Cool Threesome
German architects build an Indian research station in the Antarctic. The inauguration of the New Indian Research Station Bharati, designed by bof Architekten based in Hamburg, is planned for 2012. The façade construction that has to withstand abnormally extreme conditions was also made in Germany.
San Telmo Museum in San Sebastián
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 façade acts as a transition between nature and urban space.
Prototype for the Desert
The Siemens Group is making headlines with a major building project again. New corporate headquarters designed by Henning Larsen are to be built in Munich, while new headquarters designed by the British architects Sheppard Robson are currently also being built in Masdar City. Both new constructions are striving for top sustainability ratings.
Events
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.
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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.
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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.
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Current English Issue
Truly massive, monolithic buildings are becoming something of an object of the past; heat insulation and energy saving regulations have long ensured that multi-layered, insulated wall constructions are now the norm. From the outside, however, these facades do not necessarily appear any less monolithic, as the examples in the next edition demonstrate. The range of materials used covers a broad spectrum, from exposed concrete and brickwork, to thermal insulation composite systems or natural stone.
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Current Issue
Thanks to changing general conditions and increasing environmental awareness, the size of timber constructions being built, also in an urban context, is getting bigger. DETAIL presents a broad range of modern timber constructions.
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Submissions are open and there is now one point of entry for all RIBA Awards.
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Update
DETAIL prize draw: 2 x 2 tickets including overnight stay for the WAM weekend and 5 tickets for the ACF* Conference ‘Architecture Corporate Foresight’.
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Projects
The IBA (International Building Exhibition) Hamburg 2013 is approaching fast: Completion of the Open House in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg – a passive house for communal living with a particularly low ...
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Projects
The research and development centre of a breakfast cereal manufacturer is the first building in Switzerland to have been awarded Platinum Certification in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and ...
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Background
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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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No potential source of heating energy should be left unused if the German energy turnaround is to be successful. A promising pilot project has been realised in Jenbach, Austria: ground source energy ...
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