theplan.it

A useful website to get inspired...

theplan.it
An architectural magazine which provides technological and functional details rather than surface information and poetic words. This has an archive where you can specify your search to a certain architect, city, technology, specific building type etc. Another site which reminds me of this site is the World buildings Directory.

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The Cool BIG design company!

After writing the previous post only I checked out some projects of the BIG company, They are cool! You have to check it out!

http://www.big.dk

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Design visualization of a BIG mosque

Project:  A mosque complex in Tyrania, Albania.

Design Stage:  Conceptual. Won a design competition

Architects:  Bjarkee Injel Group

Form:  Not traditional form. derived from the site and the Qibla concept. The minaret is also different

                             (Check video!)

Space:  Large open space for prayer surrounded with the curved buildings.

Other:  Damn hot renderings!

More info:  http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20110509/seeing-a-big-mosque

What? Zaha hadid and other famous design firms lost to this BIG design company? Oh is it? Okay then let us see what convinced the jurors.

Well Bjarkee Injel Group is a denmark based design company. You can check out there website here. (It is damn sexy too!), There presentations are realistic renderings. This mosque which won the competition is based in Albania. The form is derived from the prayer direction concept. It seems to be well worked to convince the jurors very well! Well, eventhough I think that the inventions should not interfere the purity of religion, I can't stop appreciating BIG's wok too...

The Mosque and Islamic Center of Tirana from BIG on Vimeo.

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