Press Release:
DUBLIN. Architect Daniel Libeskind’s Grand Canal Theatre, part of the larger development by Chartered Land, is a dramatic addition to Dublin’s docklands created by a world-class team of designers. The 2100 seat venue, managed by Live Nation Ireland, will open its doors for the first time to the public on Thursday, March 18th, 2010.
Schmidt hammer lassen architects wins the architectural competition to design an approx. 40,000 m2 5-star hotel complex in Munich, in the southern part of Germany. This competition is the third large international competition won by schmidt hammer lassen architects in the first quarter of 2010.
Project description by Gensler:
The new Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott hotel pioneers the world’s latest school of architecture known as “Kid Modern.” With clean lines and vibrant colors, this playful yet highly sophisticated architectural language appeals to kids and their parents alike. The hotel will face the stunning San Diego Harbor and a new public boat channel and promenade. This 650-key, 1.2-million-square-foot hotel will be visible from the nearby airport and will punctuate the San Diego skyline with its 80-foot-high “slime tower,” the focal point of an adjacent water park.
Project description from Davide Marchetti Architetto:
Planning choices: The main idea is to create a solid, massive and “sculptural object” by simply stacking volumes one above the other and twisting them more and more as they overlap: what seems to be a banal gesture becomes rather a way to obtain a complex and articulated shape.
The different volumes placed in different heights and directions generate a geometrical method to have large terraces and flat roofs. These places are gently lightened and shaded by the multiple angles and corners of the building. In the ground level there are separated areas and volumes for three commercial units facing a public space (a sort of “mall”) that connects Vali Asr Avenue to Tajirish Square and Salmak Street. In this way every shop has more window area to show goods and there a covered public small “piazza” in-between the stores. In the same area there are private entrances to stairs and elevators carrying people to the office spaces and apartments floor on upper levels.
Project description from Diseño Earle:
Situated within an exclusive private development of just 28 individual villas near Estepona, Las Olas sits in a commanding position with extensive glazing affording spectacular panoramic views.
Project information from Emergent Architecture:
The Garak Fish Market is the largest wholesale market in Korea. It covers 54 hectares or 540,000 square meters of land and is one kilometer long. This project, undertaken with Chang-jo Architects, was an invited competition intended to explore the future of the development of the market and in particular, how it could become more integrated with the city and the surrounding neighborhoods. Of particular concern was the visual chaos and smell associated with the market, and whether or not some type of enclosure was warranted.
Project information by Johnstonmarklee:
The proposed 60,000 square meter Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is conceived as an iconic presence for the school and the community. As an 8 story building amid surrounding high-rises and mountains in the distance, the HKDI offers a new building scale for the site. Stacked and offset building modules provide not only structural stability and an economical means of construction, but also allow for unique juxtapositions between indoor and outdoor spaces. Classrooms, exhibition spaces, and lounges are interspersed with open air terraces and cascading balconies. A grand public space nested within the building provides a stage enriched with art, entertainment, academic activities, and the animated flow of students and visitors who move through the building.
Project description by Takao Shiotsuka Aatelier:
A banquet hall and one set of marriage ceremony hall. The requirements from a client: A ceremony room is a capacity of 40. Space like a cave. Space which descends to the deep place toward the center. In contrast with it, it is bright and a lounge is open space. While making a matter for these direction concrete form, It was necessary to plan existing banquet hall and gardens relations with the environment of the circumference adjacent at the same time.
