Aberdeen Music Hall building redevelopment
Design: BDP, Architects. The opening of Aberdeen’s renewed Music Hall has been delayed until Autumn 2018. The 194-year-old building will be handed over to Kier Construction in October.
Nanhai Pearl Artificial Island, Haikou Bay, Hainan
Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York architects studio DS+R have won the South Sea Pearl architectural contest to design an eco-friendly tourist destination on an artificial island in Haikou Bay in Hainan, China
Modular Cafeteria, Vizovice building design
Design: Chybik+Kristof Associated Architects. Few young architects under the age of 30 can boast of two completed commissions in their portfolios: their first commission – a modular cafeteria for in Vizovice (featured) and the Czech pavilion at EXPO 2015 in Milan.
White House in São Sebastião, SP
Architects: Studio MK27. A cool new home on a beautiful Brazilian beach, on the northern coast of São Paulo. As a house in tropical area by the sea, with high temperatures and sea air, comfort and building maintenance are key design aspects.
Veolia Campus in Jonage, Campus Facility Building
Design: Arte Charpentier Architectes. Located in the eastern suburbs of Lyon, this innovative campus is arranged around a garden designed as an agora. The building houses a professional training centre for environment, energy, transport, waste and water sectors.
Vila V Beskydech, Czech Republic
Design: KOHL ARCHITEKTI. The new building of Vila V Beskydech is situated in the quiet location of Panské Dvory in Frýdek-Místek on an ideal plot with a beautiful view of the Beskydy mountains facing the south
Seoul Animation Center Competition: Jung-gu
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announces call for entry for the architecture competition to construct a new Seoul Animation Center. Team leaders must be a licensed architect.
Cairo Science City Building Design Competition
Design: WestonWilliamson+Partners, Architects
Winner of international architectural competition by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, judged by a panel of leading academics and science entrepreneurs.
The Louvre in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Design: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Architects. Pattern is an important element of Middle Eastern architecture, in this building the French architects have designed a double dome 590 ft (180 m) in diameter, with randomly-perforated woven material, creating speckled shadows
Jiefangbei Book City: Xinhua Bookstore
Design: Aedas, architects
An interesting concoction, a far cry from the simple podium and tower of Lever House in New York! The tower form widens out at its base into a fluid series of verdant balconies. Below this a golden ‘slab’ floats above a lower, amorphic base that ripples along the street.
LEAF 2016 London: design and construction industry
LEAF 2016 is almost here with the final plans being put in place and finishing touches perfected, now is the time to make sure you’ve secured your place.
Rhyl High School in Denbighshire, Wales
A 9500 sqm Rhyl High School in Denbighshire, building design by AHR, the £23 m facility offers 1245 places. The central atrium forms an entrance, foyer, performance hall, dining area, circulation and social space.
SKA Global Headquarters Jodrell Bank
Design: Hassell, architects. Approval for this new HQ building to accommodate 135 staff building and operating the world’s largest radio telescope, at Jodrell Bank: the Square Kilometre Array.
Jungle House in Guarujá, SP Property
Architects: Studio MK27. The main volume of the house is elevated from the ground and seems built into the topography. The house, therefore, projects itself out from the mountain.