Isabel La Catolica in Mexico City vertical garden
Design: Verdevertical. This vertical garden is located inside an old Colonial building in Downtown Mexico City, the building now works as a restaurant and hotel.
Babyn Yar Architecture Competition, Ukraine
Call for project proposals to the International Architecture Ideas Competition for complex integration of the memorial area “Babyn Yar – Dorogozhychi Necropolis” in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Timo Penttilä and Juha Leiviskä Architects
Anniversaries of two important, but still somewhat obscure Finnish Modernist architects: Timo Penttilä and Juha Leiviskä. Timo started off as “some kind of a prodigy of Finnish architecture”. Juha is one of just three architects awarded the Carlsberg prize.
Blue Award 2016: Architecture Students Prize
The Department for Spatial and Sustainable Design, Vienna University of Technology, and the Society of Architecture and Spatial Design launch the Blue Award, an international student competition for sustainable architecture.
Hudson Yards Development New York
434-444 Eleventh + 550 West 37th Street, Hudson Yards District: Tishman Speyer has closed on the purchase of 434-444 Eleventh and 550 West 37th Street. Plans for the site call for a 1.3-million square-foot office tower.
Philadelphia Schuylkill Yards Master Plan West 8 design
Design by Team SHoP + West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture. Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust announced their partnership and unveiled plans for Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Yards, a 14-acre master planned community
Social Housing in Bergen: Møllendal Homes
Design: Rabatanalab. This project is located in an industrial area, inaccessible and unsuited for public use so making a fracture between two parts of Bergen. It aims to regenerate the area into an attractive and active waterfront neighbourhood.
10 Hudson Yards, New York City Skyscraper
Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) architects. 10 Hudson Yards is located at the northwest corner of 30th Street and 10th Avenue. The 1.8-million-sqft tower, designed to meet LEED Platinum standards, will be 52 stories and stand 895 feet tall.
Indian Heritage Centre Singapore
Architect: Robert Greg Shand Architects and Urbnarc. The National Heritage Board wanted a sustainable contemporary building that would embrace the vibrant streetscape of the area and its people.
Camp Nou Stadium Renovation, Barcelona
Design: Nikken Sekkei (Japan) + Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes (Barcelona). Japanese architecture practice + Catalan design studio selected to renovate the Camp Nou stadium, home of FC Barcelona, Spain.
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge Building, UK
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge, England – design by Stanton Williams wins Stirling Prize – Sainsbury Laboratory Building Cambridge, Stirling Prize winner news
Claustro De Sor Juana Mexico City green facade
Design: Verdevertical. A large vertical garden measuring a total of 265 square meters (2852.44 square feet) located inside an old historical building in Downtown Mexico City, the building now works as the El Claustro de Sor Juana university.
LetsRun Park in Yeongcheon, South Korea
Design: Now Architects and Grimshaw. The project was secured through an international design competition hosted by the Korea Racing Authority and organized by the International Union of Architects, receiving entries from 23 leading global practices.
9342 Sierra Mar Residence in Hollywood Hills
Design: whipple^russell architects – nestled in the hills of Southern California this home is view oriented but also creates the feel of a multilevel residence wrapped around a central courtyard of walkways and water.