Emporis Skyscraper Award 2016
The winner of annual Emporis Skyscraper Award for best new Skyscraper of the year is spectacular 34-story residential building VIA 57 West in New York City, USA, by BIG: tower design prize architects, info + images
Paulinum University Leipzig Building, Saxony
New buildings at second oldest University of Germany finally completed. Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat says: “By far the most challenging project in my career so far. I am very delighted with the final result. It reflects every detail of our design intentions.”
180 Samui Residence in Koh Samui, Thailand
The 180 Samui villa, designed by Sicart & Smith Architects is organized around an impressive pool overlooking the view, set up perpendicular to the main rock giving a dramatic effect of being cantilevered.
Beer Belly on Long Beach, California, USA
Make Architecture sought to utilize the existing wood truss ceiling as a feature by creating skeletal forms emanating from the ceiling that wrap down and become table tops at the bar area, as well as angling down and provide the spatial definition of the booths adjacent to the bar.
Southmere Village Library Design by RRA
New civic building design by RRA, Norway – “this hinterland, where Southeast London meets the marshes of Kent, and the River Thames meets the open seas under a vale of mist, has inspired some of the nation’s greatest artworks”.
DesignMorphine Events, Architecture Workshops
DesignMorphine is a creative hub for design trough workshops, lectures, projects and explorations in the field of architecture, design and arts. They planning a scholarship project to help at least one very talented student.
House Noir in Malibu, California
Located on the oceanfront along the iconic Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. Designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, House Noir breaks the conventional beach house mold, but it creatively addressees the complexity of building next to the water.
DP Architects Singapore practice news
DP Architects Singapore practice news – Seah Chee Huang and Ng San Son selected by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to showcase their portfolio of works as part of the URA 20 under 45 initiative.
Fentress Global Student Architecture Challenge
Fentress Architects, Denver, Colorado, announce winning projects for 2017 Fentress Global Challenge, an international design competition for young and student architects, envisioning an airport of the future.
Kew Gardens Hills Library Building, Queens
Photos of new branch library building in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, by architects WORKac. The library was among the first projects under DDC’s Design + Construction Excellence Program, which has directed selected civic projects to leading architecture firms.
The Tides Brentwood in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Valerie Schweitzer Architects, this 33 unit LEED Gold apartment building, sits on an interstitial street in Brentwood, one block from Wilshire Boulevard. With its sculptural and colorful dimension, it celebrates the iconoclastic spirit of Los Angeles.
Lake Austin Cabin, Texas property
The project sits on a beautiful 5-acre Cyprus tree lined Lake Austin waterfront oasis that lies just a few miles outside of downtown Austin. The cabin, designed by un.box studio, consists of a single kitchen-living-dining room, bath, storage space, and deck.
IDF Habitat Headquarters Building
Extreme organizational flexibility, attention to environmental quality and an accurate interpretation of the setting: these were the requirements for the headquarters of IDF Habitat, the French company in charge of the development of social housing operations.
Leonard De Vinci High School Montpellier
Since delivering staff housing and reception building in 2013, the Hellin-Sebbag Architectes Associés office completed the second phase of the reconstruction of this building trades high school.