Archive for July, 2007
2G Competition. Venice Lagoon Park - architectural competition
On the occasion of the celebration of the magazine’s tenth anniversary, 2G launches an international ideas competition: 2G Competition. Venice Lagoon Park. This theoretical initiative, which does not involve subsequent phases of the project or its execution, is an inducement to free, non-restrictive reflection, the objective being to embark on a worthwhile debate within the […]
6TH IAHH INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION 2008
Theme
In the wake of globalization and liberalization of world economic order, the human settlements – cities and villages – are undergoing a rapid transformation. While the urban growth continues guided by policies and programmes of urban development, there are vast areas in the urban core, periphery and hinterland, which have become economically and socially depressed, […]
Zaha Hadid and conception of Glasgow Museum of Transport
Project for a New Glasgow Museum of Transport, Scotland, by Zaha Hadid was selected from 44 others architects and designers and the museum will be open to the public by 2009. The building is concipate as a tunnel-like shed, which is open at opposite ends, where the building diverts to create a journey away […]
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum - architectural competition
Cheltenham Borough Council is inviting architects, or architect-led multi-disciplinary design teams, to prepare proposals for the design of an extension to the existing Art Gallery and Museum.
As one of Cheltenham’s key cultural facilities and public buildings, the current Art Gallery & Museum is compromised by difficult access to its main collections and by limited exhibition, […]
Battor Country Club - architectural competition
Battor Country Club is a master plan golf and tennis resort community situated along the banks of Volta River in the village of Battor in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa .
The country club will sits on approximately 100 acres of land between the Volta River and a seasonal creek. The club is designed […]
The 2nd Advanced Architecture Contest -
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is issuing an international summons to architects, students and designers from around the world to invite proposals for the construction of self-sufficient dwellings, in which the emphasis will be on exploring people’s capacity to construct their own homes, especially through the use of digital technologies.
Eligibility
The competition […]
Bat House - architectural competition
Architects, designers, bat enthusiasts an schoolchildren are invited to submit creative ideas for a Bat House for London – a building of aesthetic and environmental excellence, built with sustainable materials, that offers homes to bats and an educational visitor attraction for people.
The Bat House Project partners intend to build the winning proposal at the WWT […]
Ecological housing building COR Miami Florida
Ecological housing building COR in Miami, Floride, USA by architects from Oppenheim office will be built in 2010. Except using solar panels, own wind turbines is hyper-efficient also shell of the building, so all his structure. Tower is a complex with offices, fitnes studio or diverse residential apartments.
Machine for living by Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel describes his proposal for a tower with residential living on 110 11th street in NY, USA as „a vision machine“. The building is noted for rounded wall a using diverse colourless panels of glass, set together in different angles and turning. 1650 panels on a 23 story structure just confirm amazement from proposal. […]
