Adrian Welch
Tottenham Hale redevelopment, London, UK – design by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), Alison Brooks Architects, Pollard Thomas Edwards with Grant Associates: housing, a health centre, cinema, office & retail space.
Yale School of Architecture Adjacencies Exhibition – group show of work by fourteen architecture studios, reinvestigating architectural history, its forms of communication, the embrace of composition, the cultivation of new audiences, and explorations of the act of building.
The international design award and competition is looking for new and original project submissions. Entries are open to both concept stage works as well as realized projects. The aim is to highlight and recognize good design works worldwide.
A short film looks at complex interface between city and its airports, created on the occasion of the AERIAL FUTURES: Urban Constellations think tank in New York City: it asks how these fragmented constellations can be reimagined more holistically.
Vespertine Culver City, Los Angeles design by Eric Owen Moss Architects – a tower which is neither a regular box, nor a clear departure from same: conceptually soft geometry, a twisted tower.
This Hamburg concert hall building design by celebrated Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron is described as a “glass tower perched atop a giantbrick warehouse, surrounded on three sides by water”
Holland America Group Headquarters in Seattle design by SkB Architects – Dutch shipping line founded in 1873: the spirit of adventure is reflected in the office design of its headquarters, embracing creativity.
Waverley Palo Alto home design by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects for a young couple, this 5,000 sf home & 1,700 sf back house in a 1920’s neighborhood: strong simple composition and highly refined materiality.
Hopscotch House in Saitama near Tokyo, Japan, by Hiramoto Design Studio, for a family who had lived individually and decided to live together under one roof.
Hotel Lutetia is an iconic, luxury hotel in Paris, reoping after four years of restoration after being acquired by The Set. Pablo Picasso, Charles de Gaulle, Marianne Oswald, André Gide, Peggy Guggenheim and Josephine Baker all visited.
Miss Wong Chinese Restaurant, Laval, Quebec, design by architects Guillaume Ménard and David Dworkind (MRDK) – inspired by the vibrant neon signage, the classic folding scissor gates, and the hanging lanterns, all of which created a bright and exciting atmosphere.
Space Slice Maotai Road design by DYN Architecture – fashion co-working space, a hidden gem in the office headquarters of Shanghai Garment Group, Changning District.
EeStairs Headquarters, Barneveld, Netherlands, design by architects Bronsvoort Blaak – international staircase specialists HQ achieves outstanding BREEAM rating, making it one of the nation’s most sustainable production sites.
Renewal of Isola Pepe Verde’s playground, Milan – artists& architects invited to submit a proposal for open call titled “sprouting minds” with the objective to redesign this Italian public space.