Tag Landscape

16-06-2014

José Maria Sanchez Garcia awarded the 2014 BSI Swiss Architectural Award

Spanish architect José Maria Sanchez Garcia has been awarded the fourth BSI Swiss Architectural Award, a biennial award for architects under 50 who have contributed to contemporary architectural debate with projects displaying a particular awareness of landscape and the environment.

13-06-2014

“Alps Architecture Tourism” exhibition in Merano

The “Alps Architecture Tourism” exhibition curated by Susanne Waiz in Merano May 30 through September 7 looks at architecture for tourism as a sector with an explicit impact on the landscape, to the point that we could speak of a “landscape of tourism”.

12-06-2014

Herzog & de Meuron Arena do Morro - Natal Brazil

Herzog & de Meuron designed "Arena do Morro" gym, which opened recently, as part of the social development programme entitled "A vision for Mãe Luiza" implemented in collaboration with Centro Sócio Pastoral Nossa Senhora de Conceição and the Ameropa Foundation.

09-06-2014

UNStudio Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion, Qingdao

UNStudio designed the Theme Pavilion for World Horticultural Expo 2014, coming up in the Chinese city of Qingdao April through October 2014.

04-06-2014

Sarah Scott Architects Brewer House

A home in New Zealand where design plays with the lines of the landscape to create a building capable of establishing spatial and material continuity with its surroundings.

30-05-2014

The Carlo Scarpa Award for Gardens is presented to two villages in Bosnia, Osmace and Brezani

The 25th Carlo Scarpa International Award for Gardens goes to Osmace and Brezani, two villages on the plateau above Srebrenica, where the local community has reconstructed the landscape, the land and their memory after the horrors of war.

27-05-2014

Snøhetta National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion - New York, USA

On May 14 US president Barack Obama opened the museum commemorating the victims of September 11 2001. The entrance pavilion is designed by Snøhetta architectural studios. The building will open to the public on May 21, 2014.

20-05-2014

From the Earth to the Moon: imaginary buildings and landscapes on paper

Curators Simona Galateo and Emilia Giorgi focus on the work of 5 architectural studios - 2A+P/A, Fabio Alessandro Fusco, Map Office, Raumlaborberlin and the young Brazilian studio Miniatura da San Paolo ' in an exhibition entitled 'Dalla Terra alla Luna - architetture e paesaggi immaginari su carta' ('From the Earth to the Moon: Imaginary buildings and landscapes on paper').