Walnut Cove Residence North Carolina: Arden, NC

Walnut Cove Residence

For the Walnut Cove Residence Samsel Architects drew inspiration from traditional prairie motifs and updated them for this modern home. Throughout the residence, there is a strong theme of horizontal lines integrated with a natural, woodsy palette and a gallery-like aesthetic.

LAVA celebrates Lunar New Year with new projects

LAVA Celebrates Lunar New Year

LAVA has won two international competitions – for a mixed-use development Tien Bo City and the Detech company HQ. They are also designing a residential/office tower in Van Phu, an experiential tea shop, and, with their HCMC-based design partner Module K, a series of kindergartens.

Double Tree Hilton near Business Bay Dubai

Double Tree Hilton near Business Bay Dubai

The concept for DoubleTree by Hilton Hotels revolves around comfortable luxury and making the guest feel at home. dwp’s interior for the Dubai hotel brings together all the design elements of the oud into the property.

Leslie Martin Architect: 20th Century Architecture

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall building design by Leslie Martin Architect

Leslie Martin studied at Manchester University School of Architecture, qualifying in 1930. in 1953 he succeeded Sir Robert Matthew as LCC Architect. He was appointed to the first Chair of Architecture at Cambridge in 1956, a position he held until his retirement in 1972.

Elbtower in Hamburg by David Chipperfield

Elbtower

Situated on an exposed riverside site near the Elbbrücken, this new mixed-use building, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, acts as an entrance marker on the eastern edge of the Hafencity quarter and forms a counterpoint to the Elbphilharmonie to the west.

Piranesi Architect, 18th Century Italian architecture

The Colisseum Rome drawing by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Architect

This 18th century architect was born in Mogliano Veneto, near Treviso, then part of the Republic of Venice. His father was a stonemason. His brother Andrea introduced him to Latin and the ancient civilization, and later he was apprenticed under his uncle, Matteo Lucchesi

FRS Yorke Architect, England buildings

Stratford-upon-Avon birthplace of FRS Yorke architect

The architect was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, where his father was also an architect. He studied architecture and planning at the Birmingham School of Architecture, where his fellow students included other notable early Modernist figures

Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City Skyscraper

Al Hamra Tower Kuwait City Skyscraper building

New photos of Al Hamra Tower, the tallest building in Kuwait and 23rd tallest in the world. Designed by architecture offices Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Callison, it is the tallest carved concrete skyscraper in the World at 414 m (1,358 ft).