Berlin Neues Museum wins 2011 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation announced today. The building is a reconstruction, blending old and new, by UK architect Sir David Chipperfield. The ‘Emerging

Hace poco que la Revista 2G ha sacado a la venda su último número dedicado al estudio OFFICE. Junto a la colaboración de la Editorial Gustavo Gili queremos sortear entre nuestros lectores: 3 ejemplares 2G N.63 OFFICE – Kersten Geers & David van Severen Podeis participar del 15 de octubre de 2012 al 22 de octubre de 2012 Si no puedes esperar a finalizar el sorteo, también lo puedes conseguir accediendo a la

Fuente: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Fotografía: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Commercial space, workshop, offices and appartement The party walls of a lot in Tielt are raised to their maximum height. On the side toward the street the elevated wall forms a wide entrance. Within this frame stand two identical buildings, mirror images opposite one another, thus defining an inner courtyard. The block

Fuente: David Closes Fotografía: José Hevia El parque, de dimensiones muy modestas, se encuentra situado en el barrio de la Plaza Cataluña, un barrio manresano muy denso, desprovisto de zonas verdes. Con la configuración topográfica planteada y, especialmente, con la ubicación de los elementos más característicos del parque (los umbráculos y las pérgolas) se pretende fragmentar visualmente el parque y singularizarlo.

Source: David Chipperfiel Architects Photography: Simon Menges Founded in 1929, the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History is located in Hangzhou and has a collection of over 200,000 specimens covering geology, ecology and palaeontology. The eastern Chinese province is the site of many important discoveries from the Cretaceous period. This new, second branch of the museum is the centrepiece of a cultural district in Anji

Source: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Photography: Bas Princen This freestanding dwelling is situated in the middle of a parcel between woods and an agricultural area near the village of Buggenhout. The enclosure—a modular steel fence—is an integral part of the design and defines the volume of the house. The surrounding unkempt garden is not included, and functions as an automotive access around the house. T

Source: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Photography: Bas Princen This ofἀce building, housing the West Flanders Chamber of Commerce, stands like a villa in the landscape of the urbanized edge of Kortrijk. The building is conceived as having two faces, like the Roman god Janus, showing distinctly different aspects to the street and the garden. The representative façade on the street side, completely of glass, d