Adrian Welch
If BIM is Virtual building construction, BIM objects are the virtual designs of properties glorifying building construction in a virtual environment: “You cannot build anything without construction materials”. BIM-ready models, too, cannot be as-built without BIM objects.
The winner of annual Emporis Skyscraper Award for best new Skyscraper of the year is spectacular 34-story residential building VIA 57 West in New York City, USA, by BIG: tower design prize architects, info + images
New buildings at second oldest University of Germany finally completed. Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat says: “By far the most challenging project in my career so far. I am very delighted with the final result. It reflects every detail of our design intentions.”
New civic building design by RRA, Norway – “this hinterland, where Southeast London meets the marshes of Kent, and the River Thames meets the open seas under a vale of mist, has inspired some of the nation’s greatest artworks”.
DesignMorphine is a creative hub for design trough workshops, lectures, projects and explorations in the field of architecture, design and arts. They planning a scholarship project to help at least one very talented student.
DP Architects Singapore practice news – Seah Chee Huang and Ng San Son selected by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to showcase their portfolio of works as part of the URA 20 under 45 initiative.
Fentress Architects, Denver, Colorado, announce winning projects for 2017 Fentress Global Challenge, an international design competition for young and student architects, envisioning an airport of the future.
Photos of new branch library building in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, by architects WORKac. The library was among the first projects under DDC’s Design + Construction Excellence Program, which has directed selected civic projects to leading architecture firms.
Extreme organizational flexibility, attention to environmental quality and an accurate interpretation of the setting: these were the requirements for the headquarters of IDF Habitat, the French company in charge of the development of social housing operations.
Huafa International Seafront Garden by architects 10 Design: 376,000 sqm of mixed-use accommodation, spanning across 3 sites and stretching 600m along Nanwan Road – one of the major boulevards leading to Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.
The project is situated on the site of the former Pauliner Church, the only church to remain undamaged during the war, yet later demolished in 1968 during the former GDR regime. This fourth building section of the University redevelopment comprises a gross volume of 133.000 cubic meters and consists of three main elements: the Aula, the Main Building, and the Audimax.
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5 Farming Bridges design by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, Paris – Rebuilding Iraq’s Liberated Areas: Mosul’s Housing: Rifat Chadirji Prize 3rd Place – Competition on the Tigris River 55 000 3D-printed homes.
Querkraft architekten, Austrian architecture practice – Croma-Pharma Leobendorf Offices in Austria – building projects, office news, Wien, Österreich – Austria architectural studio images and info