475 West 18th Street West Chelsea Condominium
Design Architect: SHoP Architects. Located in Manhattan’s West Chelsea neighborhood, 475 West 18th Street is a ten-story residential condominium building designed immediately opposite the High Line.
3D-printed structure by SOM
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) architects with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A 3D-printed structure that generates its own power and shares energy with a companion vehicle, providing a model for off-grid living,
Aberdeen Airport Terminal Expansion
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP visited Aberdeen International Airport on Monday to unveil details of what will be the single largest investment in the airport since the current terminal opened its doors in 1977.
8 House Copenhagen by BIG architects
A short film about the 8 House designed by Bjarke Ingels in Copenhagen. This building by BIG is an intriguing development that tries to create new ways of mass living: “a lively urban neighborhood into horizontal layers of typologies connected by a continuous promenade and cycling path”.
Syria: Post-War Housing Competition
matterbetter has initiated an international open ideas competition for architecture students and young architects to research new housing concepts for the future of the post-war Syria. The civil war in Syrian Arab Republic created the biggest refugee crisis after the World War II.
The Weight of Sacrifice Memorial Washington, D.C.
The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission selects a design titled “The Weight of Sacrifice” for the National World War I Memorial by Joseph Weishaar, a graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas.
Dundee buildings: Tayside architecture + architects
Dundee architecture photos including Bonar Hall designed by Gillespie Kidd & Coia Architects, Dundee Rep Theatre refurbished by Nicoll Russell Studios and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design by Baxter Clark & Paul.
Public Auditorium in Llinars del Vallès, Barcelona
The Llinars Auditorium building design by Álvaro Siza Vieira Arquitectos is part of a public investment in cultural facilities. It consists of two volumes, one for the auditorium and another for offices and technical area
Centro di Formazione Professionale SSIC, Gordola
With its distinctive sawtooth roof this Swiss building design by Durisch + Nolli Architetti is a single volume formed from simple repetitive elements. The clean factory-made materials resonate with the subjects taught in the center.
University of Toronto Scarborough ESCB
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects. An innovative new research and teaching facility for the study of environmental sciences and chemistry opens at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Rotterdam architecture photos: Dutch buildings
Rotterdam architecture photos – ‘Wederopbouw’, or Reconstruction, is the term used to describe the process of repairing the damage after World War II. Rotterdam was one of the hardest hit cities in the Netherlands.
Täby Torg North of Stockholm
Design: Polyform. The opening of Täby Torg marks a new chapter in the city of Täby’s history. The center of Täby is a part of the Swedish “Million Programme” which was executed in the 1960’s.
Trump Golf Resort Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Trump Golf Resort Aberdeenshire Hotel Extension, Scotland – plans approved to extend a boutique hotel at the heart of Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course. Aberdeenshire Council and the Trump Organisation have reached an agreement over plans to expand MacLeod House – the centrepiece of Donal Trump’s golf resort at Menie, near Balmedie.
Boandyne House Toorak, Victoria
Design: SVMSTUDIO. With difficult overlooking constraints due to the position of the property on the slope we decided to create an intimate home filled with light and space and a strong relationship with the sky by means of three voids organised along the diagonal of the property.