In 2010, MAD Architects won the international open competition for Harbin Cultural Island, a master plan for an opera house, a cultural center, and the surrounding wetland landscape along Harbin’s Songhua River.
Lewis & Hickey Architects news: contemporary architectural practice: design offices in UK + India – London, Edinburgh, Guildford, Mumbai, Nottingham and Manchester.
Architecture: studio mk27 and galeria arquitetos. The arrival at this house is through an architectural trajectory, via an open ramp, located on the eastern side of the construction. This space is protected by hollowed-out concrete elements to the side, which create surprising effects of light and end up functioning as protection from bad weather conditions.
In recent years private housing has consistently been the most resilient sector in the RIBA Future Trends economic survey, and housing continues to outperform other construction sectors in terms of levels of workload. Housing design impacts directly upon quality of life; our homes provide our refuge in the world and form the backdrop for our domestic life.
Design: RM Plus, LLC Planning & Design. International design competition winner for a new convention center on the Amador Causeway, near the newly-opened Frank Gehry designed BioMuseo. Currently under construction the building aims to attract conventions from around the world.
Postmodern Architecture in London: An article in The Guardian by Rowan Moore focusing on Postmodern buildings in London and increasing attempts to list those that remain.
Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, architects. A tough, flexible and fun new building for the students of Manchester Metropolitan University, made from materials that reflect its cultural importance and pay homage to neighbouring Victorian pubs and playhouses.
Contemporary São Paulo Home architecture by Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan + Carolina Castroviejo, interiors by Studio MK27 – Diana Radomysler: A wooden volume in line with the eastern façade – with a little more 2.85m high and 19m long – rests within a ceiling height of 5.15m and 11.75m in the front.
Design: Encore Heureux Architects. A singular building, the Circular Pavilion has nothing round. The name describes the process, which follows the circular economy principles, according to which ones’ waste become others’ resources.
Design: Heatherwick Studio / Arup. Yet more controversy…Lambeth Council councillors rebel against their leadership to formally call in the decision to hand over land saying it was unaccountable and not properly scrutinised.
Design: Di Vece Arquitectos. The house borders the limits in the back, forming an “L” shape diagram that adds privacy to the intimate areas of the house and also amplifies the horizon towards the public areas of the neighborhood.
The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition organized by seven European institutions with the aim to recognize and encourage the recovery projects and defense of public space in our cities.
Article by Professor Alan Dunlop. Architects’ Journal: “The RIAS needs to tackle the toughest issues facing the profession rather than focus on easy-win, media-friendly initiatives”
The Hamburg Hybrid Housing Ideas Competition:
Winner – ‘We are here to stay’ by Gabriele Filippi from Genova, Italy – “true embodiment of the spirit of the location of St. Pauli, a struggling, rebellious, unconventional neighborhood.”
Benoy is honoured to announce its most successful year on record for the firm’s projects at the 2015 MIPIM Asia Awards. Four Benoy-designed projects have been recognised with five awards for excellence in real estate development.
Luxurious Brisbane cinema building design by Buchan: $3.5m refurbishment based around an existing pre-1900 Queensland cottage which has been raised and re-purposed.
Located next to The Wythenshawe Forum and the town centre Metrolink Stop, the new interchange building design by AHR creates a modern, fully integrated service for the public in the heart of Wythenshawe, south Manchester, UK