Kengo Kuma and Associates, together with OUD+ Architects, has recently been awarded first prize in the competition to redesign the Gërmia building into a concert hall and will lead the conversion of Prishtina’s architectural icon into a cultural landmark for Kosovo. The proposal preserves the existing...
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Design collective Mutual Atelier has won the competition to create a new Central Square in Rahovec, Kosovo. One of numerous proposals that explored new solutions to the square, the design was selected for its elegant formal solution and careful consideration of Rahevec’s city center. The scheme's circular form...
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Municipality of Rahovec launches international design competition for the City Square of Rahovec, a competition of ideas aiming to design a new center square to promote urban regeneration for the city. The International Design Competition for Central City Square of Rahovec is organized within the project...
Municipality of Rahovec laun...
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Designed by LE-X arkitekturë the Lifestyle store exudes design and style that perfectly embody the concept of architecture that completes the shopping experience. The idea of the interior is to provide a unique shopping experience, with different elements in the space seamlessly interweaving each detail with...
Designed by LE-X arkitekturë t...
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Molos Group created a contemporary, yet raw, beauty salon following its brand identity and theme of ‘angel’. located in prishtina, the capital city of kosovo, the salon is tastefully decorated with elements referencing wings and feathers, resulting in elegant interiors. the space was reconstructed from...
Molos Group created a contempo...
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After few other features, we are going back to another project by a local bureau in Kosova, an educational institution with in the city of Prishtina, designed by Maden Group. Read more on the project by the architects. Being a kid and even a teenager is...
After few other features, we a...
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With a growing reputation for celebrating the heritage of the Republic of Kosovo, 4M Group sought to reflect the cultural legacy and illustrate a renewed optimism in Pristina with the creation of H House. Demonstrating awareness of the dichotomy of Kosovo’s recent history, the client...
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Istanbul based Tabanlioglu Architects have designed a new national stadium for Kosovo. Located in Drenas, the 30,000-seat stadium will be built 12 miles from the country's capital of Pristina and become the new home for the Kosovo national football team. Made to bring people together, the urban project aims to...
Istanbul based Tabanlioglu Arc...
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A large training complex has been appointed and designed exclusively for the football club of Prishtina. This facility is the next chapter in the club’s rich identity, set to make an ongoing contribution to quality of sports, especially football. The complex design is well integrated in...
A large training complex has b...
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US Embassy in Prishtina is nearing its completion, therefore we would like to bring to you more from the inside, together with the perspective of commissioned architects, Davis Brody Bond, which played quite a role to this renewed architectural measure to America's diplomatic presence in Kosova. By creating...
US Embassy in Prishtina is nea...
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Within a decade, the city of Prishtina, has changed a lot, especially on the construction field, redefying the silhouette of the city with all newly build projects, some of which we have featured at our site during these years. The most notable one was ENK...
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The Kosova's Pavilion concept in Biennale of Venice curated by Eliza Hoxha, revolves around the idea of ”house” as a compensation for the city. During ‘90s Kosovo Albanians were expelled from all activities of public institutional life because of the political conflicts in ex—Yugoslavia. Due to...
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We have been featuring different proposals for the Museum of Natural History competition including the proposal by G+A Architects and the winning proposal by Hidroing_DK. Also Fatlum Radoniqi and Visar Dushi, who came up as the second place winners of the competition (later after they...
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Announced by the YAC – Young Architects Competition the international architectural competition launched last month the Observatory Houses competition aiming to find a new use for Roccascalegna taking advantage of the potential of an oneiric setting with remarkable skies. The aim of this contest of ideas was to create...
Announced by the YAC – Young A...
Read More"Architecture can improve people’s lives" speech of Gëzim Paçarizi at TEDxTirana. Gëzim strongly believes that Architecture should improve peoples lives. A city should be a good place to live. A School should inspire learning. A House should be a place inspiring happiness....
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Termokiss is a community-run center in Prishtina with the mission of urban and civil exchange, reflection and change making. It all started in summer 2016 when 45 volunteers were brought together in order to revitalize an abandoned building with the aim of empowering youngsters in Prishtina....
Termokiss is a community-run c...
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The National Judo center whose design HomeProject Studio completed a few months ago as the winner of the competition announced by Ministry of Culture and Sports, will be built within Peja's center, on the "Madeleine Albright" street - an area that is all surrounded by...
The National Judo center whose...
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G+A Architects have shared with us their project proposal for the Museum of Nature Competition. Through the design phase the bureau has seriously taken into consideration the impact of the new building into the surrounding area covered in soft pines, neighboring houses, sport fields and...
G+A Architects have shared wit...
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We believe architecture in Kosova is growing to a better place, daily more works of our local practices are being advertised on international architectural websites. Therefore we would like to bring you the latest work from ARDI CC, Barrio B lounge bar, published recently on...
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BMA have proposed 95,000 square meters mixed used development in Prishtina, a design proposal characterized by different scales and typologies demanding a new approach, to the current developments in Prishtina. The project aims at an evolutionary development of these housing typologies. Whereas the project is still under...
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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...
German Embassy in Pristina – K...
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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,...
Beginning from the solution of...
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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...
ECOWEEK Prishtina 2016 Inter...
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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...
A huge four meters tall Lego m...
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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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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...
“Klan KOSOVA Television” is on...
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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...
IVANIŠIN. KABASHI. ARHITEKTI...
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'...
In this video lecture during...
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...
Exactly one year ago to this d...
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