RIBA Awards 2013 Winning Buildings

Mareel, Lerwick, Shetland building

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the winners of the 2013 RIBA National Awards, the most rigorously-judged awards for architectural excellence

University of Limerick Medical School, Ireland

University of Limerick Medical School, Ireland building facade

Accoding to the architects, “The University of Limerick, occupies a large territory, formerly a Demesne, and is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the river Shannon, the longest and largest river in Ireland.

Art-tunnel at Graz Main Train Station, Austria

Art-tunnel Graz

Design: Zechner & Zechner ZT, architects. The completion of the northern underpass, with a 150 m long artwork by Peter Kogler allows a new access to the station and represents a further milestone in the realization of the project.

São Paulo Terrace, Brazil beach & country club

Terrace in São Paulo - Brazilian Beach & Country Club

New Beach & Country Club in Brasil by Galeazzo Design: with 88m² the space has a lot of colors and its inspiration comes from the crossing of the east (orient) and west (occident) cultures, in a contemporary way.

Clinic and Office Building Tokyo

Clinic and Office Building Tokyo

Many buildings stand side by side in the shopping district near the train station. There were many partitioned tenement-houses in this area, but currently rebuilding has been proceeding. There is a platform of the conventional lines on the north side of the site.

Municipal Auditorium Teulada Building

Municipal Auditorium in Teulada-Moraira

Teulada-Moraira is an unusual urban center. Although it is divided into two separate physical units, Teulada and Moraira, these belong to a single administrative entity.

Architecture Whispers: Silencio Club Paris

Architecture Whispers is a series of intimate multidisciplinary and cross-cultural conversations between emerging, established and visionary international architects and their colleagues in other disciplines.

Jesolo Lido Village Condominium: Venice Condo

The new project is a beautiful condominium next to the water and it is part of a complex comprised of the Jesolo Lido Village, completed by Richard Meier & Partners in 2007, and the Jesolo Lido Hotel. This project has also been recently awarded the 2013 AIANY Architecture Award.

Desert Home – Israel Residence

As far as location, the view from the site opens up to the south overlooking the landscape of a vineyard. The constraint is the view also faces the direct desert sun.

Private Rental Housing Competition 2013

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Wates Group and Wates Family Enterprise Trust are delighted to announce the launch of an ideas competition for homes designed for the private rental market.

Allianz Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland

Allianz Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland

The Allianz Headquarters is an office complex occupying two buildings linked by a series of bridges and interlocked by a central staircase rising the height of the entire building within a centrally positioned void.