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HAO’s idea proposal to revive Brooklyn’s old Domino Sugar Factory into cultural destination

2013-11-25T15:34:00-05:00

Holm Architecture Office was recently commissioned for an idea proposal to revive the existing buildings of the Domino Sugar Factory in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. The factory opened in 1856 and was once the sugar processing center of the U.S. before it shut down in 2004. The factory has been empty since then.

All images courtesy of Holm Architecture Office.

National Maritime Museum Entry for Tianjin by HAO + AI

2013-04-15T17:51:00-04:00

Along with three other teams, the collaboration of HAO / Holm Architecture Office and Archiland International (AI) has been invited to compete in the architectural competition for the new National Maritime Museum near the city of Tianjin in northern China.

Tianjin Hotel Entry by HAO / Holm Architecture Office

2012-12-11T13:22:00-05:00

Danish firm HAO / Holm Architecture Office has shared with us its competition entry for a high-end hotel in Tianjin, Northern China.

DQZ Cultural Center by HAO / Holm Architecture Office + AI

2012-11-01T15:12:00-04:00

Danish firm HAO / Holm Architecture Office and collaborators AI have been invited to create a proposal for the new DQZ Cultural Center in the city of Daqiuzhuang in northern China.

Editor's Picks #277

2012-08-14T01:03:00-04:00

Artinfo spoke with Cathy Lang Ho curator of "Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good" the American Pavilion's inherently political theme at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. 18x32 opined "Go reread The Society of the Spectacle, get back to me with a new headline.—ed." The link is to a wikipedia entry on Betteridge's Law of Headlines.

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Wiel Arets it was announced, has been named Dean of Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. lletdownl wrote in response to the news "This news had been floating around, and i had my fingers crossed. Though i know almost nothing about how good a job Arets will be able to do actually running a school of architecture (or if he'll actually be asked to do that at all), i am still pleased that IIT was able to snag someone like this. Its a testament to how good a job Donna Robertson did over the past decade to revitalize the program."

Artinfo spoke with Cathy Lang Ho curator of "Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good" the American Pavilion's inherently political theme at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. The interview was published under the title "Is Counterculture Getting Mainstream?" Curating the Venice Architecture Biennale's Guerilla U.S. Pavilion 18x32 opined "Go reread The Society of the Spectacle, get back to me with a...

Tianjin Samaranch Memorial Museum - Construction Update

2012-08-09T17:27:00-04:00

Danish/American practice HAO / Holm Architecture Office has sent us latest renderings and constructions photos of their Samaranch Memorial Museum project for former Olympic president Juan Antonio Samaranch in Tianjin, China. The initial design scheme has undergone some adjusting and fine tuning since HAO won the international competition in collaboration with Archiland Beijing last year [...]. The museum is expected to be completed by the end of 2013.

Dongjiang Harbor Master Plan Entry by HAO and Archiland Beijing

2012-07-10T13:01:00-04:00

Danish HAO / Holm Architecture Office has sent us their latest competition entry—designed in collaboration with Archiland Beijing—for an ocean front project near the city of Tianjin, Northern China. “With the Dongjiang Master Plan we aimed to develop a housing typology that allows for high density while emulating the natural surroundings of the site," said HAO founder Jens Holm.

HAO and Archiland Beijing Win Qingdao Master Plan Competition

2012-05-11T17:07:00-04:00

Danish HAO / Holm Architecture Office together with Archiland Beijing has won the competition to design a master plan within the city of Qingdao, China. In addition to its famous Tsingtao beer, the city of Qingdao has long been a key tourist and film production destination in northern China.

HAO / Holm Architecture Office with VM Studio Wins Manhattan Skate Park Competition

2011-12-21T14:12:00-05:00

International design collective HAO / Holm Architecture Office, in collaboration with New York-based VM Studio, has received first place in a competition for the re-design of the Coleman Oval Skate Park in Manhattan. Nine New York design firms were invited to participate in the competition, which was sponsored by Architecture for Humanity and a Gamechangers grant from Nike [...].