Design: MVRDV / The Urbanist Collaborative / LLJ Architects. Competition win for the transformation of the T-axis in downtown Tainan, aiming to reconnect the city with nature and its waterfront by creating a lagoon and a green corridor with public interventions.
Design: Studio Marco Vermeulen. This museum building has been completely transformed and extended with a new wing that opens to its beautiful surroundings and houses a restaurant and temporary exhibition space for contemporary art.
Design: West 8 / MRIO Arquitectos. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce that the 12th Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design has been awarded to Madrid Río, a new linear park designed by a team led by Ginés Garrido of Burgos & Garrido, including Porras & La Casta, Rubio & Álvarez-Sala, and West 8.
Design: NFOE et associés architectes. Montreal grew rapidly during the first half of the 20th century and keeping pace was the construction of neighbourhood schools, often designed by well-known architects of the time.
Architect and Engineer: Santiago Calatrava. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the 10 Year Award, Malmö’s Turning Torso. This is a mixed-use residential tower for a prominent site in Malmö’s Western Harbor area.
Henning Larsen Architects is one of three finalists in the international competition that featured the world’s greatest architecture firms. Danish design – recognized for its sophistication, integrity, and quality – is currently having a wide influence on cities and cultures throughout the world.
Design: Apollo architects & associates. The site is located at Aoyama in Minato ward, which is an area residential and commercial uses are mixed in Tokyo. The client couple sought to build a housing complex on the back lot of a dead end street, and earn their livings by renting a part of it.
Design: Nicolas Laisné Associés
The office building with terraces sets a new standard for bio-climatic offices. The project is rooted in the idea of flexible work spaces. Its composition sets it apart from traditional offices blocks, and it is part of a strongly eco-conscious approach.
Design: Mark+Vivi. Nestled steps from Montreal’s Lachine Canal, the newly renovated 1,100 square foot row house currently serves as residence and design studio for designers Mark Fekete and Viviana de Loera.
Central Park Summer Pavilion Design Competition. Central Park is an urban public park located in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, USA, designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
RIBA Competitions is delighted to announce that a shortlist of six teams has now been selected to take part in the design stage of the competition for the redevelopment of the LSE’s 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields site, which will be known as The Paul Marshall Building.
Design: Apollo architects & associates. The site is located in a quiet residential area. The client is a couple who both work at a university. Their request was to keep two independent and equal private dens: an open living environment but with privacy.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Awards Jury selected Bosco Verticale, Milan, as the “2015 Best Tall Building Worldwide” at the 14th Annual CTBUH International Best Tall Building Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
Design: Jamie Fobert Architects. A sophisticated contemporary house on a tight corner site in a central London mews is the latest home to be shortlisted for the 2015 RIBA House of the Year award.