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On Monday, Port of Tallinn announced a design contest for the Old City Harbour development Master Plan in order to find a long-term comprehensive solution that will become the basis for real estate developments in the harbour area and the connection of the urban and public space with the harbour’s functions.
The crème of world’s architects to meet in Tallinn this week
On April 17-18, Tallinn will host the main assembly of the Architects' Council of Europe that is also celebrating its 25th anniversary. The jubilee will be attended by Europe’s best architects as well as the presidents of architects’ federations from US, UK and UIA. A festive gala ACE-25 will be held in Tallinn Seaplane Harbour on Friday evening.
Today, on 20 June, President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves announced the winners of the contest for the architectural design of the Arvo Pärt Centre building at the Museum of Estonian Architecture in Tallinn. In the unanimous assessment of the jury, the first prize was merited by the contest entry titled “Tabula” by Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano from Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, S.L.P.(Spain).The first prize is 10 000 euros.
The closing ceremony of the design contest for the Building of the Arvo Pärt Centre
he closing ceremony of the design contest for the Building of the Arvo Pärt Centre is going to be held on Friday, 20 June 2014 at 13.00, in the Museum of Estonian Architecture (Tallinn, Ahtri 2).
The Board of Directors of la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, met today in the headquarters of Cà Giustinian and, after thanking and expressing its gratitude to David Chipperfield for the excellent results of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, appointed Rem Koolhaas Director of the Architecture Sector, with the specific responsibility of curating the 14th International Architecture Exhibition to be held in 2014.
UIA and IFLA Renew and Reinforce Their Cooperation
On 9 March 2012, in Paris, Albert Dubler, President of the International Union of
Architects (UIA) and Désirée Martinez Uriarte, President of the International Federation of
Landscape Architects (IFLA) renewed and reinforced the memorandum of
understanding between UIA and IFLA, signed in 2006.
Summary of the BAUA exhibition in UIA Congress in Tokyo
First of all I shall say we have succeeded to mark us in the Congress, where congregated 10,000 architects, engineers, researchers and students. All efforts including ours gathered under the main theme of the Congress “DESIGN 2050” provided the participants with opportunities to discuss the future architecture and cities through the various aspects
Houses LT - Contemporary Lithuanian architecture to be presented in Tallinn 28. 06.– 12.07. 2011
On June 28 an architectural exhibition HOUSES LT, which puts a focus on contemporary designs of the individual house projects in Lithuania, will be opened at 18:00 hrs at the Architecture and Design Gallery (Pärnu mnt 6, 10117 Tallinn)