Trollbeads Copenhagen Shop, Tolbodgade
Design: BBP Arkitekter. New photos of this luxury jewellery store: a 1960s office building transformed into a high-security building with a fluid facade, organised like a Venetian merchant house.
David McManus
Charlie Hebdo Portable Pavilion Competition
Bee Breeders Architecture Competitions – Charlie Hebdo Portable Pavilion architectural contest winners
This design competition tasked participants with designing a mobile structure to support and promote the principle and ideals of free speech.
Manchester Skyscrapers by Architect Ian Simpson
Design: Simpson Haugh & Partners, Architects. Plans submitted for four residential towers, from 38 to 64 storeys + a 42-storey glazed tower, 5 floors lower than the 554 ft tall Beetham Tower, the most famous building by this architecture studio
Luxury Brisbane Home
Design: Dion Seminara Architecture
Loved for its clear blue skies and sub-tropical climate, Brisbane can be a city of soaring power bills as its occupants turn to refrigerated air to escape stifling humidity, but not for the owners of this beautifully renovated Australian home.
British Library London Building, Euston Road
The British Library has been listed at Grade I by the Heritage Minister, Tracey Crouch, on the advice of Historic England. Additionally, seven later 20th century libraries have been listed at Grade II.
De Alliantie Office Hilversum Building
Design: Studioninedots. The most eye-catching intervention involves the removal of large areas of infill floors and walls from the sturdy concrete structure. This creates a spectacular four-storey-high void, the light and lively new heart of the building that connects the different departments.
Prof. van Bemmelenlaan House in Utrecht
Design: BYTR architects. A 1930s house is completely transformed to match the modern wishes of the client. This includes the kitchen/living with the new extension and the hallway on the ground floor.
ArDe Somerset House London Event
Architecture curator Sam Jacob says, “ArDe is a show that brings together worlds of architecture, property and design to create a dialogue about the future of our cities.” Founder of ArDe is Esperanza Koren, an architect with 20 years’ experience,.
Harris Academy Dundee Building, Tayside
Design: Holmes Miller, architects. The construction phase of the new £32m Harris Academy, in Dundee, has ended; the finishing touches of final fit out and commissioning are now ongoing in anticipation of service commencement for the next term in August 1016.
North England Build 2016 Expo
Construction Event at Manchester Central. It has been two years since George Osborne announced his “devolution revolution”, however, what does the Northern Powerhouse mean for business?
Louis Kahn Building in Fort Wayne: Arts United
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne hopes to transform downtown Fort Wayne’s arts campus into a “boldly accessible, connected and welcoming creative space” that provides excellence for local non-profit arts groups, their patrons and the community.
Nanjing Financial City II Masterplan design
Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)
Commission for key project in the Hexi New Town expansion area. The architects won the competition for Nanjing Financial City II and has been commissioned to produce the master plan and the design for the first development stage.
Yangpu Eurocampus Shanghai
Design: gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects. A new campus for the German and French schools is being created in the Yangpu district of Shanghai to plans
by gmp Architects.
Ballymena Health & Care Centre Building
Design: Gareth Hoskins Architects / Keppie Design. The new building is designed around a welcoming, three-storey entrance atrium, stepping down to a two-story block formed around an external courtyard space. The atrium and courtyard create a highly legible layout with natural ventilation and daylight.
The Stairs in Rotterdam, Stationsplein
Design: MVRDV, Architects. Rotterdam is to host a temporary new eye-catcher: a giant staircase with 180 steps leading from Stationsplein to the top of the Groot Handelsgebouw, an iconic building in the city’s history.
FORUM of Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, Alsace Building
Design: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. Located in Saint-Louis, Alsace, in the “Three Borders” region and in the inner suburb of Basel, the “Forum” dedicated to replace the old “Palais des fêtes” of the town, is a cultural facility designed to host associative, sporting and cultural events.
BRIC Marriott Hotel San Diego Bay, California
Design: John Portman & Associates – BRIC Phase One is a dual-branded Marriott with a 253-key select service Springhill Suites hotel and a 147-key extended stay Residence Inn hotel, leased retail areas for shops and restaurants and above-grade structured parking.