Modernizacja parku po byłej fabryce rafinerii ropy naftowej w Hangzhou

Upgrading a park after a former oil refinery plant in Hangzhou

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Dutch architectural firm MVRDV has won a competition to design the revitalization of a former oil refinery site in Hangzhou. The centerpiece of the project will be a modern art and science museum that will become the focal point of this transformation. [...]

Dutch architectural firm MVRDV has won a competition to design the revitalization of a former oil refinery site in Hangzhou. The centerpiece of the project will be a [...]

Kuba Snopek: hity i kity architektury w 2024 roku

Kuba Snopek: the hits and kits of architecture in 2024

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The year 2024 was full of significant events. One could even say that it was a kind of breakthrough or summation of long-standing processes. Several ongoing "forever" projects, such as the Warsaw MSN, were completed. Long-lasting activities were also symbolically recognized, such as the excellent "Georgian Rise" exhibition. Topics previously discussed only in niches, such as housing, were brought into the mainstream. Finally, the architectural community had a series of important discussions. [...]

The year 2024 was full of significant events. One could even say that it was a kind of breakthrough or summation of long-standing processes. Several ongoing "forever" [...]

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Architecture is the art of designing and building spatial forms and shaping the space between them. According to Vitruvius, author of the treatise "On Architecture of Books Ten," the basic principles of designing and constructing buildings are durability, utility and beauty.

Architecture provides a framework for living, working, learning and entertaining. The history of architecture is also the history of human civilization. It has shaped and changed over the centuries in accordance with the needs, current trends and available technological solutions. To this day, we can marvel at the elements of architecture of ancient cultures, admire the dominant styles in different centuries and see the diversity in architecture in different parts of the world.

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On the web portal Architecture and Business you will find daily news from the world of contemporary architecture. We present concepts and realizations of both public and office buildings, urban assumptions, revitalization and accompanying us every day - residential architecture, from modern single-family houses through examples of multi-family buildings to alternative forms of housing. We present modern projects, the latest realizations of Polish architects, write about the results of architectural competitions, promote important events, inform about innovative technologies and create a library of BIM files. You will find podcasts here, in which students talk about their experiences at foreign universities, job offers for architects and internship proposals for design students. You will read articles about current problems of Polish cities, interviews with architects, including Robert Konieczny, Szczepan Wronski and Krzysztof Ingarden, columns and author series by our authors.