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Organic Hotel in an Apple Orchard

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Demanding guests as well as juries approve of this hotel with its excellent energy concept and simple architecture adapted to the location.

ECOWEEK 2012 programme starts in Israel

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The international conferences and workshops for young architects, designers, landscape architects and graduate students will be continued with four events in Israel, Thessaloniki, Krakow and Rome this year.

Ecobuild London 2012 - free ticktes

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Get your free ticket for Ecobuild now - the world's biggest event for sustainable design, construction & the built environment.

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.

Exhibition: Jean-Philippe Pargade

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The architect and urbanist Jean-Philippe Pargade opened his agency in Paris in 1980, specializing in large public buildings such as hospitals, research and teaching centres, office complexes, and housing developments.

RIBA Awards 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Submissions are open and there is now one point of entry for all RIBA Awards.

Museum and archaeological park 'Cabezo de la Almagra'

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

There were various requirements to be met by the project: to represent the archaeological significance of the site, ordering a space which will enhance the image from the new highway access, and becoming the gateway to the campus 'Carmen' of the University of Huelva.

The Scotts Tower in Singapore

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Designed by UNStudio to conserve space whilst maximizing live/work/play areas, The Scotts Tower presents a new dimension of functional and flexible vertical 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.

Sarpi border checkpoint in Georgia

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Designed by J. MAYER H. architects the customs checkpoint is situated at the Georgian border to Turkey, at the shore of the Black Sea. With its cantilevering terraces, the tower is used as a viewing platform, with multiple levels overlooking the water and the steep part of the coastline.

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The newly completed Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff - Wales' national music and drama conservatoire - opened in October 2011 to a new intake of students.

Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Education Centre

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

About 2,700 participants worked on their submissions for the 12th ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award - in two meetings the jury made their decision.

Opening of the Schindler Award 2012

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Students and architecture schools from all over Europe are invited to develop a concept for the neglected 'Sch�tzenmatt' area on the edge of the historic city centre of Bern.

Case study for ultra high performance concrete

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A case study team designed an observation tower for the nature reserve 'De Onlanden' near the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The Dutch Society for the Preservation of Natural Heritage 'Natuurmonumenten' received the plan as a gift.

Sustainable accommodation for children with cancer

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

MBM Arquitectes designed the 'Casa dels Xuklis' in Barcelona. The project is driven by AFANOC and the Private Foundation of Children with Cancer.

David Orr at ECOWEEK 2011 in Athens

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

David Orr, one of the most important environmental thinkers and proponents of our time, will be the keynote speaker on 12 December 2011.

WAM open 2012 - Break the ice & ACF* Conference 'Architecture Corporate Foresight'

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The 2nd international Architects World Championship in Ski and Snowboard (WAM open) will be held from 2-5 February 2012 in Ischgl, Austria.

Urban Communities and Green Architecture

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ECOWEEK 2011 in Athens offers an international conference and interdisciplinary design workshops for young architects, designers, landscape architects and graduate students.

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.

Moorish market transformed into part of a university

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Situated within the city fringe of East London, Buckley Gray Yeoman's redevelopment and refurbishment of the former Moorish market provides four floors of new University accommodation.

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.

Museum for oceanography and surf history in Biarritz

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

"Under the sky, under the sea" is the main concept behind Steven Holl's design for the new museum, which he worked on together with the Brazilian architect and artist Solgane Fabi�o.

'Harpa' - Reykjavik's concert and conference centre

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A concert was held to celebrate the May 2011 opening of the Icelandic capital's newest attraction, which twinkles like a crystal in the old harbour. The concept was a dual effort from the Danish architectural office Henning Larsen and Iceland's Batteriid Architects.

EDUCATE Prize - Students for Sustainability

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This international award honours student work that creatively investigates and reflects on the various dimensions of sustainability in architecture and urban design.

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.