News and observations
EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Bilbao's newest icon (ES)
Book: Energyscapes
Update: sports halls
Christof Grave, new director of the VAi (BE)
Art Nouveau-esque architecture in London (UK)
and more…
New projects
Block renovation, Porto (PT) by FA Architects
Science centre, New Belgrade (RS) by Wolfgang Tschappeler
Turkish bath, Stockholm (SE) by Arklab
Concert hall, Warsaw (PL) by Atelier Thomas Pucher
Holiday village, Ylläs (FI) by Eriksson Architects
Housing complex, Zurich (CH) by a Swiss-Dutch collaboration
Interview
Wandel Hoefer Lorch & Hirsch: Contemporary reconstructions
Nikolaus Hirsch and Wolfgang Lorch speak about the political dimension of architecture, their critical position between reconstruction and avant-garde, and the fact that one can appreciate Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum without necessarily liking its expressiveness.
New buildings
Housing, Paris (FR) by KOZ architectes
Conversion of a factory, Barcelona (ES) by Jordi Garcés
Apartment building, Sofia (BG) by I/O architects
Residential home, Büttenhardt (CH) by Bernath & Widmer
Workshop, Kouvola (FI) by Architects NRT
Visitor centre, Kristianstad (SE) by White
Mixed-use building, Amsterdam (NL) by Onix
Aviation Museum, Cracow (PL) by Pysall.Ruge Architekten & Bartłomiej Kisielewski
House and annexes, Káli Medence (HU) by Vincze & László Architects
Sustainable solutions
Sustainability: for years now it has been a 'hot item' in architecture. But as interest in sustainability grew, so too did the hype and scepticism surrounding the topic. What does green actually mean? About one thing there now seems to be agreement: not building is more environmentally friendly than new-build. The waste in terms of energy and materials that is inherent in the replacement of existing buildings by new ones can never be offset by any CO2-free, state‑of‑the‑art project, whatsoever.
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
Dietmar Koering's research on floating permaculture
A tour of Greater Prague (CZ)
Home: Adelina and Rado Iliev's sensual summer house in Yasna Polyana (BG)
Profile: French architects AIR
Out of obscurity
Buildings from the margins of modern history
The Franjinhas building in Lisbon, designed by Nuno Teotónio Pereira and João Bráulia Reis and erected in 1967, shows that good architecture is timeless and can still be considered contemporary, even 43 years after it was built.
