SNFCC Athens Building: Renzo Piano Greece
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center contains the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, both set within the Stavros Niarchos Park
Shanghai Tower Building: China Skyscraper
632-m (2,073-ft) building designed by global design and architecture firm Gensler. Shanghai Tower is a beacon of sustainable design strategies, with prominent public spaces in a series of nine vertical communities.
A2-house Residence, Fukuoka City Property
Design: Masahiko Sato, Architect, A house to feel the benefits of nature and changes of seasons, the property design’s main concept is to protect the family from the adjacent industrial site.
Romo Printing shop & photo studio
Design: Claudio & Christian Gantous, Architects The owner of a successful industrial printing press had a architectural vision almost never seen in the sector: a plant whose cutting-edge technology included architecture designed to enhance worker inspiration and quality-of-life.
World Design Rankings: Architecture & Design
WDR Announces World Design Rankings in Arts, Architecture and Design. United States takes the first place among 83 represented countries in 2015 with 249 Design Awards won globally. Design rankings reflect the number of design awards won at international juried design competitions and awards
Centro Cultural Roberto Cantoral Coyoacan Mexico
Design: Broissin Architectes. Inspired in the movement of a conductor’s baton, the building design is composed of five concrete roofs moving up and down in harmony to give shape, space and light to the project. Each roof represents a staff’s line, always straight, constant and parallel.
Aedes Studio Architects Bulgaria, Sofia
aedes studio news. This design collective based in Sofia, Bulgaria, has work in the fields of architectural design, interior design, graphic, identity, and media design. Established in 2003 by Plamen Bratkov & Rossitza Bratkova.
Madeira Residence Bromley, London property
Design: Rado Iliev Architect. The steeply wooded site is almost landlocked: The 1960s house is perched on the top of a hill, almost completely hidden by mature oak trees and shrubs.
City Crossing Sales Office Rizhao Building
Design: architect Kris Lin
The building focuses on the concept of trinity of architecture, interior design and landscape. The architects take “float” as the core of the trinity concept, so the designs of architecture, interiors and landscape are all centered on it.
Tennisclub IJburg Amsterdam: The Couch, MVRDV
Architects: MVRDV – The Couch, a new club house for the young tennis club, which was founded in 2010 on a new artificial island in the east of Amsterdam. The roof of the 322m2 building is folded upwards and downwards to act as an informal spectator tribune for the club.
International Shopping Plaza Concept Competition 2016
Design contest looking at new generation of shopping centers and leisure facilities. Architecture is no longer considered a footnote, but a fundamental means of engaging and extending the experience of the visitor toward new dynamic leisure horizons.
South Harbour School in Copenhagen Building
Design: JJW Architects. Surprises and new experiences are central concepts for this building. On each floor, plans change and the heights of the rooms vary throughout. The school also features a variety of horizontal and vertical connections and spaces.
Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, Garthdee
Design: BDP, Architects. Redevelopment of the Garthdee Campus set in 120 acres of mature landscaped site bisected by the River Dee. The initial development within the masterplan is a new building for the schools of pharmacy and life sciences, engineering and computing.
Grenoble Music Hall Venue, France
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes. Electronic music is a new subject for architecture. The aim was to invent a specific architectural system for a new type of spectacle and relationship with the public, whilst allowing concerts with a more traditional configuration.