Ensamble Studio – Architects Spain

Domo, designed by Ensamble Studio, installed at Tippet Rise Art Center

Ensamble Studio architecture news: ‘Domo’ at Tippet Rise Art Center, Stillwater County, Montana, USA – opening to the public June 17, 2016, offering great classical music among sculptures and buildings that hug the land like natural formations.

Circle Square Development Manchester

Circle Square Development

Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. The vision for Oxford Road’s new neighbourhood is closer to realisation after joint venture partners Select Property Group and Bruntwood were given planning permission for the biggest planning application of the scheme.

RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2016

Abel Feleke Winner of RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship in 2016

Abel Feleke from the University of Western Australia wins for his proposal, ‘Weaving the Urban Fabric: Examining the Significance of Community’: the contest was open to schools of architecture around the world.

Engineering Campus for Manchester University: Mecanoo

Engineering Campus

Design: Mecanoo, architects. The University of Manchester receives planning permission to create a £350m engineering campus designed by this celebrated Dutch architecture practice. MECD will be one of the largest UK higher education construction projects.

Aesop Shop in Düsseldorf, Store

Aesop Shop in Dusseldorf

Located in Grabenstraße, this is the very first store to open in the city of Düsseldorf. Aesop Grabenstraße is the second store designed by Snøhetta to open in Germany, preceded by Aesop Fasnanstraße in Berlin.

Flexhouse on Lake Zurich, Switzerland

Flexhouse

With its wide walls of glass and a ribbon-like white façade that winds its way around the building by architects Evolution Design, this home on the banks of Lake Zurich is so light and mobile in appearance that it resembles a futuristic vessel.

The Citygate Tower in Vienna

The Citygate Tower

Architects: querkraft. The façade of this apartment tower is characterized by perimetrical balconies, which are extended in front of each flat and shift from floor to floor.

Ashden Awards 2016, Sustainable Energy Prize

REFIT London

Forward-thinking organisations in Lancashire, London and China win for their commitment to creating sustainable, healthy, energy efficient environments in homes and buildings.

Atrium Villas Kehria Skiathos, Greece property

Atrium Villas Kehria Skiathos, Greece property

Design: hhh architects. Three houses built on a wooded hillside overlooking the west coast of Skiathos. The natural environment defined the architectural layout: 6 volumes following the slope in a linear formation, parallel to the sea view.

Dream Downtown Hotel, Chelsea Boutique

Dream Downtown Hotel, Chelsea

Design: Handel Architects. Shiny new building in Chelsea: a 184,000 sqft boutique hotel. The 12-story building includes 316 guestrooms, two restaurants, rooftop and VIP lounges, outdoor pool and pool bar, a gym, event space, and ground floor retail.

Student Residences at St Lucia Campus Brisbane

Student Residences at St Lucia Campus Brisbane

Design: Wilson Architects + Partners Hill. The University of Queensland (UQ) has selected Wilson Architects + Partners Hill to design the $250m flagship Student Residences Project at the St Lucia campus.

Ongar Academy Essex Education Building

Ongar Academy

Design: Bond Bryan Architects. The new Ongar Academy will be a Four Form Entry Secondary School accommodating 800 pupils (including 200 sixth form pupils) with approximately 50 teaching staff and 15 – 20 Administrative support