Brunner Innovation Factory, Rheinau
Design: HENN, Architekten. The innovation building as a hybrid of the most diverse programmes: development, design, prototyping and production encounter open office worlds, showrooms and a canteen.
Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects London
Mikhail Riches has won two separate competitions to design new housing on behalf of Hackney Council. The practice overcame competition from over 50 competitors with a design for homes at Buckland Street in Hoxton and followed up with a proposal for homes at Wimbourne Street, also in Hoxton.
Sky Park in Bratislava, Slovakia building
The building design by Zaha Hadid Architects converts an abandoned site into a new 20,000 sqm public park and community of more than 700 apartments together with 55,000 sqm of office and retail space connected to the city’s tram and bus networks.
615 South College Charlotte Office Tower
Design: John Portman & Associates – grand opening of 615 South College in Uptown Charlotte on Thursday, May 18 where Charlotte business leaders and commercial real estate professionals joined representatives of John Portman & Associates.
Bloomingdale’s Store Kuwait City Shopping
The famous US department store, embraces the Middle East with a new stunning luxury emporium. The three-storey building covering 8,600 sqm has large display areas and shops belonging to renowned brands.
Arthur’s Cave Pop-up Hotel Cabin, Wales
Design: Miller Kendrick Architects: the cabin, known as ‘Arthur’s Cave’, is one of eight winning entries for the Epic Retreats competition. The project was part funded by the Welsh Government’s Tourism Product Innovation Fund.
Sun Ship Freiburg, German Solar Settlement
“Solar Architecture is not about fashion – it is about survival”, Lord Norman Foster. “The sun doesn‘t send us a bill – the energy revolution is possible.” German journalist and activist Franz Alt
Co-working space at Huckletree West, White City
Architects, Studio RHE start on site at the ex-BBC TV broadcast studio in White City; their second interior fit out project for co-working group, Huckletree. The 30,500 sqft space is for developers, Stanhope.
New OOIIO Office Madrid Rio
Design: OOIIO Architecture. New headquarters via a refurbishment of disused spaces located just in front of the Madrid River Park, a large green urban space built after the burial of the M-30, one of Madrid’s ring roads.
International House in Barangaroo
Design: Tzannes architects. Construction of Australia’s first, and currently the world’s tallest engineered timber commercial building, International House Sydney, is now complete at Barangaroo South in Sydney and the building is preparing to welcome its new commercial and retail tenants.
University of Cambridge Primary School Building
Design: Marks Barfield Architects. Considerable research went into developing this ambitious primary school, taking best practice from across the globe on teaching methods since it is also a training school. Staff are clearly proud and delighted with the resultant building.
Alai Apartments by the Mayan Riviera
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. Designed in response to its natural surroundings, Alai marries ecological considerations, engaging design and a reinterpretation of local architectural tradition.
Lode House, Cambridgeshire property design
Design: Henry Goss Architects. This is a small but exquisitely detailed addition to a house providing the owners with an extended internal living room and generous covered external living space.
The Welding Institute, Great Abington, Cambridge
Design: Eric Parry Architects
The building matches in architectural quality the innovation that goes on inside it -The Welding Institute (TWI) is a world-leading organisation dealing with joining technology at every scale. This is a large building and the scale successfully mediates with its context