Tag Landscape
10-03-2011
Tourism routes in Norway: Trollstigen
RRA’s recently completed plans for a lookout over the fjords of Trollstigen is a work in which both materials and composition are inspired entirely by landscape. Cor-ten steel changes colour with the action of time, camouflaging the construction and demonstrating that being sustainable does not just mean consuming less energy: it means reducing visual impact on the environment.
10-03-2011
Tourism routes in Norway: Aurland
Having won a national competition for the promotion of tourism in Norway, Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen designed a construction representing a surprisingly successful equilibrium between a lookout for viewing the landscape and a work of architecture which is itself a sight worth seeing.
25-02-2011
Ehrlich Architects wins the competition for the new U.A.E. parliament buildings
The new parliament buildings of the United Arab Emirates will be designed by Ehrlich Architects of California, winners of the competition on invitation in which Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects and the Italian architectural studio of Massimiliano Fuksas also participated.
23-02-2011
Kazunori Fujimoto’s Japanese architecture
The residence designed by Japanese architect Kazunori Fujimoto draws life from its relationship with the surrounding landscape and with the panorama of the Seto Inland Sea.
11-02-2011
Big wins the international Waste to Energy competition
A project by BIG + realities:united + AKT + Topotek 1 & Man Made Land has won the international competition for a new Waste to Energy plant complete with ski trails, to be completed in Copenaghen by 2016.
08-02-2011
Designing a home like a car
The project was created using parametric modelling software. The architects created a dynamic model that would respond to changes in a number of variables and worked in stages to come up with a model that met all the established requirements.
26-01-2011
Discords: Norwegian Architecture 1945–65
The National Museum of Norway’s architecture collections are on display for the first time in new premises expanded and renovated by Sverre Fehn in 2008.
20-01-2011
Waterhouse – dialogue with nature
Architect Li Xiaodong’s poetics involve use of traditional materials and building techniques. His simple architectural vocabulary permits use of local unspecialised labour, in accordance with the architect’s ideal commitment to the region.
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