Adrian Welch
Architects: Bennetts Associate and Jump Studios announce the completion of No. 40 Chancery Lane, a large-scale commercial space in the historical heart of the Chancery Lane Conservation Area, London.
London’s status as the global capital of museums has been confirmed by a new study. With four museums in the global top 20 by visitor numbers in 2016, the capital has achieved first place in the global list jointly with Washington DC, which also has four entries in the top 20.
The final pour of concrete into the Northwest chimney marks the completion of the Battersea Power Station chimney rebuild. The four iconic chimneys have been rebuilt using the same construction technique as when they first graced London’s skyline.
3RW arkitekter from Bergen and NORD architects from Copenhagen won the competition in 2013 for a new healthcare centre in Randaberg, Norway, which is designed to be like a modern Norwegian hamlet.
The world is changing at an exponential rate and science fiction is fast becoming science fact. We are moving towards an increasingly digital, interconnected society and with it comes the realisation that everything we know will change.
Design: KELUN, architects. The architects had a request from the client for “a house that can feel the resort feeling”. In order to look at the beautiful scenery, terraces were formed.
Design: David Kohn Architects. The first phase will more than double the display space dedicated to photography. It forms part of an ambitious two-phased FuturePlan development project to dramatically reimagine the display of the photographic collection at the V&A.
Six buildings shortlisted for RIBA Northern Ireland Awards 2017. The jury is formed from architects Alastair Hall (Hall McKnight), Kieran McGonigle (McGonigle McGrath) and artist Colin Davidson.
Danish Design Award winners news – the game-changing Open Embassy, the aesthetic-functional walking frame Scandinavian Indoor, the expansive car-sharing concept GoMore and the partnership-building VenligBolig, which promotes the integration of refugee families.
The Open International Urban Landscaping and Design Competition is a part of the “Moscow.Flowers.Sweets” Festival. Participants are offered to suggest solutions for landscape and floral compositions to improve Moscow urban spaces in the city centre and its outskirts.
Design: The Purple Ink Studio, architects. The programmatic values of the school believe in breaking away from the standard scholastic teaching system. The design embraces the creative enterprise of ‘flexible learning’ to cater to the needs of a heterogeneous group of learners.
Third Phase Designs Construction Manager news. The designs by Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners for £8bn redevelopment third phase of the iconic building will deliver a cluster of ‘wavy and wonky’ buildings for over 1,300 homes plus a high street of shops and a hotel. Sir Robert McAlpine appointed.
Planning application submitted for Scotland’s first artificial wave park. The proposal is to redevelop Craigpark Quarry near Ratho, Edinburgh into a word-class surf and leisure facility offering a variety of water sports on its man-made loch.
Modernist architecture is an expensive and very ornate style, and the elements of a building try to include all possible arts. Characterized by its soft forms, curves, geometric and vegetative motifs, modern architecture was born in Belgium under the name of Art Nouveau.