Paris Philharmonic Building: Philharmonie
Taking the view that the owner of the Philharmonie had modified and thus defiled his architectural work, Jean Nouvel had sued the former before the Paris Court of First Instance.
House for Tasmanian Kangaroos, Copenhagen Zoo
Scandinavian firm White Arkitekter has designed the new house for the Tasmanian Kangaroos in Copenhagen Zoo. Without the barrier of a fence or wall, visitors can meet the kangaroos up close, but on the animals’ terms
Estudio Nan Arquitectos Pontevedra, Galicia
Design: NAN Arquitectos. “The project for our office reflects our image and values. We are different from other studios and we demonstrate it with this space, which determines how clients perceive our practice.”
Garden House in de Beauvoir, Hackney property
Design: Hayhurst and Co, Architects. The Garden House replaces a single storey workshop built by the Clients in the mid-1990s. The brief was to form a home and studio.
Kevin Kennon Architects New York – KKA
Kevin Kennon Architects news. Retail design guru garners industry honors for latest Bloomingdale’s design, and looks forward to a banner year of international work.
International Towers at Barangaroo
Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Along with the shading utilise a wide spectrum of environmental features including harbour water heat rejection, solar panels, rainwater capture and recycling, blackwater treatment, there is a basement with parking for three times more bicycles than cars.
Modern Mews London property: Coffey Architects
Design: Coffey Architects. A useful space carved from a small site of 3 by 8 metres, bringing light into a single aspect building. Effectively, it is an intricately designed and constructed piece of joinery crafted to live in.
Hooked On The Past: Frank Lloyd Wright Designs
Photorealistic recreation of two emblematic works by architect Frank Lloyd Wright that no longer exist and of which there are few photos: The Larkin Administration Building and the Pauson House.
Granite House in Johannesburg, South Africa
Design: MMA Design Studio Architects. An encrusted cave for modern day Nomads. Designed on an awkward 700m² residual site this modern 4 bedroom house is planned as a village around a central courtyard with multiple “situations” and living arrangements.
Bing’an Red Memorial Guizhou
Architects: West-line studio. The Red Army Memorial Museum is situated in the rural Bing’an Warf, a shoal in the middle of the Chishui river, on the border between the regions of Guizhou and Sichuan, in South-West China.
Dream Stream Residence in Guiyang
Architects: West-line studio
The lead characteristic of this residential project is its complicated circulation system. Splitting routes has created different kind of yards and different level of privacy.
Westminster Fire Station Residential Restoration
Design: Openstudio Architects. Central London, design-led, development expert, Alchemi Group secures planning approval for its restoration of the Grade II listed Westminster Fire Station in Victoria.
Merchants Manor Hotel Falmouth Coast, Cornwall
Design: Helen Hughes Design Studio. Luxurious Spa and 4* Retreat revitalised – a 39 bedroom boutique hotel on the majestic Falmouth coast, Merchants Manor Hotel has undergone a three-year refurbishment plan.
Curve Cutting Dongguan, Guangdong
Design: C.DD, architects. In the design of Savour Dalang hairdressing salon, what the designer strives to achieve is: to impress and spoil the customers and make them come back.