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Category: Interior Tags: Albania, Bar Lounge
A spirit of color In the centre of Tirana, in the characteristic district of “Tirana e Re”, we come across a coffee-bar with a unique style: “Mon Cheri urban life”, the second one of the “Mon Cheri” chain. Located in a characteristic neighborhood of Tirana, it has already been used as coffee before being totally [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use Tags: Albania, Green architecture
The building occupies a strategic position, at the entry of Tirana (Albania), on the principal major route towards airport. A big terrace – garden, for the exclusive use of the residents, occupies the upper limit of the basement body while other two volumes composes the portal that defines the general conformation. The first penthouse houses [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Albania, Architecture Award, BIG, Competition, Courtyard architecture, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Martha Schwartz Partners, Perforated, Religious architecture
BIG, Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management are today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony. The capital Tirana [...]
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Category: Architecture, Civic Tags: Albania, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Iconic architecture, Parliment, Skin, Stair
The world-renowned architect Wolf D. Prix/ COOP HIMMELB(L)AU presented The New Parliamentary Complex of the Republic of Albania in Tirana which incorporates fundamental democratic values such as openness, transparency and public co-determination. The building, located on a site area with approximately 28,000 m², is going to be the first project in Albania for the Viennese headquartered [...]
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