WestQuay Shopping Centre, Southampton Retail
Developed by Hammerson and opened in 2000, WestQuay has established Southampton as the region’s premier shopping destination.
Isabelle Lomholt
Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall Building
Henning Larsen Architects won the international, open competition for Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall, among 134 proposals from all over the world.
Roland Levinsky Building Plymouth University
The vision for the new arts building was to create a centre for arts and culture that fused both city and university campus as a core for activity and learning. A central cross point constitutes a mini city, in which both the public, the Center for Visual Art and various university activities create the city life.
Almere Masterplan, Rem Koolhaas Buildings
Almere dates from 1976. OMA won the competition to design the centre in 1994. Largely complete in 2007 some buildings are still being finished, eg Block 3.
125 Old Broad Street London, Offices
Old Broad Street London: Property, Development, Location, Architecture, Owner 125 Old Broad Street City of London Offices Building Information, England, UK – by Trollope & Colls 27 Nov 2007 125 Old Broad Street London Address: 125 Old Broad Street, London EC2 Former title: Stock Exchange Tower Size: 31,000 m² Completion: December 2007 Ownership: Hammerson 50%/GE … Read more
Stockholm Library designs, Asplund contest
Asplund Architecture Competition in Stockholm, Sweden: six designs shortlisted Feb 2007, over 1,100 entries, images released Nov 2007.
La Defense Almere, Dutch Offices: UNStudio
La Defense Almere, 2004, UNStudio: Dutch office complex is well integrated with the larger urban plan. Both its height and the entrances into the inner courtyards tie in with the larger site.
Dudley Building – Wren’s Nest Project: Strata
In the middle of the town of Dudley, in the West Midlands, is a world-class nature reserve called the Wren’s Nest. The Wren’s Nest is internationally famous for the number of perfectly preserved fossils that can be seen there
Roman Forum Photos, Rome Architecture
Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million sightseers yearly.
Carabanchel Madrid: New Spanish Housing
Carabanchel Madrid, contemporary housing in Spain – design by dosmasunoarquitectos – Carabanchel Madrid Building: Spanish residential building: architecture
Da Vinci College Dordrecht, Holland: Mecanoo
The Da Vinci College, part of Learning Park Dordrecht, will officially be opened by the Dutch Princes Máxima. The Da Vinci College was designed by Mecanoo architecten in Delft as a “city within a city” and built by Heijmans/Proper-Stok.
Campo de’ Fiori Rome: Italian Piazza
Campo de’ Fiori Rome, Italy – Italian capital public realm space: architecture pictures, Roman building images – Campo dei Fiori photos, Rome building
Armada Den Bosch Building, Palesikwartier
We planned the location and orientation of ten mixed long and tall houses to capture the sunpath and minimise overshadowing. Roof elevations face south and southwest, bathing all living rooms, balconies and principal bedrooms in natural light.
Paspels school, Switzerland, Swiss School Building
The village of Paspels is a scatter settlement with solitary buildings, strewn loosely in the landscape and rarely positioned directly by the roadside. The new schoolhouse fits in with this type of settlement.
Das Gelbe Haus, Switzerland Building
This house, unoccupied for twenty years, became popularly known as ‘the yellow house’ when it was refinished and painted yellow prior to its renovation.
Atelier Bardill, Scharans Building: Valerio Olgiati
Atelier Bardill, Scharans, Switzerland – contemporary Swiss building design by Valerio Olgiati Architects, a private atelier – one working space for client Linard Bardill, a musician + poet
Salt House, Essex home by Alison Brooks
Constructed as a weekend retreat and future home to retire for the owners, Salt House carries forward the Modernist tradition of the experimental ‘beach house’ as a vehicle to explore new architectural possibilities- site specific yet containing the potential for wider application
Victoria University of Technology: Werribee Campus
The architecture design by architects Michael McKenna / Morgan McKenna emphasises the building’s prominence in the small burgeoning campus. Adopting a ‘play tall’ strategy the design provides a symbolic and civic value
