Tag Urban Architecture

23-12-2020

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT wins the competition for redevelopment of Shanghai’s Century Square

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT has won the competition for redevelopment of Shanghai’s Century Square. The square in East Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s busiest shopping street, has always hosted events and performances; EMBT transforms it into a kaleidoscope reflecting the fabric of the city around it and providing the city with a new green space.

19-06-2020

UNStudio’s geothermal cathedral for the Socio-Technical City of the future

A project for the future of the Hague combining sociological and technological requirements in an interesting and original blend.

03-04-2020

Farewell to architect and urban planner Michael Sorkin

Architect, urbanist and prolific writer Michael Sorkin passed away on 26 March due to complications caused by the Covid-19 virus. The news was announced on the web site of Terreform, the urban research studio Sorkin founded in 2005 to investigate forms, policies, technologies, and practices yielding equitable, sustainable, and beautiful cities.

20-03-2020

Farewell to architect Vittorio Gregotti

In this difficult time under lockdown, Italy says farewell to one of its most important twentieth-century architects and urban planners, Vittorio Gregotti, who passed away on March 15 in Milan. Milan’s Bicocca district and Palermo’s ZEN are among his best-known works, but Gregotti also played an important role as a teacher and above all a promoter of architecture through articles in architecture magazines, above all Casabella, of which he was editor-in-chief for about 15 years.

11-03-2020

Kiruna Forever exhibition ArkDes Stockholm

The exhibition called Kiruna Forever, produced by ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design examines the relocation of the town of Kiruna in Sweden’s far north, caused by mining activity. How do you move a town and what does this mean for its residents?

12-02-2020

C+S Architects carry out an urban intervention for Piazza del Cinema in Venice Lido

The C+S Architects studio redesigned Piazza del Cinema in Venice Lido by restitching together all the original elements that created and characterised the urban space, as well as rearranging the façades, the internal halls and a number of installations housed in Palazzo del Casinò. The project was awarded the German Design Award 2020 in the Urban Space and Infrastructure category.

07-01-2019

ADEPT and Topotek1 in Aabenraa, Denmark

The Danish firm of architects called ADEPT together with the design team from Berlin-based Topotek1 have completed a major urban transformation in the city of Aabenraa.

26-12-2018

Blue Ribbon, a space for the whole family

Spending time together, giving children a safe place to play in.