Drawing of the Year 2017 Competition
Aarhus School of Architecture, schmidt hammer lassen architects, VOLA, and Danish Arts Foundation proudly announce the fifth joint venture competition Drawing of the Year 2017 awards and exhibition.
Complete Doorsets Fire Compartmentation
Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, dhf (Door & Hardware Federation) stress the vital importance of compartmentation in preventing the spread of fires in multi-occupancy buildings such as tower blocks and office buildings.
Bombay Bustle Restaurant, Maddox Street, Mayfair
Award-winning London designers Fabled Studio have drawn upon India’s famed Dabbawalas to design their latest London project, Bombay Bustle, opened this November on Maddox Street in Mayfair.
Land Converter, London Housing Shortage, UK
People with unused back gardens, derelict garages, empty rooftops, and dilapidated workshops / light Industrial buildings could be sitting on valuable land for housing, says new business Land Converter.
Mashhad Residence, Iranian Property
This project by Pi architects is based in a residential building in Mashhad whose construction dates back to approximately twenty years ago. The building has two residential floors and a basement where a jacuzzi, a pool and a sauna are located.
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.