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15 de julio de 2009.
The National Stadium in Beijing by architects Herzog & de Meuron has been awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize - an award given each year to the best building by an RIBA member built outside Europe.
Here we present images of the winning project (first seven images) plus the five other shortlisted schemes: Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 by Foster and Partners; Watercube, National Swimming Centre, Beijing by PTW Architects; Museum Brandhorst, Munich by sauerbruch hutton; Sean O’Casey Community Centre, Dublin by O’Donnell and Tuomey; and The British High Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Richard Murphy Architects.
Above and below: National Stadium in Beijing by Herzog & de Meuron. Images © Iwan Baan
Here’s a press release from the RIBA:
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National Stadium, Beijing wins RIBA’s prestigious international architecture award
The National Stadium in Beijing - nicknamed ‘the birds nest’ - by Herzog & de Meuron, with the China Architectural Design and research Group, Arup Sport and Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong, and artist Ai Wei Wei, has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious Lubetkin Prize for the most outstanding work of architecture outside the European Union by an RIBA member.
The presentation of the RIBA’s Lubetkin Prize will take place at a ceremony tonight (14th July) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, sponsored by Cosentino and in partnership with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). Winners of 2009 RIBA International Awards will also receive their awards at the ceremony.
Speaking about the building, the Lubetkin Prize judge and RIBA President, Sunand Prasad said: “This year’s shortlist for the Lubetkin Prize was easily the best we have seen, and although the discussion was intense, the result was clear. The National Stadium in Beijing will for a long time to come, and around the world, remain amongst the most memorable emblems of 2008 and of the resurgence of China as a global power. For a single work of architecture to hold such a charge is extremely rare, and at the same time to flawlessly accommodate a very complex set of functions makes the feat still more extraordinary. We would like to thank our partner, UKTI and sponsor, Cosentino, for supporting this awards reception.”
The National Stadium, Beijing beat off stiff competition from five other shortlisted buildings: Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 by Foster and Partners with NACO, the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and Arup; Watercube, National Swimming Centre, Beijing by PTW Architects with the China State Construction & Engineering Corporation, China State Construction Design International and Arup; Museum Brandhorst, Munich by sauerbruch hutton; Sean O’Casey Community Centre, Dublin by O’Donnell and Tuomey; and The British High Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Richard Murphy Architects.
The six shortlisted buildings were seen by a visiting jury comprising Sunand Prasad, RIBA President and chair, Paul Monaghan, architect and Chair of the RIBA Awards Group and Tony Chapman, RIBA Head of Awards, who reported to the full jury which also comprised Alison Brooks, architect and Tom Dyckhoff, journalist.
Above: Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3, by Foster + Partners. Image © Nigel Young.
Lord Mervyn Davies, Minister for Trade, Investment and Business whose organisation UKTI helps UK companies win business overseas, handed out the awards. Talking of UK architectural talent, he said: “Our architects and architecture schools are world-renowned for their flair and excellence. From state of the art airports to iconic cultural and sporting institutions, stunning examples of British architecture and engineering can be found the world over. Architecture is now truly international in influence and scope. Tonight we celebrate many international partnerships which add great strength to the architecture profession especially during the current climate.”
Above: Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3, by Foster + Partners Image © Nigel Young
The prize is named after the world-renowned architect Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990). Lubetkin’s daughter Sasha presented the winning architects with a unique cast bronze plaque, based loosely on her father’s design for the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, commissioned by the RIBA and designed and made by the artist Petr Weigl.
Above: Watercube National Swimming Centre, Beijing, by PTW Architects. Image © Ben McMillan.
The RIBA welcomes Cosentino as sponsor of the RIBA Lubetkin Prize reception at which they will launch their new product, ECO. The RIBA also thanks UKTI, partner for the RIBA Lubetkin Prize reception.
Above: Watercube National Swimming Centre, Beijing, by PTW Architects.
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/15/national-stadium-in-beijing-wins-riba-lubetkin-prize/
14 de julio de 2009.
Hoy a las 11.00 de la mañana ha tenido lugar la colocación de la primera piedra del que será el nuevo edificio icónico de la zona del Forum en Barcelona, la Torre Espiral. Este campus interuniversitario estará situado al final de la avenida Diagonal, una de las principales vías de Barcelona, a un costado del edificio Forum diseñado por Herzog & de Meuron para el Forum de las Culturas que tuvo lugar en el año 2004.
©ZHA Architects
Hoy a las 11.00 de la mañana ha tenido lugar la colocación de la primera piedra del que será el nuevo edificio icónico de la zona del Forum en Barcelona, la Torre Espiral. Este campus interuniversitario estará situado al final de la avenida Diagonal, una de las principales vías de Barcelona, a un costado del edificio Forum diseñado por Herzog & de Meuron para el Forum de las Culturas que tuvo lugar en el año 2004.
©Ethel Barahona
Zaha Hadid llegó al lugar alrededor de las 11.15 y en un evento con gran presencia política (el alcalde de Barcelona Jordi Hereu, los alcaldes del Maresme y el Besós y los principales representantes de el Consorsi). El edificio, que se ubica en la confluencia de las calles Taulat y Sant Ramon de Penyafort, tendrá una superficie construida sobre rasante de 20.650 m².
©Ethel Barahona
El discurso de Hadid fue breve, recordó su primer viaje a España cuando ella tenía 7 años y habló también de un concurso en el que participó hace 20 años, relacionado con el diseño y ampliación de la avenida Diagonal, momento en el que tuvo la oportunidad de conocer más a fondo el desarrollo urbano de Barcelona y que ha sido una gran influencia en el diseño que se inaugura hoy, según sus propias palabras.
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http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2009/07/14/primera-piedra-de-la-torre-espiral-de-zaha-hadid-en-barcelona/
13 de julio de 2009.
French architects Manuelle Gautrand Architecture have designed a car showroom and leisure centre for Cairo, Egypt.
The structure is based on a series of connecting circles and spherical cavities.
“The intersection between them creates all the circulations, atriums, and visual perspectives through the whole building,” explain the architects.
Made of concrete, the building will be made up of identical modules which can be added together to form larger showrooms.
The building will incorporate showrooms for several car brands, cafés, a food court, a media park and two cinemas.
Exterior images: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. Interior images: Arthur Couprie.
Here’s some more information from the architects:
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AUTOMOTIVE SHOWROOM AND LEISURE CENTRE
The program is a mixed-use one, with show rooms dedicated to several car brands, and also a lot of common facilities, around leisure: several cafés, a food court, a media park, two cinemas. The richness of this program is very interesting; with the potential of giving a vibrant place of attraction to the new district Allegria.
Our objective was to express in an innovative way this powerful program.
The guideline of the project is beginning with the car, and the memorable platforms that are used in all the trade fairs.
Most part of the time cars are exhibited like art-pieces on those turning platforms.
The entire project is imagined around this monumental way of showing cars.
The volume is conceived with the circle as a begin, and develops itself in a vast sculpture of circles and spheres, which are stuck together.
The intersection between them creates all the circulations, atriums, and visual perspectives through the whole building.
The interior space is totally flexible, with the possibility of moving the different showrooms, and also changing the place of cafés and restaurants.
All the modules are similar, each of them is approximately 80 sqm, and can be dedicated to one show room, or being added to some other to create a big show room of 2, 3 or 4 modules.
In the middle of the building there is a long atrium, which gives a lot of visual perspectives and helps the visitors to orientate themselves.
The idea is to build the project entirely in concrete, in pale and delicate colours, which could be a pearly white one.
The movement of the concrete sculpture makes sometimes, but regularly, small interior spaces, which are curved, to propose some privacy dedicated to VIP lounge, media lounge, small cafés, sales spaces…
In contrast with the pearly white concrete, those little rooms could be lined with precious materials and bright colours.
The volume has different heights, between 10 meters and 20 meters.
Those heights are displayed mainly on the extremities, allowing a generous exterior terrace on the middle of the roof.
All the brand signatures are in two horizontal lines of LED, which enlace the floors, giving a coloured movement behind the glass façade.
Client: GB AUTO
Surface: 12.000 m²
Location: Cairo - Egypt
Ongoing studies phase
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/13/automotive-showroom-and-leisure-centre-by-manuelle-gautrand-architecture/#more-34009
