A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
CHALLENGE: The program for this international ideas competition challenges participants to design a new Athletics Stadium for hosting local, national and international athletics sports events in Brasilia. The new Athletics Stadium should create an exciting and visually strong structure at…
CHALLENGE: The program for this international ideas competition challenges participants to design a temporary Floating Pavilion for the Biennale in Venice to serve as a showcase space or Architectural piece in its own right. The temporary floating Pavilion should create…
CHALLENGE: The program for this international ideas competition challenges participants to design a new Contemporary Bridge to carry pedestrians over the River Spree in Berlin. The new footbridge should create a new Icon or landmark in Berlin, considering that there…
INTRODUCTION Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city of Brazil, the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper. This makes it the 6th largest in the Americas and…
the Ferrara University Department of Architecture, Italy, during these years has been involved in international seminars, courses and activities concerning the sustainable architecture such as the International Prize for Sustainable Architecture, now in its Tenth edition. The Prize arose from…
INTRODUCTION The imprisonment of people is probably one of the bigger taboo within our modern society. A Prison is a place in which people are physically confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is…
The Prize conceived and promoted by the Architecture Department at Ferrara University and Fassa Bortolo gives visibility to restoration and recovery projects of particular interest. We would like to remind you that the registration’s deadline is short-term (September 30th 2012).…
AIM: The aim of this competition is to create an investigation into the design and construction ideas of high-rise or very tall architecture and the dynamic communities within and around them with attention to aesthetics, technology, material, flexibility, adaptability and…
