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Part-Dieu Shopping Centre Lyon
Design: MVRDV. It is rare that architects summon up the notion of disappearing when designing their projects. The very essence of architecture is the exact opposite. It is there to be seen, displayed, to make an impression.
Student Center at Georgetown University
Design: ikon.5 architects. Inspired by the unique ‘Hoya Saxa’ (stones) identity of the Georgetown student body, the center creates an experience of study and casual living spaces carved out of interior and exterior stone edifices.
City of London Freemen’s School Swimming Pool
Latest phase in architects Hawkins\Brown’s masterplan for the independent co-educational school in Ashtead, Surrey, creates the sense of swimming amongst the trees of the surrounding woodland.
Medgar Evers College Library Brooklyn, NY
Design: ikon.5 architects. Set within the existing Bedford building of The City University of New York, the Medgar Evers College Library transforms an existing 45,000 sqft traditional library into a modern information commons.
Metropolitan Opera House New York Lobby
The Metropolitan Opera selects Ennead Architects to design the renovation and expansion of its lobby. The Met hopes to make its Lincoln Center building more welcoming by improving the cramped lobby.
CITAB-CTBUH 2016 China Tall Building Awards news
The China International Exchange Committee for Tall Buildings and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announce the award recipients for the inaugural CITAB-CTBUH 2016 China Tall Building Awards.
Laurel Way House Beverly Hills
Design: whipple^russell architects. One aesthetic idea driving the creation of Laurel Way was that each room or space should be a jewel box, an individually conceived, precisely functional and dramatic sensory experience with its own depth of architecture.
Lucknow Memorial Gate, Indian Structure
Design: Archohm. The Lucknow Memorial Gate, located at the focal point of the approach road is identified as one node of the site whose other node towards Samta Mulak Chowk, is a park.
Union Square Aberdeen shops, stores
Design: Benoy, Architects. 15 storey hotel tower plans part of a £200m expansion of Aberdeen’s Union Square shopping mall on behalf of Hammerson: an application for planning in principle for a new hotel and expanded retail, cinema and multi-storey car park.
Google Office Building in King’s Cross London
UK studio Mossessian Architecture’s 11-storey office building for Google in London’s King’s Cross has received planning permission by Camden Council. The S2 building for the tech company will be located behind Central Saint Martins arts college.
University of Ulster Belfast Campus Building News
Design: TODD Architects. The University of Ulster’s Belfast Campus principally accommodates students from within it’s very popular and highly respected Faculty of Art and Design.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Design: ESTÚDIO 41 Arquitetura. In certain places around the world nature sometimes creates adverse conditions for the human body. In these places, thinking a building is almost like designing a costume, an artifact that protects and comforts a person.
Box on the Rock in Sonoma, California
Design: Schwartz and Architecture. With an economy of means, this simple form morphs to amplify the experience of the dramatic site and create an expansive feeling home that belies its small footprint.