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Dohaland is once again ever present with their fantastic model. John Rose formerly from Sony Center Berlin (MurphyJahn) looking well after the prospective clients. 

 

Cannes as seen by Dohaland

And the winner is .......Tilke with his Abu Dahbi

And they´re off and racing again...the competitors for the MIPIM Awards

Florian ??????`

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1 down, 2 to go.
After an early start the going was tough. 
Seems like the visitors did´nt really want to get into it. 
The stand participants all a little slow, as if it was their first time. Half not even there.









The first meeting was with the ever charming Thomas Behr, SOM New York, armed the an iPad, tooth brush and an AMEX card has high hopes and positive news from the middle east.


 

  






Leyla Burke from KPF, London, rotecting the fortress whilst the colleagues sunbath and lunch shows us the new design for the Hudson Yards.

Zorlu, ever present on bill boards and the daily press as sponsors of the opening cocktail in the evening. 

The complete family entourage on the set. Model, film and marketing material to confirm that this will be the jewel of Istanbul and that the Turkish architects will have nothing to fear when the EU opens it doors. This time they wo`nt wait at the gates of Vienna. The two contrahands Emré Arolat and Tabanlioglu, who joined forces to tackle this project and flew aledgedly in one plane, were often annonced but never appeared.    

Sighted: Lee Polisano from PLP, looking fit and agile as usual after his Kilimanjaro ascent earlier this year. Closely followed by Karin Cook, partner of Lee in PLP, who also was´nt wasting time. Check out their recently, relaunched home page. Clear simple and not messing around with graphics. What you see is what you get. 




`London calling´ . As usual the island is isolated and full of more than british architects and developers. A large wooden model of London in the middle and a bar on the terrace. England one again not really part of the EU.

Sighted: Boris Johnson, mayor of London, ever present, youthful, `pressing the flesh´ and doing what he commands, representing.
Sighted and met: the ever impressive Martha Schwartz wondering if her golden entrance ticket with a `G´ would get her drinks in the london club. No, but there were enough knights with the `order of the british empire´ that came to the rescue.











The opening gala surpassed the earlier years with an ornate and exquisite turkish buffet and absolutely dramatic Sufi dance solo and musicians from Istanbul. The beach promenade lit and setup with a turkish bar, cushions, waterpipes, tea and a spice bazaar.

Let´s see what tomorrow brings.

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After getting the display setup in the Festival Hall in Cannes, fighting our way out through the last efforts of the trade fair builders it´s time to get a beer and air the Cannes feeling. First stop in the early evening, Lounge Bar "Au Bureau" in the heart of Cannes at 49 Rue Felix Faure. 
Last finishes to a fee proposal in Dazhu when the the first BIG fish is landed, (neighbouring table).
Kai Uwe Bergmann together with Nathan Smith both from BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and responsible for business development and on the road with their new project book `loop city´. 
The book documents a series of visionary ideas for the future sustainable cities where public transport is upgraded and the vast potential of the suburbs aroung Copenhagen is used to accomodate a large part of the future urban development in the capital region. The Loop City vision a new urban corridor which will not only link across the urban fingers of the Fingerplan (1947-2008), but also the whole Oeresund region. This introduces a new basic structure for the capital region and creates a basis for massive urban renewal. When BIG has setup Copenhagen then I suggest they visit Istanbul. BIG also has a shop on their home. For those hip persons with an iPad and not willing the drag books with them, there is the new publication `Yes is More´an archicomic on Architectural evolution (rated 12+, so no for minors)  as an App. 

In tow of Kai Uwe Bergman, a dutchman, colleague and friend, Allard Meine Jansen, founding partner of alard architecture bv, Amsterdam. Allard, formerly at Renzo Piano and Herman Hertzberger is now out to show his fresh and innovative designs, backed up by indepth research and a multi-international team.

On the way back along the Croisset past the numerous fish restaurants one passes Mr. Kuschel, from Fritz Kuschel and Sons, Realestate Munich and Jakob Willibald, formerly BBI, Munich.  

let´s see what today brings in the shark invested water of the international real estate market. (MIPIM)

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 The only way to change the world, is to design it.

Highlight Towers Munich 
(Arch: MurphyJahn, L.Arch:Rainer Schmidt)

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MIPIM 2011

MIPIM starts on the 9th March again................
of we go, fishing for sharks in a fish bowl again!
Yes we Cannes!