On the spot
News and observations
Expo Zaragoza under construction (ES)
Graeme Massie wins Reykjavik master-planning competition (IS)
Transparent designs share first prize in PermMuseumXXI competition (RU)
Update: Spring in Dublin (IE)
Award-winning Museumplein in Amsterdam (NL) ripe for a makeover
Reality check: Mixed-use complex, Budapest (HU)
and more...
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New projects
Office building, Sofia (BU) by Aedes Studio
Shipping terminal, Herceg-Novi (ME) by Studio Grad
Centre for the contemporary arts, Aberdeen (UK) by Brisac Gonzalez
Two churches, Litomysl / Cernosice u Prahy (CZ) by Zdenek Fránek
Academy of performing arts, bridge and square, Sarajevo (BA) by Archipelagos
Interview
Father and son Turányi
Within the changing Hungarian context, father and son Turányi combine their different approaches to architecture in their office T2a: ‘It is most inspiring when we have a continuous dialogue about our work. We need to be flexible’. An interview by Emiel Lamers.
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New buildings
Housing, Bilbao (ES) by Eduardo Belzunce, Juan Garcia Millán and Luís Diaz Mauriño
Music centre, Watford (UK) by Tim Ronalds
Covered sports ground, Jurmala (EE) by Substance
Operational centre, Lisbon (PT) by GLCS Arquitectos
Golf club, Sempachersee (CH) by Smolenicky & Partner
Commercial and residential centre, Zagreb (HR) by Igor Franic
Community centre, Dublin (IE) by Hasset Ducatez
Housing, Stavanger (NO) by Helen & Hard
Apartment building, Amsterdam (NL) by hvdn architecten
Museum, Freiberg (DE) by AFF
Pavilion, Grammichele (IT) by Marco Navarra
Office building, Ankara (TR) by Cirakoglu Architecture
Section
Beyond transparency
The development of glass and architecture has for centuries been dominated by the pursuit of maximum transparency.But in recent years architects have been exploring and exploiting other properties of the material. Glass, always having been associated with fragility, is now being used as a structural material. Whereas the use of glass was for a long time problematical because of the associated overheating, special UV-resistant glass or glass to which a screen print or film has been applied, actually functions as a protective or light-reflective layer. And whereas glass once symbolized openness or even voyeurism, there are now all kinds of coloured, translucent and matt types of glass capable of delivering various gradations of openness or privacy.
Eurovision
Focusing on European countries, cities and regions
Political symbolism: Monuments and history in the new Europe
An architectural tour of the province of Tarragona (ES)
Profile: ROBERTNEUN™ (DE)
Home: Piotr Smierzewski’s clear and formal home in Koszalin-Lubiatowo (PL)
Out of obscurity
Buildings from the margins of modern history
Daria Ricchi unveils Giovanni Michelucci’s 1950s Cassa di Risparmio in Florence, which is hidden behind a fake Renaissance facade.