Economist Building London by The Smithsons

Economist Building 25 St James's Street

The Economist Building refurbishment news – “Walking to the entrance of our building, across a rather austere plaza, we sometimes pass groups of architecture students in drab, well-cut clothes and interesting glasses.”

Taikoo Place Public Space Development

Taikoo Place Hong Kong

Swire Properties HK$15 billion redevelopment project in Quarry Bay, with international architecture firms including Hugh Dutton Associés, Gustafson Porter and Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.

BNL-BNP Paribas Real Estate Group Headquarter

BNL-BNP Paribas Real Estate Group Headquarter

Design: 5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo. The building design is part of a “layering of infrastructures” separated by two important urban areas of the city of Rome, thanks to the construction of the station for high-speed rail line.

Piccadilly Circus London Lights Renewal

Piccadilly Lights Renewal London

The Piccadilly Lights owned by Land Securities will undertake the major upgrade. The existing screens will be replaced with Europe’s largest single digital screen, which will retain its renowned curved shape.

514 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

514 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

Instead of building a 1,000 foot-tall spire, Silverstein Properties is exploring a plan to build two towers in separate phases at 514 Eleventh Avenue, a former Mercedes-Benz car dealership purchased in 2015

Statue of Liberty Museum Competition, New York

The Statue of Liberty sculpture

Architecture competition winners news – this design contest received 268 registrations from all around the world. It demanded a stimulating and exciting approach towards the design of a building on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.

RIBA Awards 2016 buildings, architects

61 Oxford Street

RIBA Awards 2016. The Royal Institute of British Architects announce winners of the 2016 RIBA National Awards, the most rigorous and prestigious awards for new buildings in the UK, including RSAW Welsh Architecture Awards and RIAS Awards Shortlist.

Ovatus Towers Liverpool Apartments

Ovatus Towers Liverpool

Design: Hodder+Partners, Architects. £35m 27-storey building, the first of a pair of large-scale residential towers near to Liverpool’s central business district, contains 168 homes. The development sits within the buffer zone boundary of Liverpool’s World Heritage Site.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Building, Pier 5

Brooklyn Bridge Park Design

Landscape Design: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates ; Buildings Design: Architecture Research Office (ARO). Renderings revealed of the six-acre plot, called Pier 5 Uplands, located between Joralemon and Montague streets.

Eisenhower Memorial Washington, D.C.

new Frank Gehry Eisenhower Memorial design

Eisenhower Memorial design by Frank Gehry and AECOM – new renderings released: the memorial’s key element, a 440-foot-long woven-metal tapestry, remains. But the subject of the tapestry has shifted.

Amphibious Habitats Competition

Amphibious Habitats Competition poster 2017

This spring, LOBBY is calling for unique, inventive architectural proposals: international design competition, open to designers, architects, students, artists and creative minds everywhere.