Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion 2018: KECC

The City of Radical Shift, 2018 © N.E.E.D. Architecture, Sungwoo Kim (N.E.E.D. Architecture)

The Korean Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia will present Spectres of the State Avant-garde, an imagined archive of the Korea Engineering Consultants Corp. (KECC), a technical consultancy for architecture and civil engineering established by the government in 1963.

St Hilda’s College Oxford Design Competition

St Hildas College Oxford Design Competition

Planning approval for scheme by architects Gort Scott for St Hilda’s College, Oxford. The concept design features a slender tower, rooftop gardens with wild-flower planting, and a riverside pavilion. Other finalists in the architecture competition were 6a architects, DRDH Architects, Hall McKnight and Tim Ronalds Architects.

Wiel Arets Architecture: WAA Netherlands

Antwerp Tower

Wiel Arets Architecture, The Netherlands, founded in 1983 and has since expanded to become an internationally renowned name. WAA has its roots in the Limburg region of the Netherlands, and has offices in Amsterdam, Maastricht and Zürich.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Denmark

SHL Architects Seven New Partners

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects doubles its partner group with the appointment of seven new partners. The firm announces promotions across two of its three offices, indicating a generational shift for a practice known around the world for its iconic, sustainable cultural and civic architecture.

Banegraven in Aarhus Railway Quarter

Banegraven in Aarhus

In cooperation with the City of Aarhus, DSB, MT Højgaard and C.F. Møller Architects are preparing to realise the vision of a new Railway Quarter. This is a new, car-free urban quarter in Aarhus, which will develop the area and connect the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Mecanoo Inspiration and Process in Architecture

Mecanoo Inspiration and Process in Architecture by Moleskine

New Moleskine architecture book: “Mecanoo is a Dutch architectural firm founded in 1984. The group has always paid great attention to the entire process control and focus on sustainable design and the study of matter and patterns.”

Dream of Chungmuro Cinematheque in Seoul

Dream of Chungmuro Cinematheque in Seoul

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the release of a design sketch, by Mass Studies, of the Seoul Cinematheque (tentative name), a visual art cultural complex to be built in Chungmuro, which is the center of the domestic film industry.

WORKTECH 18 New York expo at WeWork, Soho

265 West 45th Street in New York

WORKTECH18 New York is the forum for all those involved in the future of work and the workplace as well as real estate, technology and innovation. The event attracts some of the biggest and brightest names

Reading Room Extension in North London

Reading Room Extension in North London

An elegant Reading Room has been created by Studio Carver for a retired couple in Belsize Park, North London. The extension is a smart and simple solution for a client who wanted a reflective space within their home for study and reading.

Globen in Stockholm, Swedish Arena Building

Globen in Stockholm

Ericsson Globe, or Globen as it is commonly known, will be developed into a modern multi-arena and C.F. Møller Architects has been entrusted with developing one of Stockholm’s most famous buildings.

Shellharbour Club Building, Illawarra, NSW

Shellharbour Club Building, Illawarra

$74m development masterplan of the Shellharbour Club on NSW’s south coast, designed by Buchan Group, Architects. It was established in 1956 and attracts more than 530,000 people a year.

Oxford Street Christmas Lights 2018, London

Oxford Street Christmas Lights 2018 London

Oxford Street Christmas Lights 2018 design by 3DReid Architects shortlisted: RIBA Design Contest in Central London – Royal Institute of British Architects contest – Oxford Street Christmas Lights Design Competition news