Eco World Ballymore Housing, London
Eco World Ballymore Housing: housing development, London, UK – design by Glenn Howells Architects – London City Island apartments, development London, homes
David McManus
The Savoy Hotel Suites London, Renovation
Design: ReardonSmith Architects with interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon. Two spectacular suites: creation of an entirely new Savoy Suite and a renovated Royal Suite, conceived to introduce an even greater degree of luxurious sophistication for the hotel’s most distinguished guests.
Captured Moments: Reflected Spaces Exhibition
The exhibition, Captured Moments: Reflected Spaces, explores the effects of texture, heat and light on our everyday surroundings. The display is a collaboration between the Design Commission for Wales and Ruthin Craft Centre, and also features work by artist Rhian Hâf, and architects Rhian Thomas, Victoria Coombs and Wayne Forster.
iLiv@Grange Road Condominium Singapore
Design: Mercurio Design Lab, Architects. The architects state, “marketing of the building…suggested that its characteristic form had been inspired by the Calla lily, a tropical flower native to southern Africa, the shape actually owed more to the female human form ─ think Matisse’s ‘Blue Nude’.”
Casa Flotanta in Puntarenas, Costa Rica Home
Design: Benjamin Garcia Saxe. The clients wanted to create their family home on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and found an incredible site overlooking the ocean for this vastly sympathetic creation.
concrete Architects: Dutch Architecture Office
concrete, architects news – Dutch building photos & interior architecture studio updates – concrete architects in Netherlands: Amsterdam design office, Holland
Spire London, Docklands Skyscraper Building
Design: HOK, Architects. Previously unseen images of London’s new £800+m resi-skyscraper, built by China, the tallest resi-tower in Western Europe, a 235m (771ft) high, 67-storey building.
Mt. Beautiful Tasting Room Cheviot, New Zealand
Design: The Buchan Group, Architects. Premium wine brand showcase – polished concrete counters coloured to mirror Hurunui stone from the local riverbed, while the counter dips to follow the alignment of the gully across which the vineyard spans.
ESSEX Architecture Weekend: Buildings
Essex architecture news – Radical Essex present events celebrating county’s pioneering role in 20th century architecture: Modernist architecture & experimental community models
Bridge for Salford Design Competition
Design: Tonkin Liu with Arup. This footbridge will not progress without further funds. The proposed new pedestrian bridge across the River Irwell won a Royal Institute of British Architects competition in 2014.
AIA SF Architecture and the City Festival
Architecture and the City Festival 2016 news – theme “Resilient City: Strength by Design.” AIA San Francisco and the Center for Architecture + Design commissioned local artist Michael Murphy for this year’s festival poster design.
Five Mile Retail Centre Queenstown
Design: The Buchan Group, Architects. The first stage of the NZ$130 million Five Mile Retail Centre development at the gateway to Queenstown has begun welcoming residents and visitors alike, converting the site from an abandoned eyesore into an enticing state-of-the-art shopping precinct.
CDA Architects: Comprehensive Design Architects
CDA Architects news
New photos taken of this bold but controversial intervention in the Scottish capital’s city centre: 3-8 St Andrew Square Building, Edinburgh New Town.
Cranfield University Landscape Strategy
Landscape architects OOBE, who operate from offices in London and Newcastle upon Tyne, has won a three-year commission from Cranfield University in Bedfordshire and have incorporated Dr Nigel Dunnett onto its project team.
Drawing of the Year 2016: Architectural Contest
Aarhus School of Architecture, schmidt hammer lassen architects, VOLA, and Danish Arts Foundation proudly announce the fourth joint venture competition Drawing of the Year 2016. This year’s theme is Habitation.
Renzo Piano Architect: RPBW buildings
The architect behind The Shard: a look at some of award-winning Italian architect’s most famous works. Renzo believes architecture “is one of the ways in which people tell stories, and that we must never be content with just one result”.
MediaCityUK Expansion at Salford Quays
Design: Chapman Taylor Architects. MediaCityUK to double in size with ten new buildings in a development of over £1 billion: major new offices, BBC production facilities and studios, a hotel, University of Salford building, an energy centre, plus retail and catering facilities.