Mixed Deevelopment | Athens By Hills | Point Supreme

The project aims to highlight the full range of unexploited mountains, hills and natural remains that float in the city fabric and around the Acropolis. ‘ Athens by Hills’ exploits the Genius Loci of each of the main hills of Athens in order to highlight and capitalize upon them, through programmatic interventions that enrich the perception and representation of the city. The experience of the city is expanding beyond the center and the all too famous ancient remains, towards the periphery with exciting, new flexible monuments for the future.

Point Supreme Architects were invited to participate in the Australian Pavilion , Emoh Rou, at the London Festival of Architecture 2010in collaboration with other Australian architects working abroad and within Australia. Three countries are represented in the exhibition, Australia, Greece and Slovenia.......more

Tianjin Museum | Tianjin | China | Perkins + Will

The Tianjin Museum along with the New Natural History Museum, Art Museum and Library are organized along a cultural corridor within the master plan which is inspired by the founding of Tianjin as the "Land of the Heavenly Ford." The buildings are sited as a sequence of water passages, garden and plazas that engage the public as they pass through the site. Each cultural building incorporates a unique plaza as both an educational device and public interaction space. The Tianjin Museum's City plaza presents the layers of Tianjin history as an occupiable plaza of green space, water and seating at the lake level, while being an educational device that interacts with the City View Window at the upper level of the museum. Similarly, the Art center would incorporate a large art plaza and the library a grand Knowledge plaza representing a contrast of the written words housed within the library and the temporary interaction of the public.......more

Architectural Competition First Prize Winner | Mixed Use Development | Shan ShuiI Hangzhou | Hangzhou | China | Steven Holl

At the heart of the "bowtie" plan are the Water Tower and the Mountain Tower, alluding to the spirit of Hangzhou. The Water Tower branches into tributary forms connecting to the north, while the Mountain Tower connects via landscape forms to the south. The winning design by Steven Holl Architects is comprised of five large scale elements, which hover between landform and architecture, connecting to the factory buildings at each end of the site......more

The Peak Resort Proposal | Derbyshire | UK | Stanton Williams

Leisure development comprising a golf course redesigned to PGA standards, hotel accommodation, indoor extreme sports arena, indoor lawn games hall, conference hall and 250 lodges in the woods. The project revisits and updates a 1989 outline planning application with a view to submitting a revised matters application for a phased development of the resort.
Stanton Williams have been appointed to develop the design and coordinate the design team to deliver planning submission level of detail supported by an Environmental Statement encompassing all the environmental site issues ranging from sustainable development, ecology, wild life, landscape, visual and environmental impact.........more

Celebration Hall for the Diplomatic Quarter | Riyadh | Saudi-Arabia | Albert Speer and Partner

Given the increased demand for prestigious, spacious premises for wedding celebrations and other ceremonies hosted by the royal family, the Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) staged an international competition for the design and construction of a palace in which the weddings of the male members of the royal family can be celebrated. Boasting outstanding, feudal architecture, Celebration Hall is intended to become the landmark of the Diplomatic Quarter (DQ) in Riyadh. The AS&P design for Celebration Hall takes the form of a polished diamond resting on a velvet cushion. The roof and the facade comprise facetted surfaces and in terms of construction and aesthetics create a union with the column-free interior. The design of the façade is a reinterpretation of classical Arab ornamentation, giving it a contemporary touch........more

Studio City Hotel | Dubai | UAE | Soehne and Partner Architects

Now Dubai is going to make films, creating fictions. Dubai Studio City will be the next Mecca of the global illusions-industry. It is a logical consequence of Dubai's city history. Following the essence of Paul Auster's statement, Dubai found his new way to create fictions in making movies.

In this context the strongest expressions for fictions are science fiction movies, because in sci-fi movies the journey goes on and it never ends, it's just a question of creativity. The medium for the fiction trip is the spaceship. The Hotel we designed is also a medium, a medium for hospitality, but it's not a spaceship, because it can not fly - just in movies.

So it is the inverse of a spaceship it is a space harbour for business people, actors and people who wants to taste the atmosphere of illusions..........more

As a metaphore, the harbour stands for a way through, an interface - a place where illusions are coming true or also new challenges. Hotels are quite similar, because people in a hotel are also on a way through and looking forward to the next future.

Sunnfjord Museum | Førde | Sogn og Fjordane | Norway | Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

The facility is located in close relation to the specific elements of the site, in the tension between cultural and natural landscape, with a spesific contact towards the lake, Movatnet, and the buildings of the open-air museum. The project was resolved in harmony and scale with thebuildings of the museum’s dimensions. The new building and outdoor elements of the project will highlight the museums identity and regional character.........more

Innovative and Sustainable Office Building | Green Office 2015 | RAU

Green Office 2015 is an innovative vision of and a concrete plan for the comprehensive activation of inner city areas and their integration with the surrounding districts. Developed as an integrated whole, this unique concept offers solutions for various social issues. It is an ambitious project on which numerous project partners from the building sector, the business world, knowledge institutes and government authorities collaborated from the very start.........more

Mixed Use Development | Krøyers Plads | Copenhagen | Denmark | Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects

VLA and COBE's proposal for three new buildings at Krøyers Plads uses the historic warehouses as inspiration.

Folding roofs and the building's robust materials are important architectural themes that create a dialogue between old and new, and at the same time a modern and empathetic interpretation of the architectural uniqueness of the old Copenhagen warehouses.

The two new buildings facing the harbour are designed as office facilities. The dwellings are grouped in one building that is orientated towards the basin with an open glass facade, allowing for greater views of the harbour. The building's simple geometry with sloping roofs, relates to the surrounding cornice heights, and is designed with roof surfaces exposed to the harbor like the existing warehouses. The modern warehouses at Krøyer Plads are developed after a series of principles of sustainability, so the buildings meet the need for environmental, social, economic and resource-focused aspects of construction.........more

International Architectural Design Competition | Zabeel Park Competition | New Moon | Varabyeu Partners

"New Moon" from Varabyeu Partners.
Conceived as part of an international competition to create the main attractions of the park Zabeel in Dubai, UAE. "New Moon" from Varabyeu Partners is a symbolic architecture, which, in addition to providing a unique design also emphasizes the prosperity of the modern United Arab Emirates. Emblems of power and energy in the East, in the form of a crescent consists of five levels, each of which represents a single observatory, which depicts the Five Pillars of Islam:
1. Shahada (Arabic الشهادة) - Evidence that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad - His servant and His messenger.

2. Salat (Arabic الصلاة) - Making every day, five-time prayers.

3. Zakah (Arabic الزكاة) - payment of cleaning donations.

4. Syyam (Arabic الصيام) - fast during the month of Ramadan.........more

International Architectural Design Competition | La Ciudad del Motor | Alcaniz | Aragon | Spain | UNStudio

The Cuidad del motor project is the centerpiece of the new world-class racing site. The building is organized like a continuous loop with two crossing points. The loop houses the various programmatic elements and the complimentary program. The design is based on generating the maximum interaction between building and surrounding, especially the tracks, providing multiple experiences to the visitor.........more

Performance Center Alexanderhoehe | Iserlohn | Germany | B + U

The design situates the building adjacent to the existing Parktheater. The expressive form of the building creates a landmark for the city and the region.
When situating the building on the site it was important to us to redefine the urban relationship of Alexanderheights with the city. The building was placed in the north of the Parktheater and oriented towards the inner city to emphasize this. On the otherhand we wanted to create a synergy between the existing Parktheater and the new Multifunctional hall and create a single access point for vistors to both theaters as a shared service access for more efficient access.........more

Bahrain Financial Harbour | MAKE Architects

The proposals will provide a dramatic culmination to the Bahrain Financial Harbour masterplan. A cultural quarter with an Opera House at the scheme's epicentre generates a heart to the scheme while providing the area with a prominent gateway icon.

Twin tower proposals have been conceived in a scissor formation to optimise views towards the harbour corniche and beyond to the Gulf. The building orientation minimises wind loading and exposure to the low sun angles with 'dart-like' forms exploiting and funnelling cooling breezes, while providing shade and a calming eddy at the ground plane............more

Cultural Centre | Terra Karavana | Tbilisi | Georgia | J Mayer H

Terra Karavana is a contemporary new urban landscape located on the riverfront in the very heart of Tbilisi. Referring to the old caravanserai on site, the cultural center creates a new dynamic identity for the Rhike Park. Access from all sides make this public outdoor space a lively urban center that combines green space and public buildings including a multipurpose event hall, a movie center, a museum, a panorama restaurant and shops. Water fountains, grass fields, sculptures and light installations activate the overall park and invite the people of Tbilisi and visitors day and night to enjoy the panoramic view over the city and its surrounding mountains..........more

Porsgrunn Maritime Museum | Porsgrunn | Southern Norway | COBE

The city of Porsgrunn has a long maritime history of shipping, and the unique development of the region is clearly visible in the existing remarkable building structure of the area. The concept of the museum shows a high level of sensitivity towards the existing small buildings yet simultaneously stands out as a contemporary public building - housing a science center that takes its starting point in the narrative about Porsgrunn and Norway’s transformation from being a nation of seafaring to a modern society based on knowledge industry. Taking into account the surrounding building structure, the new building is composed of several smaller volumes with tilted and pitched roofs that are assembled into a larger building unit........more

International Architectural Competition | Aura SOHO | Beijing | China | Make Architects

Make were shortlisted for a prestigious international competition with this dramatic design for a new 500,000m² office and retail development. Located on a gateway site near Beijing international airport, the building takes the form of a monumental arch which creates a powerful presence on the skyline and celebrates arrival into the city. The development is surrounded by new public spaces which are conceived as a fluid landscape, linked and defined by ribbon-like canopies that flow through the pedestrian routes. Organically-shaped retail pavilions overlook a range of gardens and sunken courtyards and a large civic plaza provides the development, and the wider area, with a focal point............more