Tag Landscape

23-03-2012

Urban space regained: “Das Netz” in Berlin, NL Architects

Landscaping not only to revitalise a place in the city but to make better, more sustainable use of spaces for the benefit of the communityA vacant area in Berlin’s Alt Köpenick district offered an opportunity to stitch up the wounds created by urban development in the 70s, when the discipline was strongly affected by West Berlin’s unusual position as an “island” in what was then East Germany.

20-03-2012

Luigi Bussolati, photographer of architecture and light

Interested in the possibility of representing and expressing light, photographer Luigi Bussolati conducts intense research and experimentation with artificial light and its potential for redrawing space and the landscape.

15-03-2012

Conscious architecture, appropriate architecture

The fourth edition of the convention held by SanMarco is coming up on March 16 in Perugia, addressing 5 different themes.

07-03-2012

A sustainable building that has proven its worth over the years

The “Gründerzentrum” in Hamm, Germany, a centre for small and medium-sized enterprises designed by HHS Planer + Architekten AG of Germany, has been around for 15 years, demonstrating the dependability of sustainable construction solutions

29-02-2012

Hamburg’s HafenCity Schule by Spengler & Wiescholek is an important social facility certified under GOLD HafenCity energy standards

The HafenCity project in Hamburg includes a sustainable elementary school offering full-time education in an exemplary setting

27-02-2012

“Like a Rock”: Landscaping and architecture

In Hauzenberg, in the Bavarian Forest near the Czech-German border, Brückner & Brückner have created an architectural landmark that blends in with its natural surroundingsBrückner & Brückner’s “Wie ein Fels” (Like a Rock) project is the product of a competition announced in 2001 for construction of a museum centre that would also serve as a centre for culturally re-launching the region and its tradition of working granite, thousands of years old.

20-02-2012

Baan, Bitter, Hurnaus - Architecture + Photography² exhibition

The second in the Architecture + Photography series of exhibitions features buildings photographed by Iwan Baan, Jan Bitter and Hertha Hurnaus.

10-02-2012

MACHU PICCHU – exhibition of sketches by Alvaro Siza

The exhibition includes 35 sketches by Alvaro Siza and an original notebook with 399 records of his travels to Machu Picchu and historic photographs taken between 1927 and 1950 by Martin Chambi.