Sawmill Shelter AA Hooke Park building, Dorset

Sawmill Shelter AA Hooke Park Building

The Saw-mill Shelter, located in the Architectural Association estate, was designed and built by students with the help of the school faculty and Arup engineers. Each lath carries up to two tonnes of tension, demonstrating the remarkable strength of wood.

Gateway Plaza Building in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Gateway Plaza Building in Richmond Virginia

With a stunning floor-to-ceiling glass facade and efficiently engineered floorplans that deliver unobstructed, 360-degree views including the scenic James River. The building contains a massive mural of the James River rapids by Mickett/Stackhouse Studios, USA

Common Ground High School, New Haven

Common Ground High School New Haven Connecticut building

A 14,000 sqft building expanson designed by Gray Organschi Architecture integrates an array of sustainable design features. It weaves into the fabric of farm buildings, combining urban agriculture and sustainable land-management practice in an innovative curriculum.

American Architecture Prize Firm of The Year

61 Oxford Street

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris from London, UK – Architectural Firm of The Year ; PFS Studio from Vancouver, Canada – Landscape & Urban Design Firm of the Year ; Kossmann.dejong from Amsterdam, Netherlands – Interior Design Firm of The Year.

Academic Center at College of Marin, Kentfield, CA

Academic Center at College of Marin, Kentfield

The new Academic Center building design by TLCD Architecture + Mark Cavagnero Associates transforms the College of Marin’s Kentfield campus. It thoughtfully engages three generations of buildings and landscape, to form welcoming gateway.

Perth City Hall renewal building design: Mecanoo

Perth City Hall Shortlisted Design by Mecanoo | www.e-architect.com

Mecanoo Architects win competition for Perth City Hall redevelopment as cultural attraction: Also shortlisted were Richard Murphy Architects, Hoskins Architects, Austin Smith Lord and LDN. The public had their say on initial concept designs, picking the Dutch architect office.

Feilden Fowles Studio, Waterloo City Farm, London

Feilden Fowles Studio London building

The timber frame structure clad with corrugated Onduline sheets, can be dismantled and re-erected. The materiality and approach evoke agricultural building forms. The interior is dominated by British Douglas Fir wood, bathed in natural light.

Southmere Village Library Thamesmead

Thamesmead London Bexley aerial photo | www.e-architect.com

Shortlisted architects for Peabody / Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) international design competition for a new library building in Southmere Village, Thamesmead. This new civic building will be at the heart of the first phase of 1,622 new homes to be delivered in Bexley.

Apple Store in Carnegie Library Building

Washington D.C. Apple Store Carnegie Library design | www.e-architect.com

Renewal of Carnegie Library building to become a retail, events and education facility by UK architects Foster + Partners. The lease gives Apple 19,000-sqft of the Carnegie Library. The Historical Society will also continue to operate its museum and library in the building as per existing lease.

New House in Dartmouth, Devon, UK

New House in Dartmouth, Devon

This Devon house design by 6a architects is an early-twentieth century family home with extensive views of the sea. The home has been stripped back to its stone walls. The ground-floor has been lowered from a plinth to the level of the ground.

Cornbrook Works, Trafford PRS

Cornbrook Works, Trafford PRS

Developer Bellward Properties receives planning approval for 363 unit PRS (private rented sector) residential development Cornbrook Works, Trafford, designed by Tim Groom Architects on a 2.5 acre site.

matrix 24H Competition Winners 2017

matrix 24H Competition Winners

24h architecture competition news – 1st prize won by Arnaud Charoy, Aachen, Germany.
“A clear winner. Proposal was imaginative, well structured and clearly set out. The writing was intelligent, considered and informative. All presented beautifully with strong and compelling graphics, including 3D drawings, diagrams and rendered images.” Alan Dunlop, architect