Bloomingdale’s Store Kuwait City Shopping
The famous US department store, embraces the Middle East with a new stunning luxury emporium. The three-storey building covering 8,600 sqm has large display areas and shops belonging to renowned brands.
Adrian Welch
Arthur’s Cave Pop-up Hotel Cabin, Wales
Design: Miller Kendrick Architects: the cabin, known as ‘Arthur’s Cave’, is one of eight winning entries for the Epic Retreats competition. The project was part funded by the Welsh Government’s Tourism Product Innovation Fund.
Co-working space at Huckletree West, White City
Architects, Studio RHE start on site at the ex-BBC TV broadcast studio in White City; their second interior fit out project for co-working group, Huckletree. The 30,500 sqft space is for developers, Stanhope.
New OOIIO Office Madrid Rio
Design: OOIIO Architecture. New headquarters via a refurbishment of disused spaces located just in front of the Madrid River Park, a large green urban space built after the burial of the M-30, one of Madrid’s ring roads.
University of Cambridge Primary School Building
Design: Marks Barfield Architects. Considerable research went into developing this ambitious primary school, taking best practice from across the globe on teaching methods since it is also a training school. Staff are clearly proud and delighted with the resultant building.
Lode House, Cambridgeshire property design
Design: Henry Goss Architects. This is a small but exquisitely detailed addition to a house providing the owners with an extended internal living room and generous covered external living space.
The Welding Institute, Great Abington, Cambridge
Design: Eric Parry Architects
The building matches in architectural quality the innovation that goes on inside it -The Welding Institute (TWI) is a world-leading organisation dealing with joining technology at every scale. This is a large building and the scale successfully mediates with its context
New National Stadium Tokyo Timber, Kengo Kuma
So much for the sustainable building claims: urgent investigation required as use of plywood likely linked to tropical forest destruction and human rights abuses found at construction site of new Tokyo Olympic Stadium by Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates.
RIBA East Awards 2017 winners, buildings + architects
A Buddhist Retreat Centre in the countryside and a local authority’s first housing development are amongst a record seventeen buildings to win one of this year’s RIBA East Awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects, in recognition of their architectural excellence and contribution to society.
Vajrasana Buddhist Retreat Centre, Suffolk, England
Design: Walters & Cohen Architects
This exquisite building for meditation is in the depths of the Suffolk countryside. Although predominantly inward facing around courtyards it connects to the landscape beyond with views from shared communal rooms and bedrooms much as a monastic settlement might.
Mersin Integrated Health Campus, Turkey
Design: NKY Architects & Engineers. Turkey’s first Public Private Partnership (PPP) healthcare facility; the building consists of three hospital blocks, surrounding a central diagnostic & treatment core. The building flows with the natural topography of the site.
Marsh Hill, Aldeburgh, Suffolk property
Design: Mole Architects. This is a contemporary house making a bold architectural statement on a sensitive site overlooking the River Alde estuary in Suffolk, eastern England, UK.
Hong Kong Architecture Highlights, HK Buildings
Hong Kong’s skyline is one of the most recognisable in the world. With over 1,000 skyscrapers (the most in any city in the world) and a unique mix of Chinese and British influence, Hong Kong’s exceptional architecture is sure to impress every visitor.
The Chrysalis, Symphony Woods, Maryland
Design: MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY / Living Design Lab / Arup. More than a stage – the new Chrysalis Amphitheater in Merriweather Park, Maryland isn’t programmed, the design that provides an experience around the clock.