David McManus 
Design: Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners with C+S Architects. The Italian joint-venture between Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners and C+S Architects, in collaboration with a swiss Engineering team wins the international competition for the requalification of the railway station area of Chiasso in Switzerland.
Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The architects have been commissioned with the design of a new urban development project on a 45 hectare site in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. It comprises a transportation hub including five underground railway stations, a border control point and numerous commercial areas.
Design: March & White
Award-winning architecture and design studio March & White has recently completed the
conversion of a three-storey traditional mews building in North Belgravia for property developer
Grosvenor.
The transformation from office to a contemporary, luxurious property required the project to be unified through both its design and functionality.
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Shanghai-based Greenland Group Co. today announced that they have completed a definiteive agreement for a joint venture to develop Atlantic Yards, a 22-acre residential and commercial real estate project in Brooklyn. The two companies had announced a memorandum of understanding for the joint venture in October.
The joint venture, which is expected to close in 2014, would cover both phase one and phase two of the project – excluding Barclays Center and B2.
QPRFC has unveiled plans for a new 40,000-seater stadium, designed by Populous, as part of a major regeneration project in the Old Oak area in West London, that includes creation of a residential and commercial area
Design: GLR arquitectos – Gilberto L. Rodríguez. In a privileged site occupied by an old and obsolete house, we face a dilemma: renovate or demolish such house in order to make way for a new residential project . In conjunction with the client we decide to go for the latter alternative and go ahead with the demolition, adjusting the topography according to the new scheme, which will seek to benefit from the wonderful city views.
The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art will dedicate its entire 5,000-square-foot exhibition space to the multi-sensory explorations that guide the design process at multidisciplinary design firm, Aidlin Darling Design. The solo exhibition, the firm’s first, will feature material palettes, models, sketches, renderings, full-scale mock-ups, photographs, and videos. The exhibition’s focal point is C-Chassis, a site-specific, 55-foot-long installation piece.
Design: GLR arquitectos – Gilberto L. Rodríguez. Project for a mixed use building located in the exclusive area of Valle Oriente, in Monterrey, Mexico. A two storey commercial block with a single level of speculative office space at the back. On top of the large basement that these two elements represent and their respective underground parking area, are two dark grey towers of monolithic appearance.
An Oasis is a miracle of life in the desert. sanzpont [arquitectura] awarded 3rd place in an international restricted competition for a VIP Palace in Qatar for its innovative and ecologic response to the project brief of this private residence: “The purpose of the competition was to stimulate innovative and creative ideas to create a high end luxurious Palace.”
Design: NatureHumaine. The client’s priority was to maximize the natural light in their new live/work house in Montreal’s Mile-Ex district. This was made challenging by the east-west orientation of the infill lot. However, our design fills even the core of the house with light.
Margi Nothard, President of Glavovic Studio Inc., has spent over fifteen years practicing and teaching architecture and urban design in the United States. She studied at the University of Natal in South Africa and graduated with her Masters from the world-renowned Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles
The winners of the 7th International ‘Changing the Face’ architectural competition were announced today by competition organizers DuPont, PKO Bank Polski, Association of Polish Architects and the Polish Branch of the Green Building Council. The contest objective was to design the renovation of the Rotunda building in Warsaw, one of the city’s contemporary symbols, taking into account strict guidelines, including a design for cultural activities and an urban space open to the public within the building itself.
Design: ONG&ONG, Architects. The architectural layout includes a double volume space in the living area that opens out into a beautiful garden and water feature. This seamless blending of indoor and outdoor spaces is evident in other sections of the house as well, with the kitchen similarly looking out into a quaint outdoor lounge area.
Art14 London : Art & the City brings together major global players to examine how art is reinventing cities all over the world. Developers are building cultural quarters and art hotels, retailers are blurring the lines between shops and galleries, and art fairs are branding cities and attracting tourism. Art14 London in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office will bring together the major global players.
Steven Holl Architects is pleased to announce the release of a new book, Urban Hopes: Made in China by Steven Holl, edited by Christoph a. Kumpusch and published by Lars Müller Publishers.
Embracing the reality of cities—and the infrastructural, economic, and societal challenges that they face—has inspired a distinctive genre of new work from Steven Holl Architects.
Article 25, the UK’s leading architectural and construction aid charity, is pleased to announce that its 10×10 Drawing the City London art auction raised £90,000.
Artwork created by world-renowned architects, designers and artists went under the hammer at the special live auction which took place at The Crossing, 1 Granary Square, London.
Sydney Greenland Centre Balcony, NSW, Australia, design by BVN Donovan Hill. When residents move into Sydney’s tallest apartment building, they will find a balcony that has all the characteristics of a verandah, sheltered, secure with unimpeded views to sit back and enjoy: called the ‘Sydney Balcony’.