On the spot
News and observations
Residential harbour developments in Copenhagen (DK)
European Prize for Urban Public Space to muf’s Barking Town Square in London (UK)
Helsinki harbour plans cause a stir (FI)
Will the new Hermitage Guggenheim put Vilnius (LT) on the cultural map?
Milestone in Serbian social housing (HR)
Reality check: Palais Thinnfeld, Graz (AT)
and more...
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New projects
Museum, Gardabaer (IS) by PK Arkitekar
Oris pavilion, Zagreb (HR) by Andrija Rusan
Bungee jump platform on water tower, Ploubalay (FR) by Igor Lecomte and Espace Gaïa
Public centre, Lviv (UA) by Domorinthos
Hotel, Lernacken (SE) by Space Group
Department store extension, Graz (AT) by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Interview
Ivan Kucina
Vesna Vucinic interviews Ivan Kucina about the difficulties of being an architect in Serbia. Nevertheless, Kucina remains optimistic: ‘There is something positive about transition and that is the absence of control.’
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New buildings
Camping ground, Rimigliano Natural Park (IT) by Archea Associati
Auditorium and theatre, Villajoyosa (ES) by Jose M. Torres Nadal and Antonio Marquerie
House, Salzburg (AT) by Flöckner Schnöll Architects
Social housing, Budapest (HU) by Péter Kis and Csaba Valkai
Cultural centre, Aarhus (DK) by SLETH Modernism and ET Architecture
Temporary theatre, Iasi (RO) by Angelo Roventa
Urban intervention, Bilbao (ES) by ACXT
School of Economics, Murska Sobota (SI) by Rok Benda, Primoz Hocevar and Mitja Zorc
Outlet store, Metzingen (DE) by Blocher Blocher
Town houses, Amsterdam (NL) by Atelier Kempe Thill
Pavilion, Grammichele (IT) by Marco Navarra
Cinema, Liège (BE) by architects V+ and engineering firms BAS and B-B
Section
Metal skins
In architecture metal has traditionally been associated with structural properties, with strength, large spans and great heights. Recent decades have seen the development of a new and different approach to the use of metal. Instead of being confined to robust loadbearing structures for utilitarian buildings, steel, aluminium and iron are starting to be used in facades and interiors, including in homes. These are designs which highlight metal’s ‘softer’ side in subtly worked skins and stylish textiles.
Eurovision
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
The power of words: European architectural policy is built on a superabundance of words
A changing coast: an architectural tour of Croatia
Profile: Stalker (IT)
Office: Henning Larsen Architects’ innovative office in Vesterbro, Copenhagen (DK)
Out of obscurity
Buildings from the margins of modern history
Axel Simon takes us to Eduard Neuenschwander’s 1964 studio in Gockhausen, near Zurich (CH).