Hamburg Innovation Port master plan design
Dutch Architects MVRDV win competition for design of a 70.000 m2 mix use masterplan of Hamburg Innovation Port for construction company HC Hageman in the Hanse City’s southern high-tech hub
Asian Cairns: Shenzhen Skyscraper Design
Design: Vincent Callebaut Architectures: Cities use 75% of the worldwide consumption of energy and emit 80% of global CO2. The contemporary urban model is ultra-energy consuming and relies on exporting pollution and waste.
Princess Diana Fountain, London Memorial
Princess Diana Fountain, London memorial award, design by Gustafson Porter, McConnells, Barron Gould-Texxus and SDE: Princess of Wales Fountain in Hyde Park, England, UK
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate 2016
Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha wins the Praemium Imperiale. The annual awards, in the categories of Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Music and Theatre/Film, cover fields of achievement not represented by the Nobel Prizes
Shanghai Centre Building, China
Design: John Portman & Associates, architects. Shanghai Center, a project designed more than 30 years ago, has received the “China Tall Building Legacy” award of the inaugural China Tall Building Award. This award recognizes proven value and performance during the period of time from China’s economic opening in 1978.
The Central Recreation Center Pool Los Angeles
Design: Lehrer Architects. The facility is a gleaming monument and a world-class facility. From arrival to first dip, from toweling off to returning home, Central Pool will serve as a respite from the hot summer sun with its refreshing water and shade.
Al Zahraa Residence in Jeddah, KSA Property
Design: Badih and Kantar Architects. Residential development of simple white volumes: non-repetitive composition providing privacy and front buffering gardens, an introverted landscape shielded from traffic noise.
Vertical Strip Hanging Tower, Casino Resort
Design: Stephan Sobl – dramatic interplay of opaque surfaces incorporating “poché and lightweight, fragile structure” in this American casino resort, a satellite alternative to Las Vegas. Distinct architectural languages are exploited to create extreme spatial sequences.
Regent Street Shop Window London Facades
KSR Architects collaborated with KTBS Ltd on the design and the display lumination with Lighting.London. The forest parts like a stage curtain to unveil 7 For All Mankind’s brand new b(air) jeans mysteriously floating in the centre of the display.
Pembroke Place Development, Liverpool
Property Developers YPG commence works on the proposed 94 new build self-contained studios located in an enviable position in the heart of the learning centre of Liverpool.
House at Mill Creek, Muehlen In Taufers, Tyrol
Design: Pedevilla Architects. A rising silhouette gives an impression of the upward striving internal space sequence. Square-shaped windows refer to significant points in the alpine landscape.
New Saks Fifth Avenue Store New York
Design: Found Associates. The design combines a neutral yet luxurious arrangement, sharp detailing and understated palette with a series of dramatic elements, all referencing the brand’s heritage and reflecting its unique location.
Border City Mexico / USA: London Design Biennale
Design: FR-EE Fernando Romero Enterprise. Border City between United States and Mexico, shown at London Design Biennale: a vision for a binational city on one of the world’s most important borders.
Park Crescent London, Regent’s Park Property
Amazon Property launch The Park Crescent, London’s only Royal crescent, designed by renowned architect John Nash, transformed to provide 20 two to four bedroom ultra prime residences, fronting onto 8 acres of magnificent private resident’s gardens.