The United States of America takes the first place among 98 represented countries in 2017 with 557 Design Awards won globally. WDR ranks all the countries based on the number of designers that have been granted with the A’ Design Award. China came second with 520 Design Awards and surprisingly (as it isn’t a large country) Taiwan came third with 447.
Architects: NFOE / HCMA consortium
The destination facility will offer a unique experience for recreation and competitive swimmers alike. The team looks forward to seeing it come to life in the coming years.
Design: OMI Architects. Grade 2 listed office building in the Upper King Street Conservation Area, in the traditional commercial centre of Manchester. Originally designed by prolific Victorian architecture practice Clegg and Knowles in 1868.
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. The London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is celebrating its 3rd anniversary of being open to the public with an Open Day full of swimming and fitness activities on Saturday, 4th March.
Design: Sanjay Udamale Architects. This building houses one of the India’s largest libraries of Science, Engineering and Technology. Located in the heart of the campus it is surrounded with lush greenery.
Design: cepezed, architects. The Station district in Utrecht has been undergoing a real metamorphosis since some years. Between all the new buildings, conversions and renovations, the Moreelsebrug has also been realized recently.
Design: Purcell, Architects
Planning permission granted for two prison redevelopments for City & Country. Dorchester prison and Shepton Mallet prison will be restored and converted into high quality homes.
McChesney Architects news – This is a motion sculpture at the new home of the English National Ballet in East London. An assemblage of three delicate elements slowly transforms itself playing out a graceful balletic motion in the square.
The JACC building design in Kuwait is by SSH: it will showcase performing arts and create a world class theatre quarter in a spacious parkland setting. The cultural district will include theatres, concert halls, cinemas, conference and exhibition halls and a library archive.
Design: FABBRICANOVE Architetti. The zone of this residential intervention is a place, established at the end of 1800, to host a factory that stores explosive materials for civil uses.
Architectural photography exhibition in London – “Geometric diagrams can be contemplated as still moments revealing a continuous, timeless, universal action generally hidden from our sensory perception” – Robert Lawlor
Design: FABBRICANOVE Architetti
The Loft on Bufalini Street in Florence, in the very historical centre of the city, is the result of the restoration of an ex-music hall.
Architects: Pedra Liquida. Among a set of dwelling buildings this one stood out by the austerity of its facade and the large and free open interior, characteristics of an old iron warehouse
MoMA PS1 2017 Young Architects Program winner news – Jenny Sabin Studio selected in annual competition hosted by The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative architecture.