https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2784 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16124 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:06:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16124-a-competition-winning-design-by-europarc-reimagines-the-european-parliament-building-in-brussels goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A string of proposed projects aims to reclaim urban waterways for people.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13561 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13561-continuing-education-urban-swimming-holes 1808-Continuing-Education-Urban-Swimming-Holes-01.jpg The walls of + POOL, a proposal for New York, will be made of a membrane that will filter river water. Though shown here near Brooklyn Bridge Park, the location of the pool is not yet determined. Photo © Family New York, courtesy of Friends of + Pool Flussbad would transform the canal running along Berlin’s Museum Island into a 2,700-foot-long swimming channel. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad Flussbad would transform the canal running along Berlin’s Museum Island into a 2,700-foot-long swimming channel. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad A 1,300-foot-long planted bioremediation zone will clean Flussbad’s water. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad Flussbad’s microbiological filter system will include reeds in a gravel-and-sand bed. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad The team behind the Thames Baths has explored a number of Central London sites, including one near Westminster Bridge (above), but it is now evaluating an East London location. Rendering © Studio Octopi & Picture Plane A group behind a proposal for Boston’s Charles River is focusing on a spot adjacent to a Cambridge park. Rendering © Stantec Earlier this summer, a new harbor bath opened in Aarhus, Denmark. The triangular facility can accommodate up to 650 people and was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. Ingels was also part of the team that designed the first of Copenhagen’s four harbor baths, completed in 2003. Photo © Rasmus Hjortshoj