Tuscan Architectural Award, Italy
Architectural Award organised by Regional Council for Tuscany, Florence and Pisa Orders of Architects and the National Building Contractors’ Association (ANCE) to promote architectural excellence and its culture.
110 North Wacker Office Development, Chicago
Design: Goettsch Partners
With its prominent riverfront location, 110 North Wacker is a highly desirable office development site in the heart of the city, designed to be a dynamic addition to Chicago’s iconic skyline.
China World Trade Center Phase 3C Beijing building
Design: Andrew Bromberg at Aedas. China World Trade Center Phase 3C in Beijing, China, designed by Andrew Bromberg at Aedas, made a double win at MIPIM, the world’s leading property market, this year in France.
Wangjing SOHO in Beijing Building
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects located in Wangjing’s centre, Wangjing Soho is a mixed-use development consisting of three towers 118, 127, 200 meters in height designed as three interweaving ‘mountains’ that fuse building and landscape to bring together the surrounding community with a new 60,000m2 public park.
Lusanga International Research Centre building
Designed by OMA, the White Cube is a central element of the Lusanga International Research Centre for Art and Economic Inequality, located in the heart of the plantation system.
Clifton Apartments in Melbourne Property
Design: CHT Architects. The 38 apartments that comprise Clifton are designed to engage with the changing nature of inner city urban living. Natural light is maximised while the apartment interiors are stripped back, allowing for a personal interpretation with each apartment.
145 Student Housing Bassins à Flot
Gardera-D Architecture announce that the project “145 Student Housing in Bassins à Flots”, delivered by the agency in 2016 in Bordeaux, has just won the first prize of the ArchiDesignclub Awards 2017 in the category “collective housing”
Chicago Urban River Edges Ideas Lab
Chicago Urban River Edges Ideas Lab: architectural firms Ross Barney Architects, David Adjaye, James Corner Field Operations, Studio Gang, Perkins & Will and SOM among participants.
Gütsch Restaurant, Andermatt, Swiss Alps
Design: Studio Seilern Architects. Eating at 2360m altitude: a new gourmet restaurant in the Swiss Alps. Placed on top of the mountain the building sits at the arrival point of three cable car lines.
Kuwait International Airport Terminal, Foster + Partners
Design: Foster + Partners, Architects. Construction if the new Y-shaped terminal building will now be completed in four years, down from the initial estimate of six years.
Elliott Bay House in Seattle Property
Design: FINNE Architects. This house is located on a narrow site facing Puget Sound. The architectural massing wraps around a south-facing courtyard containing a large reflecting pool with two “floating” basalt boulders.
Residence M in Melbourne
Design: CHT Architects. Residence M sits on a small site, mandating an inventive approach that could maximise the yield. Unlike the customary introverted house surrounded by outdoor space.
Cité Internationale Paul Ricœur in Rennes
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes. The plot is located at the interface between two very different urban logics: on one side, a modern district made up of wide public spaces and large-sized buildings, on the other, the historical town-centre consisting of smaller slate-roof buildings.
Meteor Cinema in Guangzhou Shi
Architects: One Plus Partnership Limited. A meteor is an astronomical observation where a bright trail of light appears in the night sky when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere. This beautiful scene only appears in the sky for a very brief moment, and then vanishes without leaving any trace behind.