Changsha Meixihu International Culture Centre

Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Art Centre

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. The International Culture & Arts Centre embodies a unique variety of civic nodes and spaces: A Grand Theatre, a Contemporary Art Museum, a Multipurpose Hall and supporting facilities.

Sunshade-Deck Canopy Flexible Structure, Parma

Sunshade-Deck Canopy Flexible Structure

Design: Payam Fahemi & Samira Kharazan Nahavandi. The “two most significant properties, Bifunctionality and to be temporary”, allows the Sunshade-deck canopy to be used everywhere and any time during the year.

Kingston Prison Homes Portsmouth

Kingston Prison Homes

Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Built in 1877, Kingston Prison is a prime example of the ‘panopticon’ radial prison design that found favour in the late 19th century. The idea was that prisoners, housed in radiating cells, could be observed from a central rotunda.

Queen Victoria House in Bristol

Queen Victoria House

Design: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

PegasusLife has been granted planning permission to renovate Queen Victoria House, a beautiful Victorian building on Redland Hill, and transform it into a retirement development.

Holy Cross Primary School, Swindon Building

Holy Cross Primary School Swindon Building

Design: Cullinan Studio architects. Holy Cross primary school is a two-form, single-storey school which was manufactured offsite, taking only three weeks to erect and 43 weeks to complete thanks to the fast build time afforded by offsite construction and timber systems.

Wagon Station Encampment in California

Wagon Station Encampment

Design: Andrea Zittel – the Wagon Station Encampment consists of twelve A-Z Wagon Stations, a communal outdoor kitchen, open air showers, and composting toilets. It is open to anyone who feels an affinity with Andrea’s mission in the high desert.

Extension of Thermal Baths & Spa Bad Aibling

Extension of the Thermal Baths and Spa

The Thermal Baths and Spa in Bad Aibling, designed by Behnisch Architekten, completed in 2007. From the beginning, the facility was very popular with visitors, so the client desired additional floorspace, particularly more room for relaxation and resting areas.

Ben Derbyshire elected next President of RIBA

Ben Derbyshire

Ben Derbyshire has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). He will take over the two-year presidential term from Jane Duncan on 1 September 2017; from 1 September 2016 he will officially become RIBA President-Elect.