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Entry for the architectural competition in 2002
The competition for the design of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was the largest architectural competition in history with 1557 entries from 82 countries. After we presented the winning design by Heneghan Peng here on desmena a while ago we now share with you some material that Dutch design studio Loos Architects have sent us: Museum for the Egyptian archaeological collection in Giza/CairoThe proposed museum building is situated on the desert plateau, hovering close to its edge. The broad flights of stairs form the entrance to a huge void which cuts through the whole building and serves as the interior access network of the museum. Determined by cosmic apparitions as well as earthly sights, the void touches the skin of the building and the volume is cut open. All functional areas are arranged in separate “houses” which can be accessed individually from the public void. Within the circular shape of the museum building, a multitude of exhibition layouts are possible. What looks like an anonymous block of stone from the outside, turns out to be a hollowed-out structure with quasi-urban qualities from the inside. Residential project in the Rmeil area of Beirut designed by Lebanese architects Bernard Khoury / DW5 All images, plans and information courtesy of Bernard Khoury / DW5; © by Bernard Khoury / DW5
Bernards Khoury and DW5 have provided us with some images of their recently completed project Plot 183 in Beirut. We share it with you on desMena. Plot 183The Rmeil 183 residential building is located on a 247 m² land on lot #183 in a quiet residential area of Rmeil. The 18 m wide western edge faces CHAFIK EL MOUAYIAD STREET. Award winning design for an office and commercial building in Tehran by Iranian architects Abbas Riahi Fard and Farinaz Razavi Nikoo
Iranian Architects Abbas Riahi Fard and Farinaz Razavi Nikoo designed a mixed use building on Valiasr Avenue in Tehran01_ LocationThe present building is a commercial-office building located in a rectangular site which has approximately 15 meters of frontage along the west side of Valiasr Avenue between Fatemi and Zartosht junctions. Here is the hub of different activities in Tehran and innumerable shops and restaurants as well as large cultural centers are situated along this avenue .Neighbors of our site are an old 6-storey building in the north and a ruin one-storey one in the south .Based on municipality codes we could have just a two-storey structure in this location, thus there was no possibility to make balance in elevation with adjoining buildings. New show debuts at Art Dubai - running from March 17 - 20
All images and text courtesy of Traffic
James Clar, a Dubai-based multi-disciplinary artist, will be debuting new works at the upcoming Art Dubai Fair. Entitled ‘Acceleration’, the show continues his fascination with new visual methods and sees him working in a number of mediums. The first exhibition in the Gulf by renowned architect Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid – Fluidity & DesignShaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research, Bahrain 15 March – 30 April 2010For her inaugural exhibition in the Gulf, Zaha Hadid - Fluidity & Design, the Pritzker Prize winning architect presents her practice’s continued exploration and research towards a new architectural language of fluidity that encompasses all scales of design - a built manifesto informed by originality and innovation. Evolving from the demands of greater complexity and variety in contemporary society, this new language is driven by the latest advances in computational design processes and stateof-the-art fabrication technologies. Iranian architects Arsh Studio design the Checker Box Office Complex All images, graphics and information courtesy of Arsh Design Group; © by Arsh Design Group; See detailed credits at the end of this post
Arsh Design Group have provided us with this material on one of their current projects in Tehran. We share it with you on desMena: Concepts behind the design of Checker Box Office ComplexCity of Tehran is an absurd constructed landscape. Here, the conventional typology for achieving high density which is that of towers, is replaced by a completely different spatial strategy whereas density is achieved through massive deployment of a mid-rise building type; which is that of four to five storey pilottee apartment buildings. Proposal for a 170 meter sculptural tower by Californian architects Faulders Studio
Californian Architect Thom Faulders has provided us with this material on one of his studios Middle East projects. We are glad to share it with you here on desMena. Mixed use development designed by Office of Architecture in Barcelona
The Office of Architecture in Barcelona has provided desMena with this material on one of their Mena projects. THE EDGEThe Project is based on principles of rigorousness and discipline in order to respond to structure and program. Mixed-use development in Cairo designed by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
The richness observed in the intricate patterns carved into minarets throughout Cairo and Egyptian Hieroglyphic patterns, with variations in repetition, density, and relief have contributed to the abstract pattern specific to Zaha Hadid Architects’ design for Stone Towers.Parisian studio Mikou design an urban jewel for the Moroccan city of Fez
Remodeling of Florence Square in Fez aims to create a space for encountersFLORENCE SQUARE, FEZFlorence Square is situated in a strategic area in the new town of Fez. The square is structured by a main urban axis, a broad boulevard with a central island generating an important pedestrian flow. The remodeling of Florence Square in Fez aims to create a space for encounters and meetings at a pedestrian scale and the scale of the neighborhood, but also a place clearly identifiable as a representative part of the modern Fez. →click here for more |
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