London Festival of Architecture news – 6 designs shortlisted for LFA and Wandsworth Council competition to improve the appearance and feel of Thessaly Road Railway Bridge on show as part of the festival’s programme of events this June.
Shapeshifter house, design by OPA Architects: two art collectors and dealers found a site overlooking the city of Reno, Nevada, creating a house to reflect both the contemporary moment and be explicitly of the West.
Design Trust for Public Space news – events at American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture in New York City: conversation about El-Space project & walking tour of Staten Island.
The IJbaan is a grassroots “Amsterdammer” citizens’ initiative, snowballing from a crowdfunding campaign led by Bas Dekker and Willem Wessels started in 2015 and now supported by the Municipality of Amsterdam. Its goal is to create a new connection across the IJ by the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam in 2025.
Eleven’s latest ideas and design competition ‘Shaking Up Havana’s Malecon’ is now open for registration. Welcome to a new Cuban revival. This challenge invites architects, creatives and visionaries from all around the world to reimagine one of Havana’s most iconic landmarks.
First phase of Colombia Circle project by West 8 in Shanghai opens. The 4.7 ha site has a strong architectural legacy and is poised to again become one of Shanghai’s most prominent public spaces.
A Saltire Award-winning concept that unites the priorities of healthcare, housing provision and tenant welfare is welcoming its first tenants in the Highlands today: FitHome village in Dalmore, Alness, a pilot development delivered by Albyn Housing Society.
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park at North Carolina Museum of Art design by Civitas, Inc. Architects: imaginative transformation of former Raleigh, NC, prison site into an engaging experiment in extroverting the art museum.
Bringing together a multidisciplinary team of almost 400 professionals across Australasia, Asia and Europe, Buchan (formerly The Buchan Group) has merged three practices to form one unified company, it was announced today.
British office buildings – commercial property designs in Great Britain including a refurbishment project that will provide quantified evidence on the benefits of biophilic design on health, well-being and productivity of occupants – British properties, architects & architecture images: new offices in Great Britain
Sited at the toe of a dramatic, wooded slope, designed by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline, the long, low Lot 6 Cabin appears to hover just above the surrounding meadow grasses.
Anchored to a rocky slope and looking out over expansive water, this new house in Friday Harbor, WA, expresses Prentiss + Balance + Wickline’s clients’ desire to connect to both the immediate landscape and the view beyond.
The Hong Kong House is a private extension and renovation project by Winchester based architects AR Design Studio. A world away from the client’s former home in HK, the home provides an opportunity for the family to have a familiar inside-out space to live in and relax.
Solvay, an advanced materials and chemical company, selected Danish architectural office Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects to design its new headquarters in Brussels, beating OMA, Valode & Pistre, Wilmotte & Associés and Henning Larsen.