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San Telmo Museum in San Sebasti�n

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The long and narrow shape of the extension of the San Telmo Museum makes ultimate use of the limited space available between the existing buildings and Monte Urgull. Its green fa�ade acts as a transition between nature and urban space.

Floating neighbourhood in Hamburg

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Barmbek is booming: as reported in DETAIL issue 12/2011, ten moorings for houseboats were allocated by the city of Hamburg in 2006 in a to-date unique procedure in Germany. In future, cities located close to water or with rivers flowing through them, are to use the water areas for urban development.

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank - 10 questions to Lord Norman Foster

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

�The best office tower in the world� was the brief given to Norman Foster by his client , the Hong Kong Shanghai Building Corporation. When we visited the building in 1992 and November 2007, it still looked as new as on the day it was finished in 1985. We wanted to know by Lord Foster himself though, what this building meant for his personal career and the success of his architecture firm.

Visitor centre in Preston

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

What looks like the shingle roof landscape of a prehistoric lake dwelling from afar, is in fact the new visitor centre for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust at Brockholes Nature Reserve.

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Hongkong

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Few Buildings become architectural icons before their completion, yet no other structure symbolizes so expressivly the pulse of the international finance market as the Headquater of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation by Norman Foster.

Renovation of the Deutsche Bank skyscrapers in Frankfurt

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Opened in 1984, Deutsche Bank's twin towers have long become the symbol of Frankfurt's banking sector. As well as redesigning the interiors, the building equipment will also be updated, with the aim of considerably improving the energy efficiency.

On the banks of the Ebro

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Green-covered areas alternate with wooden ramps, a wooden stage, solar collectors and photovoltaic panels: the roof of the Environmental Unit Headquarters in Zaragoza, from Mag�n Arquitectos, serves as an extended park landscape as well as generating energy. See below for a selection of images documenting its construction.

Jewish community centre in Mainz

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An expressive silhouette, an iridescent ceramic facade, the synagogue room with ornament relief made from Hebraic letters: the Jewish Community Centre from the architects Maunel Herz in Mainz, Germany, is a fascinating building that takes on a multilayered approach to the history of the Jewish community in Mainz and the meaning of the written word.

Hutong Bubble in Peking

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The metallic bubble in one of Beijing's hutong districts is a real eye-catcher. Commissioned by an exclusive wine store, MAD architects expanded on the existing courtyard house with a new construction that includes the bubble. Acting as an enclosure for the stairs to the roof terrace, the bubble's gleaming surface reflects its surroundings and lends the courtyard a larger feel.

Bucky Fuller & Spaceship Earth

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

�If we are going to design a Buckminster Fuller exhibition, then I want to personally take care of reconstructing the Dymaxion Car�. What Lord Norman Foster announced at the Bucky Fuller exhibition in the Whitney Museum has now become reality.

Restaurant on Teshima

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

On the Japanese island Teshima a meeting point for locals and visitors has been created around an old, unoccupied house. The recently established guest room equipped with a covered veranda opens to the outside.

Turner Contemporary in Margate

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Since recently the former seaside resort Margate has owned a museum which is modestly designed, skilfully structured and carefully considered. The light reveals the quality of the building. David Chipperfield was interviewed by The Guardian about building responsibly in a local context.

Serpentine-Pavilion 2011 - Peter Zumthor

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This summer the Serpentine presents the 2011 Pavilion designed by world-renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. This year's Pavilion is the 11th commission in the Gallery's annual series. It is the architect's first completed building in the UK, providing visitors with a tranquil haven for rest and reflection.

Remodelling and renovating the St. Alban youth hostel in Basel

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

With their work on the youth hostel - located in a former silk factory - the architects are meeting measures for urban development and interior space with an extension to the building.

Les Cabanyes preschool and primary school

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The building optimizes functional program at the same time as it focuses on aspects of light, orientation and the quality of the spaces generated. Retaining a telluric presence, the building brings a sense of order to the site and acts as a landmark among surrounding buildings and fields. Including video.

Mud bricks with development potential

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Creativity is called for when it comes to a millennia-old building technique that has scarcely been further developed in the last two hundred years. In his own residence, the mud brick specialist Martin Rauch is demonstrating - together with the architect Roger Boltshauser - that mud is a modern material that can be used for modern design.

Simply constructed - a chance for our �urban planet�

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

What is often forgotten in traditional urban planning straight from the drawing board is very much the focus of Urban-Think Tank: the residents' social community; dilution of social tensions; and the security of certain basic needs that form part of a cultural way of life. While Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner had previously only worked in the slums of Caracas with Urban-Think Tank, they are now developing their first projects in Sao Paulo and plans for working in India and Europe are taking shape. As professors of urban planning at ETH Zurich, they would like to further expand the exchange of the cities of the north and south in an academic arena.

Museum Can Framis in Barcelona

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The ex-textile factory Can Framis in Barcelona, now a location for contemporary paintings, openly exhibits its traces of the past. �Blind� windows point towards the building openings, are bricked in and covered with a light grey colour to match the quarry stone fa�ade.

Chapel in Tarn�w, Poland

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The chapel on the shore of the Vistula, 60 kilometers southeast of Warsaw, owes its existence to a private investor. This author - who is relatively famous in Poland - wanted to prevent the building of a beach bar in this idyllic natural setting, something which has happened in other areas.

Extension of a dental clinic in Dublin

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The demands of the conservationists were taken into account when the additional story was built: the seemingly sober, steel-covered boxes do not influence visually the historical facades of Leinster Street, which is located in the centre of Dublin. They protrude out on the courtyard side, present themselves as a self-confident modern design element and offer enough space for the clinic library.

Masdar Institute - germ cell for an urban vision

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Since being unveiled, the Masdar City project has proven a considerable topic of debate. Opinions range from excitement to scepticism.

Museum Can Framis

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Museum Can Framis presents itself in a pleasently restrained way, situated among the mostly new multi-story commercial buildings within the former industrial quarter of Poble Nou, located between Barcelona's center and the coast.

Star Place Shopping Centre in Kaohsiung

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

During the hours of darkness, the facade of Star Place Shopping Centre in Kaohsiung has an iridescent effect, when white, blue or violet light-emitting diodes illuminate the elements.

Metro Cable in Caracas

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This short film documents a new and revolutionary approach to urban planning. Located within one of Caracas largest and least accessible barrios, the new cable car system is integrated within the Metro System of Caracas.

�Angel Building� in London

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Angel Building shows how it is possible to revamp an unwanted office development without having to resort to demolition and new construction, at the same time reinventing the design and taking account of aspects like the ecological balance and economic efficiency.