Photo: Smiljan Radic- Copper House 2, Talca, Chile
“Days of Oris” is the international symposium of architecture held traditionally in Zagreb, Croatia, on the last weekend in October. Arhitekst, the publisher of Oris magazine, has organized it for nine years in a row. The high criteria for lecturer selection guarantee a valuable cultural contribution in Croatian and international contexts. Moreover, the symposium has established itself as a gathering place for the regional architectural scene. MORE…
Rok Predin in the field of Slovenian popular music, original music is not often referred to as an individual genre. But individuality is the very element which defines music most thoroughly. Just as we know where people come from simply by the dialect they speak, we recognise some musicians from the language of their music, which is, in such a case, hard to define in the context of ordinary popular music genres or even trends. MORE…
The idea and design of Serbian pavilion on World exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shangai was originated by the team of young architects Natalija Miodragovic and Darko Kovacev. The inspiration for the pavilion was Serbian carpet and traditional Serbian weaving; a process that symbolizes symbiosis, the unification and harmonizing of old and new, MORE…
Human relations as inspiration have led me to fire, one of the four basic elements, that has many different forms on the material and a great deal of symbolic meanings on the spiritual level.
How to integrate the consequences of fire into a dress without destroying it, but adding value, has become the goal or the solution throughout the process, which simultaneously offers an interpretation within the framework of human relations.
Situated at the foot of a mountain on the Turkish Riviera, is a small beach town known as Oludeniz. Not only is this town famous for it’s breathtaking landscape of brilliant blue waters and vivid green forests, but it is also arguably one of the best places in the world to go paragliding.
For many of the thousands of tourists every year, paragliding is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, a moment captured through a fish-eye lens and displayed proudly on their lounge room walls. But for approximately 150 of the local men, this is not an experience but a way of life. MORE…
Vienna’s knack for building functional, yet livable public housing is on display at Museum of applied arts, Belgrade from September 9th to 30th 2009. The exhibition Housing in Vienna. Innovative, Social and Ecological, curated by the Architekturzentrum Wien, provides a comprehensive survey of urban housing design in Vienna from its beginnings to the present. MORE…
MABarchitects were commissioned for the interior reconstruction of a 200 square meter flat in downtown Athens, in an area where most of the apartments have already been converted into offices, health centers and similar programs. The architects were commissioned to design and construct a gynecological clinic specialized in assisted reproduction. MORE…
The reconstruction, renovation and new purpose of Kino Šiška makes Ljubljana a lively and sensitive Central-European city with vibrant culture, thus hoping to fix and institutionalise in the public eye the new, different contemporary culture. The opening week of the centre will be held from September 18th to 25th 2009 showing over 15 music and dance events, starting with the performance of legendary Laibach and Juno Reactor. MORE…
In the locality of Baredi above Izola there is an oilve grove of 600 trees, where Miran Adamič makes one of the best olive oils in Slovenia. The Slovenian Istra is situated in one of the northernmost geographical positions in the Mediterranean, where the olive tree still grows. In terms of its olive oil production, Slovenia is just a small dot on the world map if we consider the statistical data which show that approx. 600,000 olive trees are planted on its soil (for a better explanation suffice it to say that only one of the major Spanish producers cultivates one million olive trees). MORE…
Tomislav Brajnović is a participant in “The Artic circle” project with his work called »Egotrip«. He was born in Zagreb 1965. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb 1993 and went on to complete his Masters Degree at St. Martins College of Art London 2003.
Recognition and reaction to the context, location of the neuralgic points, use of the local visual, symbolic and other ‘languages’, exploration of the art scene and its critical frame are the main determinants of his artistic activity. At the same time it is the search for a human dimension and ‘spiritual gravity’, natural speed of life and balance between the human, the nature and God. MORE…
The winning proposal for the University Library and Campus in Zadar, Croatia, by Njiric+ architects, was newly announced by Architectural chamber of Croatia. Authors proposed a solution for Mediterranean campus with main public program that does not follow the orthogonal grid of faculty buildings but is freely positioned in the space. MORE…
The Dorobanti Tower was designed to establish an iconic presence in the heart of Bucharest. The new tower that should be completed by 2013 is a unique mix of a distinctive form, ingenious structure, and spatial qualities of sky-high living. The purity of its form – a chamfered diamond like structure – will be a timeless, elegant landmark in the centre of Bucharest. MORE…
Few weeks ago the mayor and international jury pronounced BOLLES+WILSON winner of the competition for the new Korça City Centre Masterplan. The international two-stage competition was decided in favour of the Münster based office for its concept of ‘Scenographic Urbanism’, a choreographing of new buildings and public spaces which pays close attention to the existing grains and potentials of this small but spatially complex city. MORE…
