Adelaide Contemporary International Contest

Façade of SAHMRI

South Australia architectural competition news – shortlist includes BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, David Chipperfield Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, from 107 teams formed from 525 individual firms to design Adelaide Contemporary – a second site for acclaimed Art Gallery of South Australia.

Bluestone Terrace Pavilion in Williamstown

Bluestone Terrace Pavilion

Altereco Design’s brief required them to work with an 1880’s Bluestone terrace and to create a daily living space that appreciated and enjoyed it’s connection with the established landscaping of the backyard.

Dollar Bay London Docklands Tower, Isle of Dogs

Dollar Bay London Docklands building

SimpsonHaugh has produced a building underpinned by a taut geometry. 31-storey Dollar Bay features an angular, glass façade with folds and creases which capture the light differently and evoke a waterfall gathering pace as they descend.

Siri House in Bangkok property renovation

Siri House

SIRI is a renovation project of commercial building by IDIN Architects. It is used as a house and a third sister’s jewelry office. In order to serve the big family with 4 members, brothers and sisters, and the future family members, a large utility space is necessary.

Blackpool Five Star Hotel Accommodation

Blackpool Five Star Hotel building

Blackpool’s first five-star hotel to be built close to the resort’s iconic Tower. The Sands Venue Resort is designed by architects Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP) for developers Coolsilk.

Johnny Was in Palo Alto, Stanford Shopping Center

Johnny Was in Palo Alto

Nestled among the slew of shops in Stanford Shopping Center, this 2398-square-foot brick-and-mortar unit was once occupied by tech giant Apple, before a complete makeover by Mayes Office | MO as a contemporary retrospective of Johnny Was’ 28-year history.

Vitrvm Development in Bogota

Vitrvm Bogotá, Colombia building

Architecture practice Richard Meier & Partners’ first project in Bogota, Colombia. The Vitrvm development consists of two towers with a total of 36 apartments. The buildings aim to reflect and to engage the beautiful gardens and large trees at the Chico Park and the Seminario Mayor.

Storstrøm Prison on Falster

Storstrom Prison

Storstrøm Prison, designed by C. F. Møller Architects, will be the setting for the world’s most humane and re-socializing closed prison, with architecture which supports the inmates’ mental and physical well-being.

Illuminations of Canadian Museum of History

Illuminations of Canadian Museum of History

After two years of work, Lightemotion, for GSM Project, has added another noteworthy project to its list with the lighting design for Gatineau’s Canadian Museum of History.

Summerhill House in Toronto property

Summerhill House in Toronto property

The AKB, Atelier Kastelic Buffey designed house displays boldly graphic orthogonal geometries which define both front and back elevations, with tall slender windows and deep recessed balconies forming an intriguing composition of solid and void.

Ericsson’s Montreal Corporate Campus: R&D

Montreal architecture news 2018 - Ericsson’s Montreal Corporate Campus: R&D

Design by Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes designed a place for research and innovation, the new Montreal campus of multinational Ericsson is inspired by a desire to provide a stimulating work environment.

Reimagining Wordsworth in Grasmere, Cumbria

Reimagining Wordsworth

Lake District National Park Authority Planning Committee members gave their approval for the Wordsworth Trust’s proposed £6.2m development project Reimagining Wordsworth designed by Purcell Architects.