Numerous improvements revealed for Chicago’s tallest building. Totaling up to $500 m the renovations will include six floors of new retail space, an outdoor deck and a winter garden. The tower was once the world’s tallest building for 25 years.
Design: Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes. The house was inspired by a formal exploration of sand models, seen at a Wallpaper Magazine exhibition. The volume is inspired by local traditional architecture and the natural shapes of wind-swept dunes.
Architect: Aedas. Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone Mixed-use Project, designed by Aedas, is located in Guangzhou, the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.
Architects: Dan Gayfer Design. The rear area of this residence did not meet the requirements of a highly active family. With foresight in mind, the area was reconfigured to provide amenities for four children, parents and friends.
William Whitfield Architect, London, England – architecture photos, traditional English buildings like Richmond House, Whitehall, Westminster, ad the Hunterian Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland – UK Neoclassical architectural style
Architects: Sheppard Robson. Designs submitted for two major science buildings, forming the southern gateway to Europe’s largest clinical-academic campus. Part of a joint venture between the commercial development company, Bruntwood, Manchester Science Partnerships, and Central Manchester Foundation Trust.
Design: DVA ARHITEKTA. The client’s wish was to build a vacation home with a prospect of becoming a permanent one, on the island of Krk, the northern part of Adriatic.
Design: Peter Pichler Architecture. The new hut contains a restaurant and is located next to the cable station Oberholz in Obereggen with direct connection to the ski slope.
ONV Architects, in cooperation with Scandi Byg, have developed a new economic housing concept: AlmenBolig+. The concept has been applied in seven locations around Denmark.
eldridge smerin Architects, London – buildings photos, UK architecture practice, studio news – find England contemporary house designs
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Hellin-Sebbag architectes associés, Paris, France – Parisian architecture studio images – Paris architects firm, French building news
Phooey Architects, Melbourne, Australia – building by Australian architect firm in Victoria – architecture office mews and images
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