Articles from Stylepark Magazine on the topic of architecture

Producing architecture

3/26/2014

Productora – stands for unusual yet pragmatic furniture by four young architects from Argentina, Mexico and Belgium, respectively.

ARCHITECTURE

Book treasures in the Tobacco Factory

3/26/2014

The “La Ciudadela” is an example for a sensible restoration of an historical building, showing the flexibility of its use – and how wonderful it is to be surrounded by books.

ARCHITECTURE

More space for moving images

3/26/2014

Rojkind Architectos’ National Cinematheque in Mexico City offers not only new spaces for the film museum and film archive, the architects also created a new public space for open air film events.

ARCHITECTURE

10 of the over-40s

3/21/2014

Anyone visiting Mexico City should put aside some time to visit the marvelous buildings erected in the megapolis before 1980. We’ve compiled a hit list of the ten most interesting buildings aged over 40.

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Book machine

3/20/2014

The Vasconcelos Library by the architect Alberto Kalach combines a library and a botanical garden – and looks like a version of Cedric Price’s Fun Palace.

ARCHITECTURE

Culture in Construction

3/20/2014

Javier Sanchez Arquitectos and Arquitectura 911sc have modernized a building in Mexico City which dates from the 18th century and is now used by the Spanish Cultural Center.

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Mextropoli

3/18/2014

Mexican architecture journal Arquine is hosting a conference for the 15th time. This year it centers on the Mexico City metropolis and is accompanied by a highly diverse festival program.

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Mexico City’s Gordian knot

3/18/2014

Almost everything is a challenge in this megalopolis with over 20 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area that includes 40 municipalities of the State of Mexico. Alejandro Hernández Gálvez, chief editor at the mexican architecture magazine Arquine, explains why.

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London's change of things

3/7/2014

London engages modernity on its own terms: hosting modern architecture without ever really entering into the obligation to modernize as a city.

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The mastermind of building shells from Rügen

2/26/2014

The exhibition “In Beton gegossen” (Cast in concrete), on show in Stuttgart’s Architekturgalerie am Weissenhof from February 27 to April 6, pays tribute to the oeuvre of Ulrich Müther, whose extraordinary reinforced concrete shell structures were a cut above East German architecture at the time.

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Missing Link

2/26/2014

A waterfront sullied by Frankfurt Airport’s oil tank farm and a gap in the network of cycling routes that begged to be closed precisely at this spot: Raunheim’s new oil harbor bridge is a structure that self-confidently stands out in what is otherwise a surreal environment.

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Bad weather pool

2/12/2014

In the Netherlands the number of days with strong precipitation increased to 85 percent. What to do with all the water in a sealed city like Rotterdam? With their concept for Rotterdam’s Benthemplein square, the architects and planners at De Urbanisten demonstrate how water management can be incorporated into urban square design.

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Campus Kramer

2/11/2014

An exhibition in the Frankfurt Museum Angewandte Kunst focusing on the furniture of designer Ferdinand Kramer. But his product designs remain tied to his architectural legacy, which is well worth taking a look at.

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The selfie façade

2/6/2014

“Selfie-ism”, the well-known phenomenon of uploading cell-phone photos onto social media platforms, is now also possible on building façades. Architect Asif Khan has created a façade that portrays three-dimensional faces.

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Good illumination

2/6/2014

Media façades tend to be viewed with a critical eye – at least by architects. Indeed, many are just a glowing, in the worst case, flashing form of decoration for mediocre architecture. But is everything that flashes instantly bad?

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AfE-Tower 1972 – 2014

2/4/2014

The tower of Goethe University Frankfurt’s Educational Department has been demolished. The building was just 42 years old. An obituary.

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Holidays with Tito

2/2/2014

The legendary statesman had a penchant for luxurious hotel complexes. These and others are now featuring in the illustrated volume “Holidays after the Fall”: A photographic journey to the architectural legacy of the heyday of tourism in socialist Croatia.

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Locomotive Breath

1/29/2014

Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences stands on the grounds of what was once Europe’s largest locomotive factory. The old and new buildings together form a highly attractive campus on Berlin’s doorstep.

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N minus X – to read is to learn, part 3

1/23/2014

The stack’s getting smaller, but the work of remembering what was left lying is not yet at an end. Because quite a lot has accumulated as regards architecture and the museum.

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N minus X – to read is to learn, part 1

1/15/2014

Each time a new year begins, one is beset by a strange sense of disquiet. As though we needed to fight off a virus, we start tidying up. And in so doing, come across piles of books that deserve to be ignored no longer. So, here we go – let’s take a look at what we’ve got.

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Efficient light in Geneva

1/14/2014

The new WTO building is a persuasive mix of transparency, clarity and a lot of light. Stuttgart’s wittfoht architekten chose energy-saving LED luminaires by Nimbus for the job.

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NAUKOGRAD

1/8/2014

A mysterious client in Kazakhstan, a well-known architectural firm named OMA and a so-called science campus are the protagonists in "Naukograd" - a piece in seven acts on the experiences of an international architectural firm.

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Laptops instead of gas heaters

1/6/2014

Anyone who thinks winter’s too cold to keep the brain working should simply check out life on the ground in Manhattan.

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Living in a merchant’s house

1/3/2014

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Monomade in Tokyo

12/25/2013

In Tokyo “urban manufacturing” is not just some post-economic crisis slogan, but lived practice day in day out. In Taitō, one of the oldest districts, furniture, bags, paper lanterns and silver tea-ceremony vessels are being made in tiny workshops – and often by craftsmen seated on the floor in the traditional Japanese style.

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Cantina Florio

12/19/2013

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Revitalization at the touch of a switch

12/13/2013

It was not so much aesthetic architectural approaches that were called for as temporary solutions with a socio-cultural touch: For the second time Berlin has challenged Europe’s architects to submit entries for the “Urban Intervention Award”. A prize somewhere between “cute” and “best practice”.

ARCHITECTURE

Incompleted: Frankfurt at a glance

12/11/2013

On behalf of Stylepark, the Director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) takes a close look at DOM Publishers’ new “Architectural Guide to Frankfurt/Main”.

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On hold – The intangible legacy of the past decade

12/4/2013

The 2008 crisis resulted in a large number of planning operations being suspended. Will the pre-crisis boom go down in the annals of history as an aberration, or prove only to be a precursor of things to come?

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Hidden qualities

11/24/2013

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Beautiful homes rising from the dust

11/24/2013

Neat glossy pictures of gorgeous buildings and smart interiors shape the face of architecture in today’s media age. But if you take the plunge and treat your house or apartment to a makeover, you will soon find yourself confronted with noise, dust, dirt – and those who cause it.

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Breathtaking views

11/22/2013

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35 degrees in Vienna

11/14/2013

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Google Docks

11/12/2013

All the colors of the rainbow – in Google’s new Dublin premises the shades of the familiar logo dominate the interior, which features furniture from Pedrali.

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Prêt-à-porter living

11/8/2013

Turning the crisis into an opportunity: Spain’s architects are discovering prefab homes as a cost-efficient and attractive alternative. With their transportable miniature dwellings Madrid firms “Abaton” and “Sistema Modulab” are spearheading this new trend.

Producing architecture

Book treasures in the Tobacco Factory

More space for moving images

10 of the over-40s

Book machine

Culture in Construction

Mextropoli

Mexico City’s Gordian knot

London's change of things

The mastermind of building shells from Rügen

Missing Link

Bad weather pool

Campus Kramer

The selfie façade

Good illumination

AfE-Tower 1972 – 2014

Holidays with Tito

Locomotive Breath

N minus X – to read is to learn, part 3

N minus X – to read is to learn, part 1

Efficient light in Geneva

NAUKOGRAD

Laptops instead of gas heaters

Living in a merchant’s house

Monomade in Tokyo

Cantina Florio

Revitalization at the touch of a switch

Incompleted: Frankfurt at a glance

On hold &ndash; The intangible legacy of the past decade

Hidden qualities

Beautiful homes rising from the dust

Breathtaking views

35 degrees in Vienna

Google Docks

Prêt-à-porter living

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