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In less than two decades, museums have multiplied exponentially worldwide. And their design has of course

evolved. Many contemporary buildings have sprung up in cities, sometimes even redefining them, as in the case

of the Guggenheim in Bilbao, which transfigures a bleak site thanks to its sculptural volume and titanium scales

with a thousand shades. This Bilbao “effect” seems to have favoured the emergence of remarkable architecture,

inspiring the ambitious plans of the Centre Pompidou Metz, which opened its doors to the public last Spring

(architects Shigeru Ban, Jean de Gastines and Philip Gumuchdjian), or the Louvre Lens under construction

(architects SANAA*). Indeed today, a museum is increasingly a showcase identifying a city, or even a region.

Unlike for auditoriums, the economic crisis has forced the United States to freeze the forecasted museum

expansion plans, whilst another trend is seeing light and could even spread in the future: architecture which pays

attention to sustainable development, such as the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art (architect David Adjaye),

which opened in 2007 and is henceforth LEED Gold certified.

Contemporary museography can thus be a part of neutral exhibition space, in a way invisible (the museum

gives way to its object), meaning that the museum becomes itself an exhibition object, competing with its own

contents. Such is the case in Rome. True thunderbolt, the capital of classical art creates two new institutions

inaugurated last May wholly dedicated to contemporary art: the MAXXI, the National Museum of 21st Century Art,

and the MACRO Future, the new wing of the Rome Museum of Contemporary Art with its angular volumes. The two

museums take on an entirely new dimension thanks to the feats of two lady architects, Zaha Hadid and Odile Decq.

A specific case linked to the site and the use, it is clear that a museum can never content itself with ready-made

solutions. This gives rise to formal artistic choices which, as strange as they may seem, are all determined by

these demands. Even if the buildings are very plastic, they must fully exercise their museum functions organizing

permanent and temporary exhibitions. Certain artistic choices may, however, be surprising. Notice to creative

stage designers ready to invent dynamic ways of exhibiting works!

Marie-Claire Regniers

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06 MAXXI Museum Rome – arch. Zaha Hadid (GB)

08 Portrait: Mario Botta (Switzerland)

10 Portrait: Hermann Kaufmann (Austria)

12 House CK06 Paris – arch. Pablo Katz (France)

14 Portrait: SANAA (Japan)

16 Portrait: Mecanoo (The Netherlands)

18 Focus products

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From the Jewish Museum of Berlin – his first creation –

to his work at the site of the twin towers in New York,

the architect Daniel Libeskind confronts his emotions

to invent a new architecture.

Born in Lodz Poland in 1946, in the wake of a war which is ever-present

in his work, Daniel Libeskind considers himself a nomad: schooling in

Israel, studies at Cooper Union School in New York and then at Univer-

sity of Essex in England (History and Architecture Theory), followed by

years of teaching, notably in Italy. In 1989, he devotes himself to the

Jewish Museum Berlin built as a shattered Star of David. This museum

took thirteen years of his life. Facing some political reticence, he had

to fight to impose this folded building, embodying the tragedy of the

German Jews and the violent fractures of their history. His manner of

practicing architecture necessarily entails an investigation of ideas, a

study of the realities – visible or hidden – of a site and a specific pro-

gramme. It is because he referred to these “hidden” programmes that

Daniel Libeskind has had so much influence on students and critics.

Daniel Libeskind has a great experience in museums: the Felix Nuss-

baum Haus in Osnabrück, Germany, the Imperial War Museum North

in Manchester, the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen, the exten-

sion to the Denver Art Museum, the Contemporary Jewish Museum in

San Francisco. Others are under construction or in design for Dresden,

Dublin and Boston. For each project, he examines its architectonic ex-

pression in relation with the environment and its final use.

The collage technique remains as the basis of his radical attitude,

whether for a vast urban project or for a building. Collage includes all

types of data: the city’s history, literature, the political past, music, etc.

These thoughts lead to a stratification and a density which attempt to

transcend the limits of the imagination and appeal to the fascination

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for chaos. The architect intended to be a musician. Even if he did not

make a career in this direction, he considers architecture as one of the

most important devices for perceiving the world. “You just stand in the

city and listen to it, he says. It’s an art teaching how to communicate,

like literature. A building reveals the human soul. It’s not an ideological

tool, but an emotional shock caused by a so unexpected building that

you feel you’re at the border between something familiar and unknown.

Work which gives form to space is important because it engages body

and spirit, emotion and intellect, memory and imagination.”

1 / Daniel Libeskind

2 / the Jewish Museum Berlin, 1999

3 / extension to the Denver Art Museum,

Frederic c. hamilton building, 2006

The extension of the museum designed by Gio Ponti was

developed in cooperation with Davis Partnership Architects.

4 / Memory Foundations New York, under construction

Studio Daniel Libeskind's design study was selected

in February 2003 as the master site plan for the rebuilding

of the World Trade Center Site. In addition

to the Freedom Tower (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill),

and a world-class transportation hub designed

(Santiago Calatrava), four more towers (Michael Arad

& Peter Walker, Foster and Partners, Maki and Associates,

Richard Rogers Partnership), a visitors centre (Snøhetta)

and an awe-inspiring memorial (Davis Brody Bond Aedas)

are currently under construction in Lower Manhattan.

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Open to the public in late May 2010, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts features

the avant-garde architecture right in the heart of the city.

The National Museum of 21st Century Arts, full of gentle curves, is

situated on the site of the former army barracks north of the city.

Covering 30,000 m2, the Centre for Contemporary Arts fits snugly

into the urban landscape. This is in no way an attempt at topologi-

cal pastiche, but instead continues the low-level urban texture set

against the higher level blocks on the surrounding sides of the site.

The façade plays a mirror effect with the classical buildings around

it. Mainly built in the 19th century and painted predominantly in

ochre, these buildings are reflected in the overhanging window.

The architect “has emphasized a continuous, almost liquid

approach to volumes and forms, implying a challenge to the esta-

blished order from the plan to the wall”.*

Despite the internal connections and intersections between the gal-

leries, the spaces are extremely linear. The indoor course spreads

over 10,000 m2 of exhibition spaces with plenty of sinuous lines. The

space continuity guides the visitor along fluid lanes and large gal-

leries, enhanced by the overhead natural lighting from a glass roof

coated with metallic netting. The intersection of volumes and walls

is the project’s most impressive element, with an alternance of emp-

ty and full spaces, indoor and outdoor. The skilfully studied galleries

lighting makes the sight even more suggestive at sunset.

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Fifteen years after MOMA in san Francisco, Mario Botta

designed a second modern art museum opened in February

2010 in charlotte (North carolina). Let’s come back to some

of his projects.

Without going over an architectural journey stretching over forty years

of intense activity, the starting point of Mario Botta’s work defines his

thought process and formal choices. Work that has an inimitable im-

print: cylindrical buildings with deep gashes, the unrelenting repetition

of openings, a liking for primary geometric forms through an extraor-

dinary capacity for using brick. The originality of expression without

doubt comes from the rural architecture of his native Ticino and direct

contact with the great masters of the modern movement.

Born in 1943 in Mendrisio, Mario Botta's interest in architecture star-

ted When he was very young. He was already an apprentice designer in

a Lugano agency at the age of 15. From 1961 to 1969 he studied archi-

tecture at Milan and Venice. His apprenticeship at Le Corbusier's studio

and his meetings with Louis Kahn and Carlo Scarpa were seminal for

his future. In 1970 he opened his agency in Lugano in 1970 to dedi-

cate himself at first to private houses which already announced a very

personal style. Ten years later, he broadens his field of action to non

residential architecture.

For Mario Botta, architecture is way of harmonising with space. It is

a balance between constructed elements and nature. The relationship

between a building and its context. The tension and quality of the buil-

ding is played out here, both in the large metropolises and in the silence

of the mountains. His projects of the last fifteen years also confirm the

steadfastness of this conceptual approach: an ability to interpret the

necessities of our times while bearing witness to the values of the past

and a capacity to measure to face up with the history of the place who-

se intrinsic characteristics enrich the potential responses.

"My knowledge of architecture in some respects is based on churches.

The history of architecture that I know is that of churches, of the Ro-

manesque style in Ronchamp. A large part of Mediterranean culture

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is based on churches." For some years now, architecture has been

used in the wine industry to create wine cellars as works of arts, like

cathedrals for the display of wine. First in Italy, then more recently in

France.

Mario Botta affirms that for him architecture transmits an idea of dura-

tion because its fundamental values surpass the human life as witness

to a collective value. Architecture is only made reality through an archi-

tectural work, at the moment of meeting between the theoretical world

and the physical reality. Because this work is also memory, history,

cultural reality.

1 / Mario Botta

2 / sFMOMA, san Francisco (usA) - 1995

This 22,000 m2 museum, illuminated by natural light opens

to the inside to reveal a cylindrical form.

3 / Wellness center, Arosa (switzerland) - 2006

The 5,300 m2 building almost completely disappears

into the mountain and is only visible through the huge vegetable

shaped forms which arouse the curiosity of visitors.

4 / Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, charlotte (usA) - 2010

The geometric lines of this brick building, its convex curves and

the fifteen meters column that decorates the museum entrance

have a very striking effect.

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coming forward as defender of wood in construction,

Austrian hermann kaufmann stands out for his unfailing

determination to reconcile architecture and environment.

In its first edition in 2007, the Global Award for Sustainable

Architecture brought distinction to Hermann Kaufman, a specialist

in passive housing, for his research on innovative contemporary

architecture marked by improved performance in the areas of

energy consumption, environmental friendliness, materials and

technologies. Born in 1955 in Vorarlberg, Hermann Kaufmann spent

his childhood in the family sawmills, where he learned first-hand

about the possibilities of the wood medium and how to master

the techniques related to wood. Let's not forget that Vorarlberg,

the region in Austria that was traditionally the home of the wood

industry, also played host to a movement that united architects and

builders around unrivalled traditional know-how in the search for

industrialised wooden structures. After studying architecture in

Innsbruck and Vienna, Hermann Kaufmann returned to his native

Vorarlberg. The central theme of the projects of the agency he

created in Schwarzach with Christian Lenz is aspiring to meet a

commitment to society: to produce environmentally-friendly housing

accessible to all. Wood is his material of choice. Hailed for its energy

performance and characterised by highly insulated façade elements

made of natural larch, punctuated by coloured elements, the

Mühlweg residential complex attests to the feasibility of constructing

multi-storey wooden social housing. The community centre in Ludesh

sets a passive house standard. The entire building process and all

of the materials used were chosen for their durability (at an added

cost of just 1.9%). Its "laboratories" are individual homes, such as

the Mathis house, a wooden building with large windows, protruding

HERMANN kAuFMANNwww.kaufmann.archbuero .com

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on three sides with terraces protected by wide overhanging roofs. Good

thermal insulation, a heat pump over vertical drilling and solar sensors

allow for minimum energy consumption.

As a wood specialist, Hermann Kaufmann, who also happens to lecture at

the Technical University of Munich, has landed an impressed deal in France:

A collective habitat in Lyon, which he received after winning a contest. This

project, consisting of 77 housing units, designed in cooperation with Hervé

Vincent architects, is characterized by its resolutely compact and sturdily built

architecture. Its uniqueness is manifested through the warm use of wood,

directly or indirectly visible through a second glass shell. A noteworthy aspect

of the project, the "Passivhaus" label is a first for collective housing in France.

This performance is made possible by the innovative choice of a wooden

frame, the exceptional water tightness of the envelope, and systematic triple-

pane joinery. The overall energy consumption of the homes is thus lowered to

29.5 Kwh/m2/year. In Austria or elsewhere, the work of Hermann Kaufmann is

based on an ongoing quest for architecture that takes into account sustainable

management of resources, optimisation of energy use and stunning wood

construction possibility.

1 / hermann kaufmann

2 / Office building, schwarzach

3 / Mathis house, Darfins 2005

4 / Mühlweg residential complex, Vienna 2006

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A very meticulous and particularly demanding project, this stunning

home in the heart of Paris is placing its bets on environment. Playing

off the difficulties caused by the smallness of a corner plot of 120 m2,

Franco-Argentinean architect Pablo Katz constructed a five-storey

building on the site. Fiercely opposed to any thoughtless design,

he favoured working with light, employing natural and recyclable

materials and the visual relationship between spaces. The handling

of each façade requires a specific role and an aesthetic contingent

upon demands. Most of the street side is open, and the lateral side,

which is made of wood and is more closed, protects against the gaze

of passers-by. In the back, on the south-facing side, the wall with a

large window accommodates pleasant weather while still sheltering

the outside space. The architecture is forward-looking, without gi-

ving in to ephemeral trends or making compromises. The structure

is environmentally friendly. To limit energy loss, the owner and desi-

gner opted for an effective insulation, a solar-powered water heater,

a condensing gas boiler, low-temperature heating, and double flow

ventilation. The house is environmentally-friendly yet intelligent. The-

re are multiple integrated controls and touch screens. This project

is a rather experimental case. The performance was not an end in

itself but rather at the service of an overall project, without compro-

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Archi-eurOpe MEETS ARCHITECTS ON EUROPE’S LEADING FAIRS!After Batimat in France, BAU in Germany, Saie in Italy, Ecobuild has recently joined Archi-Europe’s strategic partners

in the field of building & architecture fairs and events.

Archi-Europe’s staff will be present in these 4 prestigious fairs and will warmly welcome all members and visitors on its stand:

During Saie 2010 (27-30 October 2010 in Bologna) our location is: Hall 14 Stand A7In 2010 the international building exhibition SAIE will have a new format and will offer new services and new opportunities to meet the 170,000 industry

professionals in attendance each year in order to discuss building solutions, projects and technologies for building architecture.

SAIE brings together various players in order to offer integrated solutions for a changing sector, assuring greater attention to the environment as well

as greater energy efficiency, safety and provision of services.

More information on http://www.saie.bolognafiere.it/en/saie/

During BAU 2011 (17-22 January 2011 in Munich) our location is: Hall C2 Stand 122BAU 2011, the World's Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems, takes place from 17 to 22 January 2011 at the New Munich Trade Fair

Centre. Over 1,900 exhibitors from more than 40 countries are expected to take part, and more than 210,000 visitors from around 150 countries. On show

at BAU on 180,000 square metres of exhibition space will be architectural solutions, materials and systems for commercial and residential construction

and for interior fitting, both new-build and renovation and modernisation. Every two years this event brings together market leaders from the sector to

participate in a unique display of competence spanning all the construction trades.

More information on http://www.bau-muenchen.com

Our location for Batimat 2011 (07-12 November 2011) will be published on www.archi-europe.com in May 2011.Batimat is the world’s leading construction exhibition. Every other year in Paris it brings together the most comprehensive array of products, equipment

and services in the world and the largest number of French and international professionals (developers, specifiers, contractors and distributors).

Batimat, the international building exhibition, with its 7 sectors, almost 135,000 sqm of net exhibition space and 48 countries represented, is a unique

opportunity to meet industry players from all over the world.

More information on http://www.batimat.com

During Ecobuild 2011 (01-03 March 2011 in London) our location is: Stand N968Ecobuild is the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment. Combining an 850 exhibitor-strong product show-

case with more than 100 free conference and seminar sessions and dozens of interactive educational attractions.

More information on http://www.ecobuild.co.uk/

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the 2010 pritzker prize rewards the work of sANAA,

the practice of Japanese architects kazuyo sejima

and ryue Nishizawa, two strong personalities behind

many large architectural projects.

The Pritzker 2010 jury was seduced by the quality, the economy of re-

sources, the sobriety and the apparent simplicity of their projects. It is

a deserved recognition for Kazuyo Sejima (1957), a former collaborator

of Toyo Ito and for Ryue Nishizawa (1996). The two architects merged

their creative talents by founding their office SANAA (Sejima and Nishi-

zawa and Associates) in 1995. Their conceptual universe, poetic and full

of surprises, creates some extraordinary spatial experiences. Their

reputation became international with the Nagano O-Museum and the

Kanazawa Museum of Contemporary Art of the XXI century. The latter

project concentrates the strong points of the architects’ philosophy:

fluid flows, new spatial combinations and lightness of materials (glass

metal, textiles) proposed in different concepts.

Their minimalist look projects are underlined by a sophisticated design

and implementation with absolute precision research execution. Eve-

ryone confirms the extraordinary authenticity of their work. Exploring

contemporary materials and making them live by light and shadow

games, highlighting the tensions between interior and exterior as well

as the interaction between man and space, SANAA designed the trans-

parent Christian Dior building in Tokyo, asymmetrically built the seven

huge blocks of the New York Museum of Contemporary Art or played

with concrete and glass for the Rolex Training Centre in Lausanne, an

undulating building like a Mobius Strip. The extension of the Federal

Polytechnic School building presents a completely new spatial concept

creating new life, learning and community frameworks.

www.sanaa .co . jp

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This precision research is also noticed in the Kunstlinie cultural centre

in Almere (Netherlands), in the new building on the Vitra Campus (Weil

am Rheim) as well as in the Zollverein of Management and Design, built

on the site of an old coal mine (Essen, Germany).

The future Louvre-Lens museum is now in the focus. A serie of long

sober grey boxes integrates perfectly the site without ostentation.

Alongside this project, since 2007 SANAA has implemented a program

of 140 public housing spaces in Paris and will also design the

renovation of the Paris department store La Samaritaine, closed

since five years. This LVMH property will be refurbished in a building

including shops, housing, offices and a hotel.

Despite this very heavy agenda Kazuyo Sejima also is the director of the

12th International Architecture Exhibition, which is held in Venice to Novem-

ber 21st. “I have always been in favour of a more open architecture, which is

for me important for a new generation of architects." To be continued.

1 / sANAA: kazuyo sejima & ryue Nishizawa

2 / O-Museum iida, Nagano Japan 1999

3 / New Museum of contemporary Art, New York city 2007

4 / conseil de l’europe, DeQM, strasbourg 2002-2007

5 / De kunstlinie theater and cultural center, Almere the Netherlands 2007

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it is common knowledge that the Dutch – led by rem koolhaas

- have influenced architecture in europe these last twenty

years. With hundreds of projects calling for a revision

of leading-edge theories, Mecanoo Architecten is part

of this dominant trend.

Created in 1984, the firm of architects is managed by one of its foun-

ding members, Francine Houben (1955), assisted by Aart Fransen and

Francesco Veenstra. “For me, things changed rapidly”, recalls Francine

Houben. “I had never imagined that I would head a team of hundreds and

realise projects across the world!” Her job reflects the same parame-

ters of sustainability and quality, in addition to an innovative spirit and

distinctive interest for urban areas that characterise The Netherlands.

A graduate from the Delft University of Technology, this architect leads

a creative and well-organised firm which has gained for itself a true

identity across the years and is particularly attached to sustainable de-

velopment. She has made it an absolute priority in all the aspects of

her work. This concern for quality and the environment is a permanent

feature in the most varied aspects: Public buildings, museums, univer-

sities, libraries, theatres, housing units or city plans. To be voluminous,

projects – often large-scale ones – extend to very diversified sectors, in

terms of type and geography. The global dimension has been achieved.

In 2007, the agency won a commission for designing a mega theatre in

the Wei-Wu-Ying park in Kaohsiung (Taiwan) and the future Longgang bu-

siness centre in Shenzhen (China). Judging from some recent projects,

Mecanoo’s architecture really appeals to the senses. Each technical

movement has been replaced by human aspects. Each intervention has

been developed in detail and transcends the project itself, to link the

structure to the urban or social fabric. From then on, architecture is

perceived as a solution to the problems of contemporary society. Fran-

cine Houben is very optimistic and imagines a future where the blend

between nationalities and cultures is further intensified. Younger gene-

rations of architects have a stake in meeting its challenges!

MecANOO, DELFTwww.mecanoo .com

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1 / Francine houben

2 / FiftytwoDegrees Nijmegen - the Netherlands (2005-2006)

This complex is the research centre of Philips

Semiconductors (now NXP). Its curved shape was achieved

by a hybrid construction (concrete and steel). The pixelated

covering gives the facade its abstract appearance.

3 / La Llotja, Lleida - spain (2006-2010)

Designed to include a theatre hall and conference facilities

(37,500 m2), this complex is a replica of Lleida’s landscape.

The large monolithic stone building seems to have risen

straight from the Spanish soil and comprises various

interrelated volumes.

4 / the Birmingham library – Great Britain (2010-2013)

This transparent and fragile glass building was inspired

by the craft tradition of the city which it implicitly reflects.

The construction has been classified BREEAM. Despite

the transparent nature of the building, energy is mainly

generated through atriums, solar protection, natural

ventilation and isolation.

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compensate any irregularities and reduce thermal bridges and leaks. It is indeed surprising

how much heat can be lost through the tiniest crack in a wall. The avantages of glasswool

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Steenfabrieken NelissenThe brickworks Nelissen

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range of façade bricks, they can be seen on many building sites The King Baudouin

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bricks, in different sizes and colours in order to fully satisfy the creative architect

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Jaga breaks through the traditional way of thinking.Focusing on innovation and creativity since its foundation in 1962, Jaga has grown

into the leading radiator factory in Europe. Jaga stands for a corporate culture of

durability, freedom and social responsibility,

something that we apply to our relationships

with clients, suppliers and employees. Jaga

breaks through the traditional way of thinking

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Jaga is guided by 5 VALUES, held high by

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Epson has designed

a new web-based

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format printer

management.

Users can define

measurement criteria.

They can choose to

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media usage, to establish pricing for each job. Users can also set up basic fleet

management tasks such as alerts when paper or ink is running low. There is also

an inbuilt ordering system, saving time checking the correct supplies for each

printer. Supplies costs are user-defined to determine the cost of each job or its

sales price. Users can manage project cost, filtering reports by job or user name.

Printer status and job information can be viewed from any computer with internet

access. At €49 for the life of the printer, this is a small price for total control. The

service is also offered free with any ‘coverplus’ maintenance contracts.

www.myEpsonPrinter.eu

Niko: Mysterious – the art of disappearingNiko Mysterious invites you to be creative. This range

behaves like a chameleon, integrating seamlessly with all

interiors to take on

the colour and finish

of the wall. And now,

Niko introduces the

next step: a simple

wave of your hand

gives you complete

control.

Mysterious: that’s the

dawn of a new age.

With this first range

of invisible switches ever that can be flush mounted seamlessly, neither (interior)

architects nor clients have to worry whether the switches will blend perfectly in

their interior designs. After mounting, only a discreet circle remains visible. In the

dark, this circle lights with a soft and warm white glow of the LED lamps hidden

behind the switch.

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outer walls. Suitable for a wide range of façade finishes The new insulation system for outer

walls is an effective combination

of Powerwall® insulation panels,

adjustable screws and a choice of

façade finishes. Powerwall® gives

your home an insulation that is both

sustainable, efficient and continuous,

and which go together with a wide

range of aesthetic façade finishes,

such as wood, sidings, cladding,

slates, tiles, fibre cement panels, zinc,

plaster etc..

Thanks to its unique tongue and groove system, its light weight and compact size, Powerwall® is

very easy to install. Furthermore, the system is suitable for construction projects and renovation,

and guarantees excellent thermal performances.

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Awarded by an “Emerging Architect Special Mention” from the Eu-

ropean Union and the Mies der Rohe Foundation of Barcelona, this

building is designed by the Croat architects Lea Pelivan (Split, 1976)

and Toma Plejic (Riijeka, 1977) both graduated from the Zagreb Univer-

sity. The building faces a suburban zone at the end of some ambitious

building projects. A mixed program includes a sports hall and a high

school. The spatial and visual overlapping of the facilities constitutes

the basic operative logic underlying the building. A spacious inter-

nal "street" organizes and connects all the program elements. The

compact and enigmatic volume covered with a polycarbonate skin

contrasts with the vast flat environment. The architectural choice is

a radical break with the local modernist tradition in building sports

and school complexes. From the structural point of view the building is

in reinforced concrete on the ground floor while the upper floors are

realized with steel beams. Generally, all the materials are available on

the standard building market and with no special finishing, as in the

case of the floor soffits which have been left unfinished. The building

is not air-conditioned. Therefore a system of shutters above the sports

hall, the ducts through the cantilevered classrooms of the top floor

and the double polycarbonate skin guarantees the interior climatic

comfort. This translucent skin is lit up at night to irradiate and turns

the building into a symbolic place for the young people of Koprivnica.

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cOMpetitiONsMARMoDESigN '10 - StoNE iN StoNE oUt The Consorzio Marmisti Bresciani announces an international

competition of design to designers and architects,

of all nationalities, presenting themselves individually

or in teams. The competition aims to promote and reward

innovative and original natural stone design solutions

intended for interiors or outdoors living. The projects

will enhance the intrinsic qualities of the material, through

forms that will take inspiration and force from contemporary

design. Starting from the typical physical characteristics

of natural stone and its processing, the result will convey

and depict new leading trends.

Deadline: 15/10/2010

www.consorziomarmisti.org

WoRLD HABitAt AWARDS 2010Two awards are given annually to projects from the global

North as well as the South that provide practical and

innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems.

Deadline: 01/11/2010

www.worldhabitatawards.org

2011 opEN ARCHitECtURE CHALLENgE: gHANACalling all architects, eco-community designers, structural

engineers and imaginative others:

Goal of the challenge is to design and build units of a model

arts village in Ghana with a budget of $42,000 - $62,000 and

earth under the feet. We are interested in design solutions

that integrate art into architecture for a more sustainable

future. A grand prize winner and twenty top finalists

will be chosen.

project Location: Abetenim near Kumasi

in the Ashanti Region of ghana

Deadline: 13/11/2010

www.nkafoundation.org

DESigN AgAiNSt tHE ELEMENtS 2010 This global architectural design competition meant to find

a solution to the problems presented by climate change.

Spurred by the devastation wreaked in the Philippines by

tropical storm Ondoy (Ketsana) and driven by a powerhouse

multidisciplinary group of organizations from the private,

institutional, and government sectors, the project aims

to draw together the most innovative minds in the fields

of architecture, design, and urban planning to develop

sustainable and disaster-resistant housing for communities

in tropical urban settings.

Register: 24/09/2010

Deadline for submission of entries: 19/11/2010

www.designagainsttheelements.org

ARCHitECtURE of iSRAEL pRoJECt of tHE YEAR Architects, interior designers, landscape architects,

researchers and students are invited to submit works

planned or written after the beginning of 2005. PowerPoint

presentations, not exceeding 5mb, should include a short

explanation text describing the project, its location, purpose,

circumstances of production, uniqueness and date of

completion. Special credit will be given to creative, climate

and environmental awareness.

Deadline: 30/11/2010

www.aiq.co.il

CoppER AND HoME 2010 The object to be created must have a domestic use and

can belong, for example, to one of the following categories:

furniture (chair, table, coffee table, library) / complementary

items (hangers, magazine racks, vas.) / coatings (for

walls, doors) / functional items (radiators, lamps, lighting

systems). It is possible to integrate several materials for the

realization of the object but, in any case, copper and alloys

must have a proprietary role in the building phase. The

project must highlight the aesthetical and functional features

as well as the quality of copper.

Deadline: 30/11/2010

www.scuolaitalianadesign.com

tHE 2010 ASiD StUDENt DESigN CoMpEtitioN

The challenge for this competition is to explore the issue of

wellness as it pertains to a sector of the interior design industry

that you choose. This could span commercial and/or residential

interior design, and focus on any category such as corporate,

hospitality, residence, retail, education, healthcare, government, or

institutional, just to name a few. You are encouraged to research

additional sectors and choose one that is of interest to you.

Eligibilities: graduate level and Undergraduate level

submission deadline: 15/12/2010

www.asid.org

iNtERNAtioNAL AWARD "DEgREE & pRofESSioN" foR YoUNg gRADUAtES AND StUDENtS

Degree & Profession has launched its seventh annual

Virtual Expo, an online database in which graduates can

upload their Master's theses or degree projects to gain

international visibility with employers and companies.

All projects submitted to the archive by December 31, 2010

will automatically be digitally exhibited in Florence, Italy,

during the Florence World Festival from February 16-18, 2011.

Deadline: 31/12/2010

www.florence-expo.com

UiA ARCHitECtURE & CHiLDREN goLDEN CUBES AWARDS Entrants are invited to present activities, structures

or products designed to help children, from pre-school up

to and including the age of 18, to understand architectural

design and the processes by which our environment is

shaped.The Awards honor an activity or events, completed

or running in the period from 1st January 2007 to 15 March

2011. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: schools,

institutions, media.

Deadline: 15/03/2011

www.uia-architectes.org

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BOOkstypology+ Ebner, P., Herrmann, E., Höllbacher, R., Kuntscher, M.,

Wietzorrek, U.

This work analyses a hundred residences

on an international level using diagrams to make

a large and varied range of residences. Each project

is photographed and presented with its plan, layout,

sections and elevations to attract the reader with its spatial

and functional qualities. The book documents and analyzes

roughly one hundred international housing structures.

Birkhäuser | English

432 pages | € 69.90

ISBN 978-3034600873

www.springer.com

seating together. Arquitectura

de auditorios en el siglo XXi /

Architecture of auditoriums in the

21st centuryJuli Capella

Starting with a historical overview and ending with

a personal account of five renowned architects,

the book develops in detail the architectural techniques

of 29 auditoriums created throughout the world

in the last decade. The projects are chosen for

their quality and creativity, and are of different scales

and designed for different uses.

Figueras | Spanish / English

216 pages | € 31.00

ISBN 978-8461359103

www.actar-d.com

habiter écologiqueCollectif Actes Sud

Faced with social, climatic and energetic emergencies,

green architecture is emerging under extremely

complex situations. The quality and diversity

of the achievements presented in this book however

share a common denominator: the defense

of an intelligent use of and equal distribution

of resources.

Actes Sud | French

414 pages | € 45.00

ISBN 978-2742783212

www.actes-sud.fr

Architecture Now! MuseumsPhilip Jodidio

This work regroups more than 50 projects by the major

talents pushing the limits of contemporary museum

design. However, the current trends in new museums

transcend the amazing achievements of Zaha Hadid

or Renzo Piano. Several less renowned architects

have equally designed remarkable works.

Taschen | English / German / French

416 pages | € 29.99

ISBN 978-3836512244

www.taschen.com

hi-tec ArchitectureEckard Feddersen, Insa Lüdtke

The work presents the exceptional innovations which

have left an indelible mark on international contemporary

architecture. Over 40 spectacular projects illustrate

the technological possibilities and materials being

used increasingly in a revolutionary way, from Wembley

Stadium (Foster & Partners) to the Mercedes Benz

Museum in Stuttgart (UN Studio).

Daab Publishing | English / French / German /

Italian / Spanish

384 pages | € 39.95

ISBN 978-3866540200

www.daab-online.com

Green living Àlex Sánchez Vidiella

Replete with illustrations, the book covers projects which

mark a change in the way individual houses are designed

using methods that save energy, water and resources.

Far from being construed as constraints, environmental

concerns and energy efficiency demands are at the origin

of daring aesthetic, functional and technical innovations.

Booqs Tectum Publishers | English / French / Dutch /

German

619 pages | € 19.95

ISBN 978-8492463992

www.booqs.be

eduardo souto de Moura ArchitectFrancesc Zamora Mola

Going through his dwellings, public buildings,

urban plans, some not even constructed, the book gives

a portrait of the Portuguese architect made famous

with his subtle and refined works, and the clever use

of traditional materials. The development of his work

revealed a personality which was able to distinguish

itself from the repetitions of previous styles.

Loft Publications | English

400 pages | € 39.95

ISBN 978-8492463992

www.loftpublications.com

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