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From asylum seeker to award-winning architect: the story of Perparim Rama

2015-09-16T15:34:00-04:00

Perparim Rama is an award-winning architect based in London. He came to the U.K. as an asylum seeker in 1992, fleeing war and persecution in the former Yugoslavia. Here is his take on the biggest refugee crisis since World War II.

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Runner-up proposals by Estudio Lunar for E12 Kosovo and E12 Germany

2014-02-06T12:52:00-05:00

Here comes our first Europan 12 project of this week -- and it's a double whammy. Rotterdam-based Estudio Lunar scored runner-up for both the Gjilan site in E12 Kosovo (which had no declared winner) and for Regionale 2016 in E12 Germany.

Here's a glimpse into the team's proposals

"Welcome to Urban Wellness!" - E12 Kosovo, Gjilan

"Kein Land für alte Männer" - E12 Germany, Regionale 2016

Find more about both proposals on Bustler.

Prishtina Central Mosque Entry by Team Venturella/Balducci/Ponsi/Gaeta

2013-05-17T17:42:00-04:00

A team of collaborating Italian architects is sharing with us their rather unusual spin on mosque design. The solar panel-covered "Wall-Dome" concept was the group's entry to the highly debated architecture competition to design the Central Mosque of Prishtina, Kosovo [...]. The team includes the architects Paolo Venturella, Angelo Balducci, Luca Ponsi, and Paolo Gaeta.

Previously: No Clear Winner (yet) in Kosovo’s Central Mosque of Prishtina Competition

Prishtina Central Mosque Entry by OODA + AND-RÉ

2013-05-14T14:19:00-04:00

Since we announced that the international architecture competition to design the Central Mosque of Prishtina, Kosovo had not (yet) turned out a clear winner, we have received many, many mosque design entries, some of which we have published here on Bustler. Another entry well worth featuring is this design collaboration between Portuguese firms OODA and AND-RÉ with AFA CONSULT / Rui Furtado as the engineering partner.

Previously: No Clear Winner (yet) in Kosovo’s Central Mosque of Prishtina Competition

Prishtina Central Mosque Entry by TARH O AMAYESH

2013-04-25T13:25:00-04:00

Here's another impressive entry to the highly popular Central Mosque of Prishtina architecture competition sent to us by Tehran, Iran-based firm TARH O AMAYESH Consultant Architects & Town Planners.

Previously: No Clear Winner (yet) in Kosovo’s Central Mosque of Prishtina Competition

Prishtina Central Mosque Entry by APTUM

2013-04-24T14:23:00-04:00

Swiss/American practice APTUM has shared with us MI’RAJ, its design entry to the Central Mosque of Prishtina architecture competition whose jury recently failed to agree on a clear first prize winner (previously on Bustler). APTUM partner and Assistant Professor at Syracuse University, Julie Larsen, suggests: "Since the competition couldn't pick a winner, maybe there should be a second vote online with the better designs because the jury clearly got it wrong from what we are seeing."

Previously: No Clear Winner (yet) in Kosovo’s Central Mosque of Prishtina Competition

Prishtina Central Mosque Entry by Maden&Co

2013-04-23T14:07:00-04:00

Last week, we had published the finalists of the international architecture competition to design the Central Mosque of Prishtina in Kosovo. One of the very few local firms among the international ones that participated in this competition was Prishtina-based architecture practice Maden Group whose entry is featured here.

Previously: No Clear Winner (yet) in Kosovo’s Central Mosque of Prishtina Competition

Prishtina Central Mosque Entry by Taller 301 and L+CC

2013-04-18T18:51:00-04:00

In our previous post, we published the three finalists of the international architecture competition to design the Central Mosque of Prishtina, Kosovo—which ended without a clear first prize winner. Following outstanding mosque design entry was submitted to us as a collaboration between Colombian firm Taller 301 and Dutch practice Land+Civilization Compositions (L+CC).

Previously: No Clear Winner (yet) in Kosovo’s Central Mosque of Prishtina Competition

No Clear Winner (yet) in Kosovo’s Central Mosque of Prishtina Competition

2013-04-18T14:20:00-04:00

The jury of the international architecture competition to design the Central Mosque of Prishtina, Kosovo has announced its verdict: no single first prize but two tied second prizes and one third prize were awarded.