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Originally Posted by Ch.G, Ch.G (Post 3994250)

^ Peter Eisenman is going to be fucking pissed...

Greater Columbus Convention Center
http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lectur...enman/ccc2.jpg
photo by Jeff Goldberg

I totally thought of that one too!

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Originally Posted by amor de cosmos (Post 3992436)

that's because Beijing is like a temple built on an enormous scale & Chicago & New York aren't.

OR....
Maybe its because Chicago or New York would never build such an ugly thing

this ones coming out of construction, nearly ready:

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Originally Posted by Minato ku (Post 30111186)

Hotel Renaissance in Avenue de Wagram near the Champs Elysees
Architect Cristian de Portzamparc

Pictures by JP.

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Oslo

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Originally Posted by Þróndeimr (Post 29892796)

Barcode Highrise Complex
Bjørvika, Oslo - Norway

Part of the larger Fjordcity-project in Oslo we find Barcode, a highrise clauster in downtown Oslo right next to the
newly completed Oslo Opera House. Around 10 highrise buildings around 45m to 70m tall. This is the original model
which won the masterplan competition in 2003 under the name "Barcode". Its was made by Norwegian Dark Arkitekter
AS which is also behind one of the single highrises in this complex. Barcode is on schedule to be completed in 2014. By
now, late 2008 the design for 7 highrises is ready or more or less ready, we're still waiting for 3-4 more highrise-designs
to be announced.

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PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Com)

PricewaterhouseCoopers occupied its new headquarter, a 46m, or 12 floor tall high-rise building in Bjørvika in May 2007.
The agreement between PWC and the owner Oslo S Utvikling AS was signed on March 18th 2005, and was the first
high-rise building to be approved and built at the new high-rise complex in Bjørvika, next to Osle Opera House.
Construction of the tower started in january 2006 and was completed in May 2007. A-Lab designed the building which
has a main facade material of glass, with a outside skin of sun shading elements.

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KLP Bygget (U/C)

KLP Eiendom (a Norwegian real estate management company) has started the construction of their new office building
in Bjørvika. Their plot will consist of one building leading into two different towers, both been 64m tall. The eastern
tower contains offices, while the western tower will consist of 54 apartments from the 9th floor to the 18th floor, which
will be the top floor. Oslo-based architect S+J Arkitekter AS have designed the building which has an area of 37 800m2.

Ground was broken in 2007, and construction began in January 2008. The building is on schedule for completion in
summer of 2010.

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Isfjellet (Approved)

A 16 floor tall approved office building next to KLP Bygget (U/C) and Visma Headquarters (Approved). Its designed by
the architect company Snøhetta and is inspired by a breaking glacier, where its name "Isfjellet", meaning "The Glacier"
comes from. Isfjellet will face Dronning Eufemias gate and Oslo Opera House with 12 floors (51m). Towards north, or
Oslo Central Station it will increase its height to 16 floors and 67m. The entire 16.950 m2 large building will room offices.

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Visma Bygget (Approved)

Visma, a Norwegian founded consulting business, has acquired this second building in the Barcode development for
relocation of their Oslo headquarters. The 67m tall building is structured as three ‘towers’, connected internally by large,
three-story atriums. The towers vary in heights and provide for a semi-sheltered roof terrace on top of the middle
tower. The building is located in the center of this new development, along a new major street and adjacent to a
pedestrian route connecting the areas behind the train lines, by a bridge, with the waterfront and former harbor area.

This unique location, in a new dense development, anchors the building at ground level with large public spaces and
creates a landmark with its 17 stories. It will attract both future employees and clients, encouraging a dynamic working
environment and culture, enabling Visma to deliver top services to their clients. The building is designed by Dark
Arkitekter AS.

Construction is set to start in January 2009 with completion in 2011.

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DnB NOR (Approved)

Final design is not here yet, but this is three highrises on 15, 16 and 17 floors with offices and apartments.
Construction will start in 2009, but has been delayed a few months after findings of historical items during pre-
constructions in 2008. Norway's largest bank, DnB NOR will occupy most of these three highrises which they are making
their new headquarters.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ts/DNBNor2.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1221411967

http://www.arkitektur.no/?nid=171387...55&r_n_d=8157_

kickass, esp that Visma building & Hafencity

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Chongqing Library / Perkins Eastman
Architects: Perkins Eastman
Location: Chongqing, China
Project Year: 2007
Building Type: Public Assembly
Construction Area: 50,000 sqm
Budget: US $38.6M
Photographs: © ZhiHui Gu

http://www.archdaily.com/11052/chong...rkins-eastman/

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Originally Posted by Minato ku

Hotel Renaissance in Avenue de Wagram near the Champs Elysees
Architect Cristian de Portzamparc

Wow, Portzamparc is still surprising... great stuff.

One wishes the Aqua tower here in Chicago could have been given such a high-class exterior finish.

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Sapphire Gallery by XTEN Architecture
January 2nd, 2009

Sapphire Gallery
Architect: XTEN Architecture
Principals: Monika Haefelfinger & Austin Kelly, AIA
Client: Frederick & Julie Reisz
Project Name: Sapphire Gallery
Project Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Rendering Credits: XTEN Architecture

Sapphire Gallery is an addition to an existing 1960’s modern house that seeks to wrap a growing art collection in a sculptural object of its own. The new structure is grafted onto the existing circulation/ gallery spine of the main house, extending it up to a second story for light and views. Lightweight, factory built trusses comprise the building structure, designed to be assembled on site in a day. Braced frames in each direction transfer shear and gravity loads to grade, and the resultant second story cantilevers allow for a minimal footprint and landscaping to connect the various courts and gardens on the property.

Sandwiching the steel frames is a building façade system that was developed to provide solar protection for the art while still allowing for visual connections to the lush hillside gardens. The South façade and inclined roof are clad in monocrystaline solar cells that are customized into a diamond array, a pattern that continues on the East and West facades of the building as perforated aluminum cladding to screen the solar gain. This pattern is echoed in a ceramic frit gradient applied to the double pane glass to modulate the natural daylight. Integrated with the structure between these two layers are specialized shutters that adjust to the amount of exterior sunlight and help regulate the temperature inside.

The gallery partitions are independent from the building structure to allow for flexibility in staging the galleries in the future. Heating and cooling are achieved through radiant floor and ceiling systems embedded into the concrete decks. Rainwater is collected from the roof runoff and recycled as gray water for the irrigation system. Recycled materials include the aluminum cladding, fly ash used in the concrete decking, cotton insulation, permeable paving and steel with recycled content for all the framing — high performance systems and materials put in the service of an overall spatial experience that protects and foregrounds the art while allowing for views to the surrounding hills.

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/02/sap...-architecture/

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^ I lurv that shape. Its the kind of modernism that shows less isn't always more

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5820/saal0qz.jpg
Oh great, nothing we need more than another concert hall with horrendous acoustics! Reminds me of Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, which I heard has awful acoustics. I'm not an acoustic expert, but that doesn't look too good for... actual sound. It's a nice design, but probably not very practical...

See, again, it's actually a nice design, but it's just bound for bad acoustics. I'm surprised so little architects never seem to take that into account or at least consult someone about it... I guess little things like actually having a good listening experience during the concert don't matter as much reeling in the tickets from excitement over some new fangled hall. It can't be that hard to construct a new "progressive" design for a concert hall and take into account acoustics.

what makes you think the acoustics will be so bad? For half a billion bucks I think they've worked it out

Of course acoustics have been taken into account. Consultants for Philharmonie de Paris are Nagata Acoustics.

And still wondering why this stuff is classified as "progressive"...

Still wondering why people hate on this thread so much...

Anyways, I've seen renderings of Elbephilarmonie before and I thought it was a beautiful building. Great architecture, very sleek, fits in with it's surroundings. Just an amazing building. A lot of those buildings are really nice too. We need more buildings like that here in N.A. Not massively tall, or big, but they pull your eyes into them. The Chongqing Library is awesome btw.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is soon to rise in East Lansing. I'm not that big of a fan, but it'll be an instant landmark for the region:

http://e-architect.co.uk/chicago/jpg...zh080116_7.jpg
http://e-architect.co.uk/

http://e-architect.co.uk/chicago/jpg...zh080116_5.jpg
http://e-architect.co.uk/

http://e-architect.co.uk/chicago/jpg...zh080116_1.jpg
http://e-architect.co.uk/

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...roadslide1.jpg
New York Times

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New York Times

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...roadslide3.jpg
New York Times

It's purposefully built to emphasize the horizontal, which is why it's only 40 feet tall at its highest point, and actually slopes downward on one end to 27 feet. To me, it looks like a piece of folded tin foil.

It looks futurist, I like the sense of movement

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Originally Posted by staff (Post 4004652)

Of course acoustics have been taken into account. Consultants for Philharmonie de Paris are Nagata Acoustics.

Well, Like I said, I'm not an expert, I'm pretty much basing it on the fact that a lot of recent concert halls have had this similar oblong-looking shape, and I know that some of them are notoriously bad for acoustics - since they have roughly the same shape, I assumed it would not be that different, but I'm probably wrong. Like I said, the one I'm most familiar with is Philadelphia's Verizon Hall, but I would be surprised if that wasn't consulted for acoustics - yet it's notoriously bad.

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