David McManus Yorkshire Forward and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Yorkshire are delighted to announce the five short listed schemes for the Renaissance Pavilion competition. The judging panel reviewed 87 entries.
Westerdok Building. Openness as design concept: The minimal amount of materials used, glass, steel and concrete, results in maximum openness for the façade.
Zira Zero Island is a 1,000,000 m2 master plan for a carbon neutral resort and residential development on Zira Island located along the Caspian Sea. As a young post-soviet democracy, Azerbaijan is rediscovering its national identity by imagining Zira Island as an architectural landscape based upon the country’s dramatic natural setting.
The 2009 Incheon International Urban Design Competition for Students aims to contribute to the transformation of Incheon Metropolitan City into a world-class city capable of carrying out functions and roles commensurate to such status.
Construction of a primary school with 37 class rooms, numerous specialist rooms and common areas, including a sports hall, an auditorium, a school cafeteria, a parking (+/- 150 places), and outside play areas.
3XN has based its project design for the new Daimler Group corporate headquarters on one of the essential aspects of a modern industrial enterprise.
Conceb is based in Camboriu, in the affluent state of Santa Catarina, located to the South of São Paulo. They have some 15 years of experience working on residential and commercial developments
Zenith Music Hall Strasbourg, France design by Massimiliano Fuksas, Doriana Fuksas, Architects – French concert venue building, architecture info & photos
Multimodal Centre, Nice Tramway building design by Atelier Marc Barani, Architects -, terminal station, maintenance centre & parking lot: France architecture
New Trade Fair Milan building, Italy – design by Massimiliano e Doriana Fuksas, architects – pavilions on sides, with big facades made of reflecting metal
Situated in the heart of Soweto, the Football Training Centre is the centre of football in South Africa, where 1200 teams and 20,000 footballers will play each year.
It contains artificial pitches, a clubhouse and player lounge, an education facility for the Grass Roots Soccer & Life Skillz program, a Training Gym, Physio & First Aid facility, a Product Trial, Catering, Administrative Offices, Viewing Deck and new Change Rooms.
The Norwegian National Assembly voted in 1999 that the operahouse was to be built in Bjørvika, on the seafront at the Oslo fjord.
Public Lecture on Rotterdam tall buildings and icons by Jan Willem van Kuilenburg of Monolab. Other speakers are Han van den Born of KCAP who will speak about the Red Apple and Prof. David Dunster of Liverpool School of Architecture who will moderate.
The Telegraph is the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper at the time of writing. De Telegraaf was founded by Henry Tindal. The first issue appeared in 1893. Following Tindal’s death the printer HMC Holdert took over De Telegraaf in 1902
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has learned that there has been a serious fire at the Television Cultural Centre (TVCC), the building adjacent to the headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV).
International engineer Web Structures has completed a complex three year project for holiday resort group Four Seasons at its luxury new development in Seychelles.
SHELL house in Japan. A large shell shaped structure finds itself in the middle of the woods. It is hard to determine what exactly the structure is, and unlike the surrounding caves and rocks, it clearly is not a part of nature – nor is it a ruin.