Harbin Opera House Building
In 2010, MAD Architects won the international open competition for Harbin Cultural Island, a master plan for an opera house, a cultural center, and the surrounding wetland landscape along Harbin’s Songhua River.
Lewis & Hickey Architects Office, Buildings
Lewis & Hickey Architects news: contemporary architectural practice: design offices in UK + India – London, Edinburgh, Guildford, Mumbai, Nottingham and Manchester.
B+B House in São Paulo Property
Architecture: studio mk27 and galeria arquitetos. The arrival at this house is through an architectural trajectory, via an open ramp, located on the eastern side of the construction. This space is protected by hollowed-out concrete elements to the side, which create surprising effects of light and end up functioning as protection from bad weather conditions.
RIBA Future Housing Design Trends survey 2015
In recent years private housing has consistently been the most resilient sector in the RIBA Future Trends economic survey, and housing continues to outperform other construction sectors in terms of levels of workload. Housing design impacts directly upon quality of life; our homes provide our refuge in the world and form the backdrop for our domestic life.
Biomuseo Panama: Biodiversity Museum by Frank Gehry
Biomuseo Amador Causeway, Biodiversity Museum: Panama Bridge of Life building, architecture design by architect Frank Gehry. The site was at the end of the Causeway facing the Pacific Ocean
Postmodern Buildings in London: PoMo Architecture
Postmodern Architecture in London: An article in The Guardian by Rowan Moore focusing on Postmodern buildings in London and increasing attempts to list those that remain.
Manchester Metropolitan University Student Union
Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, architects. A tough, flexible and fun new building for the students of Manchester Metropolitan University, made from materials that reflect its cultural importance and pay homage to neighbouring Victorian pubs and playhouses.
Tetris House: São Paulo Home
Contemporary São Paulo Home architecture by Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan + Carolina Castroviejo, interiors by Studio MK27 – Diana Radomysler: A wooden volume in line with the eastern façade – with a little more 2.85m high and 19m long – rests within a ceiling height of 5.15m and 11.75m in the front.
The Circular Pavilion Paris
Design: Encore Heureux Architects. A singular building, the Circular Pavilion has nothing round. The name describes the process, which follows the circular economy principles, according to which ones’ waste become others’ resources.
Garden Bridge across the Thames, London, UK
Design: Heatherwick Studio / Arup. Yet more controversy…Lambeth Council councillors rebel against their leadership to formally call in the decision to hand over land saying it was unaccountable and not properly scrutinised.
VM House in Jalisco Residence
Design: Di Vece Arquitectos. The house borders the limits in the back, forming an “L” shape diagram that adds privacy to the intimate areas of the house and also amplifies the horizon towards the public areas of the neighborhood.
European Prize for Urban Public Space
The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition organized by seven European institutions with the aim to recognize and encourage the recovery projects and defense of public space in our cities.
RIAS Festival of Architecture: Bread and Circuses
Article by Professor Alan Dunlop. Architects’ Journal: “The RIAS needs to tackle the toughest issues facing the profession rather than focus on easy-win, media-friendly initiatives”
Hamburg Hybrid Housing Competition
The Hamburg Hybrid Housing Ideas Competition:
Winner – ‘We are here to stay’ by Gabriele Filippi from Genova, Italy – “true embodiment of the spirit of the location of St. Pauli, a struggling, rebellious, unconventional neighborhood.”