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Architecture for education: Henn designs Hangzhou’s Westlake University Campus

24-11-2023

Architecture for education: Henn designs Hangzhou’s Westlake University Campus

The innovative cultural atmosphere of Hangzhou, China has an important new driving force: the new Westlake University Campus designed by architectural studio Henn.

The winners of the 6th edition of the European Award Architectural Heritage Intervention

07-06-2023

The winners of the 6th edition of the European Award Architectural Heritage Intervention

Aware of the importance of interventions on pre-existing architectures as a sustainable act, the international jury of the 6th edition of the European Award Architectural Heritage Intervention (AHI) recognised, in the various categories, projects focused on inclusiveness in social housing and urban cultural structures.

Barozzi Veiga: Artists’ Ateliers in London’s Design District

13-07-2022

Barozzi Veiga: Artists’ Ateliers in London’s Design District

In the middle of an urban regeneration plan in the new Design District on London’s Greenwich peninsula, Barozzi Veiga has designed Artists’ Ateliers made up of two opposite but related volumes. The two volumes allude to the area’s industrial history and come up with a new version of the archetype of the creative studio.

David Chipperfield Architects completed Morland Mixité Capitale in Paris

31-05-2022

David Chipperfield Architects completed Morland Mixité Capitale in Paris

The former Préfecture de Paris, the building that housed the city administration for years, has undergone a major renovation completed by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin. Originally completed around 1960 by architect Albert Laprade, the large scale of the building made it appear closed off and inaccessible. The project conceived by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin, instead, revitalised and transformed the complex into the new "Morland Mixité Capitale" as part of the "Réinventer Paris" programme.

David Chipperfield Architects refurbishes the Neue Nationalgalerie designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

06-05-2021

David Chipperfield Architects refurbishes the Neue Nationalgalerie designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, an icon of the Modern Movement designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has been restored by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin. It is the last project, as well as the only building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Europe after emigrating to the USA. A virtual ceremony was held on April 29 to inaugurate the refurbished building, while the museum is set to reopen its doors to the public in August 2021.

David Chipperfield Architects design the Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau, Germany

09-09-2020

David Chipperfield Architects design the Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau, Germany

On June 28, the "Carmen Würth Forum" cultural and congress centre opened its doors to the public. The complex was designed for the Adolf Würth firm in the town of Künzelsau, Germany, by the Berlin office of David Chipperfield Architects. The intervention that was recently concluded is a "second phase", an extension that includes a congress area and an art museum which completes the concert and event halls inaugurated in 2017 and also designed by the Berlin-based David Chipperfield Architects firm.

Winners and commendations for the 2020 Architekturpreis Beton, Germany

05-05-2020

Winners and commendations for the 2020 Architekturpreis Beton, Germany

Architekturpreis Beton recognizes outstanding achievements in the use of concrete for architecture and is one of the most eagerly awaited awards to learn about the state of the art of German architecture. Since 2008, the Federal Association of the German Cement Industry has awarded the prize in collaboration with the German association of architects (BDA), and this year’s recipients are four equal-ranking winners and four commendations.

Barozzi/Veiga: Tanzhaus cultural centre and school of dance, Zurich

18-03-2020

Barozzi/Veiga: Tanzhaus cultural centre and school of dance, Zurich

Barozzi/Veiga closed the year 2019 with another important project after winning an international competition: the new Tanzhaus in Zurich, a strong architectural symbol transforming the riverside promenade along the Limmat.

Exhibition of projects submitted for the DAM Preis 2020 won by David Chipperfield Architects’ James Simon Galerie

18-02-2020

Exhibition of projects submitted for the DAM Preis 2020 won by David Chipperfield Architects’ James Simon Galerie

Starting on 31 January 2020, Frankfurt’s DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum hosts an exhibition about the projects entered for the DAM Preis 2020, a competition for the best architecture in Germany held since 2007. The winning project in 2020 is the James Simon Galerie in Berlin, designed by David Chipperfield Architects.

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