Isabelle Lomholt 
Eastcastle Street, with its generous ground floor showrooms and proximity to Oxford Street’s shops, was once the centre of London’s ragtrade. In the last few years the area has undergone a shift in identity with the departure of clothing manufacturers to the Far East, and the arrival of several East End art galleries.
Cages for Macaws in the Palm Grove of Barcelona Zoo, Catalonia, designed by Battle & Roig Architects, Spain, has won the World’s Best Display Building award at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2009.
World Architecture Festival Awards Shortlist, WAF 2009 – information on architects & buildings – architectural Prix de Barcelona, Barcelona, prize, WAF Shortlist
John McAslan Architect awards at 2009 Architect of the Year Awards: World and Transport Architect of the Year won by John McAslan + Partners, London: UK architecture office news
President Obama Appoints Thom Mayne to Serve on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry education, Midlands, England – design by Sheppard Robson Architects – building images, English architecture news, UK development project
Post Rotterdam Consortium (made up of Delta Development Group and SNS Property Finance), together with Alderman Karakus from the Municipality of Rotterdam, presented the plans for the redevelopment of the former Post office on the Coolsingel 42.
The site is in the middle of the historical center of Soignies, a stone throw away from the imposing XII century collegiate that overshadows the surrounding fields.
The Stockholm Cemetries Administration has decided to select five architecture offices/teams for the invited architecture competition for a new crematorium the Woodland Crematorium II at the Woodland Cemetery.
BIG, in collaboration with AKT, Tyréns and Transsolar are awarded first place in a design competition in Malmo, Sweden for a 100.000m2 first of its kind sports facility.
Yvonne Long, Edinburgh Napier University student work – building, Scottish design – Edinburgh Napier University Architecture images
Violin Makers Workshop Oxford: high quality new office, music room and workshops of 2,500 sqft floor area are connected to an existing victorian shop.
Sime Darby Property, Malaysia’s largest property developer; approached us in August 2008 with the brief for ‘The Idea House’ – a socially, economically, and environmentally responsive prototype dwelling that would provide an insight into future tropical living.
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in collaboration with Werner Sobek and engineers ABT, has won the competition for Rotterdam’s Stadskantoor, a new building for the city hall that will accommodate municipal services, offices, and residential units.
Ralf Furulund images, Napier architecture, Edinburgh, Scotland, Napier School of Architecture, building – Napier student work: Ralf Furulund design images
The Hotel and Sport School Zenden is located within three monumental town houses near the river Maas in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
The masterplan outlines the redevelopment of a central area opposite Coventry’s train station, envisaging improvements to the local infrastructure and public realm, including a new pedestrian route into the city centre.