Voest steelworks office in Linz by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

Voest Steelworks Office in Linz

Located in Linz, Austria, Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes have completed the new Voest Alpine Stahl building.

The main entrance, at the north-eastern end of the new building, is situated below a daring cantilever that exploits steel’s structural possibilities, and symbolizes the industrial ambitious claim of modern innovative and efficient company.

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voest_steelworks

The gentle slope under the cantilever leads into a spacious glass enclosed lobby which overlooks the impressive landscape of cranes, waste heaps, and chimneys. The ground floor is dedicated to services for all employees, shops, travel agency, library. This canopy guides staff and visitors into the building with the addition of LEDs to light the way. Glass and steel are predominant offering transparency and strength across the 23,160 sq m built up area.

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A conference area, directly accessible by a lift from the lobby, is located on the upper floor, while a large wooden deck offers expansive views over the industrial site. Individual offices are situated close to the facades. A central zone serves for meetings, provides space for team work, including copy facilities and small coffee areas. Inner atriums, enclosed by glass roofs, are open to all stories. The atriums provide natural light, and ventilation (via the chimney effect), for the inner zones and divide the building into sections.

voest_steelworks

The subdivision of the facade into full-height opening steel panels and fixed glass elements, allows flexibility with possibility of different size offices to be made as per requirements.

Photos by: Josef Pausch

National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain, Trinidad

National Academy for the Performing Arts, Trinidad

National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

Read previous Blogs on the Performing Arts Center:
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http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/blog/?p=324

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Lincoln Center Raises the Roof

Vivian Beaumont Theater for the new Lincoln Center

Architect Hugh Hardy’s design for an addition to the Vivian Beaumont Theater which overlooks Lincoln Center. His design for the addition to the building is a new black box theater that will be perched on the roof of the Beaumont Theater with a terrace overlooking Lincoln Center.
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CHOGM 2009 - Sustainability & Climate Change in the Commonwealth

CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) is held every two (2) years and brings together Commonwealth leaders to discuss global and Commonwealth issues, and to agree upon collective policies and initiatives. CHOGM 2009 is being hosted in the city of Port of Spain in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on November 27-29, 2009.

This year the main theme is that of Sustainability and climate change. Click to view the Handbook on Climate Change or download here

Click here for a document on Climate change and the Commonwealth.

Click here for the live video stream of the opening Ceremony and Cultural Programme at the National Academy for the Performing Arts today (Friday), starting at 1:50pm.

Previous post on National Academy for the Performing Arts in Trinidad & Tobago.

I am looking forward to the outcomes of this year’s meetings.

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2014 Incheon Asian Games Stadium by Populous

Incheon Asian Games Stadium

Incheon Asian Games Stadium

Incheon Stadium

I think the design is eye-catching, the symbolism of the Seung Moo dance as an inspiration a fine one, and the renderings look great. What do you think?

See UN Studio’s selected for Dalian Shide Stadium in China
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Conservation International - Georgetown, Guyana

Conservation International

Conservation International photo originally uploaded by Nigel Durrant.
This is their local office located in Queenstown, Georgetown, Guyana.

Conservation International has been established in Guyana with the main purpose of assisting the government in creating a national system of protected areas. They have been assisting the government of Guyana develop a strategy for carbon sequestration and the sale of credits.

Their vision is to establish Biodiversity Corridors in Guyana, incorporating the anchors of a National Protected Area System, while developing trans-boundary corridors across the Guiana Shield. They have been working with the Government of Guyana and resident indigenous communities to develop long term and sustainable management for the establishment of protected areas, helping to develop protected area legislation in Guyana and actively working with the Government to endow and establish a protected areas trust fund to finance the management of Guyana’s protected areas in perpetuity.

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Architecture for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

Architecture Caribbean congratulates BCMF Arquitetos, LUMO Arquitetos,
& Rio de Janeiro on their successful Olympic bid.

National Olympic Training Center

Rio Olympic Park

Rio-based architects BCMF Arquitetos who designed the award winning Deodoro Sports Complex for the 2007 Pan-American Games will be designing the Media and Broadcasting centres and the Olympic Park in Barra. Capable of hosting Shooting, Equestrian, Archery, Hockey and Modern Pentathlon events, the Deodoro will be adapted to become an essential element in the Rio Olympics. (Read AC interview with BCMF’s Bruno Campos). The 2016 Olympics will have an Olympic beach, on the idyllic shores of Guanabara Bay. With plans submitted by LUMO Arquitetos, the beach will be situated beside the main Olympic Village.

Olympic Aquatic Stadium

Olympic Village in Barra

Aquatics stadium; Olympic training facility; Olympic Tennis Centre

Olympic Village

While the Games will be centred around Barra, development will continue throughout the city with several venues in Maracanã , Copacabana and Deodoro and with redevelopment at the Port. The award of the Olympics will help to boost Brazil’s economy encouraging great investment and elevating the first South American country to ever host the Games, into a celebrated international stage and tourist destination - a well deserved legacy. Again Bruno, BCMF, and Brazil…CONGRATS!!!!

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UN Studio’s selected for Dalian Shide Stadium in China

Dalian Shide Stadium

Dalian Shide Stadium

The design for the Dalian stadium presents an inclusive approach to stadium design where the articulation of the structure and the openings and overlapping moments of its double-layered envelope serve as the starting point for visitor experience and programmatic and infrastructural requirements, in addition to heightening spectator experience in terms of proximity to the playing field.

Dalian Shide Stadium

Ben van Berkel of UN Studio says that a key feature of the Stadium is the proximity of the spectators to the pitch, ensuring the best views from the tribunes and creating a true sense of engagement. In the Dalian stadium, they envisioned the playing field as a stage with design specific views and focal points. A two tier seating system and curved outlines optimize the corners of the tribunes and allow the spectators to be as close as possible to the playing field.”

Dalian Shide Stadium

Cuju is to kick a ball with feet. Cu means kicking with feet, while Ju refers to a kind of leather ball stuffed with feathers. So combined together, Cuju means to play the ball with feet. As a kind of ancient Chinese sport, it is the prototype of the contemporary football.

Cuju

I applaud the strong concept of the Stadium by UN Studio, as well as the correct execution in the design. Well done! The “colorful weaving of the spirit of the spectators with the public realm and the urban context of the building”, along with the weaving of the structure which takes its cue from the colorful layering and overlapping of the ancient Chinese cuju football is a solid design concept.In my previous blog post on this competition (http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/blog/?p=349) I discussed NBBJ’s entry. This one won me over due to its concept and the execution of that concept was clear and concrete.

What do you think of UN Studio’s design?