Grand Plaza Hotel in Cheraga, Algeria

Grand Plaza Hotel in Cheraga

Design: DNA Barcelona Architects. The aim of this project is to build an iconic building, able to relate with the city, which provides new services and experiences through architecture. The design could be compared to the shape of a ship, angular at its base, considerably higher on the levels above.

Cyberwalk Building in Gurgaon, Manesar Offices

Cyberwalk Building

Design: Design Forum International. Originating from this notion, Cyberwalk was conceived to bring man and nature together, within an office environment that would enable better Ideation, creative thinking that would lead to innovation in a relaxed working environment.

Gewerbehof Missindorf Businesspark in Vienna

Gewerbehof Missindorf

Design: HOLODECK architects. The existing buildings form the backdrop for the design of the new spaces, which preserve and continue the multifunctional character of the original industrial buildings.

Watchet Foundry in Somerset, England

Watchet Foundry in Somerset

Design: Invisible Studio, Architects. A cultural regeneration project for a small coastal town in Southwest England. “The main new building is conceived as a piece of occupied landscape, which can be walked on.”

The Lighthouse Housing Complex Østerbro

The Lighthouse Housing Complex

Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter. The 48 meters tall Lighthouse complex is located in Copenhagen’s Harbor area, now converted to an urban quarter full of new projects coexisting happily with historical warehouses

Mummy Mountain Residence in Paradise Valley

Mummy Mountain Residence

Mummy Mountain Residence in Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA, design by architects Chen + Suchart Studio. A collection of parallel sandblasted concrete block walls are set out so the landscape and the views flow freely through the spaces.

Shoot Gallery in Oslo Building

Shoot Gallery

Design: Snøhetta. Located near to the fjord in the urban and exciting new neighborhood Bjørvika in Oslo, Shoot Gallery is a starter for the growing arts scene in the Barcode area.

US / Mexico Border Solutions, Mexican boundary

United States / Mexico Border fence barrier

In response to “Donald Trump’s incendiary remarks” about the frontier, architecture students designed a border in which people would be allowed to move freely while cargo would be thoroughly checked.

Sechoir+ Salon Santa Monica hairdressers, California

Sechoir+

Architects: humn lab+ design + build. Sechoir, translated from French, as “dryer”, this commission, is a dry bar/salon, where the most fashionable and elite Hollywood types come to get ready for the day, or an important event

Courtyard Project Manchester Museum

Courtyard Project at Manchester Museum

Design: Purcell, architects. News on this major transformation of the historic fabric of the Grade II* listed buildings and upgarde in the experience of visiting.

Pathé Films Building in Soho: Wardour Street

Pathe Films Building

Architects: Sheppard Robson. The Pathé Films Building has been reinterpreted and transformed to house 13 luxury apartments, a gym and two duplex penthouses that frame remarkable views over Soho and Piccadilly.

RIBA House of the Year Award Shortlist news

Murphy House, New Town, Edinburgh

RIBA House of the Year Shortlisted building and architects for 2016: Covert House: by DSDHA ; Murphy House by Richard Murphy Architects ; Ansty Plum by Coppin Dockray Architects ; OutHouse by Loyn & Co Architects

Waterline Square, Riverside South Waterfront

Waterline Square Buildings New York City

Design: Richard Meier and Partners / Rafael Viñoly Architects / KPF. New renderings released of a trio of residential towers on the five-acre site between West 59th and 61st Streets that’s part of Riverside Center. The glassy buildings will contain a mix of condos and rentals.

The Middle House Santa Monica

The Middle House

Architects: humn lab+ design + build. The brief for this project was to create a single family home with entertainment zones on every level. The house is located no more than 1/16 of a mile above the Pacific Ocean, near a very walkable downtown Pacific Palisades.