Architecture Now
Civil Justice Centre, Manchester
After an international competition, the Australian practice Denton Corker Marshall Architects was chosen to design The Civil Justice Center in Manchester. The building, inaugurated a few days ago, is the practice’s first major civic building in the UK. Conceived as a powerful sculptural element, it shows an opened architecture, meant to promote civic confidence, […]
Helsinki apartment blocks
In Helsinki a new residential complex is going to emerge on the site of a former power plant, Hanasaari. ALA, the young architecture studio which won the competition, presented a different and daring approach.The terraced blocks have a wave like form that offers almost every apartment a fabulous view toward the sea. Inside their enclosed […]
The latest work of Oscar Niemeyer
At 99 years of age, Oscar Niemeyer inaugurated on the 5th April 2007 his latest work, The Popular Theater in Niteroi (a city located near Rio de Janeiro). The famous architect dedicated the building to Brazil, symbolized in the green, blue and yellow colors of the auditorium. Capable of hosting 10.000 visitors, The Popular […]
Sami Parliament competition
The Sami are one of the largest indigenous groups in Europe. The population, estimated at about 85,000, occupies parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Kiruna is one of the Swedish towns built by the sami people and also the place of their new Parliament (in Sweden). The competition […]
Leaf Chapel
The Leaf Chapel is sited in one corner of a resort hotel in Kobuchizawa. Surrounded by the Southern Japan Alps and Mt. Yatsugatuke the site has a beautiful view over Mt. Fuji. In this natural scene, the chapel recreates the image of two leaves that had fallen to the ground, one atop the other. […]
Sydney, a work of art on a building
This building could be Sydney’s biggest work of art. Starting from the famous photo of Max Dupain, “Bondi”, ARM designed a building that will have this image “engraved” on its 14 storey facade. From the inside, each balcony, which covers the north façade of the building, seems to be cut in a strange, unique […]
