Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro / FXFOWLE, architects – the development’s intention is to modernize the concert halls and public spaces and renew the 16-acre urban campus to create a more open and vibrant environment.
Design: Susan T. Rodriguez / Ennead Architects. On a hilltop site overlooking New York Harbor, this new building has a distinct presence on the St. George skyline, commanding views to and from New York harbor. Four copper-clad “towers of justice” catch the morning light.
Design: Lead 8 with BuroHappold Engineering. A vision to transform the Hong Kong waterfront into an iconic 23 km urban pedestrian network.
How can architecture help improve people’s everyday lives in a society that is constantly changing? This is the question Aarhus School of Architecture will address in the exhibition ‘History as Catalyst’ at Milan Design Week
Controversial Andalusian fortress refurbishment: Castillo de Matrera – officially designated as important cultural heritage – the renewal design by architect Carlos Quevedo has caused ‘horror’ among conservationists.
MCHAP.emerge 2014/15 Winner. Award for Emerging Architecture Goes to Pavilion on the Zocalo; Mexico City, Mexico by Productora.
The Museum of London announce the six architectural teams shortlisted to design its new museum in West Smithfield in the international design competition organised by Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC).
Design: RAAAF [Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances] + Marcel Moonen. ‘Giardini in Silence’ is a proposal for the annual period of absence in between the Venice art- and architecture biennales. It reclaims public space from vandalism and security companies.
Remembering Zaha Hadid: the architect was recently awarded the RIBA’s 2016 Royal Gold Medal, the first woman to be awarded the prestigious honour in her own right. She also won the Stirling Prize twice, for the MAXXI Museum in Rome, and for Brixton’s Evelyn Grace Academy.
Design: Aedas, architects. Sina Plaza is the principal office in China for Sina Corporation, a Nasdaq listed company that operates Sina.com and Weibo social platform and has more than 85 million unique users per day
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. The Citylife project immersed in a park of 160,000 sqm (one of Europe’s largest pedestrianized zones) involves architects Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki and Daniel Libeskind.
Winners of Bee Breeders architecture competition for the Bangkok Artists Retreat. This competition aims to revitalise part of Bangkok’s Old Town and re-purpose one of the city’s notable landmarks – the Nightingale shopping mall – as an artists retreat.
Design: C.F. Møller Landscape
Nordhavn Islands project design wins international competition for an innovative learning, activity and water landscape in the harbour basin in front of the new Copenhagen International School.
The UK capital is a great place to visit with a wide range of architecture and numerous visitor attractions. We pick out some key examples below of major architecture in the British capital.