Architecture News June 2011
We list all architectural news items added on e-architect in any month on a montly news page, it forms a useful record in case you missed some item or some days within the month
National Automobile Museum Turin, Italy : Cino Zucchi Architetti / RecchiEngineering / Proger
India Glycols Corporate Office, Noida, India : Morphogenesis. 28 Jun
Prague National Gallery Entrance Hall, Czech Republic : Mateo Arquitectura
Cité de l’Océan et du Surf Biarritz, France : Steven Holl + Solange Fabiao
Corby Cube, Northamptonshire, England : Hawkins\Brown
Will Alsop architect : Denies reports he is to leave RMJM
National Music Center Calgary, Canada : Allied Works. 27 Jun

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Rozemaai Housing Antwerp, Belgium : Atelier Kempe Thill
Parc lineal La Sagrera Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain : West 8 / RCR / AldayJover
Gazprom Tower, St Petersburg, Russia : Okhta Centre - new design
World Architecture Festival Awards 2011, Barcelona : Michael Sorkin to lead super-jury of five
House of Seven Gardens, Gunma, Japan : Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects
Museum of the Built Environment KAFD, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : FXFOWLE
Noguchi Museum - Project, NY, USA : Neighborhood Revitalization
Red Town Sculpture Park Office, Shanghai, China : Taranta Creations, Architects
Machelen-Diegem Masterplan, Brussels, Belgium : Maxwan - more images
Louvre Extension, Paris, France : Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architecte. 24 Jun

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Worcester College Oxford, England : Rick Mather Architects
House Wright, Durban, South Africa : Sw(art)

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Possanco House, Portugal : ARX Portugal - photos
Xintiandi Factory, Hangzhou, China : Peter Ruge Architekten
USUN Building New York, USA : FAPE American art installation
Ai Weiwei - Chinese Artist : Released
Fragile Shelter, Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan : Hidemi Nishida
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, England : Keith Williams Architects - photos
Campbell Soup Company Employee Center, New Jersey, USA : KlingStubbins. 23 Jun
Adrian Smith, AS + GG Architecture : Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
Norman Foster - Honour : Save the Children Award
Asker centre development, Norway : ADEPT / DARK
Ravenna Harbour Building, Italy : Zucchi & Partners
MediaTek Headquarters Building, Taiwan : J. J. Pan & Partners, Architects & Planners
firstsite, Colchester, Essex, England, UK : Rafael Viñoly Architects

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Chelsea Barracks, London : Approval News
Oslofjord Convention Centre, Brunstad, Norway : Shortlisted Architects
Riverside Museum, Glasgow, Scotland : Zaha Hadid - more photos
Ennead Architects : Westmoreland Museum of American Art Expansion, Greensburg, PA, USA
Architectural Facades : Discussion by Roland Wahlroos-Ritter for e-architect
Burkina Faso Secondary Schools : Article by Article 25 for e-architect
Grahame Park Redevelopment, London, UK : Jestico + Whiles. 22 Jun
High Line Park, New York : Section Two Opens
BMW Guggenheim Lab, New York, USA : Atelier Bow-Wow
CityLife skyscraper, Milan, Italy : Arata Isozaki & Andrea Maffei Associates
Purple House, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK : Antonino Cardillo
Wuhan Greenland Center Tower, China : Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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BIG architects / Bjarke Ingels, Denmark : 'Hedonistic sustainability in Copenhagen' video
Designated Sketcher Competition : Sketch to Model Contest
JustK Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany : architekten martenson und nagel · theissen
Twin Trees, Seoul, South Korea : BCHO Architects. 21 Jun

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Kö-Bogen Düsseldorf, Germany : Daniel Libeskind lays the foundation stone
McNay Art Museum San Antonio, Texas, USA : George Nelson exhibition
AZ Awards Winners, Toronto, Canada : News
Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre, Stirling, Scotland : Design unveiled
Watts Gallery Compton, Surrey, south east England : ZMMA Architects
Clyde F. Barker Penn Transplant House, Philadelphia, USA : Rafael Viñoly Architects
Wimbledon Centre Court Roof, London, England : Populous
Trimo Urban Crash Contest : Architecture Competition News
one40william, Perth, Australia : HASSELL - award. 20 Jun
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland : Architecture Exhibition review - ’3x3’. 18 Jun
ARX Portugal, Lisbon : Architects Studio News
London Olympic Basketball Arena, UK : Wilkinson Eyre and KSS
Palácio de Justiça de Gouveia, Portugal : Barbosa & Guimaraes
The Index Tower, Dubai, UAE : Best tall building in the Middle East and Africa
Trimo Urban Crash : Architecture Competition News
Museum of Liverpool, north west England : 3XN Architects - opening
AIA New York Honor Awards 2011 : Medal of Honor - Daniel Libeskind, AIA
Bronze House, Hertfordshire, England, UK - design by Burrell Architects. 17 Jun
Pazhou District Masterplan, Guangzhou, China : Goettsch Partners

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M Shed Bristol, England : LAB Architecture Studio
OMA Exhibition Paris, France : (IM)PURE, (IN)FORMAL, (UN)BUILT
Lyric Theatre Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK : O’Donnell + Tuomey architects
David Downes Auction, London : St Pancras painting
Alibaba Headquarters, Hangzhou, China : HASSELL - added
PTTEP Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand : HASSELL - added
Radisson Suites Bangkok, Thailand : HASSELL - added
Regiocentrale Zuid Maasbracht, the Netherlands : Wiel Arets Architects
Newmarket Railway Station, Auckland, New Zealand : Opus Architecture and Herriot + Melhuish
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Synagogue, Illinois, USA : ross barney architects - Award
New Estonian Architecture, Moscow, Russia : 'BOOM/ROOM' Exhibition
SCI-Arc Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA : 'Rawhide: The New Shingle Style'. 16 Jun
CTBUH Awards 2011 : Four Skyscrapers Named Regional Best Tall Buildings
Pharrell Williams Resource Center, Virginia, USA : Chad Oppenheim
Arcam + Center for Architecture in New York : Glimpses of Practice : New York/Amsterdam
Eureka Pavilion, London, UK : NEX - moves to Kew Gardens
los Mondragones Building, Granada, southern Spain : Elisa Valero Ramos - added
House's Loft Contest, NYC, USA : International Design Competition
Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, UK : Sheppard Robson
Aberdeen Design Competition, Scotland : Submissions News
Maquinarias Competition, Peru : Lima Architecture Contest
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, USA : Haystack’s Architecture: Vision & Legacy
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Expansion, Texas, USA : Architects Shortlist. 15 Jun
Lausanne Museum, Switzerland : Allied Works Architects
Badehaus Am Kaiserstrand, Lochau, Austria : Lang+Schwärzler Architekturbüro
SNCI Tower, New York City, USA : solus4

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Hilton Surfers Paradise Gold Coast, Australia : The Buchan Group
Devereux Architects, England : strategic alliance with Middle East practice
Al Barahat Square Musheireb, Doha, Qatar : mossessian & partners - added
Fashion & Art Graduate School Competition, Tel Aviv, Israel : Chyutin Architects
Place Lalla Yeddouna Fez, Morocco : Architecture Competition - added
Syon Park Waldorf Astoria Hotel, England : Ettwein Bridges Architects
Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands : Remodelled NAI Opens. 14 Jun
eldridge smerin architects, England : Latest Designs added
Hallfield Housing Estate, London, England - news : Lubetkin + Lasdun
Einheitsdenkmal - Berlin Monument to Freedom and Unity : Sasha Waltz / Milla & Partner
Musée du quai Branly Paris, France : Ateliers Jean Nouvel - photos. 13 Jun
Villa La Roche, Paris, France - added : Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
House in La Encantada, Peru : Artadi Arquitecto
SFMOMA Expansion, San Francisco, CA, USA : Snøhetta
Beach house in Las Palmeras, Peru : Artadi Arquitecto. 12 Jun
Containers of Hope San Jose, Costa Rica : Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture
Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China : OMA - new images
Tecamachalco Competition Design, México : Pascal Arquitectos
Tri-Gen Living, England : Norton Ellis Architects
International Architectural Education Summit, Madrid, Spain : IE University Event
Pan Long Gu Valley Conference and Exhibition Centre, Ji County, Tianjin, China : Atelier 11
Jestico + Whiles architects, England : Top Architect in Sunday Times Green List
Tête de Pont, Bayonne, France : Mateo Arquitectura
3Beirut, Lebanon : Foster + Partners
Riverside Museum Glasgow, Scotland : Zaha Hadid Architects. 10 Jun

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Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion, Norway : Snøhetta

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Anish Kapoor Installation Paris, France : 'Leviathan', Grand Palais
O’ Mighty Green - Greenwash Discussion : STAR strategies + architecture
Mikve Rajel, Mexico : Pascal Arquitectos. 9 Jun
Pushkinsky Cinema Competition, Moscow, Russia : Winners
Knut Hamsun Center, Norway : Norwegian Byggeskikk Prize - Steven Holl Architects
Meinel Optical Sciences Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona : richärd+bauer - added
House in Setagaya, Tokyo : Akira Koyama + Key Operation Inc.
Rhone Alpes County Hall, Lyon, France : Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
AIA San Francisco Event, California, USA : The Aesthetics of Contemporary Architecture
HASSELL appointment, Australia : Leading Brisbane landscape architect
Standard hOuse, Poland : kwk promes Architects - added. 8 Jun
Chinese Architectural Development : Architecture Discussion by Harry den Hartog
Qi Urban wellness centre, Mexico City : manadaº
Winnipeg Skating Shelters, Manitoba, Canada : Patkau Architects
Sugar Dock Jacksons Landing, Sydney, Australia : Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT)
18th arrondissement Student Residence, Paris, France : LAN Architecture
Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman & Associates : Architect Acquires Majority Share of Gwathmey Siegel

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Safe House Warsaw, Poland : kwk promes Architects - added
Maggies Lanarkshire, Scotland : Reiach and Hall Architects
LDN Architects : Design Awards. 7 Jun
Linear House, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada : Patkau Architects - added
MIA Park, Doha, Qatar : I M Pei
Galaxy Soho, Beijing, China : Zaha Hadid Architects
GR230 Kimobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan : code ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
BDP architects - favourite building : Placebook blog
Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal, Taiwan : RTA-OFFICE
Hongqiao Soho Shanghai, China : Zaha Hadid Architects

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Gapyong Space Invader, South Korea : NL Architects
The POD Exhibition Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Studio Nicoletti Associati
BVN Architecture, Australia : Griffiths House wins award. 6 Jun
Pritzker Architecture Prize event, Chicago, USA : Obama lauds Pritzker family
60 Ludgate Hill and 30 Old Bailey, London, UK : Fletcher Priest Architects / Sauerbruch Hutton
OMA Venice Biennale, Italy : OMA and Prada - exhibition
McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong : OMA
Edinburgh Bio Quarter, Scotland : Shortlisted design by Alan Dunlop Architects with erz
Hotel Indigo, Glasgow, Scotland : Ica Architects
Basel Architecture Photos, Switzerland : various architects - photographs
Novartis global headquarters, Basel, Switzerland : various architects - photos

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Prague Quadrennial Events, Czech Republic : Architecture. 3 Jun
DePaul University Theatre School Chicago, USA : Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Quinte Technology Enhanced Learning Complex, Ontario, Canada : Teeple Architects - added
Windmill School, Headington, Oxford, England : Learning Garden
Manchester Airport City, north west England : 5plus Architects
New Cultural Center Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain : FÜNDC SL
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Seattle : Cooper-Hewitt 2011 National Design Award
Bradfield College Greek Theatre, Berkshire, England : studio octopi Architects
Hassell : Asia Pacific Property Awards and Asia Pacific Hotel Awards
Jim Olson Exhibition : Architecture for Art, Seattle, Washington, USA. 2 Jun
Bond St Crossrail Station, London, England : John McAslan + Partners
8 Spruce Street New York : Discussion by Douglas Klahr re New York by Gehry
Japanese Architecture Tour : UIA 2011
Urh Arhitekti Ljubljana, Slovenia : Recent Building Designs
Arkitema Architects - winners : Tretorn houses, Elsinore, Denmark
Circo Massimo Competition, Rome, Italy : See Architecture Competitions for details
Stratford Regional Station, London, UK : Olympic Games Gateway complete
Museum of Finnish Architecture exhibition : The Best School in the World - photos. 1 Jun
Architecture News May 2011
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