Oscar Niemeyer architect, modern architecture designs

The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene building

Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect news: The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene building photos, Algeria. He designed several major projects in Algeria starting in 1968 after fleeing the 1964 Brazilian military coup. Working with the North African country’s President he aimed to build a modern, post-colonial nation, with key works including USTHB in Algiers

Turn End Houses, Buckinghamshire homes

Turn End House Haddenham interior

Remembering Peter Aldington, associated with post-war domestic architecture. Turn End, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, is one of three 1960s village houses, all listed Grade 2*, designed and built by British architect Peter Aldington, with an internationally renowned garden

Greek hotel buildings, Greece resorts designs

JW Marriott Crete Resort & Spa, Greece 5-star hotel

Greek hotel buildings news, key new resorts in Greece such as JW Marriott Crete Resort & Spa on Crete by Block722 Architects. Discover Southern Europe architecture info + photos. Modern Cyclades hospitality properties, best contemporary resort architecture, construction design & property images

Bell’s Yard Office Greater London, England building

Bell's Yard Office Greater London England detail

Russian For Fish’s refurbishment of Bell’s Yard reimagines a former industrial workspace as a calm, material-led studio. The project began with a process of uncovering, stripping away the previous fit-out in Greater London. A continuous cork floor adds warmth underfoot while also absorbing sound, helping the studio remain calm as activity rises and falls. Pale plywood timber joinery introduces a tactile, crafted quality throughout the space

Songtsm Travel Hotel Jiuzhai, Sichuan buildings

Songtsm Travel Hotel Jiuzhai building

Songtsm Travel Hotel Jiuzhai, Sichuan Province, China, by Thinking Design. On a 3,000-meter-high ridge in Jiuzhaigou: micro-village of eight wooden cabins—China’s smallest administrative village. The design is not conceived as renovation, but as a process of recalling—drawing out the latent memories embedded within the land. It engages with the character of the site, from the dense mountain forest and timbered landscape to the layered geological formations shaped over time. Rather than imposing a new form, the architecture responds to these conditions, revealing and interpreting the site’s existing material and temporal qualities through space, structure and material choice

Aldington Craig & Collinge Architects, UK

Turn End, Haddenham building design by Aldington Craig Collinge Architects

Turn End, one of three award-winning village houses designed and built in the 1960s by architect Peter Aldington – 2017 programme includes educational, creative and community led events.