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Berlin heals war scars with ambitious architecture

2015-05-07T16:00:00-04:00

Seventy years after the end of the war, Berlin is finally filling the last gaps left by Allied bombs, which destroyed more than two-thirds of the buildings in the city center. Architects say the construction boom offers Berlin a chance to make up for decades of bad planning and mediocre architecture. “This is a new time in Berlin,” says Libeskind [...]. “It’s one of the great cities of the world, and we expect it to compete. We don’t expect it to be some backwater.”

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OMA wins Axel Springer Berlin HQ competition

2014-03-26T15:17:00-04:00

The wait is finally over. After a unanimous decision from the jury, Rem Koolhaas of OMA has the winning design for the new Berlin Media Campus of German publishing house Axel Springer. OMA's concept won against those of two notable finalists, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Buro Ole Scheeren. A contract will be issued once it has been decided if and when the construction project can be implemented.

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OMA’s proposal for the new Axel Springer HQ in Berlin

2013-12-18T20:15:00-05:00

Multimedia group Axel Springer announced earlier today that BIG, OMA, and Buro-OS are the top three finalists for their new Media Center headquarters in Berlin. Final rankings are expected next month.

Here's a look at OMA's proposal:

Images courtesy of OMA.

BIG’s proposal for the new Axel Springer HQ in Berlin

2013-12-18T15:37:00-05:00

As we mentioned earlier today, BIG was revealed as one of three finalists — along with OMA and Buro-OS — for the new Axel Springer Media Campus in Berlin. The new Axel Springer headquarters will be located at one of the last remaining plots of the historic former site of the Berlin Wall. All winning entries will be publicly displayed at the German Architecture Centre (DAZ) in Berlin from Dec. 17 - Dec. 22.

Here's a glimpse of BIG's proposal:

Images courtesy of BIG.

BIG, OMA & Buro Ole Scheeren win Axel Springer Campus Berlin competition - Who’s on top?

2013-12-18T14:45:00-05:00

In the international competition for the new Berlin Media Campus of German publishing house Axel Springer, the jury managed to agree upon their three favorite entries — but not quite yet in which order. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), OMA (Rem Koolhaas) and Buro Ole Scheeren were selected as winners from a group of five finalists (including SANAA and Kuehn Malvezzi) that were invited to present their proposals to the jury on December 12. Eighteen submissions had been received altogether.

The competition brief had deliberately not placed tight restrictions on the submitted designs — something that the three winners will now have to finalize in their proposals before the jury selects the overall winner.

BIG:

OMA:

Buro Ole Scheeren:

All images courtesy of Axel Springer.

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