Dynamic Oasis Chengdu, China
SWA announces the landscape design for the new Performing Arts and Entertainment Center, located in the heart of Chengdu, the largest city in southwest China
Salling Tower at Aarhus Harbour sculpture
Design: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. The tower is shaped like a sharp origami cut, urban sculpture with a significant architectural expression. The white steel tower stands out as a glowing landmark giving identity to the area and act as a point of reference and meeting in this new part of the city.
The Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland
Design: Christ & Gantenbein
The Kunstmuseum Basel’s treasures include some of the finest art of the Renaissance in the Upper Rhine Valley such as the world’s largest collection of works by the Holbein family as well as masterpieces by Konrad Witz, Martin Schongauer, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Matthias Grünewald, and others
Asara Villa, Karaj Residence, Alborz Province
Design: Jafar Lotfolahii, Architect. On this project there was a desire to preserve the environment as much as before construction, and the main priorities for design was keep the natural environment.
Chicago building designs, Illinois architecture
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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.