UIA World Congress of Architecture Turin, Italy

plug_in is a cultural association founded in 2003. It operates as an experimental workshop used by members Emanuele Piccardo, Luisa Siotto and Alessandro Lanzetta to promote the propagation of architecture and contemporary visual arts.

Grand Egyptian Museum Cairo, heneghan.peng

Grand Egyptian Museum Cairo building design by heneghan.peng

The proposal for the Grand Egyptian Museum begins by forming a new ‘edge’ to the Plateau, by creating a gentle slope as a thin veil of translucent stone structured by fractal geometry

Oxfordshire house: David Chipperfield home

Oxfordshire House - David Chipperfield home

David Chipperfield Architects’ Private House in Oxfordshire has been granted planning permission by Cherwell District Council under the PPS7 Planning Policy for country houses.

Paris Airport building, Charles-de-Gaulle

Paris Airport Building - Charles-de-Gaulle Airport Terminal

Charles-de-Gaulle Paris Airport, Terminal 2E design: Paul Andreu, French architect: disaster struck part of this building when in 28 May 2004 there occurred the Paris airport roof collapse.

Croydon Gateway Development Buildings

The scheme will be an important component in the regeneration of the town and borough. It will provide 739 apartments in a 44 storey residential tower and courtyard development, many of them affordable, and a new public square.

Sicily Lab 08: Sicilian Architecture Workshop

The workshop is open to designers (architect, planners, product designers, landscape architects..) at the end of their academic studies or during the development of their work at graduate level.

Copenhagen Zoo Elephant House Building

Copenhagen Zoo Elephant House building

The new Elephant House at Copenhagen Zoo opened today following an official ceremony attended by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort of Denmark and his grandson, Prince Christian.

Coolsingel Project Rotterdam Building by OMA

Coolsingel Project Rotterdam Building by OMA

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Dutch development company, Multi Vastgoed will today present the concept design for a mixed-use building situated in the heart of Rotterdam’s shopping district, the Coolsingel.

The Wave Building London Farringdon Road

The Wave Building London Farringdon Road

The London office of HKR Architects, the multi award-winning international architect and design practice, has unveiled its plans for a 210,000 sq ft £45million ultra sustainable landmark office building – The Wave, Farringdon Road, EC1 – on the site of the landmark Guardian newspaper building.

Wellend Villas Brighton housing, Sussex

Wellend Villas Brighton homes on Preston Road

The site once contained a Roman Villa. The building is now known as Wellend Villas – probably connected to the Roman well that was uncovered during construction.

Kiefer Technic Showroom, Bad Gleichenberg

Kiefer Technic Showroom, Bad Gleichenberg

In earlier times, façades were characterised by window arrangements and axes. They often featured surface relief with architectural elements from the relevant period or style