online architecture and design magazine http://www.danda.be Swiss architect Peter Zumthor wins Pritzker Prize. "All of his buildings have a strong, timeless presence. He has a rare talent of combining clear and rigorous thought with a truly poetic dimension, resulting in works that never cease to inspire." http://www.pritzkerprize.com/ David Chipperfield wins competition to build extension to Kunsthaus Zürich. All 20 projects submitted will be available to public view from December 16, 2008 through January 11, 2009 at the Kunsthaus. http://bustler.net/index.php/article/david_chipperfield_wins_competition_to_build_extension_to_kunsthaus_zuerich/ An 80 meter long and 15 meter heigh sculpture brings movement into the city. It was designed by Arne Quinze and is located near the Flemish parlement in Brussels. http://pytr75.blogspot.com/2008/11/sequence-arne-quinze.html Renzo Piano designs a new convent for nuns at the site of the Ronchamps chapel. After many protest the Corbusier foundation agrees with the delicate and complex extension. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2006/dec/04/architecture.france MVRDV wins the competition for the Rĝdovre skyscraper near Copenhagen. The tower will be 116 meter tall. http://www.mvrdv.nl The gallery has been updated with projects by Tony Fretton, Shigeru Ban, Sanaa and Wiel Arets. Check maps for the locations of all the gallery projects. http://www.danda.be/gallery/ Jean Nouvel of France becomes the 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. Nouvel is the second laureate to be chosen from France, the first being Christian
de Portzamparc in 1994

http://www.pritzkerprize.com The Serpentine Gallery has announced Frank O. Gehry as designer of the 2008 pavilion. The result is a highly "articulated" structure, engineered in collaboration with Arup. http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2008/03/forthcoming_summer_2008serpent.html The gallery section has been updated with several Japanese projects, including the Sendai Mediatheque, Prada Tokyo shop, house in a plum groove, Moriyama house and the Tokyo Dior shop. Special thanks to Axel Vansteenkiste for this contribution. http://www.danda.be/gallery/country/japan/ The gallery has been updated with several projects including the Bellevue beach and Skovshoved gas station by Arne Jacobsen, two PLOT projects in Copenhagen and house Heuser, the fourth Krefeld villa by Mies Van Der Rohe. http://www.danda.be/gallery 2007 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Max Miedinger and Edouard Hoffmann's design Helvetica, the most ubiquitous of all typefaces. Exhibition until March 2008 at the MOMA in New York. http://www.notsoso.com/?c11000_t=978_m=9 The new Kolumba museum has opened to the public on the 15th of September. It was designed by Peter Zumthor. The building encapsulates the old Gothic ruin with a 12 meter high space of porus brick walls. http://pytr75.blogspot.com/2007/09/kolumba-haus-peter-zumthor.html The gallery has been updated with new projects. Including some Swiss projects by Gigon & Guyer and two Finnish projects by Alvar Aalto. In the comming weeks the section will expand with more information about each project. http://www.danda.be/gallery/