BorderLINE Architecture is a concept of the young Hungarian architects Marcel Ferencz and Andor Wesselényi-Garay. This concept was chosen by a jury to represent Hungary at the 12th International Architectural Exhibition in Venice. MORE…
Let the kindergarten become a place where an architect’s play with space blends with a child’s play. We are presenting the newly announced result of the architectural competition for kindergarten in Ribnica which is to be the biggest kindergarten in Slovenia. The winning solution designed by Bojan Mrežar, Renato Rajnar and Peter Rijavec will have twenty playrooms and will measure 4,500 m2. 360 children will play and learn there. MORE…
Gallery DESSA was formed in 1989 in order to establish a space for sharing and learning about different architectural ideas. After twenty years, the gallery organized 200 exhibitions in homeland and 72 abroad, adding to these more than 50 lectures on Slovenian architecture abroad and 38 professional field trips. DESSA celebrated 20th anniversary of its establishment in December. Therefore, we are publishing a fascinating history of its beginning. MORE…
Skolix project proposes a new set of stadards for the development of the Greek coastline. A beautiful and sustainable living environment within a truly remarkable natural setting – one that is embedded appropriately in the landscape it inhabits, while enjoying and enhancing the aesthetic qualities of northern Corfu. MORE…
His work had always been noticed in Slovenia and it was only a matter of time when the world would want to see it too. This year he has held an independent exhibition of his new collection of seating design in the centre of Milan; he has exhibited his work at shows in
London, Milan, Moscow, Chicago and Las Vegas. MORE…
Branko Uršič served almost his entire years of service in Stol Kamnik. The majority of Stol’s most successful products bears his signature.
He received numerous awards and prizes, and presented himself at many trade shows. His special attitude to wood, the creativity that sought its ideals in simplicity, clear design and careful execution of Scandinavian design, whilst committed to domestic tradition, made him one of our most prominent industrial designers as early as the mid nineteen sixties. MORE…
»How to challenge the obvious?« is the general point of departure for every new project embarked on by architectural studio dekleva gregorič arhitekti. This concept has once again proven to be extremely efficient, as the architects have managed to prove that there is still room for a lot of novelties amongst bathroom equipment showrooms. MORE…
Kolelinia is a concept for riding our own bicycles on a steel wire, a new type of bicycle-lanes.It is a city fly attempt. We are born to move, this makes us alive. The transport is not only a transport, it has to be an experience! The quality of this process reflects directly on the quality of our life. Is it possible to achieve a completely new level of transportation with minimum resources? MORE…
How do you get Porsche, BMW, Audi, Aprilia, KTM, Ducati and Japanese Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, and many others to want and use not only Akrapovič products but also the Akrapovič brand? Where is the diff erence which catapulted the Slovenian company to the top in its fi eld and made all of the best manufacturers want it? What is the wisdom that allows not only a leap but subsistence on such a competitive market, and on top of that even venturing towards new challenges? This year’s success story, which most certainly transcends Slovenia’s scope, is Igor Akrapovič, a man with extraordinary desire, vision, knowledge and creativity.
The point of departure of the Temporary dwelling unit designed to solve residential hardships following natural disasters, which brought Nina Hercog and Mateja Martini the university student Prešeren Award, presents an in-depth analysis of the state of climate change and existing tools and installations that can solve dwelling problems in the aftermath of natural disasters. The students also accurately examined guidelines and development of the living culture of the 20th Century with an emphasis on the period following the Second World War. Their work lead them to a detailed study and analysis of a major natural disaster and the method of solving dwelling problems both in Slovenia and on a larger, global scale. MORE…
Kaja Antlej represents the youngest generation of industrial design graduates at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Ljubljana. She is currently employed in the technologically advanced company IB-PROCADD, where she occupies the top job in new process development. MORE…
At the time of nomination (May 09), the Multimedia Triangle Maribor 2012 project, designed by architect Jan Hadžić, was the only serious and complete work of architecture or unique architectural platform that would allow implementation of the anticipated programme for the European Capital of Culture, the title of which went to the Portuguese city of Guimaraes and Slovenian city of Maribor in 2012. MORE…
Uroš Rustja belongs to the youngest generation of architects who recently graduated from the Faculty of Architecture. Despite not really having realised any of his study projects from the faculty and the first small developments, interventions or competition solutions outside of the faculty, one can sense that this is a special, rather mature, complete and at the same time a sensitive personality. His approach is expressed in his sensitivity to the existing, inventive solutions of individual problems, clearness of concepts and his consistent project execution. MORE…
The award is the fruit of several years of creative development from the first major projects that were undertaken whilst still studying to the final, creatively most mature and innovative collection for the brand Cheek by Lisca for 2009, which includes five moods for spring/summer (Butterfy, Fresh, Joy, Sunshine in Garden) and five for autumn/winter (Sweety, Flow, Tender, Dream in Sporty). MORE…
Arijana Gadžijev is one of the most creative designers of the younger generation, who use their work to combine top-class knowledge in clothes design, textile design, textile technologies and illustration.
She combines experimental thinking and development of ideas into functional, wearable and modern collections that express a unique approach and her personality.
Since 2003, Month of Design has been presenting awards and singling out those designers, businesses and organisations that have significantly contributed to Slovene design. Zavod Big’s annual National Design Awards recognise design excellence on the corporate, individual and institutional level, in many categories from a number of fields, including industrial and consumer design, architecture, fashion, technology and more.
The main National Design Awards are: Designer of the Year, Interior of the Year, Success story, Timeless Slovenian Design, and Young Prospective Designers.
HIŠE AWARDS 2010, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
AWARDS CEREMONY AND RECEPTION:
MAY 14, EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION CENTER LJUBLJANA
HIŠE AWARDS EXHIBITION:
MAY 14-31, KRAKOVSKI NASIP
Together with its flagship publication HIŠE magazine, Zavod Big repeats its unique architectural competition and exhibition event, the Innovative and Excellence Awards. The exhibition and accompanying special magazine issue assembles and recognizes a selection of the best residential architecture being practiced all over the world today. You can see the selection of over 50 beautiful houses of the whole world in the post below.
This monument to fallen defenders in the Croatian Homeland War presents four rivers that are crossing Kalovac area: Kupa, Korana, Mrežnica and Dobra. Four rivers that flow peacefully in the beginning – made of parallel metal tracks – later they overcome stormy waves of war times and continue peacefully further in flow. MORE…
BIG ARCHITECTURE 2010, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
international architecture event
3 EVENTS, 3 STORIES , 3 LOCATIONS
180˚STAGE:
May 12, Cankarjev dom, Štihova dvorana
ARCHITECTURAL CONFERENCE “TRANSFORMATION”:
May 14, GR- exhibition and convention center Ljubljana
HIŠE AWARDS EXHIBITION:
May 14-31, Krakovski nasip
In May 2010 Zavod Big hosts its third annual international architectural conference, with subject-theme “Transformation”.
How does architecture transform our environments, together with the very programs of these environments? How can innovative and inspiring design transform the way architecture does this; and shape the architectures practiced today and in the future?
A selection of internationally-engaged architects addresses these issues through their exceptional work and through a dynamic dialogue-process within the framework of ‘Transformation’.
Presenting at BA10 in Ljubljana this spring are:
1. Nuno Mateus, ARX Portugal Arquitectos; Portugal
2. Jens Thomas Arnfred, Tegnestuen Vandkunsten; Denmark
3. Carme Pinós, Estudio Carme Pinós; Spain
4. Zvi Hecker, Zvi Hecker | architect | Berlin; Germany
5. Daniel Niggli, EM2N, Switzerland
6. Kamiel Klaasse, NL Architects; Netherlands
7. Matej Blenkuš, abiro, Slovenia
Big Architecture Conference 2010 Day’s Program
08:30 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 Conference opening
09:45 – 10:30 Kamiel Klaasse, NL Architects, NLD
10:30 – 11.15 Zvi Hecker, DEU
11:15 – 11:30 break
11:30 – 12:15 Carme Pinós, Estudio Carme Pinós, ESP
12:15 – 13.00 Daniel Niggli, EM2N, CHE
13:00 – 13:45 break/lunch
13:45 – 14.30 Jens Thomas Arnfred, Tegnestuen Vandkunsten, DKN
14:30 – 15.15 Matej Blenkuš, Abiro, SLO
15:15 – 16.00 Nuno Mateus, ARX Portugal Arquitectos, PRT
16:15 – 16.45 HIŠE AWARDS
19:30 – Exhibition & Party at Krakovski nasip
HIŠE AWARDS 2010: More …
Information & reservations: info@zavodbig.si
ARX Portugal Arquitectos was founded in 1991 by José Paulo Mateus and Nuno Mateus. The office’s work represents a wide range of projects, from private and public commissions in Portugal and abroad to several international competitions.
Nuno Mateus served as Director of Architecture Department, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, and currently teaches Design Studio at FAUTL and Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. José Mateus has taught at ESARQ-UIC in Barcelona, and at the ESAD in Lisbon.
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Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Tegnestuen Vandkunsten architect office was established in 1970. Some 40 years later, the quality of housing – low-cost and social housing in particular – remains the office’s foremost concern, though their work covers all aspects of the profession across Europe. Jens Thomas Arnfred is a co-founder and principal partner of Tegnestuen Vandkunsten. He has received, together with his partners, more than 60 first prizes in national, Nordic and international competitions, including the Alvar Aalto Medal in 2009.
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Carme Pinós worked in partnership with Enric Miralles until 1991, developing projects that include the Igualada Cemetery Park, the Archery Range Buildings for the 1992 Olympic Games and the La Llauna School in Badalona.
In 1991 she set up her own studio, producing work that includes the Pedestrian Bridge in Petrer (Alicante), the Cube Tower in Guadalajara (Mexico), and the Primary School in Castelldefels (Barcelona). Since then she has combined practice, teaching, and working as a founder of the Spanish National Museum of Architecture and Urban Space Partronage.
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Zvi Hecker’s office in Berlin was established in 1991 alongside the Tel-Aviv practice in Israel, where the office has also built extensively. Recently the Berlin office has been involved in several projects in Berlin, Amsterdam and on the Baltic Sea, and it regularly takes part in international competitions.
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The Zurich-based EM2N architects was established in 1997 by the firm’s principals Mathias Müller and Daniel Niggli. The office aims to produce architecture that is powerful and personal, with the ability to develop its own character. As a result their projects tend to polarise the public, which is fine, offer Müller and Niggli. “One may love or hate our architecture, but never be left indifferent.” Both Müller and Niggli are currently visiting professors at the acclaimed ETHZ – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.
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NL Architects is an Amsterdam-based office, run by its three principals Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk and Kamiel Klaasse, which officially began practice in 1997. NL Architects aspires to catalyse urban life. The office is constantly searching to find alternatives to the way we live and work, to answer the question – How can we intensify human interaction? MORE…
Abiro was established in 1999 by architects Miloš Florjaničič and Matej Blenkuš, out of a collaboration that dates back to 1996. Their architecture takes into the account the influences of modernism and postmodernism, informed with contemporary issues that the younger Blenkuš, who completed his postgraduate studies at HUT, Finland, brings to the equation. MORE…
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb—the largest publicly funded cultural project since Croatian independence in 1991—has finally opened its doors in December. The opening marked the culmination of a frustratingly drawn-out process, with the decision to create a museum first being made in 1998. A new building, designed by Croatian architect Igor Franic, has been created to house the museum, which holds collections of Croatian and foreign works from the 1950s to the present. Despite the delay and budget cuts that accompanied building construction, the new museum is extensive, covering a total area of 15,000 sq. m. The ambitious project is the first museum to be built in Zagreb in 125 years. MORE…
Ivana Tasev is a journalist by profession and vocation. For more than 12 years she works in the printed media, and in the last 6 years she is employed in the highest circulation weekly in Macedonia, “Tea Moderna”. She writes articles and interviews related to the art and cultural life in her country and the world. Sometimes she feels that the language is too constrained or limited to express certain delicate emotion. Therefore, where her words end, she continues her expression through photography.
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