Adrian Welch
Planning consent won by Manchester-based architects SimpsonHaugh and landscape specialists Planit-IE to create new urban quarter in the city. Great Northern Warehouse and Square Project Masterplan by Will Alsop’s aLL Design.
New Inverness Justice Centre design by architects Reiach and Hall approved. Construction of Scotland’s first purpose-built Justice Centre has now begun.
2018 BREEAM Awards winners news, the leading awards for sustainability within the global built environment. The awards also featured the 2018 GRESB awards, rewarding excellence in property investment.
The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce that Chicago-based curator and writer Yesomi Umolu will serve as the Artistic Director of the Biennial’s 2019 edition.
New Oslo Airport expansion wins ‘best sustainable building’ in international architecture competition. The 115,000 sqm ‘World’s greenest terminal’ design by Nordic-Office of Architecture uses snow as a coolant. World’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for an airport building.
Dutch architecture studio 70F architecture designed a visitors center that ‘lives’. Duivenvoordes Courtyard has 9 movable facade parts that open up the building in the morning and close it at night.
The grandiose Lewis Arts Complex designed by architect Steven Holl for Princeton University was born of a need to create a space entirely dedicated to the creative arts. In this project, besides experimenting with diversified architectural forms, Steven Holl has fun juxtaposing different materials.
ABIR Architects news – The Gateway Project, Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, is one of fourteen buildings shortlisted for RIBA Southeast Awards 2018.
The original intent for this project was to create a new layout that maximizes natural light and views onto Montreal’s downtown area as well as promote informal meeting and socialisation among employees. To this end, the tree becomes a strong inspirational image for the development of the project.
Dubai World Expo Masterplan, UAE, design by HOK / Populous – HOK led the design team that developed the master plan for the Expo, which is expected to draw more than 25 million visitors from October 2020 through April 2021.
The 1,082-acre (438-hectare) Expo site is on the southwestern edge of Dubai in Jebel Ali, near Dubai’s new Al Maktoum International Airport and Jebel Ali Port.
Palo Alto house by Feldman Architecture for Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs looking to create a unique home for work and play – redevelopment of an existing ranch-style home on a quiet cul-de-sac.
Home Competition news – From Reyner Banham’s critique, “A Home Is not a House”, to Wallace Neff’s Bubble Homes, architects and designers have continuously investigated the role our homes play in our lives.
Design: Broadway Malyan, architects: addition of ultra-luxury resort to existing Jumeirah Beach Hotel, 350 hotel rooms with panoramic beachfront views of Burj Al Arab, dedicated new beach offering private beach experiences.
Interior design event at Dubai World Trade Centre, 26 – 29 March – the world’s most luxurious baby bed clad in 24-karat gold plating, lined with Swarovski diamond-encrusted quilting and costing $60,000 (220,000AED), more than a year’s rent on a two-bedroom apartment in the Burj Khalifa.