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Project • By Omrania • Transports
Arriyadh Western Metro Station
In an era of revived interest in downtown and car-less transit, Arriyadh Metro Western Station is much more than a place to board a train. Omrania’s goal was to design an intermodal transit hub that appeals to non-transit users. This new iconic nexus links buses and the city's light rail system; it is home to a vegetable marketplace, and it embodies the culture of the city and creates real estate value at the same time.
Covering 112,500 square meters, the Western station is both an architectural masterpiece and a multifunctional transit and social hub. Its design draws inspiration from sand dunes along the southern border of Riyadh, expressed through undulating forms and striking three-way curved roofs and fa&ccedi... More
News • News • 8 Oct 2024
Archello Awards 2024 Longlist – Park of the Year
Archello Awards 2024 has revealed its longlist for Park of the Year. The longlists celebrate the very best building products, architecture projects, and firms selected from over 1,000 entries for the second edition of Archello's annual awards program.
Modernization of Pole Mokotowskie Park
WXCA
Modernization of Pole Mokotowskie Park in Warsaw by WXCA Pole Mokotowskie is one of the largest and undeniably the most popular park in Warsaw. The park itself is also a unique social phenomenon as its space h...
Benjakitti Forest Park
Arsomslip Community and Environmental Architect
Benjakitti Park is an urban park located in the former Tobacco factory area, owned by The Treasury Department, Ministry o... More
Project • By Kjellander Sjöberg • Offices
Paushuset
The point of departure for the project has been to promote a vibrant urban environment in central Enköping, transforming the Bagaren city block, referred to as Paushuset, into an open and inviting meeting place with low thresholds. The aim is to intensify the central public flows and to reinforce the position of Stora Torget as an important place for the entire town.
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History and urban fabricEnköping was originally established as a market town. During the Viking Age, shoreline of the Mälaren lake was further inland, and there was an important port where Stora Torget lies today. The clearly defined grid structure of the urban fabric gives the inner town its character, with remnants of older timber townhouses. The... More
Project • By Mosa • Supermarkets
Carrefour Nantes Saint Herblain
Project Carrefour Nantes Saint Herblain, published by Mosa.
Location: Nantes Saint Herblain, France
Category: Supermarkets
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Landhausplatz | Eduard Wallnöfer Platz
The goal of the intervention at Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz (Landhausplatz) was to create a contemporary urban public space that negotiates between the various contradictory conditions and constraints of the site and establishes a stage for a new mélange of urban activities characterized by a wide diversity. The realized project consists of a 9.000 square meter concrete floor sculpture.Before the transformation took place, the square’s atmosphere and spatial appearance was dominated by the facing facade of the Tyrolean provincial governmental building from the period of National Socialism, and by a large scale memorial resembling a fascist monument – which, in fact and in spite of its visual appearance, is a freedom monument that shall commemora... More