Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects have won the Region Skåne’s architecture award for its construction “Strandbaden dance restaurant. The project was honored as the best building in southern Sweden in 2009.
Strandbaden dancing restaurant is a combined restaurant, meeting room and disco located in Falsterbo in Sweden’s southernmost tip. KKA won the 2007 international architectural competition in competition with 80 other proposals to design the building. The building has also been nominated for Sweden’s debut price and The Great Indoors awards.
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Måltidets Hus is the new 9000 m2 national and international resource centre for food development, host of the Gastronomic Institute and Norwegian chef team. Ralston & Bau was commissioned by Figgjo to make a permanent installation in the reception hall. A central wall that runs three flights high was transformed into a generous, vertical feast table. Combined iconic Figgjo dishes form organic shaped plates and bowls of the table, the wall was covered with an innovative laminated wood material simulating a linen table cloth. The wood was engraved with the shapes of ghost silver ware and glasses, while a classic chair backrest on the wall top completes the illusion of the vertical table. The installation was opened to the public on the 16th of September.
Anders Thingbø, CEO Figgjo thinks: This project has had found it’s own path since it is truly innovative! The reception of the finished result was allround positive…and the final design a surprise to many.
Constance Gaard Kristiansen, product manager Figgjo: I like the vertical table more and more!
Arkitektgruppen GKAK recently completed project “Bråviksskolan” – School of Braviken, in Norrkoping community, Sweden.
“Bråviksskolan is a building for contemporary schooling, for looking into the future, for different educational models, with a purpose of catering to the needs of our children. Playfulness, aiming to abandon archaic values like order and discipline in favour of improvisation and imaginaton. An ambition is to answer the creative abilities of mankind, whether young or old. Teaching will strive to meet new demands and so must the organisation. Though, the children will always be the same… Bråviksskolan aspires to affirm and assert the creative abilities of mankind, whether young or old. Teaching must strive to meet new demands and so must the educational organisation.”
Bråviksskolan in the Lindö district of Norrköping was completed in August 2009. The school is specifically built for children aged six to twelve, and has partly replaced the former Lindöskolan.
Arkitektgruppen GKAK is an architecture office based in Norrkoping and Stockholm, Sweden. Arkitektgruppen GKAK works in the wide field of architecture, planning, interior design in projects for corporate and public clients. Arkitektgruppen GKAK is part of the company group Developing Design Sweden.
Filed under: Architecture — Igor Polyakov @ 11:37 am
THE FIRE
The 30th of May 2006 the old dance hall in Falsterbo, Sweden, was
destroyed by fire. The dance hall was situated 200 meters from the beach
in a small pine wood grove on the southernmost tip of Sweden. Having been
a famous meeting place for both locals and tourists since the 1930′s the
dance hall was much mourned and it was soon decided that the house should
be rebuilt. The municipality launched an international architecture
competition that draw a record breaking interest from both media and
architects. After careful consideration the jury decided upon Kjellgren
Kaminsky’s proposal “Mirage”. (more…)
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VITRULUX Oy specializes in design and installation of complex and high-tech fasade lighting systems for buildings and other urban structures. Our company builds on serious innovative decisions.
Come visit us at FinnBuild ’08 in lot 5g19 starting on the 24th of September, 2008 for a hands-on presentation of our technology. We will be glad to talk and to answer any of your questions.
FinnBuild is the most important building and building services exhibition in Finland. FinnBuild is now arranged for the 18th time and once again presents the newest products, solutions and services of the branch.
International FinnBuild brings the whole construction sector together. Both major, trend-setting old hands as well as new, innovative entrepreneurs will be taking part. FinnBuild, which was first arranged in 1974, fills in all six halls of the Helsinki Fair Centre. (source)
FinnBuild Expo takes place at the Helsinki Fair Center on September 24 – 27, 2008. Please see the map below, which would help you find us at FinnBuild this year.
For more information and to arrange for a visit please see the FinnBuild 2008 Expo website.
Maria and Joakim went to the Norwegian mountains and fjords to investigate
light and time. With them they had 100 reflectors. They came back with
some lovely images.
Grieg Arkitekter AS created recently an interesting project called “Art and Culture Centre”. This is a green performing arts centre, school and fine arts museum. This building will have of facade with solar panels (ca 600m2), plans include wind mills and low power systems to make best use of avalible energy resorces. It is planned to use a maximum of local and ecological materials in the buildings
construction. Project completion 2010.
HIGH-TECH BRINGS BUILDING FACADES INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
Finnish Vitrulux Oy. unveils new technology set to to make self-illuminated facades common place
A new blend of art and technology used to light glass-facade buildings is transforming city’s night looks. Over the last year two new buildings in St-Petersburg, Russia have come to life — housing offices by day, and dazzling imagination by night. The buildings’ facades are a mix of glass windows and light-emitting panels which at night cover faces of the buildings with vivid images and rich textures.
Thanks to recent advances in technology and design, self-illuminating facade systems have finally become practical both in terms of longevity and environmental friendliness. This new patented technology delivers a lighting solution compatible with modern construction technologies and minimal construction overhead. Vitrulux Oy., the Finnish company responsible for the two installations in St-Petersburg, has recently launched a website (www.vitrulux.com) which showcases these projects and provides technical background information.
Vitrulux Oy specializes in design and installation of complex and high-tech façade lighting systems for buildings and other urban structures. Our company builds on serious innovative decisions.
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