David McManus 
Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha wins the Praemium Imperiale. The annual awards, in the categories of Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Music and Theatre/Film, cover fields of achievement not represented by the Nobel Prizes
Design: John Portman & Associates, architects. Shanghai Center, a project designed more than 30 years ago, has received the “China Tall Building Legacy” award of the inaugural China Tall Building Award. This award recognizes proven value and performance during the period of time from China’s economic opening in 1978.
Design: Badih and Kantar Architects. Residential development of simple white volumes: non-repetitive composition providing privacy and front buffering gardens, an introverted landscape shielded from traffic noise.
Property Developers YPG commence works on the proposed 94 new build self-contained studios located in an enviable position in the heart of the learning centre of Liverpool.
Design: Pedevilla Architects. A rising silhouette gives an impression of the upward striving internal space sequence. Square-shaped windows refer to significant points in the alpine landscape.
Design: FR-EE Fernando Romero Enterprise. Border City between United States and Mexico, shown at London Design Biennale: a vision for a binational city on one of the world’s most important borders.
This tiny house is made up of three main spaces: blue for sleeping, psychologically most suitable for a good night´s sleep ; white for the day zone ; red for the wood-burning stove and kitchenette.
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Architect: Shawn Ewbank Design Collaborative – A small building for an established painter and avid gardener. The building is an ‘artwork’ to arouse the client’s creative impulse, connecting to his house via a courtyard.
Dublin T2 Airport, Ireland building design by Pascall + Watson Architects with Arup and Mace – €395million T2 to handle 15 million passengers per year
Design: Hellin-Sebbag, architects
New photos of reception building for a high school specialising in building trades. Its elevated curved facade marks the crossroads between the “Paillade” neighbourhood and the new Eco-District of “Pierre Vives”.
Design: Mei Architects and Planners. A spectacular new pavilion building shines on the Coolsingel after only two months of construction. The former kiosk once voted the ugliest building in Rotterdam no longer reflected the ambitions of either McDonald’s or the city.
Design: Glenn Howells Architects. EcoWorld Ballymore launches apartments and penthouses situated in two tall towers rising to 50 and 55 storeys.
Design: REX, Architects. Images of the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the WTC – an 80,000 sqft building that will serve as a major new addition to New York’s cultural landscape, producing and premiering works of theater, dance, music, musical theater, opera, and film.
Design: Goettsch Partners, Architects. Chicago-based architecture firm and Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary architecture and design studio design a five-building, 320,000-sqm mixed-use complex in the Qianhai district of Shenzhen, China
Lilas Pavilion displayed in grounds of Chatsworth House, one of Britain’s grandest stately homes. The pavilion was an unexpected addition by the Serpentine Gallery back in 2007 when the late architect offered to help out.
Design: Foster + Partners architects. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new country headquarters for Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S marked the start of construction of the 39,000 sqm company offices.