Casa La Punta in Nayarit, House
Design: Elías Rizo Arquitectos. Casa La Punta is the home of an unusual client with a keen eye for design. It was built in Punta Mita, a few paces from the sea, in the coast of Jalisco.
Casa RO in Tapalpa, Jalisco Weekend House
Design: Elías Rizo Arquitectos. The clients for this project asked that the house maintain a contemporary poise that would set it apart from the rustic, vernacular norm that governs most of the architecture in the region.
Sky Digital Centre of Excellence in Leeds Building
Sky Digital Centre of Excellence designed by BDG architecture + design won the BCO Innovation Award: “simple, striking and vibrant space right on the waterfront is a natural fit with the building and its surroundings”.
Bazillion Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuanian Property
Architects YCL Studio have used tiled wall to divide an apartment in Vilnius into two zones, each with its own distinctive atmosphere.
Eden Hotel in Cornwall Accommodation
Architects: Tate Harmer’s design for a new £8.5million hotel at The Eden Project, in Cornwall, has received planning permission. The scheme, set to complete in 2018, will comprise 109-bedrooms, a restaurant and education rooms.
Art Gallery Hub in South Kensington
Architects: BuckleyGrayYeoman. The listed terrace at 1-5 Cromwell Place, which include the home and studio of the celebrated British painter, Sir John Lavery, will see the creation an innovative new gallery cluster providing offices, exhibition spaces, art storage and viewing rooms.
Karlovac freshwater aquarium & museum of rivers
Design: 3LHD, Architects. Two A+Awards for this building that is partially dug into the ground and covered with earthen embankments from its outer edges, inspired by the city’s historic center “Karlovac star”.
Sea Song House in Big Sur, California
Design: Form4 Architecture, architects. A dream site on the California coast at Big Sur, that magical strip of land below the Monterey Basin holding sparse traces of human occupation.
David Jones Flagship in Sydney, NSW
As the Lead Designer, Benoy will oversee the design of the major redevelopment of David Jones’ iconic Elizabeth Street store in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.
Media Campus Axel Springer Berlin Building
New image of building design for Axel Springer’s new media centre in Berlin. The building will embody Axel Springer’s corporate shift from print to digital media, and will create a new hub. OMA was one of three architecture studios shortlisted in this architectural competition.
Grand Théâtre de Québec building restoration
Architects: Consortium Lemay and Atelier 21
An innovative Canadian first for a heritage preservation project of its size, the new glass envelope that will protect the Grand Théâtre de Québec is a Lemay and Atelier 21 consortium design and the winning solution in the cultural complex’s architectural competition.
Hyundai Motorstudio in Goyang, South Korea
Architects: ATELIER BRÜCKNER. The Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang has opened its doors. It is the largest centre of automotive culture in Korea, a brand world used by car maker Hyundai to present itself to a broad public.
Campus of Sun Yat-sen University in Shenzhen
Architects: RMJM
The new campus will be located in the Guangming District, where the Dongguan Yellow River meets the Gongzhu Mountain, and will house medical and science facilities for 20,000 students.
Global Contemporary Art Museum Massachusetts
Design: Gluckman Tang Architects. This 165,000-sqft exhibition and art storage facility for contemporary art adapts the economical and flexible building system of industrial sheds and the scale, massing, and form of early industrial mill buildings.