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News
06/12/2011Foundation stone ceremony
Chinese/German Eco-Park in Qingdao
An ecologically designed city quarter for living and working is currently being developed in China’s Qingdao, on the coast of the Yellow Sea, to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The foundation stone will be laid on 6 December by Ernst Burgbacher, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Wang Chao, the Chinese Vice-Minister of Economics.
20/10/2011Opened
Tianjin West Railway Station in Chinese metropolis completed
After a construction period of two and a half years, von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp) have completed the Tianjin West Railway Station in China. The new intersection, which is located about 130 kilometers south-west of Beijing, serves as a stop on the high-speed line between the Chinese capital and Shanghai.
14/10/2011Inauguration
Palacongressi di Rimini
Inauguration of Italy’s largest conference center with 9,000 seats
The inauguration of the new Palacongressi di Rimini conference center will take place on 15 October 2011. The center, which was designed by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp), who had already designed the Rimini exhibition center, was completed in 2010.
06/10/2011First prize and commissioning
Tower block complex of ten buildings in Nanjing, China
Following their success in winning first prize in an international competition, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been commissioned to realize a tower block complex of ten buildings in Nanjing. The design by gmp is or a financial enterprise center on a site of about 80,000 square meters in this large eastern Chinese metropolis.
10/08/20112011 Universiade in Shenzhen
Inauguration of the Sports Center and Bao’an Stadium
To mark the occasion of the Universiade, which will take place from 12th to 23rd August 2011, the Universiade sports center and Bao’an stadium will be opened tomorrow in Shenzhen, southern China.
04/08/2011Sustainability
Jiaming Center, Peking, China awarded LEED-Gold-Status certification
The twenty-storey Jiaming Center office block designed by Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners has been awarded gold-standard LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
15/07/2011Opening
Opening of the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
The sports complex was designed and built by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), who won the competitive bidding in 2008, and constructed it in under two and a half years.
19/05/2011Architecture Biennale 2011
gmp represented with Cape Town Stadium, South Africa
Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners will be represented by Cape Town Stadium/South Africa at the 2011 São Paulo Architecture Biennale, as part of the German contribution.
05/05/2011German Lighting Design Prize 2011
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa
The German Lighting Design Prize 2011 was awarded in Cologne on 5th May 2011. The lighting design for the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban was awarded first prize in the International Project category. The lighting design was the work of the lighting-design firm Conceptlicht.
30/03/2011Opening
Chinese National Museum opens in Beijing: First international exhibition after completion of rebuilding and extension
Four years after the foundation stone was laid, the Chinese National Museum in Beijing opens its doors to the public on 1st April 2011. The rebuilding and extension scheme to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) combines the former Chinese History Museum and Chinese Revolutionary Museum.
21/03/20111st Prize
gmp wins competition for Federal Environmental Office scheme in Bismarckplatz, Berlin
Architects von Gerkan, Marg & Partners (gmp), in consortium with landscape architects Bernard & Sattler, have won the competition for the reconstruction of the Federal Environmental Office building in Bismarckplatz in Berlin.
17/03/2011gmp Foundation
gmp Foundation acquires historic Nautical College in Hamburg
The planned utilization scheme for the building drawn up under the direction of Prof. Meinhard von Gerkan means that this special location will once again be accessible to public cultural life.
01/02/2011Opening
The ‘Wormser‘: Opening of the new Culture and Conference Center, and Re-opening of the Theater
Worms’s new Culture and Conference Center — designed and built by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) — along with the efurbished Spiel- und Festhaus theater will open with a special festival week marking the end of nearly three years’ construction.
20/01/2011Architecture prize
Soho Beijing Residence wins architecture award
The 25-storey Soho Beijing Residence apartment block designed by gmp was awarded the prize for the best architectural design of the year at the 5th Golden Plate selection in Guangzhou, China.
Events
Lecture
27/09/2013Lecture by Volkwin Marg in Göppingen
The Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg invited Volkwin Marg to give a lecture at the Kunsthalle Göppingen. The title of the presentation is "Architektur als Synthese. Funktion - Konstruktion - Deutung".
Round Table in Munich
12/07/2013Meinhard von Gerkan in discussion with Uta Hassler, Alina Payne, Werner Sobek and Wolf Tegethoff
At the next Round Table meeting of the Central Institute for Art History (ZI) in Munich, Meinhard von Gerkan will meet Uta Hassler, Alina Payne, Werner Sobek and Wolf Tegethoff (ZI) for a discussion this Friday 12 July at 17:00 hours. The subject will be “The ubiquity of architecture”.
Talk
23/05/2013Stephan Schütz
"Art Basel – Art and Architecture"
As part of the event “Art Basel – Art and Architecture” on 24 May Stephan Schütz will give a lecture on „Building Asia's New Museums”.
Spring reception at the BDA in Berlin
21/04/2013gmp will give a speech and present newly appointed members
Meinhard von Gerkan will give a speech at the spring reception of the Berlin branch of the BDA at Tegel airport. In addition, he will be discussing his work and architecture in general with the architectural critic Falk Jaeger.
Public lecture
19/02/2013Meinhard von Gerkan in Hamburg: „Sinn als Credo der Architektur“
As part of the event „Hamburger Bautag“, Meinhard von Gerkan will give a public talk entitled „Sinn als Credo der Architektur“ (“Architecture: meaning and message“) on 19 February 2013.
Public lecture
05/02/2013Meinhard von Gerkan in Mannheim: “Sinn als Credo der Architektur”
As part of the 7th Building Forum organised by VHV Insurance, Meinhard von Gerkan will give a public talk entitled “Sinn als Credo der Architektur“ („Architecture: meaning and message”) on 5 February 2013.
Public lecture
17/01/2013Martin Glass
"Innovative designs and sustainable concepts for future sports venues"
Martin Glass, gmp architect, will speak at the BAU 2013, the world-leading trade exhibition for architecture, materials and systems, on the subject of "Innovative designs and sustainable concepts for future sports venues" under the general heading of "Stadiums boosting export – Vorsprung durch Technik. For the love of the game".
gmp Musitecture # 93
14/01/2013Trio Ohrenschmalz – "In the olden days, it was…just like today!"
On Tuesday 15 January 2013, a concert will take place in the Berlin office entitled "In the olden days, it was…just like today". TRIO OHRENSCHMALZ has been making music in the style of the 1920s since 2003. Julius, Angelika and Stefan themselves are in their twenties, "from head to toe", as they sing.
