2012-01-26
Planning for what cannot be planned
MERIAN, 11/2011 issue – Egypt
Cairo has gone off the rails, has become unfathomable. The city represents chaos caused by 20 million-people that no longer observes designs produced on the drawing board. Architects such as Albert Speer are nonetheless trying to come up with at least a framework for this rampant growth. In an interview with Timour Chafik, Speer talks about the metropolis Cairo and his ideas for the meaningful redevelopment of the satellite city “6th of October City”.
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2012-01-23
Discussion about the Brühl district in Chemnitz
Sachsen Fernsehen, Kanal 8
The second Brühl citizens’ platform will be held on January 24, 2012 in Chemnitz. As part of the discussions the Frankfurt planning company Albert Speer & Partner will present its updated concept for developing the district. This focuses on ideas for the form the area could take from an urban development point of view. All Chemnitz residents interested in the subject are invited to discuss these plans for the future together with Mayor Barbara Ludwig and the other players involved.
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2012-01-23
Visitors from Mongolia
Frankfurt live.com
On January 24 Frankfurt’s Mayor Petra Roth will welcome the Governor of the capital of Mongolia and Mayor Gombosuren Munkhbayar. The visit serves the exchange of information between the two cities. Topics will include urban development and construction, regional development, infrastructure development and traffic management. The delegation will meet Volker Stein, the city councilor responsible for infrastructure, urban planner Albert Speer, and several senior members of the Frankfurt municipal authorities.
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2012-01-19
Frankfurt Airport – Magic on the ground and sky-high games
Societäts Verlag - Fraport AG (ed.)
In 2011 Frankfurt Airport celebrated its 75th anniversary. What makes Frankfurt Airport the much-quoted “Airport City” it is, and what direction is it developing in? What impact is increased mobility having on society? And can air traffic be made ecological in the long term? The authors address these and many other questions relating to Frankfurt Airport. Those who wrote about their fascination with the airport include Steffi Jones, Thomas Enders, Albert Speer, Max Hollein, Sebastian Vettel, Martin Mosebach, Matthias Horx, Peter Lückemeier, Christian Schwägerl and Stefan Walter.
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2012-01-15
The light urban planning clouds
Höchster Kreisblatt
At the New Year reception Professor Albert came to terms with aircraft noise and sees very good prospects for Liederbach. The colors blue and yellow were predominant at the first event of the year yesterday – and the Frankfurt expert also painted this or that rosy scenario.
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2012-01-14
Visions not taboo – Speer partner on the study and its prospects
Höchster Kreisblatt
On Sunday January 15 the urban planner Albert Speer will be attending the community New Year reception in Liederbachhalle. Beforehand, Kreisblatt journalist Frank Weiner talked to Stefan Kornmann, who is heading the current study of Liederbach.
Photo: FNP, mkn
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2012-01-11
Liederbach – The “Green Heart” remains
Frankfurter Rundschau – by Torsten Weigelt
There will be no touching the “Green Heart”, or at least the dozers and tower cranes won’t. This is the opinion not only of Liederbach’s citizens, but also of the planners at the office of Albert Speer & Partner, which since the end of July has been devising an “Urban Master Plan” for the smallest of the towns in the Main Taunus district. A 26-hectare green zone in the heart of the town, “now that’s absolutely unique in the entire RhineMain region” enthuses project manager and AS&P partner Stefan Kornmann.
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2012-01-09
Atlas Architectures of the 21st Century, Africa and Middle East
Fundación BBVA, 2011
Following publications about architecture in Asia and Oceania, as well as America, the third volume in this four-atlas series is devoted to contemporary architecture in Africa and the Middle East. The ten chapters divided up by countries and regions present selected buildings and projects, on which essays by well-known experts elaborate. AS&P features in the chapter “The Arabian Peninsula” in the form of a report about the stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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2012-01-07
A life in harmony
Süddeutsche Zeitung – by Peter Horn
China’s real estate prices are suffering from disparity. The price of apartments is running far ahead of rises in incomes, the China expert Johannes Dell of AS&P Shanghai is quoted as saying in an article in the real estate section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. The prolific construction boom in China’s rapidly growing cities had to be sustainable and go easy on resources, he wrote. `The country has an historic opportunity of becoming a key player with regard to the sustainability of its urbanization and the reduction in its consumption of resources’.
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2012-01-06
Riedberg residential development – One of the largest passive house projects in Europe
PINTURAMA – Revista Técnico Comercial del Sector de la Pintura, 160/2011
In November 2011 the Spanish magazine Pinturama staged an architectural excursion to Ludwigshafen and Frankfurt/Main, during which selected passive buildings were visited. These included the Riedberg residential quarter in Frankfurt, which was planned by AS&P and is currently under construction. With approx. 230 residential units and a gross surface area of 27,500 sq. m., this is one of the largest developments in Europe to meet passive house standards. The trip was organized by BASF and Energiehaus.
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