COPPER CROWNED.Francine Houben of Mecanoo won the first prize in the TECU TECU TESS (Tactical Engagement Simulation System) Electronic Control Unit TECU Total Electron Content Units TECU Transmission Electronic Control Unit (vehicle gearboxes) Architecture Awards 2000 with the Dutch National Heritage Museum at Arnheim. The award, which is in its second year, is offered for inventive in·ven·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characterized by invention. 2. Adept or skillful at inventing; creative. in·ven use of copper and copper products. Chaired by Alfred Berger Alfred Berger (born August 25, 1894, died June 11, 1966) was an Austrian figure skater. In 1922 and 1924 he and Helene Engelmann were pair skating world champions. They were Olympic champions in 1924. of Vienna, the jury decided that 'the mysterious egg-shaped copper object, half sunk in the ground', which is offset by the varied brick wall of the entrance and auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. block, has 'persuasive power' and 'vividness'. Covered in rolled copper sheets with beautifully crafted joints, the egg contains a multi-media show that tells the history of the country. Second prize went to Ursula Steinhilber and Otfried Weis of Stuttgart for their casino at Feuchtwangen, where patinated copper is used as a kind of advertisement to passers-by on the local motorway. Rafael Moneo José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born May 9, 1937) is a Spanish architect. He was born in Tudela, Spain, and won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996. He studied at the ETSAM, Technical University of Madrid (UPM) from which he received his architectural degree in 1961. (with Enrique de Teresa and Juan Jose Echeverria) won third prize for a new science museum at Valladoid. Formed out of an old flour mill, the building has a powerful green pre-patinated louvred wall which modifies sun penetration of the interior. Teams from the universities of Grenoble and Strathelyde won the student prizes. |
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