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Interview with Juergen Riehm, 1100 Architect

22-08-2012

Interview with Juergen Riehm, 1100 Architect

Floornature interviews Juergen Riehm, partner at 1100 Architect, which he cofounded with David Piscuskus in New York in 1983. The public opening of their latest project, the Children’s Library Discovery Center in New York, gave us the opportunity to discuss the design poetics of a great architectural practice, which now also has an office in Frankfurt. 1100 maintains a constant focus on sustainability and Energy efficiency as requirements for achieving quality and beauty in a work of architecture. Juergen Riehm also discusses the design for the renovation and expansion of the Brooklyn Detention Center in New York.

Exit: a prison becomes a cultural centre in Palencia

15-08-2012

Exit: a prison becomes a cultural centre in Palencia

The high-tech idiom of the architects of Spanish studio Exit converts the old prison buildings in Palencia into a contemporary architectural project hosting an important new function for the city: the headquarters of a cultural centre, with an auditorium and a library.

Valerio Paolo Mosco, Nuda Architettura

14-06-2012

Valerio Paolo Mosco, Nuda Architettura

Valerio Paolo Mosco’s book Nuda Architettura, published by Skira, was recently presented to the public.

James Frazer Stirling: Notes from the Archive exhibition

07-06-2012

James Frazer Stirling: Notes from the Archive exhibition

The exhibition includes plans, models and documents of famous British architect James Frazer Stirling, material from the James Stirling/Michael Wilford fund kept at the CCA (Centre Canadien d'Architecture).

Alterstudio Partners, MedaTeca library

02-05-2012

Alterstudio Partners, MedaTeca library

A new library and cultural centre has just opened in the town of Meda, the "MedaTeca", designed by Alterstudio Partners.

Williams+Tsien, Logan Center for the Arts UChicago

24-04-2012

Williams+Tsien, Logan Center for the Arts UChicago

Work is being completed on the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago, ready for the inauguration scheduled for September; the building was opened to the public on March 26 for a preview of exhibitions and events.

McBride Charles Ryan, Brownless Biomedical Library

23-02-2012

McBride Charles Ryan, Brownless Biomedical Library

Sinuous shapes and bright colours characterise the interior of the Biomedical Library at Melbourne University designed by the architectural practice of McBride Charles Ryan.

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, High School #9

19-01-2012

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, High School #9

High School #9 For the Visual and Performing Arts in Los Angeles, designed by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU architect Wolf D.Prix, has been awarded the 2011 Red Dot Design Award.