Radical Innovation Award 2017: Hotel Contest

Play Design Hotel interior design

Finalists in annual contest for professionals and students by Radical Innovation, a platform promoting disruptive, industry-changing ideas within the hotel space – feature on Play Design Hotel, an inhabitable design gallery in Taiwan by Ting-Han Daniel Chen.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill News: SOM

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) - Chicago buildings

SOM joins Chicagoans in celebration of the city’s enduring passion for architecture. As the Chicago Architecture Biennial invites city residents and visitors to “Make New History,” The architectural firm is proud to partner with the Biennial and leading Chicago-based cultural organizations to explore the intersection between art, architecture, urban planning, and engineering.

arquideas Architecture Competition: Design Contest

IE Spaces for Innovation Prize 2017

IE School of Architecture and Design announce IE Spaces for Innovation Prize for young architects and designers worldwide. It rewards talented young designers by offering scholarships to a world‐class Master’s Degree, plus full‐time, paid internships in top design firms.

Magasin 113, Gothenburg Warehouse Renovation

Magasin 113

MVRDV and co-architects BSK Arkitekter reveal its vision for Magasin 113, a former warehouse that will be transformed into a 16,500 sqm mixed use building located in Frihamnen RiverCity.

National Holocaust Memorial Competition, London

National Holocaust Memorial design by Diamond Schmitt Architects with Martha Schwartz Partners

Watch a stellar list of 10 design teams make their presentations! Free, public event on Sunday 17 September. Shortlisted designs for architecture competition on display at V&A. Ten world-class architects teams vying for new National Holocaust Memorial next to UK Parliament.

Senate House London Building: Charles Holden

Senate House London | www.e-architect.com

The University of London’s Grade II* listed Portland stone building will feature in London’s largest annual festival of architecture and design, Open House London. It will provide visitors with an insight into the construction and architecture of its landmark Art Deco headquarters designed by British architect Charles Holden.

Emily Carr University of Art + Design Vancouver campus

Emily Carr University of Art + Design Vancouver campus

Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver opens its new campus. The 92-year-old institution relocates to a purpose-built facility designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects on the east side of downtown. This 26,700-sqm (290,000 sf) landmark building anchors regeneration of an industrial zone.

Rathmines House in Melbourne

Rathmines House

MRTN Architects’ client, Scott Pickett is a celebrated chef and restaurateur who, along with his partner Bec, wanted to create a home for their young family with three children where life revolved around the kitchen, preparing and sharing meals.

Sleep Set, Hotel Design Event in London

Sleep Hotel Event London 2017 Room Set

This year’s Sleep Set, the feature at Europe’s hotel design event, Sleep, which pulls no punches in delivering challenging, original and layered installations, will this year present four room sets destined to provoke thought on the pressing question of loyalty in today’s hotel world.

Rothschild Tower: Tel Aviv Skyscraper Building

Rothschild Tower Tel Aviv

Richard Meier & Partners has completed its first international residential tower and its first project in Israel. The new Rothschild Tower is inspired by the scale and Bauhaus design principles of its neighbors in Tel Aviv’s White City.

Valley Towers by MVRDV: Amsterdam CBD Zuidas

Valley Towers by MVRDV at Amsterdam CBD Zuidas

The Valley contains offices topped with residences. The jagged, natural stone façade is defined via a parametric tool developed by architects MVRDV with Arup Amsterdam. This provided real-time control over quantities of daylight and sunlight, over structural limitations and required privacy. No two apartments are alike.

Shenzhen North Station Urban Design Competition

Shenzhen North Station Urban Design Competition

Twelve skyscrapers, an elevated pedestrian network and a green urban park: Mecanoo architecten win the urban design competition for the Shenzhen North Station business district. The 1,36 million sqm development encompasses offices, retail space, apartments and a hotel, integrated with a railway and metro station.