Marne-la-Vallée University Library – French Building

Marne-la-Vallée University Library Building

An audacious design by architects Beckmann-N’Thépé for the Marne-la-Vallée university library: it evokes a mound of earth ‘torn from its natural environment,’ in harmony with its surroundings. ‘Between naturalism and terror’ – Aldric Beckmann.

LiYuan Library – Huairou Building, Beijing

LiYuan Library Beijing building

A delightful building by architects Li Xiadong/Atelier for a small village on the outskirts of Beijing: “we found large amounts of locally sourced wooden sticks piled around each house…(for) cooking stoves. Thus we decided to use this ordinary material in an extraordinary way, cladding the building in familiar textures in a way that is strikingly sensitive.”

Taipei 101: Taiwan Skyscraper Building

TAIPEI 101 building Taiwan

Design: C.Y. Lee & Partners, architects. CTBUH 2016 Performance Award: In 2004 Taipei 101 became the tallest building in the world at 449m high with antenna at 509m, thus beating Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers.

Sliced Porosity Block: Chengdu Towers

Sliced Porosity Block

Sliced Porosity Block, Chengdu building complex design by Steven Holl for CapitaLand, China, three million sqft project: Steven Holl Building China takes its shape from its distribution of natural light.

YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award News

YTAA Young Talent Architecture Award 2018

Fundació Mies van der Rohe and Creative Europe announce that YTAA is one of 12 Collateral Events at International Architecture Exhibition titled Freespace, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara and organized by La Biennale di Venezia.

Intersekt Tile Showroom, New Delhi, India

Intersekt Tile Showroom, New Delhi

A showroom and offices – a dynamic building designed ‘as a museum’ to showcase tiles as beloved possessions, with an unusual fractalised facade design that provides a confusing sense of scale.

Mint Resort in Santa Theresa, Costa Rica

Mint Resort in Santa Theresa

Stepping down a steep hillside and overlooking the ocean, Mint Santa Theresa, designed by Studio Saxe, is a new hotel that blends a European design aesthetic with Costa Rican craftsmanship.

Pine Tree in Miami Luxury Home

Pine Tree Residence

A luxurious open plan family home focused on entertaining, with a two-storey waterslide! The hedonistic Miami property by South African architects SAOTA is in the Collin’s Waterfront district

Planetarium & Visitor Center Solobservatoriet

Planetarium and Visitor Center for Solobservatoriet in Harestua

Snøhetta designed the new Planetarium and Visitor Center for Solobservatoriet in Harestua, situated near the original solar observatory, a twelve-meter research tower built by the University of Oslo for the total solar eclipse of 1954.

Hornsey Town Hall Restoration, London

Hornsey Town Hall London Building proposal

Restoration of iconic Hornsey Town Hall building in Crouch End to start. The Grade II* Listed former civic headquarters scheme has 146 new homes, including 11 affordable, a new arts centre, hotel, café and flexible community and events space.

Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018 Winner, Jury

Institute of Indology

Professor Balkrishna Doshi, of India, 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, to lecture at The University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design in May.

The Minster Building in London, City Offices

The Minster Building in London

BuckleyGrayYeoman completes work on The Minster Building. 315,000 sq ft repositioning project has created 250,000 sq ft of office space supported by a market-leading lifestyle offer.