Building back worse – on London’s South Bank! UK government’s Building Back Beautiful agenda to be tested by a massive building by Mitsubishi proposal, replacing ITV’s London Studios with a mountain of office blocks
Building design by BDP opens after being handed over to Transport for London. Design in Whitechapel Market Conservation area retains distinctive and historic buildings built over 100 years ago
Oslo Science City building design by Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG + a-lab in Norway: 1.4 million sqm innovation district aims to be a net zero emission area via renewable energy, energy efficiency, etc
Art Basel Miami Beach, ‘NFTism’ by ZHA: virtual gallery explores architecture and social interaction in the metaverse: Zaha Hadid exhibition powered by field-tested parametric design technologies
Developed and built by JDS Development Group and designed by SHoP Architects, The Brooklyn Tower at 9 DeKalb Ave becomes a defining new landmark for the borough and a transformative addition to the New York City skyline
Espace Jean-Lucien Vazeille, Vélizy-Villacoublay, near Paris, design by architects Jean-Pierre Lott Architecte in Yvelines department, France – new sports and cultural complex, curving forms assert its status
Royal Institute of British Architects news: RIBA Business Benchmarking 2021 survey shows architects adapting to market turmoil, but practice revenue was down by 15%
Eden Project Qingdao hits construction milestone, design by Grimshaw Architects & LDA – new ecological park in China: main arch of project’s centrepiece Storm Forest Biome completes
Royal College of Music Stockholm Studios, Sweden, design by WSDG: critical upgrades to Sweden’s top music production program for the country’s top musicians
Koji Saryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo, Mie Prefecture Japan in luxury resort and shopping center, café building design run by rice-koji maker offers amazake, a sweet fermented drink
Tiramisu restaurant Montréal designed by Ménard Dworkind on the first floor of the Hilton Hotel in Chinatown recalls 1960s Italian exuberance of in a contemporary context, bathed in natural light
Saint Peter’s Seminary, Cardross: An Ekphrastic Journey, by Daniel Lomholt-Welch. Clambering down the inside of the Convent walls, the stains of graffiti are ubiquitous. One sinisterly proclaims, ‘Your soul is mine’
Dakar skyscraper building designs by Johannes Baar-Baarenfels in Senegal, West Africa – exhibition “Time Space Existence Miami 2021” opens at the Miami Center for Architecture & Design, FL, USA
BDP architecture news – major international interdisciplinary architectural and engineering practice posts record profits; new chief executive ; acquisition of sports stadia architecture specialist
Norwegian architecture news – images & films of Munch Museum design by Estudio Herreros and LPO ; Domen Viewpoint in Northeast Norway, and Energy Positive Powerhouse in Telemark designed by Oslo architects Snøhetta
New York architecture, USA – find information on best new NY buildings + architects, Long Island properties, building photos + architectural news – contemporary New York buildings
BIG architects news – new Time Space Existence biennial exhibition video ; WeWork confirm celebrated designer Bjarke Ingels is no longer working as Chief Architect to advise and develop the firm’s design vision and language globally.