AIA news – “Architecture can have great impact on meeting climate challenges, as we well know. But this is just one of the pressing issues on which architects can make a difference. We can—and must—do more.” says American Institute of Architects 2017 President Thomas Vonier.
The A’ Design Competitions are held in numerous creative fields to acknowledge the greatest design works from all countries in all disciplines. Entries to the A’ Design Awards are blind peer reviewed by an influential jury panel of leading scholars, top press members and experienced professionals
Building design by Cartwright Pickard Architects comprising new café pavilion and event space carefully inserted into original Boilerhouse courtyard. The project also renewed the Grade I Listed Founders Building plus the original stable block.
Design: NBJ Architectes. L’agence NBJ Architectes vient de livrer le projet de 87 logements Lez in Art dans la ZAC Rive Gauche à Montpellier présentant des volontés spécifiques en matière de développement durable.
The underground in Sweden’s capital (in Swedish tunnelbana) is world’s longest art gallery, 110 km (68 miles). With art in 90 out of its 100 stations, created by over hundred different artists this art display is something out of the ordinary.
Design: Davide Macullo Architects. This building is a small construction that takes on a universal meaning; creating a relationship between the DNA of a place and its future and represents a contemporary interpretation of the historical values of a place.
Design: CAZA Architects
The airport building contains a series of interior gardens that connect to a system of bio-swales which help reduce the overall site temperature and mitigate flooding risk.
Architects: 10 Design. The 55,000 sqm R&D Center is located on a prominent site on the eastern edge of the Jinshan Lake that forms the heart of the district. The buildings will become an incubation platform for start-up companies and entrepreneurs.
Blackhorse Workshop and specialist regeneration company U+I present new installation celebrating maker culture at Equipment Works site near Blackhorse Road station, acknowledging rich history and heritage of former factory whose prototypes inspired iconic Routemaster bus designs.
There are few more dramatic locations than the historic Jamaica Inn on windswept Bodmin moor in Cornwall. Made famous by the eponymous Daphne Du Maurier novel and various films, the former coaching stop is now a popular hotel and museum.
Architects pH+ and City & Suburban Homes have received planning permission to build 38 new homes in Brent Cross, an area soon to be transformed by multiple developments. The design of Gladstone Parade therefore responds to the local vernacular
Architects: tissellistudioarchitetti
The flat is located in the heart of Cesena’s historical centre, a privileged position which allows the visual contemplation of an outstanding urban and natural landscape.
Thompson + Baroni and Stephen Marshall Architects designed two 5000-square-foot properties with carefully considered features to maximise light and accentuate the mature surrounding landscape.
Author: Mollie Claypool
This is Gaudi by Mollie Claypool and published by Laurence King in August 2017 is a beautifully illustrated guide to the life and work of one of Europe’s best-loved architects, Antoni Gaudi.