An Iraqi Architect on Hold? Get in Line! Salt-and-pepper haired in a black turtleneck with a refined taste in the arts, literature, wine, and minimalist Japanese cuisine; architects are perennial emblems of human perfection. And when they die, their souls only leave their bodies to inhabit the buildings they’d designed…
Climate deal reached in Paris. Over 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions are buildings-related, and emissions could double by 2050 if we don’t change. Cooperative climate action is essential to keep the global average temperature rise below 2°C degrees.
Design: Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Vietnam – one of the world’s edgiest architects will design the fourth iteration of SCAF’s Fugitive Structures architecture pavilion series in 2016, bringing his work to Australia for the first time.
Design: Three14 Architects. Designed for a young family in the suburban area of Rondebosch, Cape Town, this house sits on an elongated site with views towards Devil’s Peak and The Back Table, which is the south-eastern edge of the iconic Table Mountain.
Seven distinguished churches and a cathedral are to have urgent and essential repairs carried out thanks to a funding package announced today (Thursday 17 December) by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES).
Design: Heatherwick Studio / Diamond Schmitt Architects – collaboration of Visionary, Award-Winning Firms to Lead Transformation of Lincoln Center’s Largest Concert Hall, Home of the New York Philharmonic
Architects RMJM Istanbul has been shortlisted in a global competition to design the iconic 95m high Airport Traffic Control (ATC) Tower of Istanbul New Airport, due to open in 2018.
Design: Besonias Almeida arquitectos
Costa Esmeralda is a real estate development over the dunes on the coast, 390 km from Buenos Aires. This is a recent urban development with young acacias and pines forestation and some sectors of consolidated forest.
Design: Santiago Calatrava. This trio of bridges – Xihu, Xianbi and Lincong – will carry vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians across the Yangtze in this rapidly developing Chinese city.
Innovative Diamond building at The University of Sheffield design by Twelve Architects. Structure helps University’s ambition to develop and expand its Faculty of Engineering with world-class facilities for students and academics
Design: Tetrarc Architects. Ile Seguin-Rives de Seine: a major urban renewal project in the heart of Greater Paris, spread over 74 hectares on the site of the former Renault factories, including the Ile Seguin.
Design: Hello Wood. A uniquely designed 11m Christmas tree designed by leading Hungarian architects has been commissioned by NOMA to launch Manchester’s first new public square this century.
London-based architecture studio Waugh Thistleton has unveiled the final designs for Bushey Cemetery, a United Synagogue Burial Site. The development has recently started on site and today the practice has released images and a fly-through video of the updated scheme.
KL House in North Hatley, Lake Massawippi residential Interior design by Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects: Quebec home, Canadian residence images