ARCHITECTURE

Primary school “Nikola Tesla” in Novi Banovci

March 12, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Public and commercial architecture, Serbia|

The client’s request was to upgrade the existing school facility, which no longer met the needs of the students. The "Nikola Tesla" school complex is located in the center of Novi Banovci, with three separate buildings connected to each other – existing school and sports hall, that have been reconstructed during this project, and a newly built school connecting existing buildings.The position of the complex in urban tissue has had
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Grand Park Hotel Wider Landscape, Rovinj

March 11, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Croatia, Landscape and urban space|

The Grand Park is a luxury hotel situated in the exclusive tourist area of Monte Mulini, in the broad-er center of Rovinj, Croatia. The project covers the wider hotel landscape, situated near a wooded park, and creates a unique and coherent whole with the neighboring hotels' landscapes. The project is characterized by an interplay of terraces that are traversed by a simple and minimalist staircase, where linear COR-TEN steel
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Central pedestrian area in Vratsa

March 11, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Bulgaria, Landscape and urban space|

The reconstruction of the central part of Vratsa was burdened with responsibilities and expectations arising not only from the usual problems in such complex, public and large-scale (85,000 m2) project but also from two important facts. The first one is that the first pedestrian zone in Bulgaria was built in Vratsa (1974). The second one is that the current reconstruction is the first complete revitalization of this space in its
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Villa Emma, Porto Rotondo

March 11, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Italy, Residential architecture|

Villa Emma melts the rigour of "Stazzi", the local rural buildings, with the modern house principles of open floor plans and connection between outdoor and indoor spaces. Furthermore the building's ecological footprints have been reduced by creating a passive house. This house plays poetically with the sky and the land. The hand-cut granite stones on the ground floor plunge into the natural landscape while the sliding glass doors on
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Taverna Manolis, Rhodes

March 11, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Greece, Landscape and urban space|

GK SKIADOPOULOS was assigned with the landscape architecture of the traditional Greek restaurant "Taverna Manolis", during 2020 in Rhodes Island, Greece. The main concept which makes the project innovative, original and functional, was based in the connection of the following six parameters: • Emphasis on the Mediterranean Greek countryside, • Design inspiration from the Greek island architecture, • Highlight the traditional Mediterranean Greek culture, • Creation of bright, cozy
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Libelle Museumsquartier, Vienna

March 10, 2021|Architecture, Austria, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Public and commercial architecture|

The new pavilion hovers atop the Leopold Museum, nimble as a dragonfly. Its glass wings peering over the edge of the stone museum cube, a narrow shaft stretches long and thin into the courtyard, linking the glass body with the earth below. Open to the public, visitors can take a free – standing panorama elevator up to the viewing deck. The pavilion is raised up from the rooftop terrace of
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Budapart Residential Building, Budapest

March 10, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Hungary, Residential architecture|

The character of the 114-apartment residential building with three underground garage levels, ground floor + 5 and ground floor + 16 floors, is determined by the monolithic performance of the 60 m high tower and the lower building part. This uniformity is guaranteed by the second façade shell in front of the uninterrupted strip of balconies around the entire building above ground floor. The internal functional system of the
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Casa B, San Julian

March 10, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Malta, Residential architecture|

The project occurred after the demolition and reconstruction of a terrace house in the city of St. Julian, Malta making it more functional to the needs of the family. Located in a neighborhood formed by traditional buildings, the house’s main façade has a unified design, a double skin formed by a totally glazed elevation covered by a system of sliding aluminum louvers and delineated by a frame of reinforced
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Family house, Bratislava Old Town

March 10, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Residential architecture, Slovakia|

The family house is located in Bratislava. The goal of the solution was to achieve a highly convenient level of living combined with energy efficiency, taking advantage of the current knowledge and modern technology to the full extent possible. The simple composition of mass is created by an intersection of three cubes using minimal means of expressions, based on a combination of three main materials – glass, wood and concrete.
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Places in a Garden. Kindergarten in Bucharest

March 9, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Public and commercial architecture, Romania|

The reconversion project of the house from 9 Episcop Cherasie Street was thought out by the Mânadelucru architecture office - a house belonging to the Romanian Patriarchate, which they wanted to dedicate to education, thus materializing the design of a kindergarten. The coherence of the result is the due to a fluent collaboration between the architects and the client – the client understood the role of airy and bright
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Kamenitza Park Office Building, Plovdiv

March 9, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Bulgaria, Public and commercial architecture|

The office building in Kamenitza Park complex, is a modern and energy-efficient solution, covering the requirements of local investors willing to develop their business in Plovdiv. It consists of a total of 10,500 m² built-up area, distributed on 8 floors, and one underground level. The facade is a combination of the suspended glass facade and suspended natural stone, giving a memorable appearance to the building. The hanging facade of the
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The Zam!

March 9, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Hungary, Public and commercial architecture|

Zamárdi is a village in Hungary Europe with a population of 200 on the shore of Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe. The building is invested by the local government and built for the local community. It accommodates meetings, smaller venues, as well as concerts, exhibitions and will be open to the public all year round.Since the 1950s, the Balaton area has been a field of architectural
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