Adrian Welch
Design: Openstudio Architects. Central London, design-led, development expert, Alchemi Group secures planning approval for its restoration of the Grade II listed Westminster Fire Station in Victoria.
Design: Helen Hughes Design Studio. Luxurious Spa and 4* Retreat revitalised – a 39 bedroom boutique hotel on the majestic Falmouth coast, Merchants Manor Hotel has undergone a three-year refurbishment plan.
B.Amsterdam is a pioneering business environment for innovative entrepreneurship, co-designed by NEXT architects. They transformed a large, empty 18.000 m2 office building into an ecosystem with numerous facilities to connect startups, creative entrepreneurs and established companies.
Architects: RDAI Architecture / Gare du Nord Architecture. After two years of work as part of the “Pyramid project”, this new store will occupy the entire Allée du Grand Louvre, between the Carrousel entrance and the Pyramid in early December.
This year’s British Pavilion exhibition Home Economics at the Venice Architecture Biennale received more than 145,000 visitors.
Design: AllesWirdGut, Architects. Three edgy structures provide the new iconic entrance to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Dolomites. Fanning out along the southern edge of the square, the three volumes frame the space.
Design: la SHED architecture. Situated in the centre of the Villeray district, the De Gaspé House project consisted of the major renovation of an existing building that changed most of its original characteristics.
Sale of a 2,850 sqft four -bedroom townhouse in the heart of Greenwich Village. On one of Manhattan’s most famous roads it was the home of character Carrie Bradshaw, played by actress Sarah Jessica Parker in the Sex and the City series.
Design: GLR arquitectos / Alberto Campo Baeza. “Domus Aurea” is a tribute to Barragán, the great Mexican architect in whose designs abounds the strong presence of the light.
London art-architecture studio atmos has just opened Dreamscape, a new type of hotel room for a new type of Ice Hotel – the ‘365’ at ICEHOTEL Sweden, which will offer its guests icy escapes all year round.
New Tyvek StructureGuard used in a three-storey, two block stand-alone development in Aberdare, Wales. The building replaces a former theatre in the town centre, with dramatic views of the valley.
Design: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter. Bygdøynesveien 15 is being developed into a new comprehensive residential area, combining historic buildings with new housing in a captivating and innovative way.
State funding vetoed for the beleaguered Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki building. This follows calls to re-run the design competition on another site.
Design: feld72, architects. Subtly embedded in the village pattern, this new building involves typical local elements. In an area of boundaries and actual fences, the embracing unity of house and court forms a sense of security and ease.