Hong Kong Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2018

Hong Kong Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2018

Curators have invited 100 Hong Kong and international architects to design towers in free space, thus provoking intensive reflection and research on this typology. Spanish architect Fernando Menis was asked to design 4 of these 100 towers.

Venice Biennale Singapore Pavilion 2018

No More Free Space Singapore Pavilion Venice Biennale 2018

The Venice Biennale Singapore Pavilion exhibition asks if there is indeed No More Free Space? in the island state, in response to the overarching theme Freespace conceptualised by curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara.

Venice Biennale Irish Pavilion 2018

Venice Biennale Irish Pavilion 2018

Irish Pavilion explores the importance of the rural market place at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by six young Irish architects and designers, Free Market aims to reassert the declining rural market square as a public place of social, political and cultural exchange, central to community cohesion.

Marstopia Architecture Competition: Design Contest

Marstopia Design Competition People's Choice

Winners of Eleven magazine’s latest challenge – ‘Marstopia’, the official sequel to their international challenge Moontopia. The architecture competition invited creatives from around the world to imagine the first human colony on Mars.

Charter Square, Staines-upon-Thames Housing

Charter Square, Staines-upon-Thames

Charter Square second phase approved, £120m regeneration already on site in the heart of Staines-upon-Thames. Designed by Assael Architecture, the design incorporates the local vernacular while adding contemporary touches.

V&A Collection and Research Centre London

London Olympic Park aerial photo

V&A appoint Diller Scofidio + Renfro & Austin-Smith:Lord to design pioneering new Collection and Research Centre, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. They beat 6a ; Gareth Hoskins Architects ; Haworth Tompkins and AOC ; Robbrecht en Daem and DRDH.

The Power of Lines, Architecture Article

The Power of Lines, Peter Magyar

The Power of Lines, article by Dr. Peter Magyar, Kansas State University, USA, drawings range from Villa La Rotonda drawn on a small screen iPhone to ‘The Nerd Cat’ drawn by a six year old.

Grenfell Tower & Fire Dynamics, Cladding Safety

Grenfell Tower & Fire Dynamics, Cladding Safety

Containing the triangle of combustion – with the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry only just beginning, Wrightstyle’s managing director explains the dynamics of fire: a relationship between fuel, oxygen and heat.

365 Modern Living Cocktail Receptions Dallas

Rock Cliff Residence Texas

The Dallas Architecture Forum will present its annual 365 Modern Living Cocktail Receptions in June with three great evenings at some of the most significant modern homes in Dallas — on June 5 in the Urban Reserve, and June 11 and 19 with two homes in Preston Hollow.

Falafel Yoni, Mile-End Restaurant in Montreal

Falafel Yoni, Mile-End Restaurant in Montreal

Falafel Yoni is nestled in the heart of Montreal’s trendy Mile-End neighbourhood. The city’s zoning regulated that the restaurant’s capacity be limited to 12 seats, which led to the design of a generous curved bar with a diner feel.

Kaira Looro Competition

Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 1st Prize

Winners news for International architectural competition with jury including: Kengo Kuma, Ghirardelli (SBGA), Hirano (Tokyo University), Muzzonigro (Stefano Boeri Architects), Bouman (Mohn Bouman Architects), Pilar Rodriguez Diaz, Kasik (X Architekten), Ferrara, Mazzaglia (Kaan Architect), Magni (ASF)

Professor Brian Carter, NY, USA

Brian Carter, Professor and Dean of Architecture at the University of Buffalo, The State University of New York and a registered architect in the UK, recently visited RMIT and was an invited participant at the Inveresk Design Forum in Australia

Tippet Rise Art Center Building: Francis Kéré

Tippet Rise Art Center building by Francis Kéré

Known around the globe for his beautiful, innovative, and sustainable structures, the West African architect Francis Kéré will create Tippet Rise’s newest structure: a 1,900 sqft pavilion, scheduled to open at the start of the summer 2019 music season.