Regeneration of the Agias Sofias - Acheiropoeitos axis of Thessaloniki / competition OFFICETWENTYFIVEARCHITECTS in collaboration with VANDOROS ALEXIOS, participated at this years biggest Greek Architectural Competition of Ideas for the project “Regeneration – Promotion of the Agias Sofias - Acheiropoeitos axis, of the Municipality of Thessaloniki”. -Architectural study: OFFICETWENTYFIVEARCHITECTS, VANDOROS ALEXIOS -Electrical and mechanical study: Riris Constantinos -Traffic impact study: Oikonomou Alexandros -Landscape architectural study: Mantsiou Antigoni, Chatzigiannaki Zoe -Architecture students: Maria Anagnostou, Eleni Loukidou, Eva Aetopoulou
In the historic center of Alassio, the square designed by UNA2, is the point at which the front built stops and opens towards the sea. A large platform in larch (41×12) elevated 40 cm and buil…
Get an inside look at the design process behind Fuji Kindergarten, a school where trees grow through classrooms and the roof is another place to play.
I recently visited Hammarby Sjostad, an ecodistrict in Stockholm, Sweden. The site was originally intended for an Olympic Village, but when Sweden lost the bid for the 2004 Olympics, they continued…
Image 2 of 16 from gallery of Bahnhofplatz Aachen / HH+F Architekten Hentrup Heyes + Fuhrmann. Photograph by Jörg Hempel Photodesign
A4AC Architects has completed an amazing residential project called Green House. This project aimed to construct a compact, efficient bush home nestled in the Shona Langa eco estate. The goal was to design a home that blends modern architectural elements with the surrounding natural beauty. A key focus was on facilitating a smooth flow between indoor and outdoor areas, harmonizing with the untouched landscape.
scape Landschaftsarchitekten: In 1993 the city council of Solingen, an industrial town in central Germany, decided to merge all the municipal services administration offices in one new building. In this context it was decided to create a new quarter, composed of the municipal buildings, housing, shops, gastronomy and offices. To receive innovative solutions for a […]
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Redesign of a city square on top of a new underground garage and a subterranean rainwater retention basin amidst the vivid multicultural quarter Ixelles in Brussels
The CityDeck, designed by STOSS, is the heart of a multi-phase redevelopment project along Green Bay’s Fox Riverfront, a small city in the Upper MidWest of the United States. The site is a 2-…
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Along the length of the landmarked Fifth Avenue façade, OLIN’s design for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s four-block-long plaza enhances one of New York City’s most significant public gathering spaces. OLIN led the design to prioritize the pedestrian experience and create a welcoming urban destination ...
Central to the master plan, Granary Square is the largest public space created at King’s Cross Central, roughly equal in size to Trafalgar Square. This open space is adjacent to the historically listed Granary building, originally designed by Lewis Cubitt in 1852 ...
Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten: The prominent geometrical urban space in Berlin city centre, situated between traffic axes and buildings, has been strengthened. Existing trees gave reason to develop a spatially cohesive green area. The urban plaza can be used in various ways and offers space for a multitude of activities. The flanking building’s ground-floor zones and areas […]
Image 9 of 11 from gallery of Rambla Vilafranca / Vora Arquitectura. Photograph by José Hevia
The CityDeck, designed by STOSS, is the heart of a multi-phase redevelopment project along Green Bay’s Fox Riverfront, a small city in the Upper MidWest of the United States. The site is a 2-…
Image 1 of 17 from gallery of Maitland Riverlink / CHROFI + McGregor Coxalls. Photograph by Simon Wood
LDA Design: Jubilee Square is a dynamic new piece of public realm which has succeeded in re-connecting the heart of the city of Leicester to its heritage. Jubilee Square has been created on the site of a car park. In the early 1970’s, a new inner ring road and the construction of St Nicholas Circle […]
Buro Sant en Co: In the new design, the site of the Olympic Stadium becomes an urban field. An extensive space that can be used for large scale events and everyday uses. The “urban field” is defined by its edges: the buildings along the existing Stadium square on the east side, the Olympic quarter on […]
Completed in 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Images by GPA and Jens Lindhe, GPA and Ole Malling. Nørreport Station in Copenhagen is Denmark’s busiest transport hub. It was originally established in 1916, modernized in 1934 and in need of...
peris+toral.arquitectes: The purpose of the project is to reorganise the green space bounded by Avinguda d’Itàlia, Avinguda de Mònaco and Carrer de Verdi in the town of Badalona, with a low budget and a nal cost of 95.5 €/m2. The brief was drafted by the Projects Service of Badalona Council and then completed with the […]
Agence Ter: In the heart of Duisburg, a post-industrial town in the Ruhr area, the König-Heinrich Square offered an ambivalent space, half main square and half quiet little park. It had broad, much-frequented lawn spaces and it adjoined a lively pedestrian zone. With a series of new amenities under construction (a convention center, a casino […]
Through collaboration and listening, a hybrid solution of both pedestrian-only and slow-moving vehicle access would allow the vibrant vision to come alive.
Campus Planning and Design PPN—welcome to our new blog site!! Launching full bore later this summer, this is a preview of a new way that our members can communicate with each other. As our inaugu…
T.C.L. – Taylor Cullity Lethlean: Contemporary universities are becoming microcosms of our cities. Open spaces are now being developed not as decorative foregrounds to buildings but to host staff, students and the wider community in myriad ways; whether it is meeting, studying, playing, exercising, partying, dining, promenading or escaping. These are social spaces serving increasing […]
Drapers Field has a strategic role in the Olympic Legacy. This new park in east London is the first project integrating new Olympic developments within the Olympic Park to existing communities. KLA were commissioned to revitalise three parks in Leyton in the east London borough of Waltham Forest, through Olympic Section 106 funds. Working strategically in the Lea Valley on these projects, KLA were responding to the London Legacy Development Corporation’s direction to ‘Stitch the Fringe’ around the Olympic boundary ...
The purpose of the project by peris+toral.arquitectes is to reorganise a green space in the town of Badalona, Spain, as well as to address the interurban scale.
Idealice: The public square reminds of a playable carpet, forming the new center of the quarters and becoming a stage of everyday life and community activities. The open design allows crossing and using in any direction. In the range of the cloud-like pergola and the. Alpine Garden occurs a formal concentration: Geometrically arranged rank stands, […]
peris+toral.arquitectes: The purpose of the project is to reorganise the green space bounded by Avinguda d’Itàlia, Avinguda de Mònaco and Carrer de Verdi in the town of Badalona, with a low budget and a nal cost of 95.5 €/m2. The brief was drafted by the Projects Service of Badalona Council and then completed with the […]
Central to the master plan, Granary Square is the largest public space created at King’s Cross Central, roughly equal in size to Trafalgar Square. This open space is adjacent to the historically listed Granary building, originally designed by Lewis Cubitt in 1852 ...
