Press Release:
Hong Kong – September 2nd, 2010 – Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) recently celebrated the grand opening of its most recent retail project, Palace 66. Designed by KPF, the Hang Lung Property by Hang Lung Properties Limited (Stock Code:101) covers 1.2 million square feet, and lies in the heart of Shenyang’s vibrant commercial and cultural center in the Shenhe District of Zhongjie Lu. Hang Lung Properties Limited is a longtime client of KPF.
Project description by Christoph Vogl:
San Antonio de Chépica was founded in a town north of San Antonio in 1824. In 1875, the church was relocated and the new San Antonio de Chépica was rebuilt in 1876. The structure suffered serious damage in the 1906 earthquake.
Press Release:
Concept Statement – J. MAYER H. – A.WAY
Welcome to Pokeville! Be aware that you might only access with a blue sticker on your car or, just jump into one of our free auto-mobiles and lean back, enjoy the ride, only see what you want to see according to your profile, mood and status. This is your own personal city and let us take you on a tour of how it all began:
Project description of il Fondaco dei Tedeschi by OMA:
The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, formerly a trading post for German merchants, then a customs house, now stands as a muted icon of the Venetian mercantile era. First constructed in 1228, twice destroyed by fire and rebuilt (in its current form in 1506), then subject to a series of major architectural interventions to accommodate new uses (towers removed, courtyard covered with glass, structure rebuilt again…), the Fondaco has constantly reshaped itself: its preservation …
Text from UNStudio:
Living with Books and Art: a loft in New York, USA 2007-2010
The UNStudio design for an existing loft located in Greenwich Village in Manhattan explores the interaction between a gallery and living space. The main walls in the loft flow through the space, and together with articulated ceilings create hybrid conditions in which exhibition areas merge into living areas
C. F. Møller Architects has just won the competition for a new terminal for Stockholm’s permanent ferry connections to Finland and the Baltics. The terminal will be a landmark for the new urban development Norra Djurgårdsstaden at the Stockholm waterfront – because of a significant architecture and a significant sustainable profile.
Press Release:
Hong Kong, 20 August 2010 – The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority unveiled today OMA’s conceptual masterplan for a major new arts district in Hong Kong. Under OMA’s plan – one of three competing proposals – the 40 hectare waterfront site facing Victoria Harbour would become an authentic environment of three urban villages embedded in a new public park, Hong Kong’s largest.
Christoph Vogl‘s KAT-Ohno won an international competition. Project description:
The development site is surrounded by four office buildings, which will be given a consistent appearance by refurbishment of new cladding systems and upgrading to meet modern standards. The master plan includes an extension of a new forum to provide flexible spaces for training seminars, lectures, exhibitions, film screenings etc. which cheungvogl’s design proposal is chosen as the winner for the invited competition.
