what they have in store for the new Malmö concert hall (and they need to be on top of their game considering the competition!).

ramblersen

March 8th, 2010, 06:01 PM

SHL's winning project on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofytzUH9ttE&feature=player_embedded

staff

March 8th, 2010, 07:21 PM

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13624_4_icc7big.JPG

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13624_5_icc8big.JPG

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March 16th, 2010, 10:34 PM

SHL are on a roll;

schmidt hammer lassen architects wins prestigious hotel complex in Munich, Germany (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=13665)

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13665_2_shl02.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13665_1_shl1000.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13665_6_shl06.jpg

mlm

March 16th, 2010, 11:02 PM

^^ On a roll indeed. That's one huge hotel!

I don't know anything about the history of this project, but that entrance and the arches looks kind of middle eastern on the renderings. Maybe there's some historical reason...?

EDIT: I see there's a bit about the arches/arcade on your link, explains a bit of my question.

ramblersen

March 17th, 2010, 08:47 AM

Nice entrance (reminds me a bit of some of Wingårdh's), something like that would have been good for the DGI Byen-corner. Instead they gave us THIS (won't even pollute this thread with an inserted picture)::ohno:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/DGI-Byen.jpg

staff

March 17th, 2010, 03:51 PM

Haha, that's nothing short of depressing...

Pansori

March 18th, 2010, 05:04 AM

Munich is not exactly a high-rise dominated city. That will be an instant landmark, especially being near the main central areas.

Þróndeimr

March 18th, 2010, 11:37 AM

Love the entrance part! Very similar to the future new Oslo Central Station. Its design was also criticized for been 'Islam' inspired, though its design is supose to resemblance traditional Norwegian bridge constructions which is arch bridges.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/fjordportenx1000a.jpg

Jarmo K

April 4th, 2010, 12:18 AM

estonian pavilion at the shanghai expo... pics from 2 weeks ago.

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1138

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1137

finnish pavilion in the middle, danish to the right...
http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1136

Pansori

April 4th, 2010, 12:20 AM

Estonian pavillion seems to have quite a bunch of African flags, a Lithuanian, Russian, Thai, some former USSR and perhaps a few other flags. :D

Tin_Can

April 4th, 2010, 12:25 AM

Meh...work in progress. Any renders,Jarmo?

Jarmo K

April 4th, 2010, 12:43 AM

yes.

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1129

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1130

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1131

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1132

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1133

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1134

http://www.arhliit.ee/filer.php?ctype=project&id=851&stype=image&sid=1135

Estonian pavillion seems to have quite a bunch of African flags, a Lithuanian, Russian, Thai, some former USSR and perhaps a few other flags. :D

ironically the facade is meant to resemble the patterns of estonian national clothes...

well this is what you get when a country rents a modular pavilion... at least our pavilion is a million times better than the lithuanian one :D

Pansori

April 4th, 2010, 12:48 AM

well this is what you get when a country rents a modular pavilion... at least our pavilion is a million times better than the lithuanian one :D

At least Lithuanian pavillion doesn't looks like an African one :D

Tin_Can

April 4th, 2010, 12:50 AM

I was kinda hoping that it looks better on the renders,but it doesn't :(

ch1le

April 4th, 2010, 10:01 AM

Jarmo K

April 4th, 2010, 02:34 PM

what do you think? :D
of course it's 'custom made'.

Jarmo K

April 4th, 2010, 06:50 PM

here's a cool oldie: the oregon city municipal elevator from 1955, designed by gordon trapp, and engineered by the estonian ervin aksel sööt who had fled his home country during the war...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Antipaatia/oregon1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Antipaatia/oregon4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Antipaatia/oregon11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Antipaatia/oregon18.jpg

Asbjoern

April 6th, 2010, 01:15 PM

marshol

April 6th, 2010, 11:33 PM

Norwegian pavillion, Shanghai expo 2010:
http://www.echinacities.com/cityguide/FreeTextBox/Upload/200911/2009116/20091127134006.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika09/nor02.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika09/nor04.jpg

http://www.shanghai-expo-2010.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/norway-pavilion-shanghai-expo-2010.jpg

Denis_Msk

April 6th, 2010, 11:56 PM

Latvia Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010
http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1265301039-2-latvia-expo-2010-flying-people-show-1000x706.jpg
http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1265301033-3-latvia-expo-2010-flying-people-show-1000x706.jpg
http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1265301014-6-latvia-expo-2010-interactive-exposition.jpg
http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1265301020-5-latvia-expo-2010-flying-people.jpg
http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1265301026-4-latvia-expo-2010-entrance-stairs.jpg
Designed by Mailītis A.I.I.M

Boscorelli

April 9th, 2010, 10:50 AM

The swedish pavillion.

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ch1le

April 9th, 2010, 04:44 PM

Latvian pavillion is almost as funny as lithuanian one.

I mean. Its not real. Those white flying things wont happen. Well, inside, probably can. But there is no way it can hover over the building.

Þróndeimr

April 9th, 2010, 05:17 PM

Latvian pavillion is almost as funny as lithuanian one.

I mean. Its not real. Those white flying things wont happen. Well, inside, probably can. But there is no way it can hover over the building.

Helium balloons ;)

agent 007

April 10th, 2010, 05:48 PM

Those won't be Helium baloons, but people. Search in Google or Youtube, what is Aeroduim.
Here's a video about them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGgr-8Vk0l4

Denis_Msk

April 27th, 2010, 07:27 PM

Latvian pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010

27.04.2010:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4557407850_3c5811eaed.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4556785995_6dc9a4430c.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4556785887_cd9e60d399.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/4557415542_63da60a650.jpg

Part of facade:

10985186

ramblersen

May 4th, 2010, 02:54 PM

A copy of Green Lighthouse, Denmark's first co2-neutral public building designed by Christensen & Co, seems to be under way in Russia. It has been decided by Russia's president Dmitrij Medvedev personally after he visited the building last Wednesday under an official visit to Denmark.

http://www.dac.dk/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=6357

Þróndeimr

June 2nd, 2010, 11:28 AM

This is definitively a project outside our region! A serious project from Snøhetta not yet launched, project is called "The Moon"...

http://i47.tinypic.com/6hrt68.jpg
@ MIR (http://mir.no/)

http://i45.tinypic.com/w9ir9f.jpg
@ MIR (http://mir.no/)

IceCheese

June 2nd, 2010, 04:20 PM

^^What now?:lol:

Þróndeimr

June 2nd, 2010, 05:14 PM

^^ jungles and cities in space, the future lies in Snøhetta's arms!

ramblersen

June 5th, 2010, 12:44 PM

While there has been a lot of focus on the fact that Olafur Eliasson has designed the facade of Henning Larsen Architects' Reykiavik Concert Hall, it has received much less attention (in DK) that he has also designed a facade for Tadao Ando in Tokyo. His Quasi Bricks facade system for the Yu-un gallery building:

http://rasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/arsl01_ando.jpg?w=437&h=555

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fhd43c.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F12%2Folafur-eliasson-ind-i-ando%2F

http://matsysdesign.com/studios/compositebodies/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/aq15.jpg

http://kitsunenoir.com/2008/01/02/private-gallery-by-tadao-ando-tokujin-yoshioka-olafur-eliasson/

http://matsysdesign.com/studios/compositebodies/tag/tadao-ando/

staff

June 5th, 2010, 12:51 PM

^^
That is pretty damn gorgeous.

ramblersen

June 5th, 2010, 01:43 PM

Not all competitions are won, here is a rendering of Henning Larsen's entry in the invited competition for an extension of the Opera and Ballet Centre in Perm, Russia:

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/409661/Perm_Ballet_6.jpg

David Chipperfield won the competition.
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=13672

And also from Henning Larsen Architects, here are some examples of what they have going on in Saudi Arabia where they maintain a second office:

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f390230%2fKAFD_Crystal_Towers_01.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

Also from Henning Larsen Architects, here are some examples of what they have going on in Saudi Arabia where they maintain a second office. All are made in connection with their King Abdullah Financial District masterplan and supposed to be completed in 2013 although I am uncertain of the status:

Crystal Towers:
http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/390230/KAFD_Crystal_Towers_01.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/390245/KAFD_Crystal_Towers_04.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/390225/KAFD_Crystal_Towers_06.jpg

The Gem Building*
/media/391104/KAFD_Gem_Building_01.jpg

Villas in the Sky’ :
http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/395645/KAFD_Villas_in_the_Sky_01.jpg

ramblersen

June 8th, 2010, 05:36 AM

Danish architect(ure) outside our region - the definitive post!

http://rasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/ascreenshoot237.jpg?w=640&h=358

http://rasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/ascreenshoot236.jpg?w=640&h=358

Now it's here, the DEFINITIVE proof of exactly how hot Danish architecture is internationally. In the film masterpiece Sex and the City 2, a "Danish architect" appears as the toy-boy--wonder to end all toy-boy-wonder-wonders - slightly mysterious and top-tanned! It has been confirmed that the original intention was to let Bjarke Ingels - who is currently a guest professor in the City (at Columbia University, no confirmed reports of any sex though) - appear as himself until he was ultimately deemed too short by the relevant scenes's female protagonist, Samantha Jones/Kim Cattrall, and replaced by a Rikhard Spirit played by Max Ryan. Well I made up the bit about Bjarke Ingels but the rest is true. Does it get any cooler?:lol:

But here's the real SATC2 talking point to pull out at the Memorial Day barbecue: when the girls find themselves in Abu Dhabi on a press junket, Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), who the sequel finds fending off menopause with the help of Suzanne Somers and fistfuls of synthetic hormones, is seduced by none other than a raffish architect! A dashing, grizzled-a-la-Richard-Branson figure roars up out of nowhere in the back of a jeep, dazzles the women, and then disappears over the dunes (which writer/director Michael Patrick King told us are the very same dunes that appeared in Lawrence of Arabia). He's revealed to be one Rikard Spirit (Max Ryan), "a Danish architect" staying at the same hotel as the ladies. The film, which we found maddeningly short on exterior shots, doesn't say any more about Spirit's work, but a crude pun, sexual hijinks, and a plot-pivoting scuffle with the Abu Dhabi authorities all come courtesy of the architect, a design-minded deus ex machina.

http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/film_video/your_sex_and_the_city_2_talking_point_samantha_seduced_by_an_architect_162962.asp

Tthe scene - remember to savour the acting which is likely to be the worst that you will ever see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXideXf79I

staff

June 8th, 2010, 03:45 PM

^^
Haha, that is awesome. :lol:

Þróndeimr

June 18th, 2010, 11:03 PM

Another unlaunched and 'top secret' project by Snøhetta. This is not on the Moon though.

CID
http://i49.tinypic.com/65y63a.jpg
@ MIR (http://mir.no/)

http://i49.tinypic.com/24vvdw6.jpg
@ MIR (http://mir.no/)

http://i49.tinypic.com/2ibhwsi.jpg
@ MIR (http://mir.no/)

ramblersen

June 19th, 2010, 10:59 AM

^^
WAUW all those renderings lack is a hunky Danish architect approachibng in a cloud of dust and testosterone! I particularly love the urbanity of that setting!

Is 'top secret' an euphemism for "flimsy, promitional vision that hasn't won anything and notone has commissioned...and will never get built"?;)

Looks really cool though, would love something like that for Amager Strandpark.

Þróndeimr

June 19th, 2010, 11:07 AM

^^ not sure, but Snøhetta have won two similar projects in desertlands, so i don't know what to believe. Time will tell. ;)

ramblersen

June 19th, 2010, 11:29 AM

^^
Yes I think everybody are aware of those two considering how many times they have been posted by now.:) I am quite sure - and you are too, I'm sure - that there would be no doubt if it had actually won a competition, projects like that tend to get coverage in magazines and exposure by the architect. But yes we cill se.

Wawes of Abu Dabi
A competition win from Henning Larsen Architects back in 2006, Wawes of Abu Dabi, which I don't think has been posted before. I assume it is dead though since I haven't seen otherwise:

http://da.henninglarsen.com/media/391502/Waves_1.jpg

http://da.henninglarsen.com/media/391497/Waves_5.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/0700-0799/0735-waves-of-abu-dhabi.aspx

It reminds me of the BIG proposal for Gothenburg (or rather the other way round of course),a long, wawy groundscraper that eises in one end to become a skyscraper (or highrise at least), but couldn't dig up the BIG proposal to see how much.

marshol

June 23rd, 2010, 09:54 PM

Snøhetta won a competition to renovate Times Square, NYC. :cheers1:

http://www.dn.no/forsiden/etterBors/article1923013.ece

muster

June 23rd, 2010, 10:54 PM

Snøhetta won a competition to renovate Times Square, NYC. :cheers1:

http://www.dn.no/forsiden/etterBors/article1923013.ece

And then they take Berlin.. :nuts:

Oh well, good news. Now they have both Times Square and 9/11, not bad.

ramblersen

June 25th, 2010, 10:39 AM

Henning Larsen Architects have won a competition for the design of a new aquarium in the Georgian ressort town of Batumi.

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/429139/Batumi_3.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/429144/Batumi_4.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/429149/Batumi_5.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/429154/Batumi_6.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/429159/Batumi_7.jpg

And the source of inspiration?

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/429164/Batumi_8.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/news/archive/2010/06/first-prize-for-batumi-aquarium.aspx

ch1le

June 25th, 2010, 11:55 AM

LORF.

Jarmo K

June 25th, 2010, 01:28 PM

:D reminds me of this http://www.blanciak.com/Taipei1.html

ramblersen

June 29th, 2010, 10:34 AM

According to the paper version of Danish business newspaper Børsen, Bjarke Ingels Group is to design a 90,000 sqm building in New York with apartments, offices and educational facilities and will open a branch office on Lower Manhattan. They are already planning to open a branch office in Hong Kong later this year.

http://www.building-supply.dk/article/view.html?id=51114

staff

June 29th, 2010, 12:56 PM

:okay:

ramblersen

July 10th, 2010, 02:03 PM

Schmidt hammer lassen have won a competition in collaboration with local Marshall Tittemore Architects to design the new Highlands Branch Library in Edmonton, Canada. It is their second win in Canada this year after they recently won a competition to design another library in Halifax.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.showbriefdetail&newsid=739

Þróndeimr

July 13th, 2010, 12:40 PM

Oh and, old news but Henning Larsen came 3rd with their Nairobi Vision.

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/397654/Nairobi_6.jpg

http://www.henninglarsen.com/media/397659/Nairobi_01.jpg

ramblersen

July 23rd, 2010, 10:16 AM

Snøhetta Chosen for $250-Million SFMOMA Expansion

http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/snhetta_chosen_for_250-million_sfmoma_expansion/

staff

August 20th, 2010, 09:27 PM

BIG Architects Unveil Giant TED Cube Building In Taiwan (http://www.archicentral.com/big-architects-unveil-giant-ted-cube-building-in-taiwan-26951/#more-26951)

mlm

August 20th, 2010, 11:13 PM

^^ They're really on a roll these days. I visited the BIG office last week for an interview with Bjarke Ingels and the office is just packed with cool huge models. Many of them unknown to me. :)

Jarmo K

August 26th, 2010, 10:39 AM

^ cool, will the interview be published soon? in english or danish?

mlm

August 26th, 2010, 05:07 PM

^^ In Danish. It wasn't really much about architecture though (unfortunately), more about him as the leader of his company. I think it's for a "business magazine", but not sure when it will be puslished.

Pisling

August 27th, 2010, 10:01 PM

^^ Must have been funny to meet him in person, though. Did you get his autograph? ;)

mlm

August 27th, 2010, 10:31 PM

ramblersen

August 28th, 2010, 10:21 PM

^^ Hehe no, not much of an autograph collector. :D But yes, it was surely cool to meet him. They actually had a big model of The Battery (http://www.dagensdesign.dk/index/blog/Optegnelser/2010/2/16_FASTE_BATTERI___BIG.html) in the meeting room, he seemed very optimistic about the project. :)

I am very disappointed with you that you didn't bring back discretely snatched mobile photos of brand new and top-secret projects for us!:D

ramblersen

September 6th, 2010, 07:05 PM

Þróndeimr

September 6th, 2010, 08:15 PM

A video of the project can be found here:

http://vimeo.com/14634988

:okay:

14634988

ramblersen

September 7th, 2010, 02:38 PM

With a reference to Bart Lootsma's book Superdutch: New Architecture in the Netherlands from 2000 which highlighted 12 innovative Dutch architects, has the international architecture forum ARCHITIZER zoomed in on Danish architecture under the title Superdanish. They cover both the young generation of innovative practices spearheaded by BIG/PLOT and the more established firms. Most of the featured projects are from our region but I think this is still the most relevant thread to post it in since it relates to the international reputation and influence of Danish architecture.

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The Superdanish
At the turn of the 21st century, architect Rem Koolhaas was, needless to say, a big deal. Making a name for himself on a global level with SMLXL (coupled with a handful of award-winning projects), Koolhaas became a prominent figure in both the professional and academic worlds. Bart Lootsma felt that other innovative Dutch architects should share in OMA’s limelight and in 2000 created a book presenting the work of twelve contemporary Dutch architectures titled Superdutch: New Architecture in the Netherlands.

Profiling the work of both established and up and coming Dutch firms, Superdutch became a showcase of practices on the verge of being the next wave of global architectural players. Within the book, OMA along with UN Studio, Mecanoo, MVRDV and West 8 (all firms still making architecture headlines today) showed how they were changing the world of architecture one project at a time.

Shortly after Superdutch hit bookshelves, two ambitious young architects decided to combine their design abilities and began a firm in Denmark simply known as PLOT. Under this alias, Bjarke Ingels and Julien De Smedt* (who met while working for OMA) spent the next 5 years creating narrative-based architecture analyzing practical and theoretical issues. In 2006, the founders of PLOT decided to go their separate ways, creating BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) and JDS (Julien De Smedt Architects). Expanding upon their once-collaborative experience, the architects have managed to establish their respective firms major players in the architecture world.

Currently, the Danish architectural invasion seems to be in full force. Alongside BIG and JDS, a new batch of up-and-coming Danes have been making waves in the field — the Superdanish, if you will.

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BIG_JDS_03.png

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BIG_JDS_021.jpg
The Mountain Dwellings (top) and VM Housing Block (bottom), designed by PLOT

Not to be outdone by the younger generation of firms, Danish architectural staples Henning Larsen (who celebrated their 50th anniversary last year), C. F. Møller Architects (which was founded in 1924) and 3XN have been stepping up their proverbial game, recently completing a number of competition/award-winning projects of their own.

The Danish have been historically known for creating truly iconic buildings (Sydney Opera house by Pritzker Prize recipient and proud Dane Jørn Utzon, anyone?). With their highly saturated renderings and strong formal gestures, it seems that the current generation of designers hope for nothing less than to follow in their predecessors’ footsteps. Only time will tell how influential these firms, and their architecture, will become. For now, it is safe to assume that Superdanish architecture will not lose global interest any time soon.

A week hardly goes by without a new project coming out of Denmark winning an international competition or design award. Below are a slew of images showcasing many of these unique projects and the firms behind them.

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ADEPT-and-Sou-Fujimoto-_exterior.jpg
ADEPT and Sou Fujimoto’s competition-winning proposal for a new Swedish Media Library

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/7a0585c8.jpg
MVRDV and ADEPT combined their effort to win the House of Culture and Movement competition

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/WE-ARchitecture.jpg
Young design practices WE ARCHITECTURE and Sophus Søbye Architects recently won the first prize in a competition for the new Mariehøj culture center in Holte, Denmark.

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/effekt-and-SEA.png
Design for the Estonian Academy of Art by SEA/ Special Edition Architecture and EFFEKT (expected completion in 2011)

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/MAPT.jpg
MAPT and Alliance Arkitekter’s designed the Bølgen restaurant with additional cultural spaces.

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/green_lighthouse_CCA.jpg
WAF2010-shortlisted Green Lighthouse designed by Christensen & Co Architect

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-cornerstone-image-by-jaja-91.jpg
JAJA Architects Cornerstone office building in Vanløse, Denmark

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/NORD_naturalscience.jpg

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/NORD_healthcare.jpg
Natural Science Center (photos by Adam Mørk), top, and Heathcare center for cancer patients, bottom, designed by NORD Architects

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hla_georgia.jpg
Henning Larsen Architects design for the new Batumi Aquarium in Georgia

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hla_campus.jpg
Henning Larsen’s competition wining design for the Campus Roskilde at the University College Sealand

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3xn-Middelfart-Savings-Bank-9Small.jpg
Middelfart Savings Bank by 3XN

http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/crystal_clear_moller-1.jpg
Crystal Clear, designed by C. F. Møller Architects in collaboration with Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter
*Clarification: Julien de Smedt is actually Belgian, though he and Ingels started their first collaborative effort, PLOT, in Denmark.

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/7280/the-superdanish/#more-7280

ramblersen

September 19th, 2010, 12:16 PM

http://rasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/fast-company-bjarke-ingels.jpg?w=640&h=694

The international presentation of Danish architects moves from toy-boy--wonder in the recent Sex & the City 2 movie (cf. the previous page of this thread) to cover boy-meets-comic book super heroe when the October - Masters of Design issue of the magazine Fast Company brings an interview with Bjarke Ingels.

In the world of architecture, there’s no hotter upstart than Denmark’s Bjarke Ingels Group. BIG’s ambitious buildings are poetic, practical and unlike anything else.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/149

Of relevance to this thread is mainly a tiny bit of insight into the character of their first New York building.

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbjarke_ingels_001.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbjarke_ingels_002.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbjarke_ingels_003.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbjarke_ingels_004.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbjarke_ingels_005.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbjarke_ingels_006.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=rasmusbroennum.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbjarke_ingels_007.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Frasmusbroennum.wordpress.com%2F

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/149/a-graphic-novel-story.html

ramblersen

October 26th, 2010, 12:35 PM

Henning Larsen Architects has won the international competition for the new Aghobili Hotel in the Georgian town of Abastumani, located on the southern slope of the Meskheti Range at the entrance to the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, one of the largest national parks in Europe. The project was developed in collaboration with consulting engineers Buro Happold.

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f514763%2fAbastumani_Aghobili_Hotel_EXT_01.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f514768%2fAbastumani_Aghobili_Hotel_EXT_03.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f514758%2fAbastumani_Aghobili_Hotel_EXT_0.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://www.henninglarsen.com/news/archive/2010/10/new-luxury-hotel-in-the-mountains-of-georgia.aspx

ramblersen

November 1st, 2010, 01:40 PM

A fw construction ipdates from some projects designed by Danish architects:

http://da.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f519233%2fSpiegel_7.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

Henning Larsen Architects' new Spiegel Headquarters on the waterfront in Gamburg has been topped off:

http://da.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f519203%2fSpiegel_1.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://da.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f519213%2fSpiegel_3.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://da.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f519218%2fSpiegel_4.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

When completed:

http://da.henninglarsen.com/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f72270%2fSpiegel_HQ_Ericusspize_01.jpg&width=588&height=261&constrain=true

http://da.henninglarsen.com/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2010/10/rejsegilde-for-spiegel.aspx

The new Aberdeen University Library in Sciotland by schmidt hammer lassen has also been topped off and will open next year:

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49395000/jpg/_49395332_aberdeen_uni_library_bbc.jpg

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49395000/jpg/_49395332_aberdeen_uni_library_bbc.jpg

When completed:

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/5422UniversityofAberdeenLibrary_pic1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/5422UniversityofAberdeenLibrary_pic1.jpg

3XM's Stadthuis in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, which combines a city hall, a library and a cultural centre has also been topped off but couldn't find any construction photos.

Other Danish projects well under construction are the Henning Larsen Architects Massar Children's Discovery Center in Damaskus, Syria, and BIG's new national library in Kazaksthan. Not sure exactly how far they are though.

Þróndeimr

November 6th, 2010, 08:01 PM

Snøhetta (MIR as visualizer) with proposal to the Victoria & Albert Museum in Dundee, Scotland. They didn't win the competition.
http://i51.tinypic.com/30w5jk5.jpg

Þróndeimr

November 6th, 2010, 08:22 PM

edit.

Þróndeimr

November 6th, 2010, 08:24 PM

edit.

Þróndeimr

November 6th, 2010, 08:24 PM

edit.

ramblersen

November 7th, 2010, 06:32 PM

@Þróndeimr: Please stop drowning this thread in all those off topic renderings. Make a dedicated thread if you really find those renderings so interesting or post them in the Beyond N&B thread where they belong. That a Norwegian firm has produced the renderings don't make them anywhere near relevant to this thread. But nice buildings. Thanks.:)

Þróndeimr

November 7th, 2010, 07:19 PM

^^ i guess there aren't really that many projects beyond N&B made by animation companies worth making a thread for. But ill remove my posts since its true they don't belong here. :)

ramblersen

November 7th, 2010, 09:14 PM

^^ i guess there aren't really that many projects beyond N&B made by animation companies worth making a thread for. But ill remove my posts since its true they don't belong here. :)

Well from this post of yours I was under the impression that there were lots and lots of Norwegian projects which hadn't been posted - since I could come up with lots of Danish ones which hasn't.:)

^^ or is it because danish members have just been better at posting stuff about what danish architects are doing outside Denmark? ;)

muster

November 7th, 2010, 09:54 PM

ramblersen

November 7th, 2010, 11:00 PM

Maybe you should stop posting irrelavant cartoons and pojects from our region before posting comments like that? Thanks!

Both are sources which you refer to relates to the repuattion of Danish architecture outside our region and a significant part of the content is about projects outside our region. I therefore see them as highly relevant to this thread. I know that you are only here to wag your nationalistic tail but some of us are here to share information about architecture and urban development and the two sources you refer to are actually about just that. And to me they seem a lot more relevant to this thread than in the "International media about our countries"-thread or a Danish thread. I honestly think there is a very big difference to posting whole series of projects which has not even been designed by anyone from our region and where they might just as well be posted in the "Beyond N&B thread where they belong). Otherwise where does it stop, should we also post projects built by engineers from our region, or which has windows from a Scandinavian window manufacturerm or just with floors made out of Norwegian timber?

That you will see a problem in these postings you refer to can hardly come has a surprise to anyone but if other people in general find them irrelevant I'll happily remove them and reconsider what I post in here. Abyone?

And as I already wrote in my answer to Þróndeimr, I was under the impression that you Norwegians had lots of unposted projects, so why not just post them instead?:)

muster

November 8th, 2010, 12:23 AM

Both are sources which you refer to relates to the repuattion of Danish architecture outside our region and a significant part of the content is about projects outside our region. I therefore see them as highly relevant to this thread. I know that you are only here to wag your nationalistic tail but some of us are here to share information about architecture and urban development and the two sources you refer to are actually about just that. And to me they seem a lot more relevant to this thread than in the "International media about our countries"-thread or a Danish thread. I honestly think there is a very big difference to posting whole series of projects which has not even been designed by anyone from our region and where they might just as well be posted in the "Beyond N&B thread where they belong). Otherwise where does it stop, should we also post projects built by engineers from our region, or which has windows from a Scandinavian window manufacturerm or just with floors made out of Norwegian timber?

That you will see a problem in these postings you refer to can hardly come has a surprise to anyone but if other people in general find them irrelevant I'll happily remove them and reconsider what I post in here. Abyone?

And as I already wrote in my answer to Þróndeimr, I was under the impression that you Norwegians had lots of unposted projects, so why not just post them instead?:)

Wag my nationalistic tail? Lol, how typical of you making a comment like that. You should really start reading some of your own post sometimes, then you would see how fanatic nationalisme is practised.

Anyhow, my point is that Þróndeimr have contributed parhaps 100 times more than you on SCC, so I'm just asking you to drop the attitude. If you want to change something I'm sure you can PM him, or refrase yourself before posting ;)

ramblersen

November 8th, 2010, 01:33 AM

Anyhow, my point is that Þróndeimr have contributed parhaps 100 times more than you on SCC, so I'm just asking you to drop the attitude. If you want to change something I'm sure you can PM him, or refrase yourself before posting ;)

Uou should really just shot up sometimes when you have nothing relevant to say muster - must of all for your own sake.:)

There was no attitude whatsoever in what I wrote. I merely asked Þróndeimr to post his renderings in the relevant thread since they were totally off topic here which they were. He agreed with me and seemed to have no problem with my suggestion, I don't know why you in your usual manipulative and childish way try to make an issue out of it - or rather, I do know why, but it is really dumb even for you.

I don't know why I should pm him about this matter, it was not like what I wrote was some fierce criticism or personal attack. great renderings which merely belonged somewhere else and since there werre a lot of them I found it relevant to point out that they belonged somewhere else. Secondly it is my experience that noone check their personal messages except for administrators.

muster

November 8th, 2010, 02:04 AM

Uou should really just shot up sometimes when you have nothing relevant to say muster - must of all for your own sake.:)

I don't know why you in your usual manipulative and childish way try to make an issue out of it - or rather, I do know why, but it is really dumb even for you

The attitude again. Some never change..:ohno:

Ingenioren

November 8th, 2010, 10:18 AM

Why irrelevant? It clearly informative: Big is designing project in both Astana and New York?

Boscorelli

November 8th, 2010, 10:39 AM

What a pity you deleted them Þróndeimr! They were absolutely stunning!

ramblersen

November 8th, 2010, 10:46 AM

What a pity you deleted them Þróndeimr! They were absolutely stunning!

He has posted them in the relevant thread now so what is the problem?:)

Boscorelli

November 8th, 2010, 10:50 AM

He has posted them in the relevant thread now so what is the problem?:)

What is the relevant thread then? please! :)

ramblersen

November 8th, 2010, 11:19 AM

What is the relevant thread then? please! :)

The best thread of the forum - about architecture outside our region produced by architects from outside our region of course. Don't know if they are all there but most seem to be:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=392487&page=47

Boscorelli

November 8th, 2010, 11:21 AM

The best thread of the forum - about architecture outside our region produced by architects from outside our region of course. Don't know if they are all there but most seem to be:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=392487&page=47

I ment those posts but never mind! ;) They were such great posts! :)

ramblersen

November 8th, 2010, 02:13 PM

I ment those posts but never mind! ;) They were such great posts! :)

That makes absolutely no sense since the posts were basically just the renderings whcih has been reposted.:)

In the attempt to bring this thread back on topic, here are some buildings which from outside our region which were designed by Danish architects.

In Athens the Danish brothers Christian and Theophilus Hansen designed the so-called Neoclassical Trilogy - consisting of the University, the Academy and the Observatory - as well as many other buildings. Theophilus later continued to Austria where achieved as great success with buildings such as the Parliament Building and Musikverein which is often referred to as the world's best concert hall.

Christian Hansen

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/new/UniversityPropylaeaAthens.jpg

Crown Prince's Palace, Athens - now the Åresidential Mansion

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Palais_pr%C3%A9sidentiel_d%27Ath%C3%A8nes.jpg/800px-Palais_pr%C3%A9sidentiel_d%27Ath%C3%A8nes.jpg

Theophilus Hansen

Athens Academy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Athens_academy.jpg/800px-Athens_academy.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Academia4.jpg

Athens Observatory

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/07Athen_Observatorium1.jpg/450px-07Athen_Observatorium1.jpg

The Zappeion in Athens

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Athens_Zappeion.jpg/800px-Athens_Zappeion.jpg

Castle Nadelburg in Lichtenwörth, Lower Austria

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Castle-nadelburg.jpg/741px-Castle-nadelburg.jpg

Reichsrat in Vienna, today Austrian Parliament Building

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Wien_parlament.JPG/800px-Wien_parlament.JPG

Palais Hansen in Vienna

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Palais_Hansen_Wien_2010_2.jpg/800px-Palais_Hansen_Wien_2010_2.jpg

Musikverein building in Vienna

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Wien_Musikverein_2004.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Musikverein_Goldener_Saal.jpg/800px-Musikverein_Goldener_Saal.jpg

ramblersen

November 8th, 2010, 02:44 PM

Dissing + Weitling

The Copenhagen-based architectural firm Dissing + Weitling which is a continuation of Arne Jacobsen's old practice is today mainly known for bridge designs but has also designed some buildings outside our region. Many are not particularly spectacular though.:)

Qatar-Lusail bridge, Lusail, Qatar

http://www.dcdr.dk/dk/Materiale/Mind+Design/No+15/D%26Ws-bro-468x234.jpg

Nelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg, South Africa

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/South_Africa-Johannesburg-Nelson_Mandela_Bridge001.jpg/800px-South_Africa-Johannesburg-Nelson_Mandela_Bridge001.jpg

Stonecutters Bridge, Hong Kong, China

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Stonecutters_Bridge_3.jpg/800px-Stonecutters_Bridge_3.jpg

New Forth Crossing, Scotland

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45393000/jpg/_45393487_forth_bridge_new_466282.jpg

Tradeston Bridge, Glasgow, Scotland

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Tradeston_Bridge.jpg/800px-Tradeston_Bridge.jpg

Mittellandkanal Bridges, Hannover, Germany

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/26319991_72235110fa.jpg?v=0

National Bank of Iraq

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Baghdad-bank-hires.jpg/800px-Baghdad-bank-hires.jpg

http://www.dw.dk/dk/projekter.aspx?view=&category=1518&location=&time=&alpha=

Boscorelli

November 8th, 2010, 02:46 PM

That makes absolutely no sense since the posts were basically just the renderings whcih has been reposted.:)

I did write never mind! ;) It's ok if you don't understand what I mean :)

The bridge post is great!

ramblersen

November 9th, 2010, 07:18 PM

More good news from schmidt hammer lassen architects based in Aarhus, Denmark. They've once again won an international competition though this time it's in collaboration with the Canadian architectural firm Fowler Bauld & Mitchell for a new main library in the city of Halifax, Canada.

The news on shl architects website (http://shl.dk/eng/#/home/news/).

A bit more on this project rom World Archuitecture News

Halifax Central Library, Nova Scotia, Canada
By the book...

Collaborating practices embark on four months additional design development for Halifax Central Library
On November 4th 2010 in Halifax, Canada the design for the new Halifax Central Library was revealed at the fifth public consultation meeting. During this meeting the architects identified the trends from all four of the prior public meetings and showed how the building design has responded to the users' ideas.

The 45m Canadian dollars (€ 33m) Central Library in the Canadian port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia will have a clear Canadian reference as well as a detectable Scandinavian design heritage as the winning team behind the design is the Canadian architectural practice Fowler Bauld & Mitchell and Danish schmidt hammer lassen architects. In March 2010, Fowler Bauld & Mitchell and schmidt hammer lassen architects won the international competition to design Halifax Central Library.

"In the design process we have been particular keen on reflecting the spirit of the local community as well as the ‘genus loci' of the site making Halifax Central Library unique in many ways. We believe that Halifax Central Library will become a landmark cultural hub for the community," said Morten Schmidt, Founding Partner at schmidt hammer lassen architects.

At this point, Fowler Bauld & Mitchell and schmidt hammer lassen architects enter four months of Design Development, with a final public presentation and unveiling of the final detail design in March/April 2011. Breaking ground is scheduled for mid 2011 and the library is due for completion in early 2014.

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/15209_2_Halifax2.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/15209_1_Halifax1.jpg

ramblersen

November 10th, 2010, 01:56 PM

A couple of month ago I saw a brief mention in another context (http://ibyen.dk/gadeplan/ECE1020379/arkitekt-oerestad-traenger-til-nogle-kolonihaver/) that 3Xm had just won a competition for an arena in Abu Dhabi but I haven't really seen anything more about it.

But I guess a good guess is that it is this one although it doesn't say anything about them winning though and the client is confidential:

Location: Middle East
Client: Confidential
Area: 56,000 m2
Competition Proposal: 2010
Architect: 3XN and HKS 3XN
Website: www.3xn.dk
The centrifugal power of the whirlwind is interpreted into this dynamic and vibrant Arena design, reflecting the energy and growth of the Middle East region. The metaphoric Arena generates a strong architectural and visionary icon defined by the idea of the whirlwind. The ‘jet streams’ from the whirlwind form integrated shaded corridors, which meet and extend the lines of the area and thereby create a close connecting between the building and its surroundings.

http://desmena.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3xn_arena_01.jpg

http://desmena.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3xn_arena_03a.jpg

http://desmena.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3xn_arena_02.jpg

http://desmena.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3xn_arena_04.jpg

http://desmena.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3xn_arena_05.jpg

http://desmena.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3xn_arena_24.jpg

http://desmena.com/?p=2308

ramblersen

December 14th, 2010, 03:09 PM

3XN will also be designing a number of highrises in Mumbei, India. I happens for Rohan Group, one of the city's largest developers.

3XN is drawing the skyline of Mumbei
During the next year 3XN will design a number of luxury residential towers with integrated rehabilitated housing.

The cooperation with Indian developer Rohan Developers is the result of two years of relationship building and a desire to bring something different to the rapidly transforming skyline of Mumbai. The project is characterized by a high degree of environmental and social sustainability.

"In addition to designing towers which will be part of the new skyline of South Mumbai, each project includes a housing project to re-house those who were previously living in slums. We have studied the slum societies in order to create housing which will keep traditional ways of life. In essence each ultra luxury tower will give back to society by also giving dignified living quarters to those who have been displaced," says 3XNs Principal, Kim Herforth Nielsen.

Please find more information on www.3xn.dk/ and www.rohanbuilders.com/

http://english.dac.dk/visNyhed.uk.asp?artikelID=6877

ramblersen

December 14th, 2010, 03:16 PM

And World Architecture News has interviewed Kristian Ahlmark from schmidt hammer lassen about their activities in China and operating there in general.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=15218

ramblersen

December 14th, 2010, 03:25 PM

Dissing + Weitling is designing a masterplan for a 1,200ha urban development, which has been commissioned by the Vietnam Development Bank and Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam. It happens in collaboration with Buro Happold and a local firm,.

http://www.building.co.uk/pictures/458xAny/3/5/2/1656352_47news13.jpg

http://www.building.co.uk/news/new-horizons-dissing-+-weitlings-vietnamese-town/3154048.article

And not the most futuristic design but they have just won a competition for a new bridge in the historic centre of Bad Kreuznach. in Germany:

http://static.bygnet.dk/pictureArchive/large/A1291196091680Kreuznach.jpg

http://www.bygnet.dk/bygnet/go?action=302&id=13595&leftRows=10&leftCount=12069&leftFirstRow=1&groupId=301

ramblersen

January 5th, 2011, 07:39 PM

Snøhetta has won a competition for the design a Museum of Environmental Sciences at the local university in Guadalajara, Mexico:

http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/snohetta_museum_guadalajara_1-530x433.jpg

http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/snohetta_museum_guadalajara_2-530x297.jpg

http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/snohetta_museum_guadalajara_3-530x297.jpg

http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/snohetta_museum_guadalajara_4-530x409.jpg

http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/snohetta_to_design_new_museum_in_guadalajara/

ramblersen

January 7th, 2011, 03:13 PM

According to Danish business newspaper Børsen, Henning Larsen Architects have won a competition for the design of a large conference centre in Nigeria:

Danish architectural office wins project in Africa13:14 The Danish architectural office Henning Larsen Architects has won an international competition for a big conference center in Nigeria, Africa.
The new center, Calabar International Conference Center, is to be constructed in the south eastern part of Nigeria. The center will be a significant building in a river estuary of scenic beauty in the Cross River province on the borderline between Nigeria and Cameroun.

»Our task will be to carry out a project which may create an international profile for Calabar,« said architect and associate partner Ulrik Raysse from the architectural firm.

Calabar is already today the host of many conferences but wants a new conference center in order to be able to attract more international conferences and tourists.

»Nigeria is experiencing a rapid development, and an invitation to contribute to this development is also an obligation to make architecture more than a question of geometry. Architecture is also development of society,« said international design director and partner Louis Becker, Henning Larsen Architects.

Henning Larsen Architects has designed several culture and conference centres and also earlier worked in Africa. In 1992, the construction of the Nation Center in Kenya’s capital Nairobi was completed. Ritzau/BNS

http://borsen.dk/nyheder/english/artikel/1/198886/danish_architectural_office_wins_project_in_africa.html

mlm

January 7th, 2011, 04:04 PM

ramblersen

January 11th, 2011, 03:22 PM

^^ Building Supply also has a small rendering of the project in their article: Danske arkitekter vinder prestigeprojekt i Nigeria (http://www.building-supply.dk/article/view/58231/danske_arkitekter_vinder_prestigeprojekt_i_nigeria)

And now a bit better renderings have become available - reminds me quite a lot of their recently won aquarium in Georgia:

http://dagensdesign.dk/index/blog/Optegnelser/2011/1/10_Henning_Larsen_wins_in_Nigeria_files/Calabar_Conference_Center_03.jpg

http://dagensdesign.dk/index/blog/Optegnelser/2011/1/10_Henning_Larsen_wins_in_Nigeria_files/Calabar_Conference_Center_01.jpg

http://da.henninglarsen.com/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2011/01/internationalt-konferencecenter-i-nigeria.aspx

And a couple of home-grown Danish projects outside our region:

Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter have won a competition for a new Danish Embassy in New Delhi, India:

http://dagensdesign.dk/index/blog/Optegnelser/2011/1/6_Vilhelm_Lauritzen_in_India_files/vla_delhi_exterior.jpg

http://dagensdesign.dk/index/blog/Optegnelser/2011/1/6_Vilhelm_Lauritzen_in_India_files/vla_delhi_modelfoto.jpg

http://dagensdesign.dk/index/blog/Optegnelser/2011/1/6_Vilhelm_Lauritzen_in_India.html

And still less concrete but potentially a lot more interesting, Dansk Industri is currently negotiating about establishing a Danish district with Danish architecture, technologies and companies as part of the sustainable Masdar City mega project in Abu Dhabi.

http://www.building-supply.dk/article/view.html?id=57788

ramblersen

January 31st, 2011, 04:21 PM

Lundgaard & Tranberg has won a competition for a new national monument in Oman with a 12-floors open exhibition building/highrise structure. This tiny rendering is the only one I could find - the shape kind of reminds me of their SEB Bank in Copenhagen:

http://main.omanobserver.om/files/imagecache/250x250/rbimages/1295968610379417300.jpg

The Minaret is an awe-inspiring new monument, which exemplifies Oman’s Renaissance, to be constructed on the outermost point of the Muttrah Sea Road. The architects of this magnificent structure are Lundgaard and Tranberg Architects A/S from Denmark and the structure will be seen as a guiding light for the entire nation.
The year 2010 was the 40th Renaissance anniversary of the reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos. The Minaret will reflect this unique Renaissance with a special focus on heritage, resources, exchange, organic growth and education. Built with extensive use of native materials, it will be a compelling, beguiling and beautiful monument. As the character and amount of light changes through the day and night, the monument’s appearance and atmosphere will change.
Its open structure tells of Omani hospitality and the wish for continued exchange and co-operation. At the base will be a park of shade-giving vegetation and space to rest and relax. Inside will be a visitor centre and 12 floors of exhibition space focusing on Omani heritage and telling the story of the Renaissance. At the high point, visitors will find space to enjoy breathtaking views of the Muttrah Mountains and the sea, as well as a restaurant/cafe.

http://main.omanobserver.om/node/38265

ramblersen

January 31st, 2011, 04:22 PM

Henning Larsen Architects have been commissioned to design another two buildings ( 40,000 sqm each) for the King Abdullah Financial District which they have also masterplanned in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. No renderings yet.

http://da.henninglarsen.com/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2011/01/to-nye-projekter-i-riyadh.aspx

ramblersen

February 8th, 2011, 02:08 PM

BIG Architects Unveil Giant TED Cube Building In Taiwan (http://www.archicentral.com/big-architects-unveil-giant-ted-cube-building-in-taiwan-26951/#more-26951)

Some images and info in Dezeen of this Bjarke Ingels project in Taipee which is called TEK (Technology, Entertainment & Knowledge Centre) and not TED now:

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-2.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-1.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-4.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-9.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-5.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-6.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-3.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-11.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-12.gif

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-25.gif

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-25_1000.gif

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/02/dzn_TEK-by-BIG-19_1000.gif

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/04/tek-by-big/

ramblersen

February 8th, 2011, 02:17 PM

Lundgaard and Tranberg has won a competition for a Danish university centre in Beijing, China, built by Industriens Fond. It will serve as a research facility for both Danish and Chinese researchers:

http://industriensfond.dk/Resource.ashx?rid=566

More and larger renderings available here:

http://industriensfond.dk/nyheder_og_presse/nyheder.aspx?NewsId=97

Lonk to the judges report:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/28047267#/28047267/1

ramblersen

February 8th, 2011, 04:49 PM

First renderings plus a video of Bjarke Ingels Group's residential project W57 in New Tork City are out now, A few of the renderings:

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/1297114762-w57-image-by-big-01-1000x745.jpg

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/1297114778-w57-image-by-big-06-1000x696.jpg

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/1297114768-w57-image-by-big-03-1000x528.jpg

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/1297114771-w57-image-by-big-04-1000x625.jpg

More plus the video here:

http://www.archdaily.com/109832/a-big-new-york-debut/

ramblersen

February 8th, 2011, 05:33 PM

^^

And an article over four pages from New York Magazine on the project:

Pyramid Scheme
Bjarke Ingels reinvents the New York apartment building.

http://images.nymag.com/arts/architecture/features/bjarkeingels110214_560.jpg
Architects mature slowly; prodigies are rare. Yet at an age when most of his peers are still sitting in cubicles, laboring over light fixtures and door handles, Bjarke Ingels, a photogenic 36-year-old Dane with offices on two continents and projects on three, is about to revamp one of New York’s basic units: the apartment building. In every growth spurt, rental towers pop up all over the city like architectural acne, a pox of large, unsightly blocks whose creators claim it’s the best they can do, given financial realities and a restrictive zoning code. Ingels has flicked away those excuses. For the desolate juncture of 57th Street and the West Side Highway, he has designed an utterly unexpected form, neither tower nor slab nor even quite a pyramid, but a gracefully asymmetrical peak with a landscaped bower in its hollowed core. It looks wild, but it’s born of logic; true originality is the inevitable endpoint of rigorous thought.

On yet another biting cold day, Ingels cheerfully locks his foldable bicycle to a street sign in Chelsea and slides into a diner banquette to discuss his New York debut. Having naughtily dropped a few public hints about the project before his client, Durst Fetner Residential, was quite ready for the attention, he is now simultaneously excited and cagey. The new building, he explains, will fuse two apparently incompatible types: a European-style, low-rise apartment block encircling a courtyard, and a Manhattan tower-on-a-podium, yielding something that looks like neither and behaves like both. New York is ready to embrace such a griffin, he insists: “This is the country that invented surf and turf! To put a lobster on a steak—any French chef would tell you that’s a crime.”

Ingels, who has been a visiting professor at Rice University, Harvard, and Columbia, is an unabashed Americanophile. “Europeans like to declare the U.S. dead, but it’s a convenient fiction,” he says. “So many European architects have been influenced by America, and I’m interested to discover that part of Danish culture.” So he has become a part-time New Yorker; he’s rented an apartment in Tribeca, opened an office in Chelsea, and bought a vintage Porsche for jaunts out of town.

Copenhagen gave his career a running start. Ingels had just come off three years at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas’s Dutch genius factory, and he and a former associate got the job of building the Copenhagen Harbour Bath, a peaked wooden iceberg from which kids can dive into newly limpid city waters. By 2005, his first residential project had sprouted in the planned quarter of Ørestad, an open field fifteen minutes by subway from downtown that now houses a concert hall designed by Jean Nouvel. Ingels was attracting plenty of interest, but he was still feeling cut off. “The natural transit of the international intelligentsia through Copenhagen is quite limited,” he says drily.

Well before opening a New York outpost, the Bjarke Ingels Group, founded in 2005 and known by its swaggering acronym, BIG, had turned American-style surf and turf into an architectural philosophy. One of the Ørestad projects merged suburban development with dense city living by stacking little houses with yards into a precipitous mound over a parking garage. To emphasize the building’s loftiness, a steel façade displays a perforated image of Everest. For a native of a little platelike country, Ingels sure has alpine cravings: BIG has just won a competition to build a waste-to-energy plant that will loom over Copenhagen’s lagoon—and double as an artificial ski slope.

Now he is bringing the mountain to Manhattan. Durst’s West 57th Street site is a large, unpromising oblong plot pointing toward the liftoff point of the West Side Highway and flanked by an active but largely empty steam plant and a new garbage-truck garage. Ingels’s design capitalizes on the city’s steady march to the ever-more-verdant riverfront, where industry meets leisure. He and his architects had multiple tasks: turn the building toward the water, leave neighbors’ views as intact as possible, and negotiate a transition from the low-slung silhouette of Hell’s Kitchen to the long-necked towers of Riverside South. At the same time, Ingels wanted to make a “blatant” connection with Hudson River Park, and pull its greenery into the heart of the architecture in the form of a spacious court. To open up views, the building dips down at its southwestern corner. To mitigate traffic noise, it pulls back from the highway and the sanitation garage, rising along a steep, continuous slope to a sharp 450-foot summit. These methodical steps yield a sierralike outline familiar from as far back as Copenhagen’s Harbour Bath, and while that shape may one day devolve into a stylistic tic, for now it feels natural and fresh.

In a gridded city, reason would seem to dictate an architecture of seamless planes and perpendicular lines, but Ingels has found a more efficient eccentricity. Balconies slash the inclined plane. The apartments slant away from the corridor like fishbones so that windows on 58th Street frame westward views. Ingels is a virtuoso of repetitive protrusions: Instead of facing the building with a slick screen of glass, he breaks it into a Cubist expanse of windowed bays.

The design still has a long parade of approvals to win, beginning with a community- board presentation on February 9, but already it’s clear that without giving up a rentable square foot, busting a frugal developer’s budget, or requesting more than minor tweaks to city rules, Ingels has reinvented a type of architecture that seemed immune to innovation. To understand just how difficult that is to pull off, it helps to look a few blocks away, at Eleventh Avenue and 54th Street, where Ten Arquitectos is making a similar attempt to bundle greenery, rental apartments, and commercial space into an unorthodox topography. There, in a building to be called Clinton Park and now under construction, an S-shaped slab with a terraced roof climbs from a low-rise to a block-long tower. The separate parts join awkwardly, with none of the Durst project’s choreographic grace.

In videos of his interviews and talks, Ingels comes across as a supercharged amalgam of talent, charm, and overpowering ego. In person, he adopts a slightly sheepish version of his public persona, as if not quite sure how his brashness will play. Gauging reactions is not just an aspect of his temperament, but a strategy of radical adorableness. An inspiration is sometimes indistinguishable from a sales pitch. To prove that an apparently lunatic quartet of Himalaya-shaped towers could be constructed with simple materials and traditional techniques, he had his staff erect a room-size model out of 250,000 Lego bricks.

When it was time to issue the firm’s first monograph, instead of producing another sober coffee-table-crusher, he decided to make it a graphic novel, starring himself. With his superhero’s jaw and camera-ready uniform (black hoodie over black T-shirt emblazoned with a speech-bubble logo), he makes a plausible Architectureman. Still, it was a characteristically cheeky move: The darling of academe risked looking unserious, and potential clients might shudder at the thought of one day turning up as comic-book villains. But Ingels wanted to present built works as endpoints of stories that included wrong turns and setbacks as well as bolts of insight. (One frame shows a client reacting to a proposal in alarm: “He thought it looked like something designed by Darth Vader.”) And lest readers be misled into thinking Ingels was being self-deprecating, the book begins with a declaration of lineage. A suite of full-page photographs of prophets and their evolving mottos—Mies van der Rohe (“Less Is More”), Robert Venturi (“Less Is a Bore”), Philip Johnson (“I’m a Whore”), Ingels’s former employer Rem Koolhaas (“More Is More”), and Barack Obama (“Yes, We Can!”)—culminates in a picture of Ingels himself. The book’s ringingly cryptic title is an amalgam of all these slogans: Yes Is More.

The swashbuckling architect makes an odd pair with Douglas Durst, the shy, shambling scion of the New York real-estate family who is introducing Ingels to America. Durst was a prime mover in the reinvention of Times Square—he put up the Condé Nast Building and the crystal tower at One Bryant Park—but he has generally opted for experienced, deliberate firms like FXFowle and its spinoff, Cook + Fox. A revolutionary he is not. When the Copenhagen City Council invited Durst (whose wife, Susanne, is Danish) to give a talk about green high-rises in 2006, an affably obnoxious young architect waylaid him afterward to ask: “Why do all your buildings look like buildings?” By rights, Durst should have snickered and walked away. Instead, he kept in touch, caught a show of Ingels’s work at the Storefront for Art and Architecture.

Then, two years ago, Durst needed a new idea. He had controlled the 57th Street lot for nearly a decade, and in that time it had generated a procession of abortive ideas: a data-processing center that seemed too vulnerable after 9/11, a private school that was never able to get financing, a residential skyscraper that proved impractical, and a more modest low-rise that would wrap around a courtyard. On another trip to Copenhagen, Durst toured BIG’s offices and was impressed that such a young firm should have so many and such varied projects under construction, ranging from the Danish pavilion for the Expo 2010 Shanghai to a fantastical national library in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

“Bjarke doesn’t have a style that he imposes on all his projects,” Durst says. “He makes an effort to understand what the client needs.” Durst especially liked a plan for a three-sided Stockholm airport hotel where each façade, seen from a distance, resolved into a portrait of one of the children of the Swedish king. I ask Durst if he plans to engrave his own children’s likenesses on the side of his new building, and he laughs. He did, however, name a rental tower after his daughter Helena.

What drew Ingels to Durst was not just a valuable connection, but the developer’s reputation for merging profit and environmental activism. “Sustainability is not just for tree-hugging romantics who have an ideological image that the world was better before,” Ingels says. “It’s economical and even profitable: A small extra effort in construction can produce a bonus that lasts for years. But if you’re working with developers who are thinking in the short term, then it doesn’t make a lot of sense. That’s what I like about Durst: They’re going to keep the building forever.” In New York’s unsentimental real-estate climate, he has found fresh support for his belief that making the client happy is the ultimate creative challenge.

“Colleagues warned me that working with American developers would be impossible because all they think about is money. But developers that don’t think about money don’t exist for very long. Durst wants to make the neighborhood as desirable and livable as possible, and this project is about trying to make a place where there isn’t one now.” (One-fifth of the apartments will be set aside as affordable housing.)

A few weeks later, Ingels calls from Davos, where he’s holding court at the World Economic Forum. “I’m neither a politician nor incredibly rich, but there are a lot of real-estate people here, and quite a bit of our work has to do with social and environmental issues,” he shouts over a squawky cell phone. Then he has to go. Dinner is being served, and the guests are clamoring. It’s time for Architectureman to tend to his burgeoning fame.

http://nymag.com/arts/architecture/features/71213/