Architects Dominique Perrault inaugurate the tallest building in Austria. When an architect delivers a building it is always an extremely emotional moment, marked by the end of a long process of mediation, from absolute potentiality of early sketches to fine tuning in situ of final details
Design: gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. Groundbreaking ceremony for the new construction of the German Service Centre in Foshan, a city in the south of China. this competition which was open to German architectural practices with a Chinese partner.
Design: MINARC
The house creates a serene family sanctuary that harmoniously connects inhabitants with the surrounding natural environment by combining the most sustainable, eco -friendly materials and energy efficient technologies with minimalist architectural design.
Design: Tamayo + Montilla Arquitectos
Columbia – a country which brings to mind coffee, colonial times, dance and exuberance. This feeling is reflected in the architecture of the “Titán Plaza”, a shopping center designed by the architects Tamayo Montilla Arquitectos. It is a wide open building offering plenty of space, ready for meeting up and celebrating, as if made for the pulsing life of Bogotá.
Design: gmp – Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. A new football stadium for Tripoli: the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Stadium in the new sports park, which was designed by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) took place on Wednesday 26 February 2014. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Libyan Prime Minister, Ali Seidan, the German Ambassador, Christian Much, the football legend Franz Beckenbauer and the gmp Project Manager, Hans-Joachim Paap. gmp has been commissioned with the scheme design for the project as well as the detailed design.
Ultra-Ruin designed by Marco Casagrande is a wooden architectural organism that is growing from the ruins of an abandoned red brick farmhouse in the meeting place of terraced farms and jungle. The weak architecture follows the principles of Open Form and is improvised on the site based on instincts reacting on the presence of jungle, ruin and local knowledge.
Design: Bruce Stafford Architects. This family home is the result of an extensive renovation to a modest but elevated harbour-facing property. The project involved working with a significant proportion of the existing fabric, resulting in the need for a carefully resolved internal layout.
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. For the first time since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games the public will be able to make a splash in the same swimming pools as some of Great Britain’s greatest athletes. The iconic London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park opens its doors on Saturday 1 March 2014.
Design: ANRU
At the core of the urban renewal project for the Mireuil district of La Rochelle, “La Queue du Lézard” (“The Lizard’s Tail”) is a complex of local community amenities which is part of a plan proposed by ANRU (the French National Agency for Urban Renewal) developed together with landscape designers from the In Situ firm. A community centre, city sports grounds and a games library are grouped together in a 200 m long narrow strip made up of alternating built elements and voids.
At the fourth edition of GIS International Interior Architecture, Design and Lighting Expo Conference, which will take place in Bucharest, the British architect David Kohn will present, as the special guest of the event, the interior of the year 2013
Design: SHROFFLEoN. Situated on a heavily contoured site boasting of views overlooking the ocean, the project involved primarily the refurbishment of an existing bungalow with a major emphasis on the landscaping.
The second home, housing but three bedroom suites, finds focus in the creation of multiple outdoor zones of relaxation and entertainment, each with their own character, ambiance and usage protocol.
GIS International Interior Architecture, Design and Lighting Expo Conference will take place in Bucharest, where architect Martin Lesjak will present the Rolling Stones, project that has won the LEAF Interior Design Awards 2013
Architects: Make architects
910,000 sq ft building offering world class office and retail accommodation
34 storeys tall building will complement London’s skyline
Henderson Global Investors’ c. £12.7 billion Property Business has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from the City of London for its scheme at 40 Leadenhall Street.
Design: Bruce Stafford Architects. This family home is the result of an extensive renovation to a modest but elevated harbour-facing property. The project involved working with a significant proportion of the existing fabric, resulting in the need for a carefully resolved internal layout.
Design: Populous. Located on a 12 acre site on the Andersonstown Road in the west of Belfast, Casement Park is one of the largest stadia in Ulster (at 32,500 seat capacity), hosting Gaelic football and hurling matches. The stadium will be redeveloped into a 38,000 all-seated venue, which will become the largest stadium in Ulster and a regional flagship for Ulster GAA.
Design: PLP Architecture
The Collective Old Oak designed by PLP Architecture has received planning approval four months following the studio’s appointment by The Collective to redevelop a derelict 1970s office building to create student and mixed-use accommodation for the local community at Old Oak Lane in Ealing.
RIBA Gold Medal 2014, architects – architecture prize winner – Joseph Rykwert wins Royal Institute of British Architects architectural award, England