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.
Winner for Carbuncle Cup 2017, architecture’s award for Britain’s worst building, revealed by BD: Nova Victoria office development in London’s Victoria by PLP Architecture: architects for shortlisted buildings were AHR, Cooley Architects, Vivid Architects, Simpson Haugh and ESA Architecture
From a pool of 71 entries, 33 projects have been shortlisted in the nation’s premier awards for excellence and innovation in urban design. The architectural awards recognize contemporary Australian urban design of the highest quality and encourage cities, towns and communities across the country to strive for best practice.
For Architect Mikko Lemmetti Sustainability was a key pillar of the renovation which contributed towards Kebony being selected for the pool house and the outdoor seating. The swimming pool was also equipped with flush pools and outdoor showers to facilitate more users.
In Bryant Alsops Park Cottage the interior is unexpectedly spacious and light, compared to its darker Victorian origins and 1970s additions that are hidden. This helps create a sense of depth and journey into an otherwise relatively small house.
Designed by Bornstein Lyckefors arkitekter the House for a drummer is built for a single father of two with great interests in music, sailing and nature. The house is situated half an hour north of Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast at the edge of a vast farmland.
Designed by Proyecto Cafeína Tadeo 4909 is a building that takes place in a high-growth zone of the city, seeking out to offer an urban, expressive and custom housing. It consists of 8 two-level lofts, each of which is distinct to the others.
Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane building design by Owen Williams architect – historic Mayfair architecture: luxury West London accommodation, Mayfair architecture photos
Designed by Proyecto Cafeína this building’s land use is residential and it is erected from the parking lot upwards to its 7 levels as an element whose shape results from the desired directions, both towards the volcanoes and towards the Cholula pyramid.
The team at AR Design Studio proposed an extension and reformation that would collect everything together in an elegant form. The modern and antique are joined by a glazed link that sits between the existing house and the new anexe.
The building design by architects Park + Associates is imagined as a Chinese landscape painting, using composition of background, mid-ground, and foreground, to create a more layered visual experience. Purely visual pleasure translates into an experiential built form.
The property is boxed in by neighboring houses, with a lack of natural light and dampness. Locating facades set back from surrounding properties would allow more natural light, but the design would be an alien element into the neighborhood. Instead, the home design maintains the densely packed atmosphere.
Cushman & Wakefield appoints Despina Katsikakis to a client-advisory role. She is an industry-leading expert on the impact of the workplace on business performance. She has led innovation, research and implementation of transformative business environments and exemplary real estate developments worldwide for over 30 years.
C.F. Møller Architects Solar-powered School of the Future is located on a prominent site in Copenhagen’s new Nordhavn district. The modern educational architecture links the school with the urban environment, and give the school an open ambiance.