London City Island Apartments Leamouth Peninsula
Design: Glenn Howells Architects. EcoWorld Ballymore, one of London’s most prominent property developers, launches new units within its 12 acre island development set on the Leamouth Peninsula.
Tainan Earthquake Building Destruction, Taiwan
Investigation into construction of the 17-storey Weiguan Jinlong building launched. The magnitude 6.4 earthquake toppled buildings in the south Taiwanese city of Tainan, killing many people.
Peterson Rich Office Architects: P.R.O.
Peterson Rich Office Architects news
The Jong Oh exhibition at Marc Straus Gallery extended until February 26. Architect Nathan Rich and Marc Straus Gallery Director Ken Tan will discuss the reciprocal relationship between minimalism in sculpture and architecture.
RIBA HQ at 66 Portland Place, London: Future
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched an open consultation on the future use of its landmark Art Deco HQ building in central London. The first part of the consultation strategy is an online survey.
New Norton Museum of Art Building
Design: Foster + Partners, Architects. Expansion increases exhibition space, adds new Indoor and outdoor spaces, and a “Museum in a Garden”: transformational expansion project with ceremonial groundbreaking on February 6.
Museum of Ethnography Design Competition
The list of architect offices participating in the international design competition announced for the Museum of Ethnography is now finalised: fifteen architects offices.
SFMOMA Expansion: San Francisco building
SFMOMA’s 225,000-square-foot Snøhetta-designed expansion represents a transformation of the museum as a whole.
Westmoreland Museum in Pennsylvania Gallery
The new expansion and major renovation of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, USA, designed by Susan T. Rodriguez / Ennead Architects has launched a new era for the Museum.
Guangzhou Buildings: Guangdong Architecture
Guangzhou architecture, China – best new Guangdong buildings, architects & images – info on contemporary Guangzhou buildings, Chinese architecture developments
James Whitaker Photographs: Building Pictures
Photographs by James Whitaker – built environment pictures, building images – James Whitaker photos, architecture pictures, designs
Quitowers in Quito Buildings
Design: Chapman Taylor. Quitowers is a new residential tower project in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. At 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, Quito is the highest official Capital city in the world.
Univers Nuface Clinic Laval, Quebec, Canada
Design: ADHOC Architects’ team designed a space, which is both luminous, clean and fun. The challenge was to create in the new space a professional and immaculate image while also transmitting NuFace’s owner’s extravagant personality.
King William Performing Arts District in Hamilton, Ontario
Design: DPAI Architecture Inc. The King William Performing Arts District Concept Plan proposes the creation of an integrated, multi-use district centred on Theatre Aquarius with a mixture of performing arts, retail, commercial and residential.
Refurbishment at Oxford Brookes University
Berman Guedes Stretton has won planning for the refurbishment of the Sinclair Building, Clerici Building, Former Library and Main Hall at the Headington Campus of Oxford Brookes University