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Category: Master Plan Tags: Architecture Award, BIG, Courtyard architecture, Random pattern, Waterfront architecture
BIG wins the competition to revitalize the city center of the third largest city in Finland. The invited design contest calls for a strong architectural master plan, comprising residential, commercial and cultural programme, forming a new urban area around the existing Ratina sports stadium in one of the most rapidly developing regions in Finland. BIG is [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential Tags: BIG, Bridge, Iconic architecture, Korea
BIG’s residential towers in the Yongsan International Business District revitalize the Han riverfront into a new commercial and residential center for the citizens of Seoul. Situated at the south-east edge of the Yongsan master plan designed by Studio Liebeskind for the Korean development group Dreamhub, BIG’s Cross # Towers will contribute to the developing skyline [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential Tags: BIG, Canada, Courtyard architecture, Random pattern, Skyscrapers
The 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe mixed-use tower by BIG + Westbank + Dialog + Cobalt + PFS + Buro Happold + Glotman Simpson and local architect James Cheng marks the entry point to downtown Vancouver, forming a welcoming gateway to the city, while adding another unique structure to the Vancouver skyline. BIG’s proposal, named after [...]
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Category: Culture Tags: Art Gallery, BIG, Competition, Fluid form, Stair, Timber, USA architecture
BIG + Architectural Nexus + Dunn Associates + VBFA + Envision Engineering + Big D design the winning proposal for the renovation and expansion of Kimball Art Center in Park City, projected for completion by Mid-2015. The Kimball Art Center, home to Sundance House during the Annual Sundance Film Festival, invited an international group of [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: BIG, Finland, Landscape architecture
BIG wins an invited competition for a 47.000 m2 ski resort and recreational area in Levi. The future Ski Village will transform the existing Levi ski resort into a world class destination, offering top quality accommodation and leisure services for skiers of all levels and demands. The proximity to the Kittilä airport ensures easy access [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: Architecture Award, BIG, France, Paris
BIG + OFF WIN THE COMPETITION TO DESIGN THE RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JUSSIEU IN PARIS BIG + Paris-based architects OFF, engineers Buro Happold, consultants Michel Forgue and environmental engineer Franck Boutte is the winning team to design the new 15.000 m2 research centre for Sorbonne’s Scientific university Université Pierre et Marie Curie [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use, Residential Tags: Architecture Award, BIG, Switzerland
BIG wins an invited competition to renovate and extend an existing 1960′s concrete warehouse situated in a Basel industrial district which is being transformed into an alternative Arts District. The stacking of two complimentary structures – one on top of the other – has generated a new take on the typology of the communal courtyard. [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Albania, Architecture Award, BIG, Competition, Courtyard architecture, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Martha Schwartz Partners, Perforation, 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: Master Plan Tags: Architecture Award, BIG, Landscape architecture, Sweden
BIG + Grontmij + Spacescape are the winning team for the Stockholmsporten master plan competition to design an inviting new entrance portal into Stockholm at the intersection of a newly planned super-junction. The planned Hjulsta Intersection 15 km north of Stockholm where two European highways the E18 and E4 Bypasses converge into a three level [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential Tags: Architecture Award, BIG, Competition, Finland, Random pattern, Wood
BIG (DK) + Pirmin Jung Engineers for Wood Constructions (CH) + AOA Anttinen Oiva Architects Ltd (FI) + Vahanen Engineers (FI) + Stora Enso (FI) is the winning team to design a prototype wooden construction system for a pilot project in Kouvola, Finland that will serve as a showcase for the sustainable use of timber [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Architectural video, BIG, Events/News
A NEW ONLINE CINEMA EXCLUSIVELY STREAMING CUTTING EDGE FILM ABOUT PARKOUR , ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORTS IN THE WORLD, ARCHITECTURE AND THE FUTURE OF URBAN SPACE Kaspar Astrup Schröder’s Film, My Playground, Showcases The Connection Between Buildings and the Human Body Objective Cinema, an online cinema streaming rare and socially conscious documentaries, is [...]
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Category: Architecture Tags: Architecture Award, Art Gallery, BIG, Competition, Fluid form, Greenland, Iconic architecture, Landscape architecture
Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, in collaboration with TNT Nuuk + Ramboll Nuuk + Arkitekti have won the competition to design Greenland‘s New National Gallery. The Danish functionalistic architecture in Nuuk is typically square boxes which ignore the unique nature of Greenland. We therefore propose a national gallery which is both physically and [...]
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