INDEX Design Series Dubai 2017

world’s most expensive pillow at INDEX Dubai 2017 | www.e-architect.com

Thijs van der Hilst – neck specialist and now inventor – to unveil world’s most expensive pillow at next month’s exhibition, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, May 22-25.

Sections of Autonomy. Six Korean Architects

Sections of Autonomy. Six Korean Architects Milan 2017

This exhibition is the story of a generation’s attempt to rethink the relationship between architecture and urban space. These six Korean architects attempt to define the city as a place for collective living.

Tall Building Designs in Paris

Paris High-Rise Building Design

Building upwards in Paris: hyper-urbanisation of world cities requires new solutions for housing construction. Building permit figures in Paris show a growing interest in building upwards.

ArkxSite Competition: SITE DWELLING

ArkxSite Competition

International one-stage architecture ideas competition to develop compelling ideas for a Site Dwelling design on the cliff of the bay, in the village of Salir do Porto, Portugal.

RIBA East Midlands Awards 2017 buildings

George Green Library, University of Nottingham

Shortlisted buildings include Leicester Cathedral’s Richard III Project ‘With Dignity and Honour’ and The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, Nottingham.

Angel Meadow at NOMA, Manchester building

Angel Meadow at NOMA, Manchester

Design: 5plus Architects. Far East Consortium International Limited reveal the designs for its first project in Manchester – Angel Meadow. The £200m residential development comprises 754 homes across four buildings.

Bath Quays Bridge Design Competition

Bath Quays Bridge design contest

Bath Quays Bridge gains planning approval for architecture competition-winning design by Paris-based engineering and architectural consultancy Marc Mimram, with UK-based engineering practice Webb Yates.

RIBA Yorkshire Awards 2017, buildings + architects

York Theatre Royal Building

Thirteen buildings have been shortlisted for a 2017 RIBA Yorkshire Award by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). They include a visitor centre and museum, a theatre, a housing development, and a biomass power plant

RIBA South Awards 2017 buildings

English house by Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP

Shortlisted architects include a crisply formed luxury house by New York’s Richard Meier & Partners Architects with UK architecture office Berman Guedes Stretton.

RIBA News & Events 2017, London, UK

Upper Orwell Crossings Project Ipswich

Royal Institute of British Architects news archive for early 2017 – RIBA Future Trends workload index rose in January 2017, increasing to +24 (up from +17 in December 2016). Overall confidence about future workloads is at pre-Referendum levels.

Church Buildings in The Philippines

100 Walls Church in Cebu

Sacred spaces: Philippines religious buildings by architecture practiceCAZA (Carlos Arnaiz Architects) including 100 Walls Church in Cebu, La Salle Church in Laguna and Marian Church.