Microlibrary Bima in Indonesia, Bandung

Microlibrary Bima

Architects: SHAU. With high illiteracy rate in Indonesia and lack of reading facilities, SHAU -a multi-awarded rising architecture practice- started a mission: to rekindle interest in books by offering a designed place for reading paired with multiple community activities.

The Sax, Rotterdam Tower by MVRDV

The Sax Tower Building by MVRDV Architects

The Sax is formed from two interconnected towers. The building is located between the New Luxor Theater and the Boston & Seattle residential areas on Wilheminapier, a historical harbour area in the heart of the city.

Ink House 1701 in China

Ink House 1701 in China

Design: AD ARCHITECTURE. The atmosphere is created through items as art painting, light gray natural stone floor, ink-dot-like natural stone wall and customized ink carpet, adding an artistic and human feelings. The design is bold and hard, while the details are fine and soft.

Price Tower Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Price Tower

The Price Company’s executive offices and corporate apartment remain largely in their original condition or have been restored to approximate their original state. After PTAC’s sensitive restoration Price Tower was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007.

Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh

Forecourt of the Government Museum and Art Gallery

Le Corbusier’s use of exposed reinforced concrete and brick cladding for the museum’s facade symbolized the emergence of novel building typologies and the “arrival of the modern” in India as a newly independent nation. The Government Museum and Art Gallery is also recognized as a Grade-1 heritage site in India.

Pick Everard Architects Office

Wick Harbour Buildings

Pick Everard architecture news – historical maritime buildings in the harbour of Wick in Caithness, Scotland, will be brought back into operation when renovated to act as the hub for one of the largest new offshore wind farms in the UK.

TJX HQ in Watford, BRE site, Watford

TJX HQ

Sheppard Robson Architects have been granted planning permission for a new gateway office building opposite Watford Junction station as well as series of refurbishments to create over 25,000 sqm of office space.

WATG Architects: Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo

Momi Bay Resort Fiji Pacific Islands | www.e-architect.com

WATG, Architects – Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo news – international architectural office headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, with offices in London, Singapore, Istanbul, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Chicago.

New Istanbul Airport Building Design: Terminal

New Istanbul Airport Building Design

Lead design: Scott Brownrigg with Fonksiyon + TAM/Kiklop. The İstanbul New Airport infrastructure project in Turkey aims to become the first and largest infrastructure project outside North America to obtain Envision® sustainability verification.

Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand

MASP

An anchor of cultural life in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is a concrete and glass tour de force. Suspended on four massive pillars, the building shell hovers 26 feet above the ground and contains a total floor area of over 110,000 square feet.

Getty Foundation Keeping it Modern Grants news

Bauhaus Dessau building photos copyright Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, photo © Yvonne Tenschert

The Getty Foundation award $1.7m in architectural conservation grants for exemplary 20th century buildings as part of its Keeping It Modern initiative: twelve projects including St Peter’s Seminary, Glasgow ; Price Tower, Oklahoma by Frank Lloyd Wright ; Bauhaus Building, Germany by Walter Gropius.