CTBUH Awards 2013: Best Tall Buildings

China Central Television Headquarters - CTBUH Awards 2013 Best Tall Buildings

Highly distinctive towers in Canada, China, the UK and UAE have been named the best tall buildings in the world for 2013 by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)

Taichung City Cultural Center Entry, Taiwan building

Taichung City Cultural Center Entry, Taiwan design by RMJM Architects

This ephemeral building – which looks like it has been parametrically driven – is envisioned by the architects as a “Cultural Cloud”. It is meant to symbolize what is at once both ethereal and of our age, ancient and futuristic.

PENSON Architects London, Architecture Office

Google office interior London PENSON Architects

PENSON has for the second year running picked up an award at the annual Mixology13 Awards consecutively winning “Interior Design Practice of the Year” and this year “Small or Medium Commercial Project of the Year”.

28 + New York City: Hurricane Sandy

28 + New York City

28 + New York: Hurricane Sandy has been a wake-up call for New York City. Global warming harbingers a future of rising seas and energetic storms against which we have no choice but to protect ourselves.

West Kowloon Design Competition: WKCC

Six international design teams shortlisted for M+, Hong Kong’s new museum for visual culture, scheduled to open in 2017. M+ will cover approx. 60,000 sqm, situated on the waterfront overlooking Victoria harbour, adjoined to a 14-hectare park.

Taichung City Cultural Center Project, Taiwan

Taichung City Cultural Center Project design by AllesWirdGut Architektur

For Taiwan’s third largest city, Taichung, the Austrian architectural office submitted together with the Taiwanese partner keyStone architect this spectacular design proposal for a new City Cultural Center in an international competition.

Plane House Greek Residence

Plane House Greek Residence

Our brief was to create a summer escape for family and friends with the emphasis on laid-back, social living. Our aim for the project was to merge internal and external space, maximising the benefits of both and minimising the impact on the surrounding landscape.

BIMM Manchester Music College building

BIMM Manchester invited BKD to design a vibrant brave design scheme that will delight and impress all users and visitors whilst supporting the key day-to-day functionality of each space.

Cultural Center of Taichung, Taiwan Building

Cultural Center of Taichung design by Me_Architects & Okoplan

The project is located in the third biggest city in taiwan, taichung. The project was affected by the concept of rediscovering the vernacular architecture of this area and using it in a modern cultural, functional way.

WO House – Israel Residence

The house was built on a hard, oblong, narrow, trapezoidal plot in a zone of 750 sqm, the house surface itself is 250 sqm including a public space, a work space and four bedrooms.

LeontievskyMys St Petersburg, Russia

LeontievskyMys St Petersburg, Russia

LeontievskyMys, the debut residential project for yoo, the internationally renowned property design firm is launched in St. Petersburg, Russia, under the yoo Inspired by Starck brand.