European Copper Architecture Awards

European Copper , Architecture Awards  was designed by Editorial. Seven exquisite projects from across Europe have been shortlisted in the European Copper in Architecture Awards, an annual scheme which looks to highlight the increasing use of the metal in cutting edge design. This year’s finalists have been sourced from Spain, Finland, Italy, the UK, Germany [...]

Tags: Copper, Europe, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, metal, Recyclable materials, Spain, United Kingdom

Reserved Commercial Facility Before Receiving AIANY Medal of Honor Dusseldorf in Germany

The Reserved Commercial Facility Before Receiving AIANY Medal of Honor Dusseldorf designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind is located in Germany. The concept for the retail and commercial office complex is decidedly un-Libeskind. Aside from irregularly positioned windows and diagonally slanting green panels, Kö-Bogen is free of the dramatically metaphorical artwork or poetical flourishes it’s architect [...]

Tags: Architect, Architecture, Center for Architecture, Daniel Libeskind, David Childs, Deconstructivism, Design, Düsseldorf, Germany, Human Interest, Louis Skidmore, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mies van der Rohe, New York City, Retail, Studio Daniel Libeskind, Visual arts

Shanghai Museum of Glass in Shanghai, China

Designed by logon, Shanghai Museum of Glass is located in Shanghai, China. Externally the mass of the building is formed of dark U-shaped glass imported from Germany, which has been delicately sand blasted and enamelled to create a number of transparent glass-related words in a wide variety of languages. During the evening, the building volume [...]

Tags: China, City, Dielectrics, Geography of China, Germany, Glass, Glass art, Materials science, Shanghai, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Visual arts

Intersections: Architecture and Poetry in London, United Kingdom

The Intersections: Architecture and Poetry designed by Editorial is located in London, United Kingdom.  Intersections will exhibit new collaborative artwork created specially for the event. Judith Walton and Linda Walker’s experimental performance will construct, display and unravel ‘poetic threads’ in unusual spaces at the Courtauld in Somerset House. Andrea de Meo and Myrtha Ehlert, from [...]

Tags: Andrea de Meo, Germany, Haiku, Italy, Japanese poetry, Judith Walton, Kyoto, Linda Walker, Lisa Nobeta, Literature, London, Myrtha Ehlert, Peter Zumthor, poet, Poetic form, poetic site, Terri Mulholland, Tonkin Liu, United Kingdom

National Centre for Tumour Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Germany

The National Centre for Tumour Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg designed by Behnisch Architekten is located in Heidelberg, Germany. Here, patients, their relatives and friends, visitors, as well as staff can feel at ease. The new building’s architecture is meant to highlight the character of the NCT, and to create an ideal setting for interdisciplinary work. Its [...]

Tags: Architecture, Behnisch Architekten, Cantilever, Construction, Germany, Heidelberg, National Centre for Tumour Diseases