Greenwich Buildings: Architecture London
Greenwich buildings : key architecture in southeast London, England, UK – Greenwich architecture, London building: new architectural developments + designs
Ben Derbyshire elected next President of RIBA
Ben Derbyshire has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). He will take over the two-year presidential term from Jane Duncan on 1 September 2017; from 1 September 2016 he will officially become RIBA President-Elect.
Banque Libano Francaise HQ in Beirut by Snøhetta
Snøhetta has won the competition to design the new Banque Libano Francaise (BLF) headquarters. Located in Beirut, the project marks Snøhetta’s first ever commission in Lebanon.
85 Customs Street Development Auckland
Mott MacDonald Architects is designing 85 Customs Street, a new mixed-use development in Auckland, New Zealand on behalf of Shundi Customs Limited. Once complete, the 52-storey residential tower will become the city’s tallest, adding a new dynamic to the skyline.
Casa Italia for 2016 Olympics, Restaurant & Wine Bar
Edra is pleased to announce its partnership with Casa Italia for the 2016 Olympics to be held this summer in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, between August 3 and August 21.
Ding Hui Yuan Zen & Tea Chamber in Beijing
Architects: He Wei Studio/3andwich design. As a Zen Chamber, it should have the Eastern spirit and ancient concept. Certainly, the ancient concept is not a simple display of traditional symbols.
Tile of Spain Awards 2016
The fifteenth edition of the Tile of Spain Awards is now open for entries, welcoming project submissions from international architects, interior designers and architecture students.
Sardinera House Alicante, Jávea
Design: Ramon Esteve, architects. Located in a setting of great beauty and valuable landscape, in front of the Mediterranean Sea, between El Portixol and Cala Blanca, the Sardinera House lays on the top of a hillside, lined by a headland entering the sea on a bay of turquoise waters.
Opposite House in Toronto Scarborough Bluffs
Design: Atelier rzlbd, Architects. The clients, a professional couple who both work from home and enjoy an active home entertainment lifestyle, were looking for a modern dwelling that would offer everything they might need and more, including enough space to transition into.
Light Well House Taichung City: Taiwan Residence
Design: Hsiang Yu Chen & Tai Jung Yang, architects. Penetrability is the main concept. For sunlight, air, and people go through all the space smoothly. The trail use glass to link the aisle, and for the sunlight shines down to every corner.
New Law Courts of Caen Building
Design: Baumschlager Eberle
The original design from the office of Christian Hauvette& associés was revised by Baumschlager Eberle Architectes together with the Atelier Pierre Champenois a former partner of Christian Hauvette.
Matosinhos House Greater Porto
Design: Nu.Ma Architects. The lot, where the house is inserted, have a non-regular shape, longitudinal and perpendicular to the street Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Matosinhos. In a consolidated urban area, the surrounding buildings, are, in most of the cases, buildings with a ground floor and attic.
Pathfoot Building at University of Stirling: RMJM
An outstanding example of post-war Modernist Scottish architecture, of international significance. This is a 20th Century tertiary education building in a parkland landscape setting. The highly flexible plan form that influenced Norman Foster’s Willis Faber Dumas Building In Ipswich.
Rundetårn København, Round Tower Copenhagen
Rundetårn København, Købmagergade, just north off The Strøget, built in the middle of the 17th Century, designed by Jørgen Scheffel, Hans van Steenwinkel the younger and I & J Exner, architects