Kosovo Architecture Festival progressing from Prishtina Architecture Week will this year for the first time in its history take place not only in Prishtina, but other major cities in Kosovo! New cities, new concept KAF will also expand from an architecture week to a festival. Rich programme...
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Hidroing-DK has won the first prize in a local competition to design the new “Museum of Natural History” in Prishtina. Selected over many other proposals, the winning scheme by Hidroing-DK concept as described by the authors as a connection to the sky, with the creator, through the gallery where...
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From the architect. Inspired by the form of trees in the wood, this furniture company showroom, takes an artistic form, a sculpture on itself. Brown is a natural, down-to-earth neutral color. Since it is found mostly in wood, the facade represents it with a brown combined...
From the architect. Inspired b...
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German Embassy in Pristina – Kosovo, contracted the architecture office “Ferizi + Ferizi Architects” to plan and implement an Annex Office building for their purposes. As detached part of this building is designed the waiting area, as alone standing structure. By removing the flexible exterior wall...
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Studio Libeskind in collaboration with architect of record Murseli Architects + Partners has won an international competition for the masterplan of ”Kodrina” complex in Prishtina, Kosovo. More images and architect's description on following. Studio Libeskind (in collaboration with !melk and Buro Happold Engineering) has won the international design...
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Beginning from the solution of urban geometry through the simplicity of geometric forms to achieve the architectural complex by VIZARK & Bau Academy, which at the same time should ensure the functionality, reliability and the privacy of residents which actually constitute a building, a function,...
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The third prize - proposal by Fatlum Radoniqi and Arben Vërzivolli in collaboration with IVANIŠIN. KABASHI. ARHITEKTI. Located in the historic centre, the project site (8600m²) is characterized by its own edge, unlike other much smaller surrounding parcels. Clear limits suggested that we take advantage of...
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The general idea of the project proposal by LSN & HAUS for the old bazaar is oriented in the historical and architectural facts of Prishtina’s earliest bazaars and bezistan, adding new ideas and modern spaces. The bazaar space is organized to include 125 stores each owning...
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The main idea of FERIZI+FERIZI architects, the winning entry of the “OLD BAZAAR” competition announced by the Municipality of Prishtina is to create an open, passable public space – a square that allows residents and visitors to enjoy all types of activities, especially the city’s Green market. With...
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In the south-west part of Peja, 2 km from the city center, the newest most modern and urban planned project, has started taking form. The new project called PejaHill is the newest neighborhood of Peja's city. With 3 types of houses (Type A, B and C)...
In the south-west part of Peja...
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The project of Veternik complex is designed by KONAK Construction which mainly targets individuals and groups looking for a living place with a higher quality environment and visually attractive. The Veternik project includes, different indigenous buildings with multipurpose areas intersecting each other in forming a modern complex. The Veternik...
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The idea of the design is based on decades of carpentry tradition of the Shehu family. The design started from sketches of wood stairs, rectangular forms into forming a structure with contemporary lines. The façade of the building is designed from recycled wood panels, formerly...
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ECOWEEK Prishtina 2016 International Conference & Sustainable Design Workshops is being organized for the third time in Prishtina/Kosovo by ECOciety. It will take place at Germia National Park and in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture during 10-25 September. This international event is related to...
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There is enough space in our lives to enrich with flowers and beautiful flower shops in the cities. The Municipality of Prishtina opened a competition for the best flower shop design and adjustment of the area behind the “Skenderbeu” statue opposite the Governments facility. Among all...
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The Book Corner Project is an idea initiated by the Municipality of Prishtina as an open competition for all architects. This idea began as a need to increase the awareness of the public opinion about the value of books and to promote some Publishing Houses. Prishtina,...
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The two architectural companies’ one from Kosovo and the other from Switzerland collaborated in a project of building a house for the private investor. The house was built in a hill overlooking the city of Prishtina, away from the overcrowded city, the environment offers a wide...
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A huge four meters tall Lego monument in Mother Teresa Boulevard in Prishtina (capital city of Kosovo) is called Let Go EU (original: LEtGO EU) and the explanation sign attached to the monument says “Europe is built on common values of nations and states. Kosovo...
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Renewable energy has become very popular in a polluted world and with exhausted earth energy resources. One of the major innovation in renewable energy are the solar panels. Solar panels refers to a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for...
Renewable energy has become ve...
Read MoreA series of public libraries for disadvantaged youth in rural areas, BUNATEKA, by architect Bujar Nrecaj has been shortlisted for AGHA KHAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2016. More on the project, please link to our previous post. VIDEO PRESENTATION URL...
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Emiratet e Bashkuara Arabe (EBA) do të japin 22 milionë euro për ndërtimin e një spitali të ri pediatrik-kirurgjik në kuadër të Qendrës Klinike Universitare të Kosovës. Pamjet nga projekti ideor për Spitalin e ri Pediatrik-Kirurgjik të Fëmijëve, i cili do të fillojë të ndërtohet në...
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Studio ARCADIS have recently designed a new administrative Building for the city of Prishtina. Their project, "V.G. Construction Building” will be located south of the Prishtina city, in Veternik, an area set for the new development of the city. More images and architects’ description after the break. V.G. Construction building, is...
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Dea Luma, Erblin Bucaliu, and Rrita Pula are the architects of one of the winners of the Europan 13 Architecture Competition. Their project “SEAMbiosis”, is the winning proposal for the historic city of Gjakova, aiming to revitalize the city center and further develop the “Krena” riverbank, as well as create better connectivity within town.
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Designed by XL Architects, their library proposal project is a model of a public library meant for neighborhood libraries. The library project proposed for "Dardania" neighborhood, a part of the city which has been developing dynamically for the past few years, especially due to large-scale property development...
Designed by XL Architects, the...
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Football fans of Prizren’s main football club KF Liria, which competes on the elite league of Kosova, will have a new standard 15,000 seats stadium according to borozani.com, a local sports’ daily. This new arrangement involves the redevelopment of the Prizren’s city stadium “Perparim Thaci” and it’s surrounding...
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“Klan KOSOVA Television” is one of the first examples of industrial building transformation in Kosovo (it was one a manufacturing plant for shock absorbers). It is seen as a model on raising people’s awareness in recycling and reusing materials. The architectural concepts generated from reused and recycled...
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Along the cobblestone streets, the architectural ensemble of the Old Bazaar emphasizes the importance of the cultural and historical values knitted by the society of the city of Gjakova over the years. The planning stages in ways that support civic engagement and continue with the...
Along the cobblestone streets,...
Read MoreWatch above the video talk by Visar Geci of INNARCH the architectural practice famous for their Don Cafe conceptual interior designs, giving an extent to which technology has transformed the architecture, and the challenges of architecture education abroad....
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Read MoreIVANIŠIN. KABASHI. ARHITEKTI is a research oriented, open architectural practice founded by Krunoslav Ivanišin and Lulzim Kabashi in Dubrovnik and Zagreb in 2003, active in fields of architectural design and urban planning. They have won a number of design competitions in Croatia and abroad and...
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Read MoreIn this video lecture during ONUP Talks 14 by Besian Mehmeti, founder or BM Architects, discusses the pros and cons on participation on international and local competitions, sharing with us their approach and the process that characterizes an architectural competition. Find out more about BM Architects'...
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Read MoreArchitect Fatlum Radoniqi, has given a lecture at ONUP Talks 2014 on "Home or Abroad" experience and his designing approach. Fatlum begin his talk by introducing his first years on architecture and the professional growth as an expatriate. Learn more about Fatlum's work by watching the video above....
Architect Fatlum Radoniqi,...
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Exactly one year ago to this date we started the ONUP Talks series, where with the support of the Kosovar Ministry of Diaspora, we organized the symposium ONUP Talks 14: “Home or Abroad”, with diaspora professionals which have learned "habits" and "craft" from schools/places where they...
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With the goal to convert the city’s central road, into a more elegant space that befits the functionality and the touristic attraction to the city, the Department of Infrastructure of Prishtina municipal have begun with the regeneration of Garibaldi Street. Garibaldi Street is one of the...
With the goal to convert the c...
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As a follow up to our recent post Gjakova’s park Competition, it has been confirmed by one of the participants to the competition that the winners presented by our editorial are mistakenly shared. Apart from the winning proposal awarded to URBAN PLUS, the collaboration of architects...
As a follow up to our recent p...
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Aiming to consolidate the park site in to a more rational space, the team led by Besian Mehmeti Architects and Rron Tresi have won the special mention award, on the competition launched by municipal of Gjakova to redesign city’s park area. Designed to act as a welcoming landmark for the...
Aiming to consolidate the park...
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READ THE CORRECTION ARTICLE! Architectural competitions in Kosova have been a disappointment ever since. Frequently inadequately organized, unfair, and usually unrealized. Worse, the state and municipal bodies who organize most competitions don’t care on drawing up contemporary competition briefs, and generally only announce them on their own...
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Read More“Celesi” TV show is an architecture TV show, produced by Eliza HOXHA, a Kosova-based architect and RTV21, a television broadcaster, as the only architecture TV series developed for Kosovan public that profiles local architecture scene, taking the viewer on an up-close and informative tour — not just...
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Located in the future building complex of the Lakrishte neighborhood, a new apartment building has been inserted into the existing context with remarkable ease. Architects of Nartel Company designed a composition based on the area's rise scale, which has made possible the incorporation of a higher...
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Rreth një muaj që nga fillimi i fazës së procesit të legalizimit të objekteve të ndërtuara pa leje, në Prishtinën e mbi 46,000 (46 mijë) objekteve të ndërtuara pa leje, kanë aplikuar vetëm 48 individë. Procesi i aplikimit do të zgjasë deri në fillim të marsit...
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Based on anonymously-presented submission, Shpend Ahmeti the mayor of Prishtina announced on his official Facebook profile, the project for the revitalization of Adem Jashari square floor, located in between the Municipality and the Assembly of Kosova. Revitalizing of Adem Jashari Square is a priority for the City...
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EcoWEEK Prishtina 2015, po mban edicionin e dytë, nga 27 Shtatori deri më 04 Tetor 2015, në Modelarium – Fakulteti i Arkitekturës, Prishtinë. Kjo javë e mundësuar nga organizata joqeveritare ECOciety, në bashkëpunim me Komunën e Prishtinës dhe Fakultetin e Ndërtimtarisë dhe Arkitekturës, të Universitetit...
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EcoWEEK Prishtina 2015 shpalle vitin e dyte te ngjarjes , e cila do te mbahet kete vit nga 27 Shtatori deri me 04 Tetor 2015, ne Modelarium – Fakulteti i Arkitektures, Prishtine. ECOWEEK Prishtina eshte nje platforme konsultative per veprim te perbashket, e cila ndjek parimet e edukimit,...
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In a pocket of countryside between Mitrovica and Prishtina, lying in a small plot of no more than 200 square meters, the architects of the local firm MADEN Group, recently designed and built a 70 square meters vacation house. Architects’ description and images, after the break. Villa...
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Read MoreThe private housing market for single families is one of the only fields that the architects in Kosova still have some freedom to innovate and explore new conceptual and spatial possibilities. The project of ARCADIS Studio, is a good example of this fact. Designed by...
The private housing market for...
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Famous Macedonian architect Georgi Konstantinovski will be giving a lecture on his life work, on the 7th of April, 2015 at the Modelarium of Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje...
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As we've revealed earlier, the Europan 13 competition is now open! Young architects and professionals of the urban design under 40 years of age can now participate to the competition on one or more than 49 different sites in 15 European countries, including the site proposed by the Municipality...
As we've revealed earlier, th...
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Një shtëpi e vjetër është shembur mbrëmë, gjatë natës, në Qendër të Prishtinës, në rrugën “Hajdar Dushi”, tridhjetë metra larg Sheshit ‘Nëna Tereze’. Rrënojat e shtëpisë kanë prekur e dëmtuar edhe dy veturat që ishin të parkuara afër saj. Shtëpia ka qenë e pabanuar. Shtëpi të tilla mbetur...
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Kosovo has clinched a deal with the World Bank for the $31 million Kosovo Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project (KEEREP). The project intends to lower energy consumption and fossil fuel use in public buildings, the Bank said in a statement posted on its website. Kosovo...
Kosovo has clinched a deal wit...
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nga Mimoza Dugolli Në Kosovë, në rastet kur kemi nevojë për ndihmë, gjithnjë mund të thërrasim shërbimin 24 orësh, numrin 112, i cili është i gatshëm të na përgjigjet ne çdo kohë. Por, shtrohet pyetja cfarë të bëjmë deri sa të arrij ndihma tek ne, apo cfarë...
nga Mimoza Dugolli Në Kosovë...
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Akademia Evolucion Interior Design department is launching an international book with the title Spatial Emotions on March 2015. It is aimed to reach variety of readers through the field of design, especially design students through English and Albanian speaking countries. Akademi Evolucion welcomes designers’ articles related...
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nga Mimoza Dugolli Çdo vit, shume punëtorë ne kantieret ndërtimore ose vendet e tyre të punës vdesin ose marrin lëndime me pasoja te rënda, si rezultat i mënyrës se si e kryejnë punën e tyre; te tjerët e vuajnë pasojat në shëndetin e tyre ne forma te ndryshme. Këto...
nga Mimoza Dugolli Çdo vit, ...
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