d’Leedon, Singapore Residential Towers

d’Leedon, Singapore

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. 7 residential towers, 12 semi-detached villas and integrated landscaping with recreation facilities. The towers’ petal-shaped layouts taper inwards near the ground to optimize public space.

MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2016

MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2016

Escobedo Solíz Studio. The architects describe this year’s construction as “neither an object nor a sculpture standing in the courtyard, but a series of simple, powerful actions that generate new and different atmospheres.”

1 Leadenhall London Tower: New Skyscraper

1 Leadenhall City of London Towers

Design: Make Architects. Latest building proposal for the City of London: the 37-storey skyscraper towers over historic Leadenhall Market. The building, for developer Brookfield, will contain a free public viewing gallery.

66 Hudson Boulevard Tower, New York City

Hudson Boulevard tower New York by BIG

Design Architect: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. One of the largest remaining development sites in the Hudson Yards rezoning, owned by Tishman Speyer: the building has 65 floors, containing 2.85 million sqft.

200 Amsterdam Avenue New York Tower

200 Amsterdam Avenue New York City Tower

Design: Elkus Manfredi, Architects. The lower blocks of the Upper West Side have given rise to a sprinkling of skyscrapers in recent years. The tower will rise 666 feet to its roof, becoming the tallest building on the Upper West Side.

Triumph Pavilion 2016 London, Bethnal Green

Triumph Pavilion 2016 London

The Triumph Pavilion project is an annual showcase, an exciting celebration of architecture and design. Encouraging architectural experimentation and exploration – including form, function and material – the building part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture.

Clifton House: Cape Town Property

Clifton House Cape Town Property

Design: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects. The clients, a British couple living in Cape Town, requested a six-bedroom, seven-level home that makes the most of the site, the views and the mountain. The lower levels of the existing structure were totally remodelled while the upper level was demolished to allow for two new levels.

Rolfe Judd Architects, London

Peter May Stand Kia Oval

Rolfe Judd Architects news – Peter May Stand opens at the KIA Oval, Kennington, London, UK – The Home of Surrey County Cricket Club
– practice Information for architect office based in south London

Txai House in Bahia: Property in Itacaré

Txai House

Design: Studio MK27. The Txai House merges elements of the vernacular colourful Bahian Houses with the precise lines of Brazilian Modern architecture. It is located in front of a beautiful beach in the city of Itacaré in the Brazilian northeast.

Sege Park Proposal Malmo

Sege Park

Design: Kjellander + Sjöberg Architects. The project It Takes a Block has been announced as the winner for the design innovation competition – The Nordic Built City Challenge – for the Swedish site in Sege Park in Malmö.

AZPML: Alejandro Zaera-Polo / Maider Llaguno

Luxembourg Housing design by AZPML architects

Design: AZPML with Beckman N’Thépé Architectes

AZPML wins architecture competition to design three residential blocks in Luxembourg. Units are part of wider development of nine blocks designed by various architects.

Lines of Life Singapore Park, Nikken Sekkei

Lines of Life Singapore Park

Architect: Nikken Sekkei, Architects. Singapore is set to have its own ‘low line’ version of New York’s famous High Line, but 10 times as long, with 24km of disused rail corridor transformed as parkland. 122 access points connect back into major roads, transport hubs and new urban development.

RIAS Awards / RIBA Awards for Scotland 2016 news

Pyramid Viewpoint Inveruglas

Winning buildings + architects news. Jury chaired by Willie Watt included Denise Bennetts, Alan Jones, Andy Leitch and Stuart McKill. The Edinburgh house by Richard Murphy Architects won a separate RIBA Award for Scotland