Adrian Welch
Winner news – an innovative, community led water management system, designed by a team of students from Pontificia Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) which captures, stores, and treats rainwater and inserts it into pre-existing water networks.
Waldo Complex in Kansas City, Missouri, by architects: El Dorado Inc. and Kansas State University Design+Make Studio) – in a diverse and dynamic neighborhood in southern Kansas City, once the southern extent of the city’s former streetcar line.
Lichen House Glen Ellen, Sonoma Valley residence, California, USA – by Schwartz and Architecture – the relationship between lichen and its host provides inspiration for an architecture specifically tailored to its site.
BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group unveils design for autonomous transportation system and world’s first Hyperloop pods and portals in Dubai, UAE just as Hyperloop One inks major deal with Dubai Roads and Transport Authority.
Delfland Water Authority building design by Mecanoo architecten, Delft, located in a historical building on the Oude Delft: the Gemeenlandshuis. The monumental part was built in 1505 as a house for Jan de Huyter.
Sunac – Smart Valley Shenzhen by Chinese architects BLVD International – aiming to build the “South China • Top Entrepreneurship Silicon Valley”, building a sense of space for the future.
The Big 5 Dubai Hospitality Projects Report news – unveiling an increase in number and value of hospitality projects in this dynamic UAE city, exceeding 350 units in 2018.
Wuxi Hualuxe Hotel Building in Jiangsu, China – design by BLVD, Architects refines local traditional cultural symbols, folk materials and Chinese colors and builds a scene full of oriental aesthetics.
Design: Asymptote Architecture – the design of the Yas Island Marina Hotel architecture reconciles the dramatic site conditions with the ambitious program to contain a luxury 500-room hotel with extensive amenities situated above a Formula 1 Racetrack and within a Yacht Marina.
AON Office Prague interior design by Progres Atelier Architects – “Tough nut to crack were above all non-standard spatial restrictions and implementation of modern technologies and contemporary ergonomic standards into the historical environment.”
Design: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Architects: pattern is an important element of Middle Eastern architecture, French architects design UAE building with double dome 590 ft (180 m) in diameter, with randomly-perforated woven material, creating speckled shadows.
New Hotel in Manaus building design by AMZ Arquitetos, Brasil – renovation of an early 20th Century house and construction of a new attached building in the center of the block.
MultiPly London Design Festival Flagship Pavilion 2018 – UK’s first hardwood cross laminated timber being used to construct Waugh Thistleton’s pavilion for the London Design Festival.
British architectural practice, Aedas, has pioneered a new technique that could revolutionise the approach to building in extreme climates. Al Bahr Towers in Abu Dhabi is the first large-scale commercial project in the world to feature a dynamic, intelligent façade that cools or insulates the building in direct response to the sun’s movement.