New York Public Realm: Manhattan Landscape
New York public realm, NY, USA – Manhattan urban landscape images, New York commercial architecture + architects – Manhattan public realm: NYC urban landscape design
David McManus
London Festival of Architecture Installations 2016
Exhibition design: Rachael Davidson (HÛT Architecture) & Chris Bryant (Alma-nac). Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) summer installation ‘Constructing Communities’, part of London Festival of Architecture, at iconic car park site, Peckham Levels, south London.
Middle East Interior Design Awards 2016
Middle East Interior Design Awards news – AAID win Best Large Corporate Space in MEIDA, for the General Electric Middle East Aviation Innovation Centre, at Dubai Airport Free Zone.
Lincoln Center Buildings: New York Architecture
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3-acre (6.6-hectare) complex of buildings, hosting notable performing arts organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, and the New York City Ballet.
Ensamble Studio – Architects Spain
Ensamble Studio architecture news: ‘Domo’ at Tippet Rise Art Center, Stillwater County, Montana, USA – opening to the public June 17, 2016, offering great classical music among sculptures and buildings that hug the land like natural formations.
TYIN tegnestue: Norwegian Architects
TYIN tegnestue news. Architects abased in Trondheim, Norway: contemporary Norwegian architecture practice with international work.
RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2016
Abel Feleke from the University of Western Australia wins for his proposal, ‘Weaving the Urban Fabric: Examining the Significance of Community’: the contest was open to schools of architecture around the world.
Ashden Awards 2016, Sustainable Energy Prize
Forward-thinking organisations in Lancashire, London and China win for their commitment to creating sustainable, healthy, energy efficient environments in homes and buildings.
BRIC IHG Hotel in San Diego Bay, California
Construction starts on phase 2 of a hotel-centric mixed-use development on the bay in San Diego designed by John Portman & Associates, adding a new InterContinental Hotel to the dual-branded select service hotel featuring a SpringHill Suites and Residence Inn.
St Mary Redcliffe Competition Winner, Bristol
Purcell beat Carmody Groarke, dRMM, Eric Parry Architects and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios in this architecture competition: they “demonstrated the deepest understanding of the site and context” with a “crisp, integrated and compelling” design.
Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award 2016: Pavilion
Spain has been awarded the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, for the exhibition ‘Unfinished’ ; Gabinete de Arquitectura has been awarded the prize for best exhibition. The Spanish Pavilion was curated by architects Iñaqui Carnicero, co-founder of Rica Studio, and Carlos Quintáns.
Ushida Findlay Architects building designs
Ushida Findlay Architects – studio, images, Homes for the Future – contemporary British / Japanese architecture practice, Japan architects, housing: Kathryn + Eisaku, UK
FXFOWLE Architects Office, New York
FXFOWLE architects news. Statue of Liberty Museum plan – proposal to erect a new building with a sloping “green” roof, a gallery area, an immersive theater, a bookstore and administrative space.
Helensburgh Town Centre Public Realm
Design: Austin-Smith:Lord, architects. Helensburgh’s revitalised town centre public realm has been recognised by another national award – a short-listing in the forthcoming Scottish Design Awards which will be announced in May.
Elephant & Castle Allies & Morrison Masterplan
Design by Allies and Morrison, architects for redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre, a new campus for the London College of Communication and the University of Arts London, a new underground station, over 1,000 units, commercial space and a retail town centre.
Florey Building in Oxford
Florey Building Oxford proposal by Avanti Architects approved: the Grade II-listed design is a key Modernist building, a rare surviving work of architect James Stirling. The building setting is improved through removal of a car park and enhanced public realm.
Bournemouth Landmark Competition, Waterfront
Zaha Hadid Architects win seafront architectural competition to design a £25m landmark project: this design contest is for a cultural-led mixed-use development overlooking Bournemouth’s world renowned seafront, including a new theatre, museum, gallery and restaurants.