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June 2009

2009 Interior Design Awards Results

Best International Interior Design

Interior design awards>>>

November 2009

Those were the days:
Chris Bosse was invited to the final reviews at the Institut für Architektur, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien [University of Applied Arts, Vienna].
Greg Lynn, Wolf Prix, and Zaha Hadid. Wow, what a lineup!
Greg’s Studio Giant Robots was situated in Bondi Beach Sydney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSdXnmq37x0

http://www.dieangewandte.at/jart/prj3/angewandte/main.jart?rel=de&content-id=1229508255644&reserve-mode=active

July 2010

LAVA`s Chris Bosse has sliced up the 1967 Panton chair as part of the Re-loved: designer stories at the Powerhouse Museum 31 July – 30 September.
Bosse is one of several designers commissioned by the Powerhouse to use a pre-loved chair to tell a story about a piece of furniture they love.

http://www.sydneydesign.com.au/2010/index.php/exhibitions/re-loved-designer-stories

“We’ve chosen to represent this shape as slices, similar to an MRI scan in order to make visible its complex 3dimensional geometry. The chair is metaphorically and physically carved out of a sliced box, ” says Bosse.
“The project retro-digitises the chair design, although it was the chair that preceded the digital design revolution.” Bosse believes that today we understand better how to derive form from geometry, such as the underlying geometries in nature, and can incorporate buildability into the form from the inception through parametric modeling techniques.

Re-loved is on display at the Powerhouse Museum from 31 July – 30 September 2010 during the Sydney Design Festival.

http://www.sydneydesign.com.au/2010/index.php/exhibitions/re-loved-designer-stories

December 2010

On November 15th, Berlin was treated to the 1000th TED event worldwide, as the German capital held its second major TEDx conference: TEDx Berlin 2010.
The symposium marked a milestone in the history of the TED organization, proving once more that ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ are a currency with enormously high value.

http://tedxberlin.de/2010/09/tobias-wallisser/

July 10, 2011

A new office fit out in Melbourne features screens designed by LAVA for Schiavello's Climate range.The workspace at 500 Collins St, Melbourne for pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, Hospira, was designed by interior architecture consultancy Artillery and used Schiavello's latest workplace program, Climate, for all 190 work-points.LAVA's 'forest' markers were chosen as the screens to accompany Climate; they were chosen in meadow, a vibrant green shade, invoking the rainforest.

 http://www.facebook.com/workclimate

Photo Credit: Andrew Iser

June 29, 2011

Green Void, commissioned by Customs House Sydney, received a special mention at The Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building.The prize is promoted by ALA-Assoarchitetti, the Italian association for professional architects, and recognises the client's role as a fundamental partner in generating high-quality work.Chris Bosse was at the presentation at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Palladio's city.

http://www.dedalominosse.org

August 4, 2011

LAVA's design for the Myer Spring/Summer Collection Launch 2010/2011 has been shortlisted under the 'event' category at the 2011 IDEA awards.Created with Gloss Creative, LAVA's set, 'Shells, Architects of the Ocean', was a giant shell measuring 18 x 5 metres.Using 2000 precisely cut pieces of pine intricately worked together, the sculptural piece was dramatically silhouetted with striking light effects. Inspired by the geometry of the triton shell it was digitised and sliced into buildable components to create a theatrical setting.

http://www.idea-awards.com.au/2011-shortlist/shells-architects-of-the-ocean-for-myer/

August 2, 2011

LAVA's Evolution light is one of 62 designs featured in the August issue of Wallpaper* magazine.The Handmade issue showcased the work of leading designers, craftsmen and manufacturers who were commissioned to create new products for the Handmade show in Milan earlier this year.

Photo: Tommy Voeten, 1212‐Studio

http://www.wallpaper.com/handmade/2011

10 November, 2011

LAVA has created a new typology for youth hostels with the revisioning of the Berchtesgaden near Munich, Germany.
Gone are the daggy dormitory rooms and impersonal spaces of your typical hostel.The new design features individualised rooms, bold colours, local materials and craftsmanship, and multipurpose zones. The sustainable makeover includes a low energy facade, floor heating, and the installation of a bimass pellet heating system. Built‐in furniture and integrated storage avoids the ubiquitous barracks style environment.The hostel refurbishment was a unique opportunity to explore some of LAVA's  experiments in space and apply sustainable technologies to an existing building.And if you want to sleep in one of LAVA's funky new bedrooms check out the hostel site http://www.design-jugendherberge-berchtesgaden.de/

23 November 2011

Der WECHSELRAUM präsentiert in der Ausstellung „Tomorrow never dies“ das Büro L A V A – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture – das 2007 von Chris Bosse, Alexander Rieck und Tobias Wallisser gegründet wurde. Die drei Grenzgänger arbeiten nicht nur auf drei Kontinenten, sondern auch zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit. So entwickeln sie visionäre Kombinationen aus Hightech und Natur und finden spektakuläre und doch oft einfache Lösungen für ein humanes urban design. Was gestern Zukunft war ist heute schon real. Und wieder gibt es ein neues Morgen…
WECHSELRAUM Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA
Zeppelin carré (Innenhof), Friedrichstrasse 5
70174 Stuttgart
www.wechselraum.de
Vernissage 01 Dez, 19 Uhr
Begrüssung: Dieter Ben Kauffmann, Freier Architekt BDA
Vortrag: Tomorrow never dies, L A V A
Finissage 25 Jan 2012, 19 Uhr
L A V A live Moderation: Amber Sayah
Öffnungszeiten: Di–Fr 10–13 und 15–18 Uhr
geschlossen vom 23 Dez 2011 – 09 Jan 2012
zusätzlich geöffnet Sa/So 11–17 Uhr
14/15 + 21/22 + 28/29 Jan 2012

23 January 2012

Invitation to Vernissage "LAVA LIVE" with Amber Sayah, facilitation, on 01/25/2012 by 19 clock in the room in the Association of German Architects BDA, Zeppelin Carré (courtyard),our exhibition "TOMORROW NEVER DIES", which was extended up to 13.02.2012.
We appreciate your visit and your questions.
Your LAVA TEAM

10 February 2012

Chris Bosse and Alexander Rieck recently spoke at the Architecture foresight conference in Ischgl Austria.The event was held in association with the World architects Masters, the annual architects Ski race.The conference took place at Pardorama 2,620m above sea level at thePardatschgrat.Chris and Alexander spokeabout the City of the future and sustainable large scale projects in China andthe Middle East.“It was great to exchangethoughts with so many amazing minds above the clouds” says Chris Bosse.“Skiing with your friendsand colleagues and discussing the future of architecture with a glass ofgluhwein in front of a fireplace removed from the world has been amazing” addsAlexander Rieck.

http://www.wam-open.com/

16 March 2012

"Vivienda y Decoración", magazine at the newspaper "El Mercurio" in Chile, features LAVA's Masdar City Centre design.

12 March, 2012

Time: 5:30pm for 6pm start – to finish approx. 8pm.

The School of Architecture and Built Environment and the Newcastle Division of the Australian Institute of Architects have developed a speaker program for local practitioners, architecture students and the wider community on the latest design by some of the leading architects in the industry.

Bosse will speak on LAVA’s design concepts, in particular understanding the link between digital technology and design elements in nature, designing for sustainability and there will be an open forum question time.

Date: Monday 12^th March

Venue: The Hotel Delany, Darby Street Cooks Hill Newcastle.

Time: 5:30pm for 6pm start – to finish approx. 8pm

19 April 2012

LAVA's vision for the proposed headquarters of the Green Climate Fund in Bonn is described as having 'maximum impact' and 'an ideal working environment'. 

GREEN CLIMATE FUND

19 April 2012

Chris Bosse on Russia Today in Moscow.

RT Moscow interview

30 May 2012

Chris Bosse will speak on the Beijing Watercube project in Hamburg on the 7th June as part of Heinze Architek TOUR 2012. 

The TOUR asks the question – ‘where are the boundaries of higher, faster and further in this, the year of the Olympics’? 

‘Heinze takes these major sporting events as an opportunity to highlight the architectural effect of the field of sports and leisure facilities.'

More details: HEINZE

And Bosse will give the Opening Keynote Address on the 12th June at the Qatar Sustainable Building Forum in Doha.

DOHA

8 May 2012

LAVA is the featured ‘DESIGNER’ in Workshop magazine issue 03 with 33 pages, including an interview and profiles on 9 projects. published by Choi's Gallery, China.

5 May 2012

Chris Bosse has won Hong Kong magazine Pespective's 40 Under 40 Award  40 Under 40 Award

The May issue of the magazine features profiles on each of the 40 winners. The award recognises the achievements of the 'region's rising design stars under 40'.

18 June 2012

'If you know don't who Lady Gaga is, you wont be staying here anytime soon'.

Hinge, the Hong Kong design magazine, has a two page review of the Berchestgaden Youth Hostel in its May issue. The cover features the bright, bold coloured stripes of the hostel foyer.

HINGE MAAGZINE

12 June 2012

The Rubrik Freistil section of the June 2012 issue of Baumeister – Das Architektur-Magazin - features LAVA:

"We already work for our dream client and design our dream projects everyday in many places around the world".

Baumeister

23 May 2012

Indesignlive features five minutes with Chris Bosse.

INDESIGNLIVE

7 July 2012

The cover of Turkey's İnşaat Dünyası June issue features BIONIC TOWER and the editor's note explores the Tower and Biomimicry. 

Read the magazine via this link Inşaat Dünyası

21 July 2012

Today Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales, officially opened the Martian Embassy in Sydney.

She loved the whale/time tunnel interior created by the LAVA team with our amazing partners Will O'Rourke and The Glue Society. 

The Martian Embassy was designed as an immersive space of oscillating plywood ribs brought to life by red planet light and sound projections for The Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing centre for young people in Sydney. Cath Keenan, pictured with Chris Bosse, is the director of the Factory.

The design is inspired by the stuff great stories are made of - Moby Dick, H. G. Wells' Time Machine and 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick.

The concept is to awaken creativity in kids, so the design acts as a trigger, firing up the engines of imagination. It’s an intergalactic journey - from the embassy, at the street entrance, to the shop full of red planet traveller essentials, to the classroom. By the time kids reach the writing classes they have forgotten they are in “school”.

4 September 2012

COME INTO PLAY - Chris bosse describes its as "by far the weirdest and most absurd brief I've ever seen" .. but we had to ''to engage with what children do best, which is to play and have fun''. The design team, which visited schools to talk to children about their preferences, found that ''thinking like kids'' was a useful tool.

The embassy/shop/learning centre is structured by 1068 oscillating plywood sections - is it a whale? a time-travel tunnel? a space rocket? 

Read more and hear interviews with Chris Bosse and our partners Josh [Will O'Rourke] and Pete [The Glue Society].: Sydney Morning Herald 

7 September 2012

LAVA's Green Climate Fund headquarter designs feature on the front cover and in a 4 page story in Architecture Update, September 2012 Ecological Infrastructure, published in India.

17 September 2012

Workshop magazine, published in Shanghai, has featured a four page story on the MARTIAN EMBASSY in their issue 06. 

7 September 2012

LAVA TALKS AND JUDGES

LAVA talks at a number of upcoming international conferences include:

Chris Bosse will:

• deliver the keynote at CREDAI's 12th National Convention - 1st and 2nd October, Barcelona
• speak and judge at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore 3 - 5 October. 
• speak at the International Green Building Conference 2012  - 11 October Singapore 

Tobias Wallisser will speak at the:

• public discussion about urbanity at IBA Heidelberg, on the 4 October
• Symposium New Materials, TU Munich on the 19th October 
• Congress Nemo - New Mobility Design, Stuttgart on the 25 October
• Die Zukunft des Bauens 2013', Bau 2013, Munich on 16 January, 2013 
• at the 4th Annual Sustainable building Materials & Construction Technologies conference in Dubai in February 2013.
• And he is on the Jury 'Der Raum' International Award on the 20th September, 2012.

22 October 2012

Alexander Rieck will be speaking at the Future Cleantech Forum, 29-31 October 29, 2012 at Palexpo, Geneva.

Senior researcher for the "city of the future" at the world leading Fraunhofer Institute, he will be speaking on Tuesday 30th October in the 'Energy efficiency - the forgotten renewable energy' session on Urbanisation.

Alexander also recently spoke at the Saudi Green Building Forum on the 15 October.

Futurecleantechforum

16 October 2012

LAVA is one of several international firms in the 100 ARCHITECTS OF THE YEAR Exhibition in Seoul, from 18 ~ 23 October @ EXPO Civic Park, Daejeon, South Korea.

The Korean Institute of Architects is responsible for staging the international exhibition as part of the annual Korean Festival of Architecture.

28 November 2012

LAVA is creating the new interior spaces for an old cabaret theatre dating from the roaring '20s. The abandoned 1920s cabaret theatre has been recently uncovered in the heart of Berlin.

The music hall theatre has been buried in 30 tonnes of rubble since 1934 when it closed, perhaps as part of a crackdown on the cabaret scene by the Nazi regime.

Discovered by accident by Dirk Moritz of the Moritz Gruppe, the three level musical hall and restaurant was a cabaret venue and featured a grand ballroom, a theatre, beautiful wall paintings and vaulted stuccoed ceilings.

Project developers, MORITZ GRUPPE, will renovate the three story building, called the SECRET GARDEN, which will comprise spaces for small scale performances and exhibitions, studios, meetings and conferences, and luxury apartments for short term and executive rental. 

They asked LAVA to work with them on the design of the spaces. 

WORLD ARCHITECTURE NEWS previews the project: WAN

22 October 2012

Urban Landscape Furniture, published by Hi-design International Publishing (Hong Kong), features the Emergency Shelter on the front page and a four page story. Plus a two page story on the Digital Origami Tigers.

HI Design

Plastic House, LBBW Immobilien Headquarters, Masdar city centre and Mexico resort each have double page spreads in this great new book published by INTERNATIONAL NEW ARCHITECTURE, China.

And we’re on the front cover too!

And LAVA's shell set for the 2011 Myer fashion show is featured in 'Landscape Design'.

Both magazines recently published by Dallan University of Technology, China.

21 March 2013

CHIC HAUS magazine in Mexico features Martian Embassy in its March issue. 

Chic Haus online

21 March 2013

"The international architectural firm LAVA has been entrusted with the planning of the revitalisation project entitled "Secret Garden"."

Our Secret Garden project in Berlin has been featured in DETAIL Magazine.

READ HERE

31 May 2013

Three LAVA projects are featured in 'Display and Space' Vol 2 - Myer Shell Set, the Sherman Bibliotheca and the RAIA Bar.

GSD books

18 April 2013

The Australian's monthly Wish magazine has featured the Secret Garden project in Berlln. Bosse says of the surprise discovery of the 1905 cabaret by Berln developer Dirk Moritz: "It was like finding a train station in Sydney's CBD that no one knew about." 

3 May 2013

LAVA is one of six practices shortlisted in the SMALL PROJECTS CATEGORY of the NSW AIA awards.

From Architecture and Design: "NSW Chapter President Joe Agius said that .. "the juries were confident that the shortlist for this year’s Awards represented the best in current architectural practice from across the state" ..... Notably .. the Martian Embassy by LAVA is in the running for the small project architecture award.'

The 2013 NSW prize winners will be announced on 27 June.

More details: ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

NSW Awards AIA awards

28 May 2013

Chris Bosse has designed a ‘chocolate’ lounge for Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum ‘Eat the Collection’ event.

‘Eat the Collection’ explores the interaction of design, food and technology - in chocolate. Bosse and nine other designers were commissioned to re-mix a favourite Museum object. Their designs will be printed in chocolate using a 3-D printer, with the edible designs on show at the ‘eat-in’ on 30 May 2013. 

Bosse’s Chocolate Coral Lounge is inspired by the museum’s contemporary furniture collection, in particular Marc Newson’s 1988 Lockheed Lounge, and its coral artefacts. 

Bosse will speak at the sold out event.

POWERHOUSE MUSEUM 

3 May 2013

A new book on paper art, PARADISE OF PAPER ART, features six pages on LAVA projects detailing the Christmas Windows installation at la Rinascente department store in Milan and the Digital Origami workshop in Sydney. There are 66 designers and 1000 works in 512 pages.

More details: DESIGNER BOOKS

28 June 2013

LAVA’s Martian Embassy has won two more design awards - the Premier’s Award and a Commendation in the Small Project category at the NSW AIA awards 2013.

The Martian Embassy is the home for the Sydney Story Factory, a creative writing centre for young people. The design, a fusion of whale, rocket and time tunnel, aims to awaken creativity in kids. The immersive space of oscillating plywood ribs is animated by red planet light and sound projections.

Chris Bosse, director of LAVA, said: “LAVA is honoured to receive both the prestigious Premier’s award, chosen from the entire field of entries across all categories, and the Commendation from our peers.”

Bosse said: "This project is not only about architecture. It is about storytelling, and fostering creativity." 

"We worked with an amazing team of creatives from Will O'Rourke and the Glue Society to fulfil the brief, and dreams, of our very inspired clients. And with the help of many professionals such as Redwood Projects and Berents Project Management and many, many volunteers."

The Premier’s prize is awarded by the NSW Premier from a shortlist of architectural projects selected by the NSW Government Architect which ‘are of benefit to the people of NSW and provide public enjoyment – educational, cultural, transport or accommodation facilities’. The Small Projects category is for design solutions 'often constrained by space or cost restrictions, but which have achieved a level of invention, creativity and craftsmanship beyond those constraints'.

The Embassy has previously won the Sydney Design Award and the Australian Timber Design Award.

More information:      http://architectureau.com/articles/2013-nsw-architecture-awards/  

17 June 2013

Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser will give three presentations in China this week.

They will speak at a Building Technology Innovation Forum in Beijing on Wednesday; present ‘Digital Cathedrals and the City of the Future – Case Studies’ at the 3rd Annual Facade Design & Engineering in Shanghai on Thursday; and lecture at Tongji University on "FORM FOLLOWS FICTION, If everything is possible, what do we want?" 

The presentations will be a journey through LAVA's projects, the concepts of 'green is the new black' and 'more with less', and nature and technology to create high quality environments for the 21st century.

17 June 2013

Chris Bosse is one of 12 Australian designers exhibiting in CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 6 July - 1 September 2013.

Bosse’s Cloud City: An urban ecosystem is a sculptural metaphor for the future city - a soaring stretched membrane-cloud anchored to the ‘city’ on the gallery floor by high-rise towers that have been re-skinned and revitalised. 

More info and watch an interview with Bosse about his vision: CUSP

2 JULY 2013

Chris Bosse is one of twelve Australian designers exhibiting in CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 6 July - 1 September 2013 and then travelling Australia-wide.

Exploring the potential of design in our lives, Object Gallery's CUSP designers 'generate ideas that could change the way we inhabit the world’. 

Cloud City: An urban ecosystem is a sculptural rendition of Bosse’s vision of a future city - a soaring, stretched membrane-cloud anchored to the ‘city’ on the gallery floor by high-rise towers that have been re-skinned and revitalised. 

‘The future is not about what buildings look like, but how they perform, interact and how they connect with each other. Think of a coral reef, where thousands of species thrive in coexistence of each other and the elements, air, water and sun. The reef is like the city of the future.’

‘Our installation asks: can cities of the future be organisms that respond and adapt to their environment?’

The networked city is a connected, inter-dependent organism where buildings are not singular structural entities (designed, serviced and accessed as isolated units), but part of large networked system. 

An distributed cloud communicates, shares smart building technology and joint infrastructure, connectivity and data transfer allowing transport, housing and urban infrastructure to adapt in response. 

Bosse replaces outdated passive building facades of the skyscraper with high-performance smart translucent cocoons that create their own microclimate, generate energy, collect rainwater and improve the distribution of natural daylight. By re-skinning these inefficient buildings the past is transformed into ‘super-abled’ buildings.

Following the Casula showing the CUSP exhibition visits Launceston, Adelaide, Dubbo, Port Macquarie, Brisbane and Mornington Peninsula from 2013-2015. 

More information: cusp 

Hear Chris Bosse talk about the project: http://vimeo.com/68353142#at=0

27 June 2013

The 2013 NSW Premier's Prize at the Australian Institute of Architecture awards has been given to LAVA for the Martian Embassy, home to the Sydney Story Factory.

Its our 3rd design award for the Embassy!! Other awards include the Sydney Design Award and the Australian Timber Design Award.

Chris Bosse and Jarrod Lamshed at the awards night in Sydney tonight.

9 JULY 2013

Five page story in Travelite, a luxury travel and lifestyle magazine distributed quarterly across Asia.

With some valuable inputs from the director of a formidable international design firm, we take a peek at a sustainable future that thrives on smarter and more dynamic concepts believed to harmonise the relationship between man and the environment.

TRAVELITE

16 JULY 2013

Three LAVA projects are Winners in the international Iconic Awards. 

A City of Clouds masterplan in the desert, a Martian writing centre for young people in inner city Sydney and a new concept for living in Berlin are all winners in the 2013 Iconic Awards, Germany. 

LAVA’s City of Clouds is a winner in the Concept Visionary Architecture – this masterplan for a new city is enclosed under an artificial ‘cloud’ surface that mimics the action of the atmospheric process creating comfort in an extreme environment.

Moritz Gruppe's THE:SQUARE is a Winner in the Concept Visionary Living & Working - this mixed use development themed with Life, Nature, Sport is close to Berlin's centre and Europe’s largest urban nature reserve and the Olympics training centre.

The Martian Embassy, an immersive space of oscillating plywood ribs brought to life by red planet light and sound projections is a Winner in the Interior Retail category.

The Martian Embassy has already won three other architectural awards, one commendation and is shortlisted for the IDEA awards.

The Iconic Awards are a cross-disciplinary international architectural competition of the German Design Council that focuses on outstanding, holistic architecture and interior design. The highest award, Best of Best, is given in five competition categories whilst outstanding projects are given the award ‘Winner’. The German Design Council was established in 1953 and aims to communicate design expertise amongst the wider public. 

Iconic Awards

30 SEPTEMBER 2013

Chris Bosse will be speaking at the opening night of the WAF this week in Singapore - a PechaKucha party hosted by Mr PechaKucha himself, Mark Dytham!!! Bosse will be presenting the Martian Embassy

And he will be judging later in the week.

And he'll be a panellist at 'EXPLORE THE VALUE OF BEING CONNECTED', an AIA get together in Singapore on 2nd October. The panel will discuss how links to Australia can be a boarding pass for a global career.

More details: BOARDING PASS

4 SEPTEMBER 2013

LAVA's Reskin UTS tower model has been added to the Powerhouse Museum's permanent architecture collection in Sydney, alongside models by Harry Seidler and Glenn Murcutt.

The model was exhibited at the 'STATE. RESPOND. Exploring Sustainable Design' at Object Gallery in 2011.

The award winning ‘Tower Skin’ is a simple, cost effective and easily constructed building skin that the transforms identity, sustainability and interior comfort of tired icons, re-purposing inefficient buildings. More details: TOWER SKIN

15 OCTOBER 2013

ID View magazine, China, has published two page stories on the Martian Embassy and the Emergency Shelter in its latest issue.

LAVA's Martian Embassy is the home of the Sydney Story Factory, a creative writing centre for kids, and has already won several design awards.

A scale model of the digital origami shelter featured in the 'Emergency Shelter' exhibition that explored solutions for housing people in the wake of disaster.

“International Decoration View” is a bi-monthly magazine presenting trends and achievements in the design industry to 5,0000 readers in the main cities in China.  See the whole magazine here:IDVIEW

9 NOVEMBER 2013

Italy's RAI TV were at the Martian Embassy in Sydney on Friday morning interviewing LAVA Australia's four Italian-born team members and LAVA director Chris Bosse - in Italian!

Shown here is Alessandra Moschella being inteviewed by Rocco Contini.

Interview coming soon!

4 NOVEMBER 2013

Tobias Wallisser will be participating in the International Scenography Biennial, an international platform on scenography, architecture and design to be held in Ludwigsburg from 7-10 November.

Dance, installation, performance and architectural spaces will be discussed at the inaugural event, entitled THE ART OF HOLISTIC DESIGN, curated by Uwe R. Brückner and Céline Kruska.

Scenographic spatial design .. utilises ‘theatrical, cinematic and artistic means to create unequalled spatial dramaturgies’. 

Wallisser will moderate a session on ARCHITECTURAL SPACES – PHYSICAL MORPHOGENESIS.

MORE INFO

26 NOVEMBER 2013

Luke Scully, a year 9 student, made a model of our Classroom of the Future for a school project.

He writes: "I was very interested in all of the things that were implemented into the building to make it efficient and reliable as well as still effective and able to be a classroom. I made a model of the building, using the pictures you have on your website as well as looked into the building and all it has to offer and simplified and expanded all of the information so that other people can understand it better. P.S. It was extremely hard to make it with all the curves.." 

Well done Luke! 

9 December 2013

Our Digital Origami Tigers are on display at the Amsterdam Light Festival until 19 January.

The globetrotting tigers have travelled from Sydney to KL to Berlin to Singapore to San Francisco, and now back to Europe! 

The Amsterdam Light Festival is a winter festival lighitng up the historic centre of Amsterdam in the darkest months of the year.

AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL

More info on the tigers: Tigers

10 December 2013

LAVA has designed a display suite for a new mixed-use tower in Sydney that merges natural materials and fluid harmonious space with high tech fabrication technologies. The freeform furniture and curvy walls and ceilings take the visitor through a journey of the new building. 

The marketing suite design combines LAVA’s creativity and innovation with PTW’s longstanding track record in the delivery of world-class buildings.

22 January 2014

These amazing books came into the office the other day - one on hotels, the other on installations, both published by Artpower. LAVA projects include Mexico and Oman resorts; and Digital Origami Shelter, Myer Shell Set, AIA Bar and Digital Tigers.

Thank you Artpower for sending them to us. ARTPOWER

4 June 2014

Our Greenland Centre is featured in the latest issue of Inside, the magazine for the World Interiors News Award, a monthly look at the 'world's best interiors'. 

LAVA and PTW have entered GREENLAND in the Retail Interiors Category and winners are announced on 30 October in London.

http://www.wantoday.com/inside_7_14/index3.html

27 FEBRUARY 2014

LAVA's Martian Embassy in Sydney has won a 'Special Mention' in the 2014 German Design Council Awards.

The German Design Council has been representing and supporting the German design industry for 60 years. "A nomination for the German Design Award on the occasion of the anniversary of the German Design Council is especially significant – it stands for 60 years of design culture."

More info: GDC

9 May 2014

LAVA goes to Venice 

LAVA's creative solutions for the alpine environment are featured at the Palazzo Bollani during this years Venice Architecture Biennale. 

LAVA is one of 11 internationally renowned architectural firms featured in the Alpitecture Meets Biennale – Topographic Structures exhibition. Participants have all previously been involved in Alpitecture and include Hadid, GRAFT and BLAURAUM ARCHITEKTEN.

Alpitecture, an architecture platform to connect creative people to discuss Alps, technology and architecture, proposes new methods and models for living and working, plus future-orientated technologies for this extreme living space. “Looking at things from different angles generates unusual ideas.”

Alpitecture Meets Biennale, 04 - 08 June 2014, PALAZZO Bollani - CASTELLO 3647, VENICE, near the Arsenale.

MORE INFO

And LAVA's solution for revitalising old buildings with a new skin 'Tower Skin' is one of 11 unbuilt projects on display at the virtual Australian Pavilion.  MORE INFO

Whilst in Venice all three LAVA directors will meet for their annual Summit. 

12 May 2014

LAVA directors share their views and news across the globe.

Tobias Wallisser was recently at re:publica in Berlin, discussing: re-thinking mobility. http://re-publica.de/news/rethink-mobility-neue-wege-gehen-fahren-fliegen-oder-beamen

He will serve as a juror for the German Art Directors Club where the best adverts and trade fair appearances will be judged in Hamburg May 13-15. http://www.adc.de/festival/adc-festival/adc-festival-2014.html

Wallisser is also keynote speaker at the IWF in Berlin on May 23rd and then at the 'Stifung Baukultur' in Berlin on the success or failure of processes. http://www.bundesstiftung-baukultur.de/uploads/tx_cal/media/programm_flyer_planungskultur.pdf

And Chris Bosse heads off to Iran to speak on ‘Architecture and Urban Tourism’ at the 2nd International Architourism Conference
29‐30 May at Mashhad. http://rayahb.com/en/

6 May 2014

LAVA’s Greenland Display Suite is one of ninety-one projects shortlisted for 2014 NSW Architecture Awards. 

The project [with PTW] is shortlisted in the Interior Architecture category, up against 12 other projects ranging from residences to offices to a gallery.

There were 200 entries across all categories and the winners will be announced on 26 June. 

NSW Chapter President Joe Agius said the shortlist reflected the ‘best in current architectural practice’.

AWARDS WEBSITE

http://nswawards.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Shortlist-announced-for-2014-NSW-Architecture-Awards.pdf

4 June 2014

WATER, NATURE + FREI OTTO - Chris Bosse talks about the Watercube in a seven page interview in uncube, a new German design magazine.

READ THE INTERVIEW HERE

23 June 2014

Spheres and voids .. Our Green Void project is featured in Arhitext, a thematically focussed magazine published in Romania for the last 20 years.

http://www.arhitext.com/2014/01/cuprins-nr-42013-sfere-si-viduri/

23 June 2014

Last week we signed a cooperation agreement with Hubei Province government and industry. 

15 July 2014

'An organic Cocoon' ... Harmonies Magazine in Lebanon has published our Greenland Display Centre.

http://www.harmoniesmagazine.com/

15 July 2014

There's an eight page story on our stadium in Addis Ababa in 'Pioneer Architecture-Frozen Culture' just published by Hong Kong Architecture Science Press.

http://www.hkaspress.com

1 August 2014

Thanks to our partners with the Greenland Centre: Brookfield Multiplex and UTJ Interiors. Good to work with you! And of course PTW!

2 September 2014

The changing lights of the red planet that feature in our Martian Embassy have captured the gaze of Germany's Licht Magazine which has published a nice two page story. 

http://www.lichtnet.de/

Saturday 20 September 2014. LAVA's Sydney office is pleased to be part of the 2014 BEAMS ARTS FESTIVAL.

LAVA will create a site specific digital origami installation and there will be a few digital origami tigers on the prowl.

ONE BRIGHT NIGHT IN CHIPPENDALE takes place on Saturday 20 September 2014 from 5-10pm.

The BEAMS Arts Festival will once again immerse the laneways of Chippendale with 350 creatives working across a range of artforms under the theme of 'Utopia'.  The works will mirror both personal and collective concepts of Utopia to conceive a "wondrous paradise nestled in the heart of the CBD". 

Bosse says: LAVA is thrilled to be part of BEAM in 2014. As recent arrivals to the Chippendale precinct we love being in the centre of cutting edge creativity in this great city. As the next generation of architects exploring new typologies and approaches to sustainable design we are totally behind this year’s theme of Utopia – we hope our origami installations, inspired by nature’s own structural systems, will encourage people to see that the answer to efficient and beautiful design is found in: NATURE!

22 SEPTEMBER 2014

'KINGS FOR BID WINNING'!!!! 

Two lovely books came into the office today featuring our Bionic Tower and Harbin Ice Hotel projects. 

http://www.creativehomex.com/in-space/design-just-got-real

Held for the first time in October at Zebra Square, Kuala Lumpur, IDCon 2014 brought together the best talents in the design field, offering local design enthusiasts an inspirational experience. Attended by approximately 800 people, the audience comprised interior designers, architects, design professionals, key industry players as well as students from different colleges

17 November 2014

Tobias Wallisser has been interviewed in in the supplement to ELLE in Germany, called ELLE CITY.

Wallisser says: ”Die Gestaltung von gesellschaftlichen Umbrüchen ist eine traumhafte Aufgabe für Architekten”

9 December 2014

Tobias Wallisser was interviewed by MIND magazine whilst he attended the “Space and Possiblities” coonferenece in Istanbul earlier this year.

 READ THE INTERVIEW HERE

3 FEBRUARY 2015

LAVA's strong vision is todays reality according to this great review in the Süddeutsche.

And Baumeister has also done a great review: Baumeister

The exhibtion is on until 14th February 2015 at the Architektur Galerie, Munich

http://www.architekturgalerie-muenchen.de/

3 MARCH 2015

Tall Buildings Magazine in Russia has done a great 6 page story on our Shenzhen Jungle Plaza project!

3 MARCH 2015

The March edition of Voyeur, Virgin Australia's inflight magazine, features an interview with Chris Bosse on LAVA's upcoming projects across the globe.

http://voyeur.realviewtechnologies.com/#folio=1

14 April 2015

German magazine 'HÖRZU WISSEN' has featured a story on the city of the future including an interview with Tobias Wallisser: "Das Miteinander von Menschen und Maschinen, Technik und Natur schafft visuellen Reichtum.“ 

LAVA's plan to reinvigorate Berlin’s monumental Karl Marx Allee and increase residents’ quality of life is featured in the story. A project LAVA did for "50 ideas to celebrate 50 years of the Art Directors Club" in Germany was used as an illustration of the effects of future city planning on an existing city axis.

LAVA was inspired to use technology to improve the lives of Berlin's residents, by creating more of the sustainable, green space we all need. From ‘Energiewende’ to ‘Energiewalls’: the city as a second nature, where cars, people and wind installations coexist and communicate. A unique opportunity to reclaim the now very car-centric, historically loaded Karl Marx Allee for public good.

LAVA aimed to build a new kind of public space — one that blends old and new, horizontal and vertical while introducing cutting-edge wind technology, enabling a sustainable city life. 

14 April 2015

Chris Bosse spoke at the Communiqué 2015 lecture series, BRIDGING THE UTOPIAN AND THE PRAGMATIC at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland in March. 

Watch the lecture here: Listen here

14 April 2015

Russian magazine on design and architecture BERLOGOS has published a story on our youth hostels in Bavaria.

http://www.berlogos.ru/articles/ot-neryashlivosti-do-dizayna-molodezhnoe-obshchezhitie-budushchego.php

15 May 2015

Two LAVA projects are in amongst Oscar awards events and Olympic closing ceremonies in a new book called "SPECTACULAR! STAGE DESIGN", published by Sendpoints Publishing Co., Ltd.

Website  http://www.sendpoints.cn/

21 May 2015

Tobias Wallisser recently spoke on Architektur Analog und Digital  MORE DETAILS

And another talk coming up soon at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.  MORE DETAILS

25 May 2015

Kangaroo, Karamba and Grasshopper....

Join LAVA and Bollinger+Grohmann for a collaborative design workshop on these and other topics!

The aim of the week-long workshop is the realisation of a 1:1 kinetic ceiling in our LAVA office in Stuttgart. Open to both architecture/design students and professionals, the workshop runs from 25th July – 1st August 2015. Apply online - if you book before 19 June there is an earylbird discount.

MORE INFO

19 June 2015

LAVA's youth hostels in Berchestgaden and Bayreuth are featured in the latest issue of Baunetzwoche in a story on what's happening in Bavaria.

25 June 2015

LAVA's Solar Charging Station is featured in this month's issue of DETAIL magazine. 

READ MORE

17 July 2015

An official breaking ground event was held with to mark the beginning of construction of the Bayreuth Youth Hostel in Bavaria Germany.

LAVA unveiled renderings, perspective sections, elevations, diagrams of toilets, showers and guest rooms, and showcased a mock up of rooms at the official construction ceremony.  LAVA directors and team members plus the Lord Mayor of Bayreuth, the president and the directors of the Bavarian chapter of the German Youth Hostel Association and members of the Bavarian Parliament attended the event.

The ‘Y’ shape 180-bed sports hostel will feature innovative spatial configurations, sustainability at environmental, and structural and social levels, and integrated sporting facilities and include facilities for wheelchair athletes.

Pictured are Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Julian Fahrenkamp (project leader of the youth hostel) and Angelika Hermann (construction planning, youth hostel).

VIDEO

29 July 2015

LAVA's concept to revitalise a brutalist residential building in Sydney is in today's Sydney Morning Herald.

"Rather than freezing architecture for an eternity, I think it's much better to adapt it to current circumstances," Bosse.

READ STORY HERE

7 September 2015

Soap bubbles, champagne bubbles, water bubbles. Who doesn’t love bubbles?

LAVA is excited to be part of BEAMS Festival in Chippendale with a bubble installation on Saturday 19 September 2015. 

‘BEAMS Bubbles’ will fill up a terrace house, stairwells and a new office block in the Kensington Lane precinct. Made from inflated latex, the installation fills hundreds of cubic metres of space, is air supported and uses only 1 kg of material – its highly efficient, creating a big impact with limited means. MORE WITH LESS – something LAVA is passionate about.

More than mere form, the bubbles are activated by coloured LED lights, the installation is animated with a dramatic play of light, reflections with refractions in the full colour spectrum, just like the rainbow light on soap bubbles.

http://beamsfestival.com.au

25 October 2015

Talks, talks, talks. LAVA directors are sharing their expertise across the globe.

Over the next few weeks Tobias Wallisser will be giving talks at the Asia Pacific Road Conference in Singapore More info and the Symposium Digital Design at RMIT Singapore and the 3-rd ETEM Facade conference in Sofia on facade engineering More info.

And Alexander Rieck is speaking at the PLDC [Professional Lighting Design Convention] in sunny Rome. More here  He'll have the opportunity to attend a special excursion to the Sistine Chapel, which recently received a new LED lighting solution. And MAXXI, Rome's national gallery of contemporary art and architecture designed by Zaha Hadid. 

Meanwhile Chris Bosse will be on the jury for the sixth time at the World Architecture Festival, to be held in Singapore from 4-6 November, its 50th year. Key topics for this year’s festival include cities and urbanism, imaging the future and designing for tomorrow. MORE INFO

30 October 2015

Construction has started on our high rise towers in Hangzhou, called the Zheijang Gate. 

6 November 2015

Russ the Bus is now on the road taking books to kids across western Sydney. LAVA transformed an old bus into a vibrant reading space.

More images soon.

Photo: Prudence Upton

7 November 2015

Chris Bosse' Sydney terrace house is one of four winners in the AIS Smeg competition - the winners go on a tour to the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.

16 November 2015

"A perfect example of how to make a tiny space sing. Architect Chris Bosse .. takes one itty-bitty Paddington terrace and opens it up to create a gloriously fresh, spacious and sunny home."

So say the editors of the Sun Herald: READ MORE HERE

And here's the full page story they are talking about: READ MORE HERE

More details on the project: TIVOLI TERRACE

24 November 2015

LAVA has designed an installation of 145 digital origami elephants for the Thailand (Small) Festival of Light which opens on 15 December, 2015. The festival will commemorate the 2015 Bangkok bombing.

The elephants will be installed on one of the skywalks that run up above street level at Ratchaprasong Junction, in the heart of Bangkok, site of the bombing. 

11 December 2015

Our Square3 project in Berlin was awarded winner in the European Property Awards in two categories: Best Mixed Use Architecture Europe and Best Development Marketing Europe.

READ ABOUT SQUARE3 HERE

MORE INFO

17 December 2015

Our Classroom of the Future appeared on the cover of Owl, a Canadian based magazine for school kids.

Read More

21 December 2015

Half of the concrete works for our new youth hostel in Bayreuth are done!

READ MORE

12 January 2016

Our Masdar project was featured in the book "The Greening of Architecture: A Critical History and Survey of Contemporary Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design" by Dr. Phill Tabb, Professor of Architecture, Texas A&M University. 

https://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409447399 

12 January 2016

Archkids has featured our bus of books... MORE HERE

And so too has Archello .. MORE HERE

For more info on the mobile book library CLICK HERE

5 February 2016

LAVA's Sydney harbour-inspired 'regionals' area for Heinemann at Sydney International Airport is now open!

Its the regional products duty free area and the design is based on the eroded sandstone rock faces of Sydney harbour. 

6 February 2016

Our Hainan Ocean Flower Hotel has featured in the UK magazine 'Resorts'  RESORTS MAGAZINE

READ MORE ABOUT THE RESORT

9 March 2016

LAVA will be on display at the German Pavilion at MIPIM, Cannes 15-18 March - the world’s biggest real estate fair. We're one of 26 German offices presenting.

State Secretary Adler will inaugurate the German Pavilion.

MORE INFO

30 March 2016

Our Tivoli Terrace was in Italy's national daily la Repubblica on the weekend

http://ricerca.repubblica.it/…/quel-loft-di-sydney-in-fuga-… 

30 March 2016

Our Rinascente project has been published in this new book by Artpower International Publishing of Hong Kong.

http://artpower.com.cn/

7 April 2016

New snapshot of construction underway on our Bayreuth Youth Hostel.

Tobias Wallisser, Berlin director, says: "The beam around the staircase was a difficult piece of engineering as this is an upstand beam that wraps around a void. The concrete work is done - all looks great. Now the woodwork has started."

READ MORE HERE ABOUT THIS PROJECT

2 MAY 2016

PLEASE join us this Thursday for an exciting talk: Space and Community : DESIGNS FOR NOT FOR PROFITS

5 May 2016 

Cosentino, 30/69 O'Riordan Street Alexandria SYDNEY

5:30 pm Registration

Three Sydney architects, Chris Bosse, Stephen Collier and David Anderson, will be sharing their thoughts and experiences on the challenges, joys, rewards and opportunities of bringing design excellence to community groups - from earthquake victims to school kids to literary festivals to rural villages. 

These internationally known designers regard it as refreshing to put effort and time in working with non-profit organisations. Serving the broader community through good architecture brings efficient, sustainable and beautiful design to those most in need. And their own creativity is sharpened and extended through thinking about design within limited budgets and for basic needs, for people in other cultures, places and spaces.

And have a rare opportunity to inspect LAVA’s RUSS THE BUS FOR THE SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL PARKED OUTSIDE THE VENUE

Cost $20 [all proceeds to Architects Without Frontiers] 

More details on the link - 

http://www.alainhchazelles.com.au/#!5may16space-and-community-designs-for-/c1ybk 

17 MAY 2016

Tivoli Terrace has just featured in habitusliving

READ MORE

17 MAY 2016

Chris Bosse’s 'Last Word' has featured in the current issue of Home Design Magazine.

21 MAY 2016

Tivoli Terrace has been shortlisted in the NSW AIA Awards in the Interior Architecture category. Winners will be announced on Friday 1 July in Sydney. 

http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/shortlist-revealed-2016-aia-nsw-architecture-award?mid=33dfbab7e8&utm_source=Cirrus+Media+Newsletters&utm_campaign=34c7ba23b5-Architecture+and+Design+Newsletter+-+201&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe913f1856-34c7ba23b5-59523353

26 MAY 2016

 Tivoli Terrace has been shortlisted in the Sydney Design Award.

Awards Trophy Presentation will be held 7th September. Winners will be announced 4th August. 

4 June 2016

LAVA's digital origami monkeys are swinging in the trees in Chinatown, Sydney for Vivid Festival from 3-12 June.

“LAVA has previously created digital origami tigers and elephants. We were invited by the Market of Lights organiser Haymarket Chamber of Commerce to create the monkey light sculptures (in celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Monkey) to hang from the eight trees in the heart of Chinatown for local and international festival visitors of all ages to enjoy,” said Chris Bosse, director of LAVA.

The monkeys combine ancient Chinese lantern making methods with cutting edge digital design and fabrication technology, bringing east and west together through tradition and innovation.

The life size monkeys are made of a lightweight fully recyclable lampshade material, polypropylene. Low energy LED lighting bring the sculptures to life.

“LAVA is pleased to be working within the historical and culturally diverse area of Haymarket through the language of art and light with this installation. A popular figure in Chinese culture, many of the world's monkeys, apes and other primates are in danger of becoming extinct, so we also hope to draw attention to their plight,” he added.

LAVA worked with lighting designer Michael Day, Lecturer, School of Design, UTS, to create the installation.

The installation was launched during the Vivid Light Walk which features more than 60 spectacular light art installations, large-scale illuminations and mesmerising 3D-mapped building projections.

16 June 2016

LAVA Berlin team at the Topping Out ceremony of the Bayreuth Youth Hostel! 

15 July 2016

LAVA has won two awards at the 2016 International Architecture Awards for the KACST Headquarters in Saudi Arabia, currently under construction, and the bid for a Green Climate Fund Headquarters in Germany.

Billed as "the largest and most extensive global architecture awards program in the world," the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies announced the 132 winning projects from 43 countries. 

12 AUGUST 2016

LAVA has won four silver awards [out of a total of 104 award winners] in the Sydney Design Awards in the design disciplines of Space, Object, Visual and Experience - for Tivoli Terrace, Russ the Bus, Kyo-to Restaurant and Sydney Airport Regionals Retail.

https://design100.com/SYD16/winners_list.asp 

4 OCTOBER 2016

Absolutely honoured to receive this award from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design

Previous Laureates - Calatrava, Ingels and Graft.

12 OCTOBER 2016

Beacon, knowledge centre, tourist attraction and … energy storage centre.

LAVA’s winning competition entry for an energy park and energy storage building in Heidelberg, Germany for the Stadtwerke Heidelberg Energie, will commence construction in 2017.

The existing cylindrical-shaped storage centre is turned into a dynamic sculpture, a city icon, a knowledge hub on sustainable energy and fully accessible to the public with city views.

7 November 2016

LAVA judges at World Architecture Festival again in 2016!

Tobias Wallisser and Chris Bosse are judges at the WAF awards in home territory Berlin, Germany from 16 - 18 November 2016.

"We are looking forward to sharing our city with the worlds architects. LAVA has been judging at the WAF since Barcelona in 2009. We were shortlisted with MASDAR, we've given talks with Foster, presented our own projects including the Addis Stadium and have been on numerous different juries."

7 November 2016

Sydney Design Awards!

Russ the Bus

Tivoli Terrace

Kyoto Restaurant

Sydney Airport Duty Free Shop

30 NOVEMBER 2016

The November 2016 issue of Interior Design NY magazine features LAVA's Philips Headquarters in a story on new office projects

READ MORE

20 DECEMBER 2016

Our Tivoli Terrace kitchen is one of "8 Simply Amazing Kitchens" in Interior Design NY December, 2016 

READ MORE

27 January 2017

LAVA's design for a new restaurant, Olio Kensington Street, in inner Sydney, is inspired by the ingredients of Sicily.. luscious green olive oil, a leisurely stroll in the afternoon. 

LAVA created a passeggiata, using Sicilian tiles, that flows through the restaurant and connects the kitchen, bar, dining and rooftop areas. This circulation system subdivides the floor area, separating serving spaces and served spaces and is also expressed in the ceiling with a layered green ribbon reflecting the layout.

Two pieces of ‘furniture’, free flowing joinery elements for kitchen and bar, and soft, dripping, LED-lit lines on the joinery, interpret the idea of flowing oil.

The restaurant is an exciting new addition to the transformation of the Chippendale area.

4 February 2017

A great article on our Phillips Lighting Centre in UK's Architectural Record magazine.

READ MORE

14 March 2017

LAVA is at the German Pavilion at MIPIM again this year.

MIPIM is on 14–17 March 2017 at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France.

MIPIM

24 March 2017

Le Parisien Magazine + Aujourd’hui en France Magazine (weekly supplements of the daily newspapers Le Parisien and Aujourd’hui en France) have published a story on our Forest City design in Malaysia.

http://www.leparisien.fr/magazine 

2 May 2017

Alexander Rieck, LAVA director, is on the Judging Panel of the 3rd edition of the Laka Competition.

The Laka Foundation is a non-profit architectural organisation which holds an annual international competition for socially responsible architecture - “Architecture that Reacts”.

https://lakareacts.com/competition-2017/

10 May 2017

LAVA has won a prize in the UK Corporate LiveWire 2017 Architecture Awards for companies who have shown "excellence in their work, continuously shown dedication and outperformed others in the industry".

The award is for Innovation in Environmentally-Friendly Urban Planning

www.corporatelivewire.com 

2 June 2017

LAVA’s membrane pavilion showcases a new installation, ‘Inside the Flower’, an experiential medicinal garden by Australian artist Janet Laurence at the International Garden Exposition (IGA) Berlin.

LAVA collaborated with Janet Laurence to materialise her laboratory-like space of discovery, an exhibition of medicinal plants, showcasing the diversity and ambivalence of botany.

Taking Laurence’s concept design LAVA created the sculptural pavilion based on the geometric structure of a medicinal plant, a fabricated cellular environment inspired by plant anatomy.

A transparent mesh membrane made of natural cotton is wrapped around the outside of the pavilion structure. The stainless steel cupola has twelve ribs to support a central ring, with two industrial perspex skylights forming a lens. This inflated translucent water bubble connects with tubes and hanging vials of plant fluids. Five rings of curvy shelves house cellular clusters to display the plants. 

Both botanical display and performative space it allows visitors explore the plant world from the inside. 

The Pavilion is on display until 15 October 2017.

19 July 2017

LAVA has won a Commendation in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2017 International Chapter Architecture Awards for our Philips Lighting Headquarters.

MORE DETAILS

4 August 2017

BREAKING GOOD - BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

LAVA's new energy storage tower for Stadtwerke Heidelberg (SWH) in Heidelberg, Germany has broken ground.

LAVA’s design will transform the new water tank, a cylindrical-shaped storage centre, into a dynamic sculpture, a city icon, a knowledge hub on sustainable energy, fully accessible to the public, a strong symbol of the transition towards renewables.

MORE DETAILS

11 OCTOBER 2017

LAVA's plans for a reinvisioned Garden Island in Sydney are in Sydney's 'Daily Telegraph' newspaper.

"THIS could be the stunning new look of Sydney Harbour if plans to open up Garden ­Island come to fruition. The revamp is the brainchild of an award-winning Sydney-based architect", says the Tele.

“It is an opportunity to .. create a new city precinct on the waterfront, something like the Tate Modern in London,” LAVA director Chris Bosse said.

“The idea is that we return Garden Island to garden with green technology and naturally cooling buildings.”

READ MORE

12 NOVEMBER 2017

LAVA is excited to be working with the Sydney Story Factory on its new site in western Sydney!

It’s a heritage-listed cottage built in the late 1830s. During the 1840s and 50s it was the family home of Count Lucien de Broel Plater. A wealthy nobleman who had served in the army, the Count fled Poland after helping to lead an uprising against the Russians. He lived there with his 10 sons and daughters, and opened a confectionary shop.

We are working with Berents Project Management and The Glue Society on the design. More to come soon! 

19 DECEMBER 2017

The LAVA team wishes our wonderful clients, partners and supporters merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

We’ve won some great awards in 2017 – the WAFX Award [World Architecture Festival’s tenth anniversary] Future Project for Heidelberg Energy Park; Sydney Design Awards for Olio Kensington Restaurant Sydney; Australian Institute of Architects for Philips Lighting Headquarters; the Corporate LiveWire Architecture awards for Innovation in Environmentally-Friendly Urban Planning. And were shortlisted for the IDEA Awards for the Philips Lighting Headquarters and "Out of Hand' exhibition, Powerhouse Museum.

And attracted some wonderful media coverage for our Garden Island redevelopment concept in Sydney, a future forest city in Malaysia and Janet Laurence/LAVA "Inside the Flower" installation in Berlin, amongst others. 

And we have some great projects underway across the globe: our Heidelberg Energy Storage Centre has broken ground; the Youth Hostel in Bayreuth is complete; Zhejiang Gate Towers in Hangzhou is underway; university headquarters at KACST in Riyadh is almost finished; and a new children’s writing centre in western Sydney is currently in planning. Our work in Vietnam is going strong with some major announcements coming up in the new year.

We look forward to working with you again next year. 

1 FEBRUARY 2018

Alexander Rieck recently spoke at the Future Office Talks in Frankfurt am Maim, while Chris Bosse spoke at the Anthology Architecture and Design Festival in Manila, and Tobias Wallisser was a guest critic reviewing IoA, Institute of Architecture - University of Applied Arts Vienna Studio Hani Rashid. 

5 March 2018

Tobias Wallisser will be speaking at the Instituto Arquitetos Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, on LAVA's work.

In English, the conference arises from an IAB meeting and a partnership with LAMO - Laboratório de Modelos e Fabricação Digital / PROURB, FAU-UFRJ that will open at the conference.

10 April 2018

Tobias Wallisser will be on stage with Fritz Auer, co-founder of Auer+Weber, and Jorun Ragnarsdottir, co-founder of LRO in June at "Architects, not Architecture" in June Stuttgart. www.architectsnotarchitecture.com

Chris Bosse will be speaking in Bangkok at the RSU Research Conference and visiting the Architect Expo 2018 (ASEAN's Largest Building Technology Exposition) 1-6 May 

3 May 2018

Chris Bosse is in Hanoi to sign the design contract for the Grandeur Palace Pham Hung, a new mixed use complex for living, working, shopping and leisure.

A skydeck connects three towers and provides communal facilties such as pools and barbecue areas, jogging tracks and cafes and waterfalls.

16 May 2018

LAVA has won an award in the fourth annual Architecture Awards by Build, UK for "Recognised Leaders in Office Architecture & Design 2018 - Western Europe"

https://www.build-review.com/2018-architecture-awards-2018  

29 May 2018

Four page story on our Youth Hostel appears in Tasarim Magazine, Istanbul 

4 June 2018

Tobias Wallisser is speaking at a symposium 'Shaping the Future – Frei Otto’s Cultural Legacy' which will examine the way key aspects of Otto's research, design, planning and construction processes will transform the future. 

The symposium take splace on 25 June  at Wilkhahn, Bad Münder, near Hanover

More info: https://blog.wilkhahn.com/die-zukunft-gestalten-frei-ottos-ideelles-erbe/ 

18 June 2018

Tobias Wallisser presented LAVA's EZS project at the IBA (International Building Exhibition) in Heidelberg. IBA celebrates projects that move from planning to building stages with an exhibition and special events.  https://iba.heidelberg.de/english/

Photos Thilo Ross LAVA's Kindergar 

MORE INFO ON THE ENERGY STORAGE TOWER

11 July 2018

Dear Magazin story on the Otto Symposium

READ MORE

And a report on the Frei Otto symposium at which Tobias Wallisser spoke two weeks ago. 

READ MORE

18 July 2018

Alexander Rieck was one of the speakers the Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU) Annual General Meeting recently.

Prestigious Speakers Set the Tone for the IBU Annual General Meeting - For a society to become aware of its environmental responsibilities, it must have visionaries and pioneers – including from among its business community.

Rieck said: “In the area of digitisation, the construction industry still needs to catch up” .. We see artificial intelligence being used everywhere, but not in construction”.

READ MORE

28 July 2018

“Build digitally with artificial intelligence” says Alexander Rieck, who will be speaking at ORGATEC 23-26 October in Cologne. ORGATEC is an international trade fair for the modern working world featuring visionary concepts for a new work culture.  http://www.orgatec.com/ORGATEC/index-2.php 

And also in October he will be speaking at the Der KfW-BAK Energiekongress 2018 http://www.kfw-bak-kongress.de/workshops-2018.html  

And also at Lüftung und Klima Das Symposium in September 2018 http://www.tab.de/news/trox-symposium-2018_3194581.html 

20 August 2018

LAVA is thrilled to be part of the winning team for the German Pavilion at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai, UAE!

Our partners are Cologne-based agency facts and fiction, Swiss construction company ADUNIC, and pavilion manager Koelnmesse.

Visuals and concepts will be revealed at a media conference in Cologne on 4th September!

http://www.koelnmesse.com/…/W…/Einstiegsseite-Dubai-2020.php

 

Yesterday we had a big official event at Bayreuth for the new youth hostel. The ‘Y’ shape 180-bed sports hostel will feature innovative spatial configurations, sustainability at environmental, and structural and social levels, and integrated sporting facilities and include facilities for wheelchair athletes.

The event included breaking ground to mark the beginning of construction and LAVA members who took part at yesterdays event were Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Julian Fahrenkamp (project leader of the youth hostel) and Angelika Hermann (construction planning, youth hostel

22 September 2018

Campus Germany EXPO 2020 was just launched in Dubai – LAVA is proud to be part of an outstanding team to represent Germany.

MORE INFO

2 October 2018

Alexander Rieck recently spoke on how construction will change in the digital age at Aquatherm BIGGEXCHANGE International Symposium and Networking Event in Attendorn, Germany. 

Photo credit Nadia Askar/RJ 2.0

25 October 2018

LAVA has won an international competition for a five star hotel, 250 luxury condotel and 300 apartment apartment tower in Hanoi for the Nam Cuong Company.

13 November 2018

LAVA was recently invited to imagine how the Pyrmont peninsula in Sydney could look by 2040. 

LAVA propsoed a mixed-use precinct with an entertainment and mixed dining flavour that would complement the new Barangaroo development on the opposite side of the water.

“At the moment there are just scattered buildings. What is needed is a way for them to be connected,” LAVA director Chris Bosse was quoted in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

“Pyrmont is so close to the city. There is enormous potential for residential, entertainment and hi-tech businesses all to be developed just five minutes from the CBD.”

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/…/859514108fea33c6122d1b3…

25 November 2018

Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck are featured in two recent publications.

Wallisser is quoted in "Slumber Party - What do Millennials want?' published in Cladbook 2018 issue 1 which examines the impact of millennials on hospitality design. ‘Social media savvy, discerning, environmentally aware and hungry for experience, .. millennials are travelling more than any other demographic."

http://www.cladglobal.com/architecture-design-features?codeid=32928&ref=n&fbclid=IwAR0AV4yFI0Pdy0ywV5YDxk-FtF6INBmrKjnCo1_7Lh4NLCbOt1GPE6Ha69Q

Rieck is quoted in the Villeroy and Boch e-book on the hotel (bathroom) of the future. Individuality, health, sustainability and biophilic design. "The bathroom of the future is adaptive ... bathrooms will become 'transformer bathrooms', changing to suit the situation and user."

The e-book can be downloaded here:

https://www.architonic.com/en/story/villeroy-boch-the-hotel-of-the-future-or-is-the-future-already-here/20000896?fbclid=IwAR1dwGyo_V02vRM_QYMsM3uldez1NCof60X6qcAMrf984QpR3a7fdhgTVFk

3 December 2018

Chris Bosse has been speaking at the Colores del Futuro, Universidad de San Pedro Sula, Usap, Honduras.

Bosse was interviewed by Honduran Iconosmag: "Para Chris Bosse, la arquitectura no se limita solamente a la proyección de sus ideas en el papel, sino más una actividad que fusiona ideas abstractas y concretas en creaciones atractivas."

https://iconosmag.com/categoria-estilo_de_vida/chris-bosse-en-honduras/?fbclid=IwAR1k_eP7lKnWAfB9eWxXrHbiYsMsEbVOrwiGojhaQuC4nePUS2E1Yw6UHOI

19 December 2018

Chris Bosse has been at Art Basel Miami checking out latest architecture and arts projects .

5 January 2019

Latest article on LAVA in dbz.

https://www.dbz.de/artikel/dbz_Zukunft_ja_nur_welche__3283601.html

16 January 2019

Our Hainan Ocean Flower island is blooming from the air

Check out the project here: READ MORE

5 February 2019

Happy Lunar New Year 2019 to all our colleagues and clients - the year of the pig!

20 February 2019

"STORE DESIGN: Experience-Based Retail" published by Images Publishing Group Shanghai Co., Ltd. features our Martian Embassy. 

https://imagespublishing.com/…/edited-by-brendan-macfarlane/

5 MARCH 2019

LAVA's German Pavilion is featured in this story on CNN "Expo 2020 Dubai plans to bring sustainable architecture home".

Journalist Tom Page says: "as Dubai prepares for Expo 2020, national pavilion announcements show a revival of low-tech sustainability is underway."

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/dubai-expo-2020-pavilions-sustainability/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2pXYoUMCB6K8FgY7wUU2-6qcwXM-qv7J1flceAeOtDTIdNH3LO6WAF5iw

20 MARCH 2019

We're excited to be on the short list for the 16th annual Australian Interior Design Awards in the Public Design category. Our Dream Lab is one of 19 projects shortlisted.

https://architectureau.com/articles/2019-aida-shortlist-public-design/

27 APRIL 2019

Latest construction shot of the KACST headquarters. Its finished on the outide!

23 May 2019

LAVA with A24 Landschafts GmbH have won a competition for the Synergy Park Lühn in Lingen, a new trade and technology park to be built on ten hectares. LühnBau announced a two-phase international architecture competition seeking: Innovation; Synergy; and Work-life balance.

Preparations for the issuing of a building permit are underway together with the master plan. LAVA will start the building design in June.

https://luehnprojekt.de

20 June 2019

"What is exciting for architects is that they no longer see space as a static element, instead they perceive it as a dynamic system where they can influence people directly." 

Alexander Rieck talks abut dynamism and .. bathrooms in this blog.

https://www.mezmalanka.com/details.php?blog_id=8

7 July 2019

LAVA has won an International Architecture Award for ‘Technical and Research’ for its Urban Production 4.0. 

The vision is for a modern productive working environment, the transformation with a design that embodies innovation, inspiration, precision and responsibility, made visible through its iconographic, sustainable architectural concept.

Urban design principles integrate city and workplace, which offers quality work-life and a flexibility for future developments within the city.

The masterplan acts as a network in which four atria are arranged around the inner avenue, which connects all public entrances to their respective zones.

It’s one of 120 projects recognised in the global awards organised by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/the-2019-awards/2019/06/25/urban-production-4.0-berlin-germany-2017/?fbclid=IwAR3KyBlUvd4vTVGd8qTLZxjdQIEm7RKGrFgivPFtydrjUvW63coUs9M17vM

https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/assets/PRESS_KIT_IAA/IAA2019_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf

20 July 2019

Korea's ARCHIWORLD magazine has featured the German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai in its latest July issue in an eight page story.
www.archiworld1995.com

2 August 2019

LAVA, with partner ASPECT Studio, has won the international competition to design the 16 hectare Central Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with construction due to start in 2020.

Gently elevated curving pedestrian walkways are patterned on 19th century railway tracks built by the French. Sunken gardens provide performance and play spaces and connect to an underground shopping area linking to the new metro station. Artificial trees provide shelter and harvest water and energy.

22 August 2019

LAVA's Dream Lab is on the Shortlist for the Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) in the Public Space category.

The IDEA awards celebrate Australian interior and product design across 13 categories and five Special Awards.

Winners announced at the IDEA Gala Party in November.

https://www.idea-awards.com.au/2019/dream-lab/

25 October 2019

Chris Bosse is speaking at a seminar on DISRUPTION AND THE FUTURE The Business of Architecture and Design Conference in November in Sydney. The inaugural event is all about looking to the future. Changes in technology, new business models and where investment is coming from and going to.

And was recently the key speaker at IDCON in Malaysia with a "lively presentation on the inspiration behind his best works and his perspectives about technology and design. In his presentation Bosse presented an inspiring series of cutting-edge typologies comprising hotels of the future, schools of the future, homes of the future and more." 

https://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/lead-boad-chris-bosse/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ADR_25_October_2019_ID27260&fbclid=IwAR1QO4qwVKjpNJScBZlcdZhVA-fi28zdvLdSAlHD45ny-rIGR4Gp8LVupuw

2 NOVEMBER 2019

Caves, waterholes and campfires. These are the diverse spaces for intergenerational learning in a new purpose-built campus in Hamburg, Germany.

LAVA joined forces with urban agricultural collective Cityplot to design LIFE Hamburg, a new figure eight-shaped building of three levels that is energy self-sufficient, and brings inside and outside together into one continuous landscape.

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15 November 2019

LAVA is one of the "best architecture firms in Germany you should know".

Thats according to Architectours, educational tours for architects, students and design professionals.

https://www.architectours.it/best-architecture-firms-in-g…/…

1 December 2019

Tobias Wallisser will be talking at this event In January 2020 in Hannover.

https://ait-xia-dialog.de/ait-dialog-them…/2020-domotex-en/…

12 DECEMBER 2019

Article on encounters - what direction, which encounters are relevant for LAVA, our team, our work, our architecture? 

Tobias Wallisser talks to Touch PUNKTE magazine about exchanging ideas at the personal level, virtual reality and social sustainability.

https://points-of-contact.com 

6 January 2020

Thanks for a great 2019 and we look forward to working with you in 2020!

Check our awards and new commissions on this video: https://vimeo.com/382990118

24 January 2020

LAVA has three projects (under construction in Germany and China) in INTERNI's special monograph "Architecture Work in Progress Worldwide 2019".

105 international firms with 180 projects are featured. 

https://we.tl/t-1p79sbAvkm

 And South Korean "Maru" magazine has featured our Life Hamburg project

5 February 2020

Our project to renovate Central Park in Ho Chi Minh City was selected as the Future Project of the Year by an annual architecture award contest - one of ten award categories of the Ashui (Architecture, Sustainability, Housing, Urbanism, Interior) Awards in Vietnam.

https://tuoitrenews.vn/…/ho-chi-minh-city-downto…/52430.html

1 March 2020

Tobias is speaking at LIFECYCLES in September in Ghent! It’s at a secret location! “Life-cycle thinking is a holistic approach, vital for any future-proof design and construction process.” https://stretchtwenty4.com

Agile workplaces - Alexander Rieck was recently involved in this workshop unpacking broader questions around the changing needs of the workplace.  "Chaired by Moving Walls CEO Patrick Frick and featuring industry leaders such as Sevil Peach and Alexander Rieck, the session tasked the 40-strong group with outlining: what do we actually need an agile workplace for?"

https://www.frameweb.com/ne…/agile-workplaces-orgatec-fa2020

5 April 2020

Some nice stories on our projects from around the world!

Our German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai design featured in Archpaper - "AN has rounded up a selection of the most striking, interesting, or technologically advanced pavilions". https://archpaper.com/…/expo-2020-dubai-pavilions-showcase…/

The Pavilion was also in Constructionweek: “We see the building as a campus, so it is not composed of a single volume, but an interplay of different volumes,” Christian Tschersich, LAVA.  https://www.constructionweekonline.com/…/264586-expos-campu…

And Central Park HCMC design: Wallpaper* says: "Vietnam’s new biophilic architecture is going wild ...here is the architecture that is making its mark on Vietnam". https://www.wallpaper.com/…/vietnam-biophilic-new-buildings…

Whilst designboom featured Eco Kindi https://www.designboom.com/…/lava-ecokid-kindergarten-viet…/

10 May 2020

Great to have a chapter in this new book "NATURE DRIVEN URBANISM" published by Springer.

Chris Bosse is one of several "leading thinkers in urban design, city development and landscape urbanism" who give their perspectives. 

Edited by Rob Roggema, Professor Spatial Transformations Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, The Netherlands.

https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030267162

6 June 2020

Visitors interact with our Life Hamburg project on display at the exhibition "Public Architecture – Future for Europe" in Moscow earlier this year.

Life Hamburg features a variety of educational spaces for people of all ages in the German city of Hamburg. 

LAVA joined forces with Cityplot, an urban agricultural collective, to design a project that combines spaces with different functions, from platforms for applied learning to secluded places for reflection.
Photo credit: Sara Danieli, Zoltan Bodo

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3 JULY 2020

Some great media coverage from all corners of the globe!

Eco Kindi

Baunetz in Germany https://www.baunetz.de/mobil/meldung.html?cid=7218399

“A daily does of nature whilst learning” said Frame magazine in the Netherlands https://www.frameweb.com/news/ecokid-kindergarten-lava

Two great stories in Korean print magazines - MARU (Monthly Magazine of Interior Design) published a ten page story on Eco Kindi in their May print magazine. And an eight-page page story appeared in Archiworld July issue (AW302). www.archiworld1995.com

The project also featured on American website Education Snapshots - "the world's best educational architecture projects" https://educationsnapshots.com/projects/11027/ecokid-kindergarten/

Eco Kindi on Dwell https://www.dwell.com/article/eco-kindi-lava-module-k-ac8b9ce8

Central Park

Lexus Taiwan Magazine featured the concept in a cover story on the "City of the future", published in June, 2020. Lexus magazine (www.lexus.com.tw)

German Pavilion Dubai

The latest issue of Italian magazine "Topscape" included a ten-page overview of the Dubai Expo pavilions. https://www.paysage.it/index.php?page=paysage_topscape_archivio

21 JULY 2020

The design for Heidelberg's new pedestrian and cycle bridge has won first prize! 

‪Tobias Wallisser says: “Its LAVA’s first major bridge and a great continuation of our efforts to make infrastructure of high public value contributing both to liveability and sustainability.”

“We are part of an incredible team – congratulations to schlaich bergermann partner and Latz + Partner.”

The IBA competition saw 14 groups in the first stage and five groups in the second stage.    

More info and images in German: https://iba.heidelberg.de/de/veranstaltungen/online-ausstellung-rad--und-fusswegbruecke-ueber-den-neckar-2-stufe

And in English https://iba.heidelberg.de/en/projects/neckar-cycle-and-footbridge

7 SEPTEMBER 2020

Join Chris Bosse and graphic designer Vince Frost as they discuss life journeys, design processes and challenges in a podcast with The Business of Architecture and Design.

https://www.australiandesignreview.com/podcast/

20 SEPTEMBER 2020

Alexander Rieck is speaking at a virtual event "Digital Leaders in Architecture" on 24 September. In German

WATCH IT HERE

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2 OCTOBER 2020

Chris Bosse will be speaking online at BAU Congress China in the Resilient Architecture session on Friday, October 30, 2020.

https://cade.bauchina.com/en/category/event-list/detail!BCC2020-2?#tab-Schedule 

The international building technology conference is an exchange on the challenges facing the construction industry, such as sustainable development and urban renewal.

17 NOVEMBER 2020

Berlin in 2050 - "Berlin's future has already begun - in the minds of planners and researchers."

The Berliner Morgenpost shows what this looks like in a new series thats starts with our vision: "This is what the city of tomorrow could look like - here the view along Karl-Marx-Allee towards the television tower. LAVA / Fraunhofer IAO developed this vision for the Morgenstadt innovation network."

“Rent caps, expropriations, land speculation, redensification in the city centre and new large estates on the outskirts … but how do we really live - and how will living in the city change? In a multi-part series, the Berliner Morgenpost will take a close look at this question, talk to experts .. The prelude is a look into the future.”

https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article230886508/Berlin-im-Jahr-2050-Wie-wir-in-Zukunft-wohnen.html

2 DECEMBER 2020

Interview with Chris Bosse! “Epicenter” is a podcast for 'conversations with people who are working to change the world' with hosts Trey Goff and Max Medina. With Spanish subtitles.

WATCH VIDEO

18 DECEMBER 2020

LAVA's latest project in Berlin is a four level building pioneering a new creative hot spot near the former East German broadcasting centre.

The transparent cube features a light-flooded atrium - a way to create community right from the start.

Nalepaland will have highly flexible office spaces with up to 5,000sqm units per floor – an inspiring working environment for innovative minds.

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15 JANUARY 2021

Here's a timelapse showing the incredible progress last year.

WATCH VIDEO

1 FEBRUARY 2021

Tobias Wallisser and Christian Tschersich on site at the almost complete Pavilion.

15 FEBRUARY 2021

The German Pavilion has achieved structural works completion, marking another construction milestone. An average of 166 construction workers have been on the site every day since August 2019, clocking up around 472,000 hours.

The theme of Expo 2020 Dubai, “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”, is divided into three subthemes, each with its own district: sustainability, mobility and opportunity. The German Pavilion, in the sustainability section, has a prominent position on the main thoroughfare of the Expo, very close to the host United Arab Emirates Pavilion and Al Wasl Plaza, which forms the heart of the Expo site. 

Its eight months to go until Expo 2020 Dubai opens in October 2021.

3 MARCH 2021

How do you design a building that can cope with hot desert heat?
Located in the challenging environment of Dubai our goals for the German Pavilion @expo2020 were to be sustainable, reduce resource consumption and increase circularity.
In close cooperation with climate engineers Transsolar we developed a concept of graded temperature zones. Combining a human centred design perspective with energy efficiency, the building unfolds with the graded temperature zones creating a transition from the exterior climate to the fully air conditioned spaces. This avoids heat stress for visitors - a new approach to conditioning indoor climate that helps to save energy.

20 MARCH 2021

Some interesting recent and upcoming talks.

Tobias Wallisser will be a guest at "ReFraming Architecture" from stilwerk and talking to presenter Kristien Ring (German Architecture Centre) on the subject of "Future & Sustainability". In advance, Wallisser reveals more about his beginnings, heroes and style in #einefragedesdesigns.   LISTEN HERE

Stuttgart meets Mumbai - Tobias Wallisser spoke at a symposium "The Future of Cities.Beyond Architecture" as part of the Festival StuttgartmeetsMumbai.  https://lnkd.in/gtZs5JS

Alexander Rieck spoke at the “Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung – Megatrends in der Architektur“ at the Villeroy & Boch Innovation Days 2021. https://lnkd.in/gmSRMAv

30 MARCH 2021

Listen to this great conversation betweeen the architects of the Italian and the German Pavilions at #expo2020dubai.

Featuring Christian Tschersich Senior Project Architect LAVA and Carlo Ratti from CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati!!

LISTEN HERE

14 APRIL 2021

Great to see our creative writing centre for kids "Dream Lab" in Sydney featured in this new book "Unnecessarily Beautiful Spaces for Young Minds on Fire" - the world’s most welcoming and wild spaces for young minds.
DREAM LAB
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18 MAY 2021

Some interesting stories on the German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Tobias Wallisser and Christian Tschersich talk about the design in this article in "Souq", magazine of the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.  READ MORE

What is the German Pavilion "Energiewende" (energy transition) initiative?? Gulf News explains the background.  READ MORE

The pavilion promises to be a 'moving' experience says Ambassador Peter Fischer in this article in the Khaleej Times READ MORE

And watch this drone footage showing the German Pavilion from a bird's eye view
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5 JUNE 2021

Eco Kindi featured in Germany's LICHT magazine, June print issue.

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And in Thailand’s @room magazine specialising in houses, gardens and design.  READ MORE

29 JUNE 2021

Tobias Wallisser recently spoke at the International NEXT Facade Summit. Tobias joined planning and architectural firms Ron Arad Associates (London), Cyrus Moser Architects (Frankfurt) and Henning Larsen (Copenhagen) giving insights into their daily work with facades.  Watch here

8 JULY 2021

Christian Tschersich, senior architect at LAVA, will be speaking at SHARE Bucharest International Architecture and Engineering Forum, in November.

The forum will discuss advanced building design and innovative architecture technologies.  Read more

18 JULY 2021

Tobias Wallisser will be speaking on "Nature & Technology" at this 5th Kupil Architects' Day 2021 on 6th October.  READ MORE

18 August 2021

The Reinventing Architecture competition - architects rethink Helmut Jahn. UNI in association with The Curatorial Project, New York invited architects from around the world to submit their ideas to reinvent The JR Thompson Center. 

The competition was evaluated by an internationally distinguished jury including Chris Bosse.

Image is the winning entry.

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1 SEPTEMBER 2021

Fantastic image of the German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai - almost finished and just a month to opening.

13 SEPTEMBER 2021

LAVA director Alexander Rieck was a panelist on this workshop looking at AI-based, parametric planning tools and how they can create optimised office space plans based on corporate culture and individual workplace goals. Hosted by BUILTWORLD, an event platform for the construction industry.

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1 OCTOBER 2021

LAVA directors Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck with Pavilion Project Director Christian Tschersich at the opening of the German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai!!! 

LAVA's other director based in Sydney, Chris Bosse, couldn't make it due to covid restrictions!

Exciting moment for the whole LAVA team and our partners facts and fiction, NUSSLI Group and Koelnmesse GmbH.

1 NOVEMBER 2021

Exciting to see construction on our energy storage tower for Stadtwerke Heidelberg GmbH is well under way!! Great to see the top being reached!!

Great collaboration with Transsolar KlimaEngineering and schlaich bergermann partner sbp.

10 NOVEMBER 2021

Tobias Wallisser is on the panel of Raumwelten 2021, the platform for scenography, architecture and media. It takes place in a hybrid format from November 17 to 19, 2021 with the theme “Room for Coincidences”. 

At his architecture panel for discussion: the relationship between chaos and chance: How can the unpredictable arise in design? Has the absence of predictability become controllable by means of computer-based processes? And what are the effects of factors that were not initially planned or that could not have been foreseen?

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16 NOVEMBER 2021

Humans and machines! Alexander Rieck is speaking at this upcoming event on how man and machine can build the future together. READ MORE

5 DECEMBER 2021

We've recieved some great media coverage for our German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Some of the pieces: 

4 Reasons Why The Germany Pavilion Ups The Ante For Sustainable Design At Expo 2020 Dubai. With 95% of the pavilion slated to be recycled once Expo 2020 comes to a close in March 2022, the Germany Pavilion is model of conscious creation.   https://www.admiddleeast.com/architecture-interiors/architecture/expo-2020-dubai-sustainale-design-germany-pavilion

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/lava-laboratory-visionary-architecture-german-pavilion-expo-2020-dubai-11-30-2021/

https://www.archdaily.com/972718/german-pavilion-expo-2020-dubai-lava?ad_source=unverified&ad_name=project

https://revistaestilopropio.com/el-diseno-del-german-pavilion-expo-2020-encarna-el-mensaje-de-sostenibilidad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-diseno-del-german-pavilion-expo-2020-encarna-el-mensaje-de-sostenibilidad

https://www.stirworld.com/think-columns-expo-2020-dubai-will-be-remembered-for-its-architectural-richness

https://trama.ec/web/noticias/el-diseno-del-pavellon-aleman-en-la-expo-2020-encarna-el-mensaje-de-sostenibilidad

11 DECEMBER 2021

Chris Bosse was one of the judges again (10th time!!!) at the 2021 edition of the World Architecture Festival.

The digital event saw three days of live conference programmes, awards, and fringe events, with talks by leading global architectural thinkers and industry personalities from 1 to 3 December. 

Follow the link for an exclusive view of the on-demand sport category crit room at WAf 2021. WATCH HERE

This category was judged by Chris Bosse, Anna Noguera - Anna Noguera Arquitectura; and Ben Vickery - Vickery Hyett Architects.

6 JANUARY 2022

LAVA's office is one of 12 'Famous Architecture Studios' in Berlin featured in this Archdaily story. 

Shot by Architectural photographer Marc Goodwin for his 'Atlas of Architectural Atmospheres, Archmospheres', the project seeks to capture famous architecture offices from around the world.

21 JANUARY 2022

Fantastic image of the Digital Origami Tigers at Battersea Powerstation's Light Festival in London!! 

The Light Festival 13th January - 27th February 2022 features six spectacular installations on display in London’s riverside neighbourhood, and on the banks of the River Thames. 

The tigers have toured the globe - starting in Sydney in 2010, then to Kuala Lumpur, Berlin, Singapore, San Francisco, Lausanne, Toronto and Amsterdam. 

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Image: Light Festival at Battersea Power Station | photographer @s_nappe_r 

3 February 2022

Exciting to see progress on our Energy Storage Centre in Heidelberg!

The tower glowing in the morning sun and the elevator shafts under construction. The crown has been completed! Next will be the panoramic restaurant! 

Shots taken in January by Miriam Gruber

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9 February 2022

LAVA's Stuttgart office designed the 6,000 square metre marketplace for the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport, currently under construction. It features organically-shaped ‘island’ seating areas and a sculptural ceiling of aluminium tubes bringing daylight deep into the area.

Explains LAVA director Alexander Rieck: “In 2016 LAVA started work on the atmospheric design. We based it on our research into the natural flow of passengers and the process of way-finding and shopping”.

“Like islands in a fast-flowing river, lounge areas allow rest and relief from the movement of people. Located under the sculptural cloud tubes, they allow travellers to receive the full spectrum of natural sunlight. This is important for wellbeing and allows people to readjust their biorhythm according to the actual time.”

“The design of the reflective cloud itself is also informed by the flow of passengers and on fabrication algorithms.” 

Have a look at the website: https://terminal3.frankfurt-airport.com/en/highlights-of-terminal-3/a-great-place-for-passengers-to-spend-time

Construction update on the project: https://terminal3.frankfurt-airport.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Videos/_CLIPS/20211205_Clip_THG_Marktplatz_EN_NEU.mp4 

22 February 2022

The wonderful LAVA team visted the German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.

2 March 2022

"Beauty Brought to Life by the Creative Community in 2021" features LAVA'S Ecokindi - in Interior Design magazine NY. 

"The natural forms of trees inspired the plywood ribbing around columns at Eco Kindi, a kindergarten school in Vinh, Vietnam."  ECO KINDI

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28 MARCH

Only 2 more days left to go before Expo 2020 closes!

8 APRIL

"A prime example of circular construction is the Campus Germany at Expo 2020 Dubai. We spoke to the architect of the sustainable building, Christian Tschersich, about closed material cycles in construction and the German Pavilion."

Great interview with Christian Tschersich on the circular economy and the German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai.

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18 APRIL

Christian Tschersich senior architect LAVA will be speaking at the SHARE Athens 2022 International Architecture and Engineering Forum on 12th May at the Benaki Museum in Athens.

The event sees world leaders present innovative technical solutions for large-scale projects, addressing sustainability through design and the future of urban living. 

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1 MAY 2022

Chris Bosse director of LAVA is speaking at this seminar "Façade Innovation – The Pathways & the Pitfalls" at 10:30 AM, 9th June 2022 as part of CPD-Live by Indesign Media.

Featuring insightful topics over two days on the industry’s latest advancements the CPD online program offers virtual presentations for CPD points. Presented by Tilt Industrial Design

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15 MAY 2022

Front page of latest issue of "Transition" magazine of the German Energy Agency (dena) - LAVA's vision for the Karl-Marx-Alle Berlin.

The topic? Innovation, energy transition, future mobility. How can we change?

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24 MAY 2022

Congratulations to our partners facts and fiction and NUSSLI Group for winning one silver and two bronze awards in the Art Directors Club für Deutschland (ADC) for the German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai!

Silver for Exhibition > Museum/Pavillon

Bronze for Event > Public

Bronze for Exhibition > Exhibition Craft > Public Participation 

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31 MAY 2022

Join Chris Bosse– Director from LAVA, Troy Donovan – Principal Facade Designer, Prism Facades, and Tilt Industrial Design's Tim Phillips on Thursday 9th June at 10.30am as part of Indesign Media Asia Pacific CPD-Live Façade Innovation – The Pathways & the Pitfalls.⁠

This live online session highlights the technological developments that have come to façade design and explores how architects can navigate design challenges associated with façade innovation. Register here: READ MORE

10 JUNE 2022

Tobias Wallisser interview on good architecture.

" Gute Architektur sollte …... niemanden kalt lassen und emotionalisieren. Und dadurch genau das darstellen, was Architektur immer ist, eine Integration von Technik und Emotionen. Auf welches Gebäude trifft das zu? (Nachfrage der Red.) Das Opernhaus in Sydney. Jeder kann da etwas drin sehen und sich angesprochen fühlen. Es hat einen ganzen Kontinent auf die Weltkarte der Architektur gesetzt."

Bilder: Markus Eichelmann

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16 JULY 2022

Great progress - installation of helix stair and cable net has commenced.

Turning a functioning storage tower into a public attraction! LAVA's Energy Storage Tower in Heidelberg. 

29 JULY 2022

This is what the German Pavilion looks like now.... 

Expo 2020 Dubai ended just four months ago and already a large part of the pavilion has been dismantled. 

The various building components will largely be reused or recycled. The sandwich panels of the façade, for example, will be reused, the concrete will be recycled. 

8 AUGUST 2022

Interesting article on the Heidelberg Storage Tower.

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22 AUGUST 2022

Coming soon to a good bookstore near you!

Published by Birkhauser LAVA's new book questions: What if research, science and architecture were merged?

The three core themes of the book are Cities of the Future, Biodiversity, as well as Energy and Sustainability.

With contributions by Amy Frearson, Georg Vrachliotis, Giovanna Carnevali, Maria Aiolova, Gilles Retsin, André Wilkens, Marjan Colletti, and Raoul Bunschoten.

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20 SEPTEMBER 2022

Are German solutions in sustainable planning and construction in demand on international markets? 

This was the question at a recent symposium with Tobias Wallisser on the podium at the recent "Go for Green – Global Solutions". 

Other speakers were Dr. Tillman Prinz, Federal Managing Director of Bundesarchitektenkammer, Martin Reuter, Ulrich Weidemann, Nicole Pillen, Michaela Joas. 

7 OCTOBER 2022

Alexander Rieck was part of a recent discussion with philosopher Richard David Precht and Wolfram Putz, GRAFT at Campus ROMA. 

Review in Augsburger Allgemeine.

"Rieck leans on the greatest builder of all, nature - in an effort to keep the ecological footprint as small as possible. His office created the German Pavilion at the Expo in Dubai ... 96 percent of the installed elements can be reused."

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25 OCTOBER 2022

Photographer Marc Goodwin documents the office facades of 25 German architecture firms ... including our Stuttgart office! 

Looking at what makes them similar and what makes them unique.

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15 NOVEMBER 2022

Chris Bosse will be delivering a presentation titled "The Façade: Window to the Soul of the City" at Zak World of Façades Vietnam edition on 24th November in Hanoi.

Visit the link for more information on the conference and lineup of speakers. READ MORE

20 NOVEMBER 2022

Amazing image of our new energy storage centre in Heidelberg!!!  The pretensioned cable net which supports the helix staircase which leads to the roof of the 56m high structure. Wait till you see the views over the city!

26 NOVEMBER 2022

Launch party of the LAVA Book "What If"  in Berlin.

Great to see our clients, LAVA staff, colleagues and the book’s contributors celebrating together 15 years of our work across the globe.

A fun night talking about the future of architecture. Plus some live-coded electro music and heating up the dance floor.

LAVA's book explores "What if research, science and architecture were merged"? Architectural and sociological thinkers elaborate on Cities of the Future, Biodiversity, and Energy and Sustainability – creatively, speculatively, and thoughtfully. 

Get your copy HERE

5 DECEMBER 2022

Chris Bosse writes about the impact of the last few years on practice in the Architecture Bulletin, journal of the Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter. 

READ IT HERE

15 DECEMBER 2022

The German Pavilion is one of the projects in this new publication "Brand Experience & Trade Fair Design Annual 2022/23" under the heading "nation branding".

It says: "The trade fair is not dead, the trade fair is changing!" 

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25 FEBRUARY 2023

Alexander Rieck discusses the prevalence and advantages of VR in architecture.

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7 MARCH 2023

MIPIM-Fair in Cannes is about to start and LAVA will be there!

We look forward to showing you our latest projects at this major event. 

15 March 2023

Chris Bosse recently spoke about the many new and planned buildings in Sydney, and the changes to the cityscape in recent decades on SBS.

LISTEN HERE IN GERMAN

3 April 2023

On Thursday 11th May, during BERLIN DESIGN WEEK, Archivibe will be visiting some of the most influential architecture firms in Berlin to discover their ethos and their commitment to create a better built environment. LAVA is one of them.

6 APRIL 2023

We're super excited to announce that facts and fiction (creative agency) and GL events (construction) with LAVA has won a Europe-wide tender for the German Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

The winning concept was chosen by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), the ministry responsible for German participation at Expo 2025. 

Watch the live stream of the winning concept design on 13 April – 10:00 CET WATCH HERE

25 May 2023

LAVA has a virtual pavilion in Cityx Venice at the Venice Architecture Biennale - a virtual exhibition of new and recent work connecting research, design and practice by leading architects and designers from around the world.

Exhibition runs until November 26th.

The virtual LAVA pavilion on CityX:

https://lnkd.in/gc7376Mw

Cityx website:

https://cityxcomms.org/

31 May 2023

Our Stuttgart office is hosting an open atelier evening on 14th July from 7-9pm for CreativeDays Stuttgart.

CreativeDays Stuttgart is an interdisciplinary platform which promotes an international exchange in design, arts, architecture and urbanism. One of the focus countries is India. It takes place every July and was founded by Poonam Designers.

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20 June 2023

Our Heidelberg Energy Tower recently featured on the TAGESSCHAU German TV News.

The report was on the "Energiewende" (turnaround in energy policy) and Heidelberg Tower appears from 12:25 onwards.

WATCH HERE

3 July 2023

The Zhejiang Gate Towers project (now renamed the "Wisdom Towers') has been recently completed. 

LAVA's original design of the two towers was based on the Chinese characters for ‘gate’, and featured a shimmering façade of fins. Working with our partners SOL and ZIAD we submitted our designs in 2014/2015.

READ MORE IN DESIGNBOOM IN 2016

1 AUGUST 2023

LAVA was so pleased to host the Creative Days Stuttgart OPEN ATELIER!!

The founders of CreativeDays Stuttgart, Poonam Choudhry and Martin Bargiel, poonamdesigners Studio welcolmed the full house and Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck spoke about LAVA projects, the future of cities and architecture and the smart and sustainable designing and AI. 

Image @Creative Days

20 AUGUST 2023

In the latest episode of The Creative Insider Podcast Chris Bosse talks about how to start an arcchitecture office. Through a competition? Thats not the way LAVA started. 

LISTEN HERE

14 September 2023

Christian Tschersich is on the jury for The BrandEx Award in the category ARCHITECTURE.

He says: "At the interface of zeitgeist and technological possibilities, architecture forms the framework for social action and at the same time always expresses an attitude. The BrandEx Award offers an exciting and relevant platform for exchange on spatial concepts with a focus on communication and experience and forms the framework for taking stock and looking into the future."

Read more about the award: READ MORE

The International Festival of Brand Experience (BrandEx) includes the BrandEx Awards which recognise the year’s best projects in the areas of live marketing and brand architecture.

28 September 2023

Tobias Wallisser is speaking on "More with Less — Architecture after the Anthropocene" at this conference FAIR DESIGN 2023 | EMOTIONS in Warsaw on 30 September.  The conference aims to show different perspectives on emotions: psychological, sociological, neurobiological, historical, philosophical, and of course the design perspective.

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15 OCTOBER 2023

Last week, the Wa! Germany project team gathered in Berlin to discuss the latest progress and LAVA presented the schematic design and the open space planning with plans and floor plans. We looked at the plant list, planting plan, and tree placement. And material samples, which making the vision of the project more tangible. A 3D animation brought to life the restaurant, shop and VIP area. 

23 OCTOBER 2023

Nikolai Zaitsev from LAVA speaking at the first Metaverse Architecture Biennale which brought together design firms experimenting with design in alternative worlds and using them to test their real-world projects.  https://lnkd.in/gbfDD_rC

8 November 2023

Tobias Wallisser is participating in this seminar "Taste Is the Lack of Appetite: 25 Years of GRAFT – Hybrid Approaches to Architecture" on 15 November 2023, 18.30 at Aedes Architekturforum, Berlin

MORE INFO: https://lnkd.in/gEStj9Pp

22 November 2023

Chris Bosse talks about grwoing up with an Architect father and his career with buildings with Vladimir Belogolovsky on Archdaily.

READ HERE

4 DECEMBER 2023

Tobias Wallisser is speaking at this event on 6 December "Future Districts Summit."

AI will decisively change the way we plan, implement and supply urban living and working spaces. But how? This is what experts will explore together at the Future Districts Summit 2023. The focus is on the opportunities and risks of #AI in the life cycle of residential, commercial and mixed-use districts. 

22 DECEMBER 2023

We wish all our staff, partners and clients a very happy Christmas.

17 JANUARY 2024

LAVA's Christian Tschersich and Andreas Horbelt from facts and fiction presented the German Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka as part of the Circular Cooperation Network Days in the Circle Lounge at imm cologne. 

The Pavilion is a project of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and will have a circular design, a living exhibit for sustainable practices.

The panel discussion shared ideas on promoting circular practices in the construction industry.

1 March 2024

Alexander Rieck will be speaking at this upcoming seminar on "RESEARCH TO DESIGN: LAVA's innovative global projects" on 6th March from 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM Dubai Time a Linkedin Live event with 'Global Business to Business'.

"A scientist and designer who seamlessly blends intuition with research to anticipate the future. He leads innovative projects globally, with a focus on the GCC market. With years of experience in architecture and research, Alexander is shaping the future of construction and urban development."

LISTEN HERE

15 March 2024

The design for the Kuwait Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Japan was announced recently.

Designboom says: "The Kuwaiti delegation unveils the pavilion design for World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. Picking up on Kuwait’s characteristic landscape and traditions, the structure features a distinctive silhouette with two symbolic wings inviting visitors inside. High ceilings, transparent roofs, and layered spaces complete the architecture, while premium materials are seamlessly integrated with lush greenery and state-of-the-art technology."

LAVA's partners on the project are: NUSSLI Group construction, insglück content concept and exhibition design, with schlaich bergermann structural design, Japanese architect of record Tokuoka Sekkei and Japanese construction company Mugishima Construction.

READ MORE HERE

26 March 2024

"Buildings are not merely structures but potential powerhouses that could redefine the landscape of energy storage."

Archdaily explores the future of energy - can buildings become reservoirs of power? Our Heidleberg Energy Storage Tower is a glowing example.

READ MORE

26 March 2024

What is the hotel experience that GenerationZ will seek in the 2030s? What will the hospitality revolution look like in the coming decades? How does a room feel?

Listen to Alexander Rieck at the 2nd Edition Hospitality Innovation Summit - Saudi Arabia & UAE! His speech is "Future Hotel: LAVA Projects from Research to Design".

WATCH HERE

9 APRIL 2024

"Wood's Up! has opened at Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin.

On display is our German Pavillon design for EXPO 2025, Osaka, Japan.

The exhibition presents 16 realised and planned timber buildings of different typologies exploring the use of timber and hybrid timber construction to conserve resources and reduce CO2 emissions. The projects at different scales demonstrate timber's flexibility, load-bearing capacity and prefabrication capabilities, and advantages in terms of thermal insulation, health and aesthetics.

More details here: READ MORE

Photocredit: Lukas Kronawitter

10 May 2024

What is the future of timber in architecture and circularity?

Christian Tschersich spoke on how the German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka responds to these questions at a forum at Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory last week.

 There was an open tour of the exhibition 'Woods Up!' where each exhibition architect presented their project, followed by a podium discussion split into four thematic sessions. 

Watch the talks here: WATCH HERE (video by Reframe)

 MORE INFO

Photo: Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk

30 May 2024

Christian Tschersich will be speaking on architecture and the metaverse at this upcoming event by The ZukunftsWerkschau XR.Factor on June 13 from 6:30 p.m. in the  DesignWerkschau in Munich's Schlachthofviertel.

Under the motto VIRTUAL. PLAN. DESIGN. VISUALISE., four speakers face the future in their professions. They won't just talk through various subject areas from architecture, real estate, design and research, participants can also test things out. Delve deeper into the understanding behind today's planning.

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18 June 2024

Pavilion construction under way! The German Pavilion on Yumeshima Island, the Expo 2025 Osaka site. 

30 June 2024

Tobias Wallisser recently spoke at the 'Shapes of Future' talk series organised by DAC | Design Architecture Communication at Zorlu Center in Istanbul. He joined Anlam Arslanoğlu de Coster and others.

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12 August 2024

We are pleased to announce that LAVA has won the King Salman Charter for Architecture and Urbanism Award 2024 for our Innovation Tower for the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Riyadh.

READ MORE ABOUT THE AWARD

READ MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT

16 September 2024

We just hosted a compelling talk “Make, Use, Adapt, Repeat,” by Edoardo Tibuzzi, Design Director, and Alessandro Margnelli, Technical Director, from AKT II at our Berlin office. 

Edoardo and Alessandro offered valuable insights into the hashtag#synergy between practice and research.  Their presentation highlighted both past and current projects of AKT II and provided a forward-looking perspective on the role of AI in AEC. 

An inspiring session that sparked great discussion with our team!

28 September 2024

Fantastic night shots of the German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka taking shape!

16 October 2024

132 tons of steel and 140 tons of wood!

The German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka combines 132 tons of steel and 140 tons of wood to demonstrate sustainable construction methods. "Every design decision follows the goal of creating a tangible example of this," explains Christian Tschersich, architect of the German Pavilion at LAVA.

facts and fiction GmbH Koelnmesse GmbH Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, GL events Japan K.K.

PHOTOS: German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka / Hotaka Matsumara

READ MORE ON TW

June 2009

Watch Future Hotel on BBC >>>

December 2009

Tobias Wallisser and Ken Hensley talk about the digital revolution in architecture and music at the Creativity World Forum 2009.Distinguished participants from a broad range of creative sectors will be attending the Creativity World Forum in Ludwigsburg, Germany on the 1st and 2nd of December.Tobias Wallisser will be offering insights into the possibilities offered by digital technologies for new designs and spatial concepts. In his opinion, people no longer need the same spaces they did fifty years ago, an idea that becomes apparent in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart where he acted as the project architect. Wallisser teaches digital design at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design 

March 2010

'Tower Skin', LAVA's speculative transformation of the UTS tower in Broadway, has won a prize in the ZEROprize Re-Skinning Awards competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCnucy-Qwgk
Zerofootprint, a leading organization in the global fight against climate change, announced the winners in Rio de Janeiro as part of the World Urban Forum 5 taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 22-26, 2010. Partner in the award is the United Nations Habitat, World Urban Campaign.

The ZEROprize Re-Skinning Awards are intended to 'stimulate market-disrupting improvements in the design and development of retrofitting and re-skinning technologies that enhance the energy efficiency and liveability of older buildings'.‘Tower Skin’ offers a unique opportunity to transform the identity, sustainability and interior comfort of a once state‐of‐the‐art building and can easily be applied to 1960s icons across the world.

http://www.thezeroprize.org/winners/

 June 1, 2011

Alexander Rieck accepted LAVA’s Special Mention award in the Sustainability Category of the international Well Tech Award, announced at the Milan Design Fair.The prestigious award, in its 10th annual edition, recognises materials, products, and technologies that bring innovation in sustainability, accessibility and quality of life.LAVA won the award for its Masdar UAE city centre project. LAVA won the international competition to design the centre of the 50,000-person city, parts of which opened last year. The city centre will include a hotel, shopping centre, cinema complex and a conference centred on a plaza of the 21st century.LAVA's model of Masdar was on display with other winning designs at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan.

www.well-tech.it/award

1 June 2011

LAVA won a Commendation, Installation Design for two projects: Digital Origami Tigers and Myer Fashion Set with Gloss Creative.

www.australianinteriordesignawards.com

June 29, 2011

LAVA’s competition design for a new airBaltic terminal in Riga integrated Latvia’s provincial beauty with the future of air travel.

Inspired by regional imagery - linden trees, amber and ladybugs - it is infused with global concerns: sustainability, ease of movement, environmental efficiency, commercial viability, connectivity and leisure.

The terminal’s ovoid form recalls the Latvian ladybug and appears to float above the landscape. Two thirty-metre high amber-coloured ovoid windows flank the main entrance that face stands of oaks and linden trees.  Nature and artifice meld in the central courtyard with its grand oak tree.

The geometry of the terminal structure is based on surface tension. Services are located centrally, below the building, designed with long-term operation and maintenance in mind.

Sustainable features abound: low-carbon, geothermal heating/cooling, tri-generation, water collection and circulation for re-use, maximized natural light, passive design principles, flexible solar roof and even resident bees are used as environmental indicators.

This Hub of the Future embraces cutting edge technologies for the 21st century, with a design like a 'piece of amber on the forest floor catching a stray sunbeam'.

LAVA collaborated with Dale Jones Evans and Aspasia Sagiotis on the design.

29 June 2011

LAVA's award winning reskinning technology for the UTS tower hit the Australian media this month with stories on Channel Ten News (Sydney).

And on page 3 of the Sun Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/how-to-transform-an-ugly-university-just-dont-call-it-the-condominium-20110618-1g8un.html?from=smh_sb

And in the Straits Times Singapore, and The Star Malaysia:
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/3/business/9218006&sec=business

3 October 2011

LAVA’s digital origami emergency shelter is at Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle during the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival

(www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org ) from 20th-30th October.

3 November 2011

 Just spent the day judging 15 entries in the leisure category.While most of the entries were of outstanding quality, including Australians Kerry Hill and WOHA, and a resort in Tasmania, the Prize went to Indian firm The Lotus Praxis Initiative for the Raas Jodhpur, a luxury boutique hotel in the old city of Jodhpur, which brilliantly combined old and new, showing a new way for contemporary architecture in the existing context of India.A mention went to the Master Isay Weinfeld from Brazil for his resort in Uruguay and Tham & Videgård Arkitekter for their outrageous Treehouse, combining hi-tech and nature lifestyle.Domenic Alvaro blitzed the residential category with his small house in Surry Hills, Sydney – I was on the jury with Howard Tanner and Genevieve Lilley that gave this project an AIA award.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/news-detail.cfm?newsId=209

29 November 2011

LAVA and ARUP received a ‘Jury Special Mention’ in an Australian competition to design relocatables - classrooms for the future.
LAVA and ARUP`s proposal was one of 116 submissions exploring diverse ideas for future proofing relocatable learning spaces.
Relocatables are the decades old, utilitarian solution to changing demographics, remote community needs, and disasters such as fires, floods and cyclones. However often they are perceived as cheap, dull, unattractiveand unpleasant spaces.
ARUP and LAVA want to turn this idea upside down and create prefabricated spaces, that are sustainable, practical, cost-effective and at the same time fun and exciting to be in.
The aim of the ideas competition was to produce effective spaces for 21st century learning that are sustainable, integrate with the landscape and connect with the school environment, suitable for prefabrication and mass customisation.
The exciting solutions are on show from 12 – 22 December 2011 at the Wunderlich Gallery, University of Melbourne.
The Future Proofing School competition was funded as an Australian Research Council Linkage Project. 

http://www.msdincubator.com/gallery/

 11 January 2012

LAVA welcomed 20 students from the UTS DISCOVER ARCHITECTURE summer school in the office today.

Gavin Perin led the group year 11 high school students who are keen to learn more about the profession of architecture into LAVAs laboratory in surry hills to discover the different facets of architecture.
Chris gave an overview of the different activities related to design, such as webdesign, animation, computational design, documentation, model making, masterplanning etc.
the afternoon concluded with a short lecture about LAVAs recent work around the world, adressing topics of sustainability and design and innovation.

14 February 2012

LAVA designs a learning environment "from Mars" for The Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing center Redfern, Sydney.

http://sydneystoryfactory.org.au/

Due to be open in mid 2012 the project includes a spaceship like portal system that oscillates through the length of the interior to a leafy rear courtyard. State of the art lighting, sound and fabrication animate a display, shop and writing workshop for up to 30 students and staff. The design also allows configuration of the space to support launches, talks and events that support the not-for-profit program of the space.

16 March 2012

Tobias Wallisser is a keynote speaker at ALPITECTURE SUMMIT 2012 on 23 March in SÜDTIROL.

Alpitecture is alps, technologies and architecture - the platform for communicating new ideas, methods and models for dealing with architecture in the Alps. 

Your Link

12 March 2012

Chris Bosse is a speaker at the 3rd Annual Building Envelopes Asia 2012 in Singapore.

On 25 April he’ll be talking about LAVA projects, building envelopes and skins, and in particular the UN partnered-Zeroprize award-winning reskinning proposal of the UTS tower in Sydney.

13 April 2012

Chris Bosse is the inaugural speaker in a new hybrid arts lecture series in Moscow as part of Lexus Hybrid Art project 2012.

1,000 guests will attend the lecture on 19 April and 10,000 on-line viewers are expected to tune into this launch event entitled “Digital Cathedrals and the city of the future - man, technology, nature: synergy in the urban environment”.

Bosse was selected as a ‘leader of the new generation of environmentally responsible architects’ and ‘probably knows what the future will look like because he is building it himself’, according to the organisers marka:ff.

‘I’m really excited about my first trip to Russia. I’m keen to experience first hand the legacy of Russian suprematist and constructivist art and architecture and an extraordinary culture that seems to have undergone significant transformation over the past ten years,’ said Bosse.

‘I look forward to sharing how we intend to develop the urban environment in the coming decades through LAVA’s vision of MORE WITH LESS: more (architecture) with less (material/ energy/time/cost) and meeting  members of the local design industry who share LAVA ideas.’

Lexus Hybrid Art, established two years ago, features, in 2012, public lectures by the leading minds in the hybrid world, grants for Russian artists working at the crossroads of art and science, and an international exhibition of hybrid art.

The lecture on April 19^th is at ARTPLAY Design Center, a hotspot for contemporary art in Moscow and is free to the public.

There will be a live stream of the lecture at www.LexusНybridArt.ru on April 19 at 9:15 p.m. [EST 03:15 am 20 April]

More details: http://lexus-hybrid-art.tumblr.com

10 May 2012

LAVA's plan for the city centre of Masdar UAE features in a Berliner Zeitung story on cities of the future.

The story also apeared in the Frankfurter Rundschau.

"Die Metropolen der Welt haben mit gewaltigen Problemen zu kämpfen. Deshalb suchen Forscher die ideale Stadt - und arbeiten an Konzepten für die Stadt von morgen. Auch Deutschland will dabei stärker mitmischen."

BERLINER ZEITUNG

10 May 2012

Casas Magazine in Peru features Berchtesgaden Youth Hostel.

CASAS

15 May 2012

The 'Tomorrow Never Dies' catalogue is now available from Amazon. This hardcover 130 page book accompanied an exhibition of LAVA projects at the Wechselraum Gallery in Stuttgart, Germany. Lots of colour images and plans give an insight into a variety of current projects by LAVA.

In his introduction Dieter Ben Kauffmann describes the LAVA work process:

'With effervescent motivation, the team embarks on new discoveries in constant flow – always using the heat to trigger a dynamic process. Today we plan for the future – because tomorrow never dies.'

Publisher: Avedition Gmbh 2012

Language: English and German

AMAZON

6 June 2012

Three page story on Classroom of the Future in 'Walls and Roofs' magazine, South Africa.

19 June 2012

Football and athletics-loving Ethiopians will have a new FIFA and Olympic-standard 60,000 seat stadium in Addis Ababa thanks to a competition winning design combining local identity with new

technology.

LAVA and DESIGNSPORT collaborated with local Ethiopian firm JDAW to win the international architecture competition for a national stadium and sports village, awarded by the Federal Sport Commission, Ethiopia.

Construction is due to start in 2014. 

8 June 2012

LAVA's mini digital tiger is in the Architecture for Humanity's Spring Auction 

You can bid from June 19 - June 29

Ebay

More details:

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY AUCTION

3 May 2012

Chris Bosse has been appointed as a jury member for the 2012 WAF. World Architecture Festival jury members

And Bosse was interviewed by Open Space Moscow on hybrid art. Interview

http://www.openspace.ru/

19 July 2012

The latest issue of Dorogoy magazine features LAVA's Masdar project. The magazine is read in Central Asia, Kazakhstan and UAE.

Dorogoy 

25 July 2012

Glocal Design Magazine, Mexico, showcases LAVA's design for the German Government's bid to host the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund.Glocal

18 September 2012

ASK Magazine in Cairo presents the 'top five architectural projects that have made their debut on a global level'.

The four page story features two projects by LAVA.

The ADDIS ABABA STADIUM is a 'structure made to capture the soul of the African spirit'. LAVA won the competition for the new stadium with our partners DESIGNSPORT and local Ethiopian firm JDAW.

And ASTANA RAILWAY is 'a new push for redefining design for transportation facilities'. 

ASK MAGAZINE

7 September 2012

Germany's Stadionwelt INSIDE features a four page story on the stadium in Addis Ababa .. article and interview with Chris Bosse.

4 September 2012

LAVA is one of 30 international firms on show at the Global Design NYU in London frrom 20 September - 19 October as part of the London Design Festival. 

Global Design NYU is a five-city exhibition and speaker series entitled Elsewhere Envisioned that brings together leading architects, landscape architects, designers, urbanists, historians, and scientists to forge new links to address global climate concerns and to reformat architectural education.  'The GLOBAL [Global Local Open Border Architecture and Landscape] design initiative seeks Global yet still Local design that can Open the sociopolitical Borders that all too often separate Architecture from its Landscape.'

The GDNYU is a partnership of New York University and Gallatin School with New London Architecture at The Building Centre on Store Street, London and is part of a multi-year project hosted by NYU campuses at New York, London, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi.

GDNYU AT THE LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL

watch a video of last years event in NY

28 September 2012

LAVA's Martian Embassy for the Sydney Story Factory has won an award for excellence in timber panelling at the Australian Timber Awards.

TIMBER AWARDS

4 October 2012

Four page piece on the Martian Embassy in Thailand's B-1 design magazine September 2012

B1 magazine

22 November 2012

LAVA has won the Interior Design - Public/Institutional for the Martian Embassy at the Sydney Design Awards. 

The red planet team: LAVA, Will O'Rourke, The Glue Society and our fabulous client The Sydney Story Factory.

SYDNEY DESIGN AWARDS

12 November 2012

LAVA was amongst 100 practices from 27 countries in KIA’s “100 Architects of the year 2012” Exhibition. 30,000 visitors attended the 5-day exhibition in October in Seoul with another viewing planned for Seoul in January 2013. Other international practices showcased included UNStudio, Zaha Hadid Architects, Kohn Pedersen Fox(kpf), Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

12 November 2012

"In the four years of its existence LAVA has rapidly become one of the leading architectural offices of its generation in Germany."

So Jochen Paul introduces a 6 page profile on LAVA in Schüco Magazine  ..... and the directors are on the cover! 

Story on page 32:

Schueco

21 Februrary 201

LAVA have realised their first bridge design in Europe, a pedestrian bridge in Rotterdam, inspired by the efficiency and beauty in nature’s geometries.

FDN Engineering and Construction have named it the ‘Bosse Bridge’ and the 19m long bridge made from nine cubes of concrete has just been constructed in Rotterdam.

FDN’s demonstration project aims to show that ultra high strength concrete bridges with a very thin concrete deck are possible. It can carry a twelve tonne vehicle and the modular system means a bridge 30m x 5m can be transported in twenty-foot containers to all parts of the world economically.

LAVA's design references branching structures and the playful railing brings together LAVA's core interest in nature, technology and man.

FDN also have a Bionic Bridge design inspired by LAVA's Bionic Tower.

MORE INFO

9 Februrary 2013

LAVA was short listed with 5 other international firms to design the Suzhou Zoo Masterplan.

We were very excited about the opportunity to combine our interest in nature and technology. We didn’t end up winning but thought we’d share this image of the zoo reception and entrance [a 'birds nest' of bamboo] with you.

With our partners Shanghai Landscape Design Institute and Battle McCarthy we took the competition brief from being a 'zoo beside a botanical garden and lake' to becoming a hub for applied bio-tech research.

While we didn’t make special provisions for zodiac animals who knows what snakes may slither into the zoo this year!

We wish everybody a happy 2013 – the year of the snake

21 March 2013

Four page story on LAVA's Sydney studio in New York based Bullett Magazine

Bullett Magazine

21 Februrary 2013

LAVA and Moritz Gruppe have been nominated for the MIPIM Awards 2013 in the Futura category with THE:SQUARE³.

We’re up against just 3 others - Herzog & de Meuron, Lundgaard & Tranberg and Jahn. Winners will be announced at MIPIM in Cannes on 14th March. 

And there is a People’s Choice Award – please vote for us – you have until 11th March 2013. The link will redirect you to our project.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE: 

Three skyscrapers of gold, silver, and bronze make up THE SQUARE ³, a new mixed use development inspired by sport that revitalises a beautiful but underdeveloped urban quarter in Berlin. 

With a theme of Life, Nature, Sports the development by Moritz Gruppe is just nine minutes from the centre of Berlin and located near Europe’s largest urban nature reserve and a sports hot spot. 

26 April 2013

Ljuskultur magazine in Sweden features cover and nine page story on Alexander Rieck and LAVA.

Ljuskultur

3 May 2013

Tobias Wallisser recently spoke at Daimler’s ‘Future Talk – How utopian is the future?’ in Berlin. 

Experts from Daimler discussed visionary ideas with external specialists from different fields including Philipp Hübl, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart, and Martina Mara from the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz, Austria. 

“Every society shapes its surroundings to meet its needs,” said Wallisser. “Privacy plays a key part in that. Private space is a luxury and implies a need for protection and security. At the same time, we look for a sense of togetherness, and closeness to the community. This is paradoxical, but human….”

More details: Daimler Future Talks

26 April 2013

MEHR MIT WENIGER ... BUILD magazine features interview with Tobias Wallisser

Read the full interview here: BUILD 2010

18 April 2013

A new 270 page book on 'creative diagrams' includes seven LAVA projects including Classroom of the Future, Stuttgart University Voxel, Berchtesgaden Youth Hostel, Corniche Tower and Riga Airport.

“The book aims to provide readers with new examples of creative analysis diagrams.”

31 May 2013

Russia's 'Tall Buildings' magazine features a six page story on LAVA's The Square3 project in Berlin.

TALL BUILDINGS

17 June 2013

'.. chosen as one of the 100 architects of the year..'

LAVA received this certificate from the Korean Institute of Architects in conjunction with the "100 Architects of the year" 2012 International Exhibition held in Seoul last year.

18 April 2013

Green Building and Sustainable Strategies magazine from Canada features LAVA on the front cover and stories on Masdar, Bionic and Snowflake towers.

Digital copy: GBSS

9 JULY 2013

CLOUD CITY, CUSP, CASULA

LAVA director Chris Bosse's CLOUD CITY is in the CUSP EXHIBITION at CASULA POWERHOUSE, SYDNEY until 1 September 2013

CUSP: an exhibition exploring the potential of design in our lives features 12 Australian designers who 'generate ideas that could change the way we inhabit the world.'

AUSTRALIA-WIDE TOUR 2013-15: Sydney, Launceston, Adelaide, Dubbo, Port Macquarie, Brisbane and Mornington Peninsula

Hear Chris Bosse talk about the project: INTERVIEW

9 JULY 2013

US/UK based Arch2o website recently interviewed Chris Bosse on coffee, inspiration, favourite music, latest book and advice to young architects...

Bosse suggests: Breathe. Relax. Then draw.

interview

4 JULY 2013

LETS GO TO MARS .... Five page story on the Martian Embassy in China's a+a July issue. Bimonthly a+a Magazine (Architectural Society of China) was established in 1981.

19 July 2012

Chris Bosse discusses why LAVA believes that 'one day all cities will be like Masdar City@UAE' in Surfaces Reporter magazine, India.  

4 SEPTEMBER 2013

OUR AWARD WINNING EMBASSY IN NEW BOOK

An eight page story on the Martian Embassy is in the recently published  'Fashion Shop - New Cases of International Interior Design' by CIP publishing China

CIP

4 SEPTEMBER 2013

Our 'RE-LOVED PANTON CHAIR' features in a new arts and design magazine from India - Arts Illustrated 

LAVA sliced up the 1967 Panton chair for the 'Re-loved: designer stories exhibition' at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, in 2010. Represented as slices, similar to an MRI scan, made visible the Panton chair’s complex three-dimensional geometry. LAVA was one of several designers commissioned by the Powerhouse to use a pre-loved chair to tell a story about a piece of furniture they love. LAVA chose Panton's design classic because it relates to current design and manufacturing techniques.

Arts Illustrated is published bi-monthly across 12 key cities in India. AI

22 OCTOBER 2013

LAVA'S 'Tower Skin', the proposed reskinning of the UTS Tower in Sydney, has been chosen as one of 11 'contemporary unbuilt projects' for the Australian virtual pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale.

It engages with the broader Venice Biennale theme of national identity and modernity.

Chris Bosse, director of LAVA and Adjunct Professor of UTS, said: “The UTS tower highlights how national characteristics were erased in favour of a single modern language in the 1960s. But where national identity is erased in the tower, ‘Tower Skin’ brings it back.”

LAVA’s solution to revitalising the generic style 1960s modernist building was to reskin it with a lightweight membrane envelope.

Surface tension allows a high tech membrane to freely stretch around the existing building, referencing the Sydney Opera House sails, nature, the harbour and all that is Sydney.

“It addresses the timescales of fashion and technology versus building life spans, whilst incorporating 21st century technologies with local identity to achieve maximum visual impact with minimal material effort,” added Bosse.

21 unrealised Australian projects will be brought to life through three-dimensional augmented models, images, voiceovers and animations in the virtual exhibition ‘Augmented Australia 1914-2014’.

More details: AUSTRALIAN PAVILION

15 OCTOBER 2013

'LAVA's sunflower umbrellas in Masdar feature in a new book 'Future City Solutions', the second Urban Trends book, just published. The book cites the eco city Masdar, Abu Dhabi, as 'a powerful incubator for testing ideas'. LAVA won the international competition to design the city centre of Masdar.

Future City Solutions' 'shares some of the most innovative responses to the challenges that are facing cities today.' '..cities, with their large concentrated populations, need to become engine rooms for innovation - incubators for a cultural revolution that will shift our thinking and our consumption habits.'

www.placepartners.com.au/ps/urban-trends

18 NOVEMBER 2013

Cloud City has received a High Commendation in the 2013 Lightweight Structures Conference and Design Awards.

The Judges Comments: "Sculptural and exploratory work" and "Graphic and imaginative illustration of the potential use of flexible membranes and organic forms in 'responsive' architecture". LSAA Awards

And the Martian Embassy has won Highly Commended in the 2013 IDEA Awards, Public Space. 

How many awards is that now for the Embassy?  

A total of six: the Australian Timber Design Award, Sydney Design Award, Iconic Award, NSW AIA: Premier's Prize and a Commendation.   IDEA Award

31 OCTOBER 2013

LAVA signed an agreement for a new technology park near Wuhan in Hubei province China last night. A ceremony was held in conjunction with the Hubei Sydney Trade and investment fair in Sydney.  A great event!!

More details soon!

26 NOVEMBER 2013

Our Martian Embassy has won yet another award!

Best International Interior Design in the Perspective Awards 2013. The awards were announced in Hong Kong.

PERSPECTIVE AWARDS

12 December 2013

LAVA's Shenzhen Jungle Plaza and Masdar city centre feature in a new exhibition 'Think Ahead' at Scienceworks in Melbourne.

The Museum Victoria's interactive exhibition introduces young audiences to 'new ideas and concepts that encourage them to imagine the future'.

Past, present and forecasted representations of the future are explored through ten themes. One of these is ‘Cities’, with images of futuristic cities projected onto the exhibition wall. 

MORE INFO

28 January 2014

Neue deutshe Welle...

LAVA is featured in the German AW magazine piece on "young German architects" with nice two page story.

27 FEBRUARY 2014

Our sustainable modular concrete bridge in Rotterdam has been given a 'Special Mention' at the 2014 fib Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures.

Dubbed the 'Bosse Bridge' by our partner FDN Engineering and Construction, the bridge references LAVA's branching structures in its railings.

The 19m long bridge is made from nine cubes of concrete. 

FDN’s demonstration project aims to show that ultra high strength concrete bridges with a very thin concrete deck are possible. It can carry a twelve tonne vehicle and the modular system means a bridge 30m x 5m can be transported in twenty-foot containers around the world economically.

More info: FIB AWARDS

9 December 2014

It’s a long way from vision to reality. LAVA showcases that journey in a new exhibition "visionAreality" featuring its major German and global projects at the renowned Architektur Galerie in Munich.

The projects featured are in varied states of construction giving visitors an opportunity to experience LAVA’s vision for the world of the future, a world where the interface between man, nature and technology is merged.

The exhibition showcases LAVA’s latest projects ranging from a research campus in Saudi Arabia, innovative small scale projects in Australia and Germany, facade prototypes for high-rises in China, to a new generation of hostels in Germany. The show runs parallel to the BAU fair in January 2015.

VISIONAREALITY LAVA

15th January 2015 - 14th February 2015 

Architektur Galerie, Munich

http://www.architekturgalerie-muenchen.de/

18 March 2014

Our Greenland Display Suite, with PTW, has just been short listed in the 2014 Australian Interior Design Awards in the Installation Design category. Only one third of entries made it through this first phase.

The awards will be announced at a gala presentation dinner in May and are a partnership event of the Design Institute of Australia, designEX and ARTICHOKE.

More info: AIDA

13 May 2014

EPHEMERAL - they wow us for a while but then they disappear - exhibitions, advertising, events, shows.

So we're very happy to have our Green Void and Digital Origami projects in the latest book 'Ephemeral' by Barcelona publisher Monsa. 

Monsa says: 

"an overview of the latest design trends in ephemeral architecture. ..They have been built to disappear, but its symbolism is such that [they] end [up] remaining in time."

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15 May 2014

"Vision: Intelligenter Turm."

Our Bionic Tower features in the current issue of Saturn magazin published by Austrian Weekend Magazin Publishing House (www.weekendverlag.at)

27 May 2014

If you’re in Venice for the Biennale in June why not pop into the “Alpitecture Meets Biennale – Topographic Structures” exhibition at the Palazzo Bollani to see LAVA’s installation?

Inspired by "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, LAVA's creative solutions are featured in a ‘spatial hollow’ made of cardboard boxes, a layered, topographic structure with information at various scales.

Three mirrored canyons feature images, geometric patterns based on nature’s systems, mirrors and cardboard that can be choreographed by the viewer. Every move creates a new visual perception fusing contextual relationships and dynamic conditions - a trademark of LAVA’s projects.

Featured inside the hollow are some of LAVA’s key green projects: a research and innovation campus for KACST in Riyadh, the mixed-use development THE:SQUARE in Berlin, Bonn’s Green Climate Fund and the Jeju Island resort in Korea.

LAVA is one of 11 internationally renowned architectural firms featured in the exhibition, which also includes Hadid, GRAFT and BLAURAUM ARCHITEKTEN.

Alpitecture Meets Biennale, 04 - 08 June 2014, PALAZZO Bollani - CASTELLO 3647, VENICE, near the Arsenale.

13 June 2014

Chris Bosse recently spoke at the ‘Architecture and Urban Tourism’ at the 2nd International Architourism Conference
29‐30 May at Mashhad, Iran.

He reports: 'the conference was a fascinating event with international guest speakers as well as local experts and urbanists'.

Chris's talk explored how Iran can connect 6000 years of cultural and architectural heritage and history with contemporary tourism infrastructure. Challenges: everything from visas to transport to accommodation. 'Tourists are looking for an authentic Persian experience but with all the comforts they are used to'. Strong emphasis was made in not copying other tourism strategies of Dubai or Las Vegas but embracing the Iranian past and present to provide a sustainable touristic future.

Mosques, squares, murqanas, play of coloured lights, reflection ponds and consideration of religion.

http://rayahb.com/en/

23 June 2014

A bold new book arrived in the office this week - 'TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE' by Lisa Baker. 

'This volume gathers extraordinary contemporary projects ... Most of these concepts transgress the borderlines of architecture, art, design and social intervention, which results in a .. unique form of creative freedom."

Our tigers are in there!

https://braun-publishing.ch/en/architecture/temporary-architecture.html

23 June 2014

Architecture & Art Beijing has a four page story on the Greenland Centre.

9 July 2014

Attraction, seperation and alignment - flow simulations inspired the design of the Philips Light + Building pavilion.

LAVA’s latest project used gaming industry algorithms and natures’ swarming principles for the layout.

The sculptural pavilion, at the 2014 Light + Building international trade show in Frankfurt, used a ribbon-based routing concept derived from visitor flow simulations.

Natures’ swarm principles are found in both animal and human group behaviour. In unfamiliar buildings, cities and emergencies, for example, people will follow others but still keep their distance. Flocks of birds clearly reveal these principles of attraction, repulsion and alignment. 

They used a combination of custom-made and open-source code and algorithms used in the gaming industry. 

LAVA was involved in the initial concept and layout for the pavilion. The idea was to create a brand experience that united all Philips business groups, from consumer to professional lighting, in one fair stand. An elliptical ribbon route wrapped four elements: entrance with special light installations, a light-dome, market-arena and a VIP grandstand.

Watch it here

28 July 2014

LAVA’s design for the Mission Hill Ice Rink facade is under construction!

LAVA was asked to design the facade for an existing ice rink in the city of Haikou, attractive seaside resort and capital of Hainan province, China.

The facade design was inspired by natural elements – wind, waves, ice - movement and energy.

The fin shaped glass louvres reference the blades of the skaters inside whilst the blue/cyan colour gradient suggests icebergs.

13 August 2014

We’re a finalist! In the Sydney Design Awards, Category: Interior Design – Corporate, for our GREENLAND DISPLAY SUITE.

Ratings will determine the next phase - the judging process also allows the marketplace and the design industry to rate projects. 

The Awards are announced on Wednesday 20 August. 

So please vote for us!

1 September 2014

The latest issue of Russia's 'Tall Buildings ' magazine features our 'Tower Skin' in a six page story.

16 SEPTEMBER 2014

Tobias Wallisser will be one of the curators for an international symposium in Ludwigsburg in October. "Raumwelten" examines Scenography, Architecture and Media: How do spaces influence the “user” and stimulate encounters between people? Which messages, narratives, and emotions do spaces evoke? The Raumwelten Art & Research stream sees international experts, creatives and curators present trends and developments of communication in space in different panels. Wallisser will curate - “Beyond Construction – Innovative approaches to space production".   MORE INFO

There is also a transcript of the talk Tobias gave on the ‘city of the future’ at the re:publica conference here: MORE INFO

22 SEPTEMBER 2014

Chris Bosse will be speaking at the IDCON conference in Kl in early October.

24 SEPTEMBER 2014

The letter ‘Y’ is the shape of a new youth hostel in Bayreuth, Germany.

LAVA’s design is a yardstick for the sports hostel of the future through innovative spatial configurations, sustainability at environmental, and structural and social levels, and integrated sporting facilities.

LAVA chose the letter ‘Y’ shape because the geometry creates a building shape that interweaves interior and exterior space and generates a connective and beautiful central space offering expansive views and multiple openings to the sport fields and gardens. The central atrium is a hub for offline and online entertainment, interaction and communication. Here a skylight provides natural daylight to a central amphitheatre that connects the different levels, whilst horizontal and diagonal sightlines direct guests to different building functions.

There are flexible room walls with contemporary modular ‘built-in furniture’ elements; and rooms, grounds and sports fields are all wheelchair accessible. 

Construction on the new 180-bed hostel starts in early 2015.

25 November 2014

LAVA teams from Stuttgart and Berlin gathered recently for an inspirational weekend full of workshops, presentations, good food and culture in Germany's capital Berlin! A total of 40 team members shared knowledge at LAVA’s offices in Berlin-Mitte, enjoyed lunch at creative project space Agora, visited architecture forum AEDAS, toured the former airfield of Tempelhof and walked along the Lichtgrenze: a light installation celebrating the 25 years of the Fall of the Wall.

And Chris Bosse joined the meeting via web stream giving a visionary update from down under. 

12 January 2015

VISIONAREALITY opens on 20h January 2015 - 14th February 2015 

Architektur Galerie, Munich

http://www.architekturgalerie-muenchen.de/

4 FEBRUARY 2015

“RING FREI!” - AN ARCHITECTURAL DISCUSSION ABOUT HOSTELS AT ARCHITEKTURGALERIE MUNICH

GRAFT vs. AUER+WEBER vs. LAVA

As part of the exhibition "LAVA - VISIONAREALITY", the 3rd round of Architekturgalerie’s format “RING FREI!” will take place on Tuesday 10 February at 7 pm.

Wolfram Putz, Achim Söding, and LAVA Partners, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Chris Bosse, will question each other in regard to their hostel projects. "A verbal slugfest - bluntly and directly!"

SPEAKERS:

Wolfram Putz, GRAFT, Hostel Munich

Achim Söding, AUER+WEBER, CAN in Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt

LAVA Partners, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Chris Bosse, Hostel Bayreuth

REFEREE: Nicola Borgmann, Architekturgalerie München

LOCATION: Architekturgalerie München e.V., Türkenstr. 30, 80333 München

3 MARCH 2015

Construction of the new Headquarters of Philips Lighting in Eindhoven, designed by LAVA, is nearing completion. Just 5 kilometres of steel wire and 1500 panels still to hang!

3 MARCH 2015

Our Tigers are the opening act in this new book "Animal Kingdom' published by Sendpoints with an eight page story.

SENDPOINTS

14 April 2015

Alexander Rieck and Tobias Wallisser spoke recently at the Van Alen Institute meeting. The series of discussions were held at the MIPIM conference and explored critical questions such as What are the biggest design challenges of the future? How to select the right architect for your job?

LAVA joined the Insitute last year.

Other participants included Kim Herforth Nielsen of 3XN, Monica Schmallensee of White, Kai-Uwe Bergmann of BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, Cor Zadelhoff of Zadelhoff Group, Sasa Radulovic of 5468796 Architecture, David West of Studio Egret West, Edward Lalonde of Olson Kundig Architects, Jay Berman of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Claire Fellman of Snøhetta, and Francesco Veenstra of Mecanoo architecten.

14 April 2015

Jochen Paul has written a review in BAUWELT on our VISIONAREALITY exhibition at Architekturgalerie Munich.

12 May 2015

Chris Bosse will lecture at several universities in Taiwan in the first week of June.Come along if you are free.

19 May 2015

Chris Bosse will be speaking at ICONOPHILIA: SPECTACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, a Symposium on 30 May at CURB Centre for Architecture and Urbanism in Macau SAR China. The conference is organised by the Department of Architecture and Design at the University of Saint Joseph.

21 May 2015

Alexander Rieck at a Parliament Magazine event on modern cities and the future of the high street. 

"Rieck highlighted that the urban situation is becoming increasingly complex, and that many key features of city life are changing, including, 'energy providers, construction, while mobility is set to be a main game changer'.

MORE INFO

5 June 2015

Tobias Wallisser lectured at the Indesem Delft in a session on "NEW AESTHETIC MATTERS" at a workshop week at TU Delft exploring robots in architecture. The talk and the discussion was about new aesthetics related to new digital tools. There were about 100 students, the Dean of TU Delft and Greg Lynn with whom Wallisser studied at Columbia.

Listen to Tobias' talk "the medium is the message" here: [at 27.4] LISTEN

19 June 2015

FDN and LAVA's Bosse Bridge - a sustainable modular ultra high strength concrete bridge - has been awarded another prize! This time its the Dutch Concrete Award 2013/2014.

25 June 2015

LAVA's 7 star HAINAN OCEAN FLOWER RESORT is featured in this month's Belle Magazine. The design is based on the simple, natural geometry of a water drop.

21 July 2015

Chris Bosse has been announced as a recipient of an Australian Design Honour at the Australian Design Centre in Sydney.

READ MORE

29 July 2015

Its been a week full of design and lectures at LAVA in Stuttgart!  

The LAVA-AXON Kinetic Structures workshop has been full of ideas with lectures and workshops by LAVA director Alexander Rieck, Julian Lienhard from str-ucture, Bollinger + Grohmann acoustics specialist Tobias Jarosch, Robert Vierlinger from Bollinger + Grohmann, tutors Matthijs la Roi and Piotr Baszynski, and Jia-Rey Chang from the Hyperbody research group. 

7 September 2015

Our Bayreuth Hostel is in the latest issue of AIT magazine!

28 October 2015

Tobias Walliser is speaking at a RMIT symposium in Singapore: "INTRICATE REIFICATIONS EXPLORING THE ARCHITECTURE OF DIGITAL / MATERIAL TRANSLATIONS"

"The symposium will explore the architectural implications and relationships between digital design and physical material through emerging digital and robotic fabrication techniques. The symposium will bring together a panel of international architects and researchers to discuss the rapidly changing nature of digitally controlled fabrication and the influence this is increasingly having on architectural design."

Other presentations are by Fabio Gramazio (Gramazio Kohler / ETH), Michael Budig (SUTD) and Roland Snooks (Kokkugia, RMIT).

Intricate Reifications is co-organised by RMIT University and Singapore University of Technology and Design, hosted by the National Design Centre (NDC) and supported by DesignSingapore Council.

MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 1pm - 5pm NATIONAL DESIGN CENTRE SINGAPORE

6 November 2015

We have just opened our pavilion project for the Raumwelten Symposium. The inflatable structure is made of 100kg fabric and creates a space for up to 150 people. "More with less" at its best. And it will be re-used for the next three years!

The pavilion was designed by Tobias Wallisser and his student group, with Assistant Sebastian Schott, and Prof. Thomas Hundt. It was engineered by Form TL and built by Adunic from Switzerland.

Photo:Daniel Fuchs.

6 November 2015

The first walls are up for our Bayreuth youth hostel!!! The concrete structure will be completed by mid January 2016.

The ‘Y’ shape 180-bed sports youth hostel is a yardstick for the sports hostel of the future through innovative spatial configurations, sustainability at environmental, and structural and social levels, and integrated sporting facilities.

MORE INFO

14 November 2015

Alexander Rieck talks the smart cities of tomorrow in Detail.

He'll be speaking at the upcoming Fraunhofer’s “Urban Futures” Conference in Berlin on November 25 and 26, 2015. The event brings speakers from across Europe who specialise in sustainable urban development. 

MORE INFO

21 November 2015

Alexander Rieck is featured in this new issue of DETAIL - "Research on BIM- Building Information Modeling I Management"

"We are now in a position to answer not only the questions of architecture with contemporary methods, but we’re also able to find new methods to execute complex tasks and planning processes much more efficiently."

"Wir sind heute in der Lage, nicht nur die Fragestellungen der Architektur mit den heutigen Methoden zu beantworten, sondern auch Methoden zu finden, mit den sich komplexe Aufgaben und Planungsprozesse deutlich effizienter bearbeiten lassen."

http://shop.detail.de/de/landingpages-1/startkategorie/bim-building-information-modeling-i-management.html

4 December 2015

The December issue of ELLE DECORATION China focuses on the theme of BIONIC ARCHITECTURE and includes our Hainan Ocean Flower Resort and Bionic Tower.

17 December 2015

Wishing all our colleagues, clients and friends a very happy Christmas.

We look forward to working with you in 2016.

Our Russ the Bus for the Sydney Writers Festival brought books alive for over 4,000 school kids in western Sydney in November.

And the book bus will feature at the Sydney Writers Festival in May 2016 at Walsh Bay Sydney. READ MORE

Photo: Peter Murphy.

21 December 2015

KACST HQ ... New pictures of our construction-site in Riyadh.

Up up and away ...the tower is growing and more than 50% of the concrete works are done! 

READ MORE

21 December 2015

An interview with Tobias Wallisser has been publishd in Brazilian magazine 'Vitruvius', a specialised website about architecture, urbanism, art and culture.

READ THE INTERVIEW HERE

12 January 2016

Our ephemeral elephants .....

LAVA's Digital origami elephants installation on display in Bangkok for the Kingdom of Light Festival.  150 of the LAVA elephants were on display in Bangkok for the second edition of 'Thailand Kingdom of Light' festival which ran until 5 January 2016 in the tourist district of Ratchaprasong.

LAVA was proud to be part of this magical event which will featured artists from across the world with some 1 million lights attracting more than 1 million visitors.

See the elephants on Thai TV: WATCH HERE

MORE INFO 

5 February 2016

LAVA's Tivoli Terrace is in WALLPAPER*

And Houses magazine Australia features a six page story

And INSIDE OUT has done a nice rap!

And INSPIRATIONIST has written about the project

5 February 2016

Up, up and away - our Zheijang Gate is fast taking shape!!!!

9 March 2016

Our Oman villas are in RESORTS MAGAZINE, a guide to top resorts, spas, city hotels & cruises around the world. In three editions: English, Italian and Chinese its published in London by Palidano Press www.palidano.com.  RESORTS MAGAZINE

READ MORE HERE

9 March 2016

Our KY-OTO restaurant fit out has appeared in Hospitality magazine

MORE INFO

30 March 2016

LAVA had a great week at MIPIM in Cannes. 

7 April 2016

Our Russ the Bus project was featured in Tasarım Magazine's 260th issue from Turkey. 

www.tasarimdergisi.com

www.tasarimmagazine.com

2 MAY 2016

Our Jeju Resort has been featured in UK Resorts magazine.

9 MAY 2016

Chris Bosse is speaking in Istanbul on May 11th on cities of the future.

The conference is organised by the Building Information Centre (YEM), a platform for architects, engineers, designers, contractors and building material producers with the aim to raise the quality of the built environment. 

http://www.yemetkinlik.com/etkinlik/gelecegin-sehri-kentsel-cevrede-insan-teknoloji-ve-doganin-sinerjisi-347.html 

17 MAY 2016

YOUTH HOSTELS OF THE FUTURE in Goethe magazine.

READ MORE

21 MAY 2016

LAVA's 38 tree-loving fire-red Monkey Light Sculptures will be the highlight of the Market of Lights 2016 in Haymarket Sydney from Friday 3 – Sunday 12 June 2016.

http://www.haymarketchamber.org.au/node/2520

21 MAY 2016

Bayreuth Youth Hostel from today's site visit. Two more weeks to 'Richtfest'!

26 MAY 2016

Our Secret Garden Project in Berlin is fast taking shape, with the topping out ceremony due in June.

The re-modelling of the historic 1920s building will feature a stunning two-storey ballroom with beautiful stucco applications and wall paintings. Plus a new two-storey metal-clad penthouse addition.

SECRET GARDEN

10 June 2016

LAVA has unveiled a new project under construction in China.

LAVA’s masterplan for the mixed-use development consists of five buildings housing offices, residential, and retail. It features fluid building masses, improved positioning of the towers from different viewing directions, logical pedestrian movement and the removal of cars from the complex.

The twin towers form an iconic entrance to the city of Hangzhou. The high-rise towers are an interpretation of the Chinese characters meaning ‘gate’ or entrance to a city. Utilising extensive view studies the tower ensemble was positioned so it is recognisable as a twin structure, a gate, from both near and far. LAVA articulated the façade as two groups of long vertical fins wrapped around the buildings, a shimmering façade of fins. Fluid lines create zones within the tower elevations, whilst different colours of glass and varying depths of vertical fin elements generate refracted light effects animating the façade.

Construction on the twin towers starts in 2017, and the other buildings are under construction now.

6 July 2016

We're excited to be a finalist in this year’s WAF awards for our KACST Headquarters project currently under construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Festival takes place from 16 - 18 November 2016 at Arena Berlin, Germany.

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29 July 2016

LAVA’s new  ‘regional products duty free area’ has opened at Sydney International Airport.

Its an abstract representation of Sydney Harbour with headlands, inlets, coves and beaches. Featuring living Australian bush, the cave-like shelves create an experiential showcase for regional Sydney products.

READ MORE

9 SEPTEMBER 2016

LAVA has been selected as the 2016 Laureate of the prestigious European Prize for Architecture.

"The European Centre presents Europe's most influential architects nominated for The European Prize for Architecture. The European Prize for Architecture recognises  those influential architects that have changed and challenged the direction of contemporary architecture today and who have blazoned a more humane and intellectual approach to architecture."

Previous Laureates include: Bjarke Ingels (Denmark), Graft Architects (Germany), TYIN Architects (Norway), Marco Casagrande (Finland), Alessandro Mendini (Italy), and Santiago Calatrava (Spain/Switzerland).

Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, President/CEO of The Chicago Athenaeum said: “We are delighted to present The European Prize for Architecture to this young, inventive, and exuberant architecture firm that stands at the crossroads in their aspiring career.  The European Prize for Architecture is not a ‘lifetime of achievement award,’ but rather serves as an impetus to support new ideas, to encourage and foster more challenge-making and forward-thinking about buildings and the environment, and to prompt the pushing of the envelope to obtain an even greater, more profound result.”

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CENTRE MEDIA RELEASE

4 OCTOBER 2016

The latest edition of Interior Design magazine NY features Tivoli Terrace.

http://www.interiordesign.net/…/12302-lava-s-debut-residen…/