Building Stories Book by Design Engine

Building Stories Book

Design Engine to open new London studio as book marking the first 18 years of the practice is published. The new office will open in January 2018 and be led by former Foster+Partners Associate Partner Tim O’Rourke.

Curtain Cottage in Melbourne

Curtain Cottage

A cramped, dark and damp Victorian cottage is transformed, by architects Apparte Studio, into a light-filled, flowing and uplifting home, while referencing original features of the house.

WSP USA Engineering Design Firm

Taylor Yard G2 Parcel Park Project Los Angeles site

WSP USA announce a change in the leadership of its U.S. property and buildings practice, effective January 2018. Following a successful tenure leading the U.S. property and buildings business for the past 10 years, David Cooper will be taking on a new global role, as president of global property and buildings.

University of Leicester Engineering Building Book

University of Leicester Engineering roof

The Herculean task of replacing the iconic roof of one the world’s most revered pieces of 20th-century architecture is captured on the page by its lead designer. University of Leicester Engineering building book

Prague Congress Centre Design Competition 2017

Prague Congress Centre Design Competition

Architecture competition is to propose new exhibition spaces for the Prague Congress Centre (KCP), for conventions, concerts and other social events. The proposal aims to add value to a building belonging to the architectural heritage of the 1970s.

Citu Home in Leeds, Sustainable Buildings

Citu Home in Leeds

The first CGIs and detailed designs for groundbreaking Citu Home has been unveiled – a new timber framed housing system which will create one of the most airtight and energy efficient homes in the world.

UN Building New York: United Nations Building

United Nations Building New York City

The U.N. is building a new tower to house its operations across the street from the under-renovation U.N. Secretariat, the only Corb building in New York. Architects are Fumihiko Maki with local partner FXFowle. The UN Tower architecture competition was only open to Pritzker Prize-winning architects.

Statue of Liberty Museum Building, New York

The Statue of Liberty sculpture

Topping off for new $70 m free-standing 20,000-sqft museum building. It is due to accommodate far more people than the current exhibition space. It will be constructed of glass, granite, and concrete–materials inspired by the waterfront.

AT&T Building New York – 550 Madison Avenue

AT&T Building New York

Former AT&T Building is being considered for landmark designation. This famous Postmodern building with its so-called ‘Chippendale Chair’ top is a 647 feet tall, 37-story skyscraper at 560 Madison Avenue (at 56th Street), designed by US architect Philip Johnson with John Burgee.

East Austin District, Texas Sports Arena

East Austin District Texas building design by BIG

Celebrating world-class sports and cultural experiences under one checkered roofscape designed by BIG, anchored by a 40,000-seat outdoor bowl and a 15,000-seat arena building featuring a revamped Rodeo Austin.

Fringe Apartments in Perth, Western Australia

Fringe Apartments in Perth

MJA Studio designed the Fringe Apartments in Perth. The building is located on a corner site with excellent solar access to the North and with city views to the South and is strategically placed halfway between both the Beaufort and Angove High Streets.

Chaoyang Park Plaza Beijing Buildings

Chaoyang Park Plaza Beijing Buildings

Project by architects MAD, including the Armani apartment complex, on the southern edge of the largest remaining park in Beijing’s central business district area. The 220,000 sqm complex includes 10 buildings.

Tree House in Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Tree House in Bethesda

Residential building fabric is all too often razed in order to create new residential structures that maximize the zoning envelope, to the detriment of the neighborhood fabric and scale. The redesign was carried out by Gardner Architects LLC.

The Grain House in Sussex, Country Home

The Grain House in Sussex

The Grain House, designed by Studio Bark, is a multi-generational family home and a truly landscape driven piece of architecture. The driving force has been the client’s desire to create a profound and unique home in a beautiful setting.