Construction on Thomas Heatherwick’s landmark starts at Hudson Yards. The 150-foot-tall polished steel pavilion comprises 154 interconnecting flights of stairs. Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the US.
This mixed-use development design by WATG, Architects totals nearly 950,000 sqft at the intersection of an up-and-coming neighborhood and an established downtown core. Two residential towers, 440 feet tall, sit above a mixed-use podium
Design: Frost*collective with Neeson Murcutt Architects. The redevelopment of the existing pool is part of a larger scheme that has seen enormous improvements to this area of the city and the experiences available to visitors, including the upgrade of the park and community facilities.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) selected this year’s recipients of the Top Ten Awards, the industry’s premier program celebrating sustainable design excellence via the integration of great design and great performance.
Design by WATG, Architects. Located in the heart of China’s fourth largest metropolis this 210-m tower and podium offer 259 hotel guest rooms, 90 residential units and 5,000 sqm of retail space.
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes. This Contemporary Music Centre is a musical complex consisting of two auditoriums of very different kinds and recording studios, linked by a public space called the deck, running from one side of the building to the other
Architects: Ricardo Camacho, Gilda Camacho. The EN125A22 house addresses the relationship between the architectural object and four types of mobility. Located above the intersection of the main roads of the Algarve, the house operates as a mechanism able to recognize, use and represent different types of mobility.
Design: Batay-Csorba Architects. The Double Duplex was created in response to the cities growing need for alternative housing models due to the rising cost of urban real estate and the need for urban densification.
Design: Choeff Levy Fischman Architecture + Design – Villa Venetian, located on San Marco Island in Miami Beach, Florida, was purchased by it’s current owner from a developer who took all the modern details of the home and turned them classical.
A record 57 entries were submitted this year and eleven short-listed projects located within the Edinburgh Chapter were visited by the judging panel in early April 2017. Awards were made in five categories: Large Project; Regeneration and Conservation; Small Project, Wood and Ambassador
Boran Ekinci Architects new – BUILDING & GREEN E-BOOK published online with a large amount of mostly residential projects by this Turkish architecture firm.
Architects: Roy David Studio. Blanco is a fresh and revolutionary advertising company specializing in projects from varied fields. As the team started getting bigger, Blanco partnered with Roy David Architecture Studio to design their new 200 sqm office.
Design: Richard Murphy Architects. EAA Building of the Year Award for 2017 Winner: £9m building integrated with the world’s first Andrew Carnegie library, at the heart of the historic medieval centre, close to the Romanesque Abbey.
Festival des Architectures Vives – a School of Architecture is invited each year to participate at the FAV: this year it is the Higher Technical School of Architecture of San Sebastián.