Metropolitan Museum of Art on Madison Avenue. Occupying the old “Whitney” in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The former museum closed in 2014 to relocate to a new building designed by Renzo Piano in Lower Manhattan that opened in May 1, 2015.
Design: Ruud Visser Architects. Along the river De Rotte in Rotterdam stands a wooden church from 1930. The church was not in function anymore and was used as a garage for fixing and selling cars.
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The house is designed in the form of a large “L’’ configuration embracing thus the garden, the swimming pool but also taking advantage of the south-west orientation of the site.
Design: Giordano Hadamik Architects. A new contemporary entrance is built within an existing stone shed which leads to a subterranean house extension – a new living space for the old mansion which is connected below ground with a glass roof corridor.
Architecture contest winner: Lowri Roberts, architect – ‘Guerrilla Museum’ pop-up initiative, a satellite museum always on tour, staying for a while then disappearing overnight across the city and county of Cardiff.
Design: Giordano Hadamik Architects. The highly isolated subterranean shelf and the efficient control and use of solar and renewable energy, reduces significantly the energy consumption of the building while obtaining a superior house comfort, bringing the building up to Passivhaus standards.
SRAM LLC, the world’s second largest manufacturer of bicycle components, has opened its new headquarters in Chicago in a space designed by global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will.
Design: I Like Design Studio. Starbucks Food Villa is located at Food Villa Market Ratchapruek, Bangkok. The building is 2-story steel structure features drive-thru, bar seating on the ground floor and meeting room, toilets on the 2nd floor.
DPAI Architecture Inc. was commissioned to design a space that enables kg&a’s flexible and collaborative work style, while functionally and aesthetically aligning with the firm’s creative philosophy.
Design: PRODUCE WORKSHOP. Little Red Ants is a creative studio known for compelling videos. The nature of their work means they work round the clock: their new office needs to be a sanctuary for eat, sleep and play, in addition to work.
Design: Bagnato Architects. Conversion of a former 120 year old timber church and create an inspiring, artistic & luxurious home that respected the churches spatial qualities, distinct internal features and past history.
Design: Nuno Montenegro, architect. The portico structure arises from the combination of the two programmatic requirements. The need to create a corporate iconic image, and the inclusion of a set of amphitheatres.
Design: MZ Architects. The house – atelier has been designed for a young Saudi jewellery artist who wished to have a private living and working space expressing her soul and creations, within the garden of her family’s main residence where she currently lives.
Design: Grimshaw, Architects. Four key buildings are contained in the design: three of which will be residential with a minimum of 25% affordable rental housing, built over Nine Elms Underground Station. The fourth building will comprise commercial office and retail spaces.