David McManus 
Architect: Studio Arthur Casas
This penthouse is in a remarkable location between two carioca landmarks: the Sugar Loaf Mountains and the Guanabara Bay. The client bought an apartment in dire conditions but seized its extraordinary potential: renovation was intense.
Design: Shaun Lockyer Architects. This is a contemporary two-storey house in New Farm. The architectural design creatively addresses the constraints of the character code, acknowledging its historical context while still achieving a progressive outcome.
The Society of Architect Artists has been reformed: the first exhibition of ‘The Society of Architects in Architecture’ (to include a wider range of architectural professionals), will have work by former Fellows of the SAA, and some new members
Design: dRMM, architects – London: Shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize 2016. Trafalgar Place is the critical first phase in the regeneration of the former Heygate Estate, Elephant & Castle; a tenure-blind scheme of 235 homes integrated within the historic fabric of the predominantly 19th century neighbourhood.
Architectural competition open internationally to architects, artists, designers and landscape architects to submit concepts for temporary artwork installations on beaches in Toronto: lifeguard stations serve as the armature for the designs.
Design: Heatherwick Studio, Architects with GWP, Architects. The master plan proposed the creation of two new glasshouses to grow specimens of the 10 exotic plant species used in the Bombay Sapphire distillation process.
Design: AECOM, Architects. Largest development project in the history of British zoos wins Award For Best Large Project Presented By The Institution Of Structural Engineers – “by far the most complex loads to deal with were those resulting from the Orangutans”.
Design: Stephenson Design Collective. A small home in the residential neighborhood of Ballard in Seattle, WA was carefully dismantled by hand to salvage every piece of material to create the Lark House. A covered patio off of the living room doubles interior space when opened.
Design: COBE, architects – new photos. Forfatterhuset Kindergarten, a new daycare center building in Nørrebro with curved corners, lush roof gardens and a contextual brick facade that gives the building a warm modern feel.
Bernard Tschumi. Architecture: Concept and Notation, the first European retrospective exhibition of the work of architect, educator, and theorist Bernard Tschumi, shown at the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, Switzerland
Design: David Rockwell, Architect – Centre of Civil and Human Rights is a new purpose built museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, that tells the parallel stories of both the Civil Rights movement in the USA and also the global story of the Human Rights.
Beijing building guide – discover the best new Chinese architecture: info & images, architects, skyscraper buildings design – Beijing architecture pictures
Apple will be the largest office tenant at Battersea Power Station occupying approximately 500,000 sqft., across 6 floors of the central Boiler House inside the historic icon. Apple is expected to move into the Power Station in 2021.
Design: M+ Architekten/herrmanns-architekten. The new nursery has been built on the site of the existing kindergarten. For this reason, the roof area of the new single storey building is designed as a playground. In keeping with the Montessori pedagogic method, the building is the most important toy.
Multi-disciplinary architecture firm Francis Cauffman is saddened to announce that firm founder David Hughes Cauffman, AIA, passed away on September 27, 2016. He was the firm’s oldest and last living founder.
Design: Rogers Partners Architects + Urban Designers. The new, contemporary facility will be Madison’s flagship and provide access to much-needed resources from recreation and social interaction to academic support and technology in a safe environment.
