Filton Airfield Masterplan Gloucestershire design news
Approval for masterplan of 2,675 new homes, 62 acres of employment & industrial space, 3 new schools, community facilities, a new railway station at a former airfield in north Bristol.
New Mid-Manhattan Library Building
Design: Mecanoo / Beyer Blinder Belle, architects. Completely renovated, vastly improved Mid-Manhattan Library: The New York Public Library’s largest circulating branch is set for a transformation that will increase seats, expand services, and add public space.
Hastings Pier Regeneration, East Sussex
Stirling Prize winner – Hastings Pier Redevelopment by dRMM Architects. de Rijke Marsh Morgan beat six architecture practices to the job. Also shortlisted were Niall Laughlin Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, FAT, Adams & Sutherland and White Arkitekter AB.
Contemporary Cambridge: 5 Beautiful Buildings
Contemporary Cambridge – 5 beautiful buildings: visitors to Cambridge can take their pleasurable pick from over 800 years of outstanding architecture. But as an iconic university town, sometimes its older buildings grab more glory than their modern counterparts.
Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre Kuwait
The ASCC project will consist of six main buildings: A Natural History Museum; Science Museum; Museum of Islamic History; Space Museum; Fine Arts Centre; and a Theatre. SSH was appointed as lead architecture and engineering designer on the complex.
Bedales School Art and Design Building, UK
Bedales School in Hampshire wins 2017 RIBA Client of the Year. Architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designed the school around a beautiful oak tree which gives the new Art and Design building a strong sense of place.
3Beirut, Solidere Masterplan Sector B, Building
3Beirut, Solidere Masterplan Sector B, Beirut Central District, Lebanon – design by Foster + Partners – the scheme will create a sustainable residential and retail development of international quality. The development will also strengthen Beirut’s role as a centre for tourism, commerce, retail and entertainment while providing new green spaces at ground level for the city to enjoy.
Stephen Lawrence Prize 2017 Shortlist
2017 Stephen Lawrence Prize winner revealed: Houseboat by Mole Architects with Rebecca Granger Architects. Also shortlisted – Wolfson Tree Management Centre; The Compound; Silver House; Peacock House; Fallahogey Studio.
Residence in Crete, Greece property design
tense architecture network designed this house which unfolds along the south side, the side of the sun: through a double curvature the building bends following the sun’s path from east to west.
Engel House, Karlovy Vary
The architects tried to assimilate the romantic context of this small village, under the massive cliffs and ruins of a Gothic castle. Andelska Hora (originally in German Engelsburg), belongs to a protected area of the country.
Le Castelnau in Montréal property, Quebec
As part of the 2017 INOVA Awards Gala hosted by the Urban Development Institute of Quebec (IDU) held on October 19 at the InterContinental Montréal, DevMcGill and TGTA won an INOVA Award in the Multi-Residential Category.
Bedlam Furnaces, Ironbridge Gorge
Bedlam Furnaces, a key industrial monument in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, removed from Historic England Heritage at Risk Register, due to construction of a protective canopy.
Simpson & Brown Architects Edinburgh office
Simpson & Brown architecture news – A petition signed by nearly 3,000 people against the development of a proposed National Marine Centre building in North Berwick, East Lothian.
The London Salons, MoL Events
This autumn, the Museum of London invites visitors to discuss issues and aspects of London life over a drink with some of the leading thinkers in the city today: informal, relaxed opportunities to sink your teeth into subjects of concern and relevance to Londoners.