Adrian Welch 
Pritzker prize–winning architect Rem Koolhaas presented the design for Milstein Hall, the newest building of the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP). Koolhaas and his team unveiled the design created by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
Rigert and Bisang Architects, Switzerland – building by Swiss design studio – Rigert and Bisang Architekten, Swiss architecture office info
Singapore Tower, Skyscraper – design by OMA, Architects – info + images of Singapore apartments, Scotts Tower for Far East Organization
International architecture firm RMJM has opened an office in the far east Russian city of Vladivostok, where the firm has landed commissions from the Russian Government for the design of two five-star hotels and masterplanning projects.
Ministerial Launch of Timber Development Programme & “New Timber Architecture in Scotland” Publication by Peter Wilson – Sustainable Timber Architecture News.
The RAU architectural team, based in Amsterdam, designs buildings with a strong emphasis on sustainability. Our mission is to make a positive contribution to the society and to planet earth
The main house is juxtaposed with an organic form which accommodates the main living spaces of the house, this part of the house is of timber construction with a sedum roof, which is appears to emerge out of the ground.
Scottish homebuilder Applecross has become the first developer in Scotland to provide its homebuyers with a Property Log Book which will capture, store and give easy access to all the information they need to know about their property.
Tianjin has north China’s leading port. The population of the area surrounding this port complex, the Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA), is expected to increase by at least 200,000 people over the coming decade.
BCO Awards 2007 winners, London, England, UK – President’s Award by Paul Morrell, Best of the Best: ISG Headquarters, Aldgate House, London, architecture, architects
The brief Scottish Natural Heritage required new headquarters to accommodate their relocation to Inverness as part of Scottish Executive decentralisation strategy. The challenge was to design and build a building that could economically meet their highly sustainability-oriented brief.
Keppie Design received the BRE Office Building of the Year award for the new £13m Scottish Natural Heritage Headquarters in Inverness: the building achieved a BREEAM score of 84%, confirmed by BRE as the highest score ever achieved by any building in the UK since the system was introduced in 1998.
The Test Of Time will be accessible and engaging and should appeal to anyone interested in their own home, housing design and the history of modern housing.
British Rail Architecture & Design Group, architects, UK – BR raiway station architecture, London buildings, England transport property designs
Langlands & Bell: architecture by London artists Ben and Nikki, England – urban culture art – innovative new media projects: architecture info + images of key works
Interiors Forum Scotland: there is huge gap between how Interior Designers see themselves and how the public see them.
The commission for the new Foreign and Commonwealth Office facility at Hanslope Park allowed GMW to bring together ideas for sustainability, space planning and new ways of working.