RIAS Awards 2017 winners buildings, architects
12 winning buildings + architects news. Jury chaired by Karen Anderson (Timber representative), Lorraine Landels, Stuart McKnight (representing the Royal Institute of British Architects) and Ole Wiig.
Cadogan Café Chelsea by NEX
Design: NEX, Architects – New London Architecture Awards 2017 news. This visually distinctive destination arises from a strong site-specific historical context. Located on the Kings Road, Chelsea, the new Cadogan Cafe is defined by a spiralling wall that ties this contemporary creation with its prevalent past.
LiveWorks Theatre Newcastle
Live Works by Flanagan Lawrence – part of Live Theatre’s evolving cultural quarter in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – has been recognised with an RIBA National Award.
Serpentine Pavilion 2017, Kensington Gardens
Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, Burkino Faso, commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2017, responding to the brief with a bold, innovative structure that brings his characteristic sense of light and life to the lawns of Kensington Gardens.
Gateways to the Gold Coastt, Queensland
Design: LOT-EK. The successful design for the “Gateways” major public art commission, by New York-based LOT-EK artists Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano, was revealed today by Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate and Commonwealth Games Minister Kate Jones.
Bloomberg’s European Headquarters London Offices
Architects: Foster + Partners. Opening this autumn, Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in the heart of the City of London is the first wholly owned, designed and constructed Bloomberg building globally.
Malmö Building Photos: Architecture Images
Malmö building photos, discover new Swedish architecture – built environment pictures such as the Turning Torso Tower by Santiago Calatrava Architects – Malmö architecture images, building photos in Southwest Sweden
Sparch Architects: Archial architecture office
Sparch, Architects – buildings photos, new architecture in China – Sparch architects, Asian design office info & news, architecture studio designs
Gamble House in Pasadena, California
Tour of The Gamble House, the most complete and best-preserved example of American Arts and Crafts style architecture. The house and furnishings were designed by famed architects Charles and Henry Greene in 1908 for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter & Gamble Company.
A-to-Z House in San Francisco, California
Architects: SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop. Perched on a hillside in Golden Gate Heights, a modest single story 1934 developer vernacular structure had limited space and failed to take advantage of expansive views of Sutro Tower, Golden Gate Park, Sausalito, and the Bay.
Perched House Fitzroy North
Design: Rara Architecture. Perched – like a sparrow. Perched is a light extension at the rear of an inner city semi-detached Edwardian house that curves above your head.
Tod Williams + Billie Tsien Architects, New York
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects To Design The Obama Presidential Library. TWBTA stood out in their commitment to explore the best ways of creating an innovative center for action that inspires communities and individuals to take on our biggest challenges. IDEA brings local knowledge and a track record for delivering excellence to large, complex civic projects.
Zhengzhou Grand Theater in the Henan Province
Design: The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology. Zhengzhou Grand Theater, being the east part of city axis, is located in Zhengzhou Culture District as the best palace of performing arts in the Central Plains, will highlight the art of movement, and manifest the axis status of Zhengzhou.
La Colombière Cottage in Sutton, Ontario
Design: YH2. Initially built as a small storage space by the first owner who was a lumberman, this was later rearranged into a forest refuge. The materials and structure of the building are kept and uninterrupted so that the addition acts as an extension rather than an insertion.