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10 Designers Who Are Shaping The Future
Various Architects featured in Azure Magazine
The September issue of Azure Magazine is focused on "great ideas you should know about". They have selected 10 cutting edge designers in the fields of architecture, computer programming, industrial design, and sustainable technologies. Various Architects' Mobile Performance Venue project was chosen for it's innovative design and forward thinking. We are proud to be among other innovative designers such as Neri Oxman of MIT and Ben Fry/Casey Reas the creators of Processing. An image of the MPV was also chosen as the headline for the article on the Azure Magazine website.
"...we’ve compiled our own top 10 list of designers who have found ways to unravel complex concepts and bring them into the physical world, to everyone’s benefit. While these leaders are not all hooked on electronic information, the free flow of ideas has, in one manner or another, influenced and accelerated their creative processes. Their outstanding ideas are routed toward information sharing as much as to science, creative ingenuity, and that beautiful human habit of dreaming."
"Mobile Performance Venue, Norway
Ibrahim Elhayawan and Jim Dodson, Architects
At 3,900 square metres, the Mobile Performance Venue is expected to be the largest transportable performance space in the world. Designed by Various Architects of Norway, the inflatable structure is no bouncy toy. With a robust web of pumped-up hexagons wrapping a collapsible lightweight core of steel and aluminum, its surprisingly sturdy construction houses ticket booths, restrooms, cloakrooms, and a bar on the upper mezzanine."
For the complete article visit Azuremagazine.com or buy the September Issue of Azure Magazine
| Project | Name | Type | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Åmot School | Educational | Åmot, Norway | Competition Underway | |
| Stavanger Archaeological Museum Extension | Cultural | Stavanger, Norway | Finalist | |
| Oppdal Centrum Masterplan | Planning | Oppdal, Norway | First Prize | |
| Mesterfjellet 1-10 School | Educational | Larvik, Norway | Schematic Design | |
| Kokstad Vest | Planning | Bergen, Norway | Concept Delivered | |
| Various Cabins | Residential | Norway | Concept Design | |
| Mosseveien 16-20 Fredrikstad | Commercial | Fredrikstad, Norway | Planning Application | |
| New Nørvasund School | Educational | Ålesund, Norway | Competition Complete | |
| Eikefjord School | Educational | Eikefjord, Norway | Competition Complete | |
| Skagen ØKOntor | Commercial | Haugesund, Norway | Concept Design | |
| Taipei Performing Arts Centre | Cultural | Taipei, Taiwan | Detail Design | |
| Oslofjord Pool and Extension | Residential | Oslo, Norway | Under Construction | |
| Storgata 25 | Commercial | Oslo, Norway | Design Development | |
| Re:Vision Dallas | Residential | Dallas, Texas | Competition Complete | |
| Tingvalla Utstikkeren | Commercial | Oslo, Norway | Competition Complete | |
| Åmot Idea Competition | Planning | Åmot, Norway | Competition Complete | |
| Munch + Stenersen Museum | Cultural | Oslo, Norway | Competition Complete | |
| Yorkshire Renaissance Pavilion | Cultural | Yorkshire, UK | Competition Finalist | |
| Schiphol Sound Barrier | Landscape | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Second Place Business Category | |
| Wroclaw Cont. Museum | Cultural | Wroclaw, Poland | Competition Complete | |
| Cheongna City Tower | Tower | Cheongna, South Korea | Competition Complete | |
| Villa in Stabekk | Residential | Bærum, Norway | Planning Approved | |
| Thorvald Meyers gt. 89 | Commercial | Oslo, Norway | Planning Application | |
| Promesse de bonheur | Art | Oslo, Norway | Completed | |
| Island Yoga Retreat | Commercial | Gurskøya, Norway | Concept Design | |
| Mobile Performance Venue | Cultural | Worldwide | Schematic Design |

