2015 Saltire Civil Engineering Awards: Scotland’s fourth busiest railway station has been crowned the overall winner of the 2015 Saltire Civil Engineering Awards, following completion of a major refurbishment and extension project.
Design: Vazio S/A
VDA is a residential building whose apartments make up a carved and irregular volume. The shape is its more explicit difference and, structurally, is the result of some small lateral swings designed as overlapping diagonals.
A new studio building by Penoyre & Prasad at Wimbledon College of Arts delivers outstanding studio and exhibition space for the highly respected art school.
Mablethorpe’s iconic “Jabba” beach hut, one of series of distinctive architectural designs to revitalise the Lincolnshire coastline, has been recreated by maximising the robust, malleable and seamless qualities of DuPont™ Corian®.
Architect: Stinessen Arkitektur
Ravika is situated on the Lyngen peninsula, which is dominated by the Lyngen Alps, on 69° North. The mountain range is a famous destination for ski mountaineering and freeride skiing.
Design: Gow Hastings Architects. The Centre for Food (CFF) at Durham College (DC) distinguishes itself in the highly competitive field of culinary education.
Design: Tal Goldsmith Fish Design Studio. The house was planned for a couple holding senior positions, who decided to move their offices to their home so as to be with their young children throughout the day.
In the transition region of a typical Dutch village and the cultivated agricultural landscape, on a plot of approximately 6 ha is the ensemble a modern villa and a horse stable, based on the strict requirements of the zoning plan, embedded in the context.
Design: SAOTA. The Brief was to create a spectacular home which encapsulated the expansive 360 degree mountain and sea views. Though views out were paramount this needed to be carefully balanced with the required privacy from within.
Bruner/Cott & Associates, a design firm with emphasis on large institutional projects and urban development, announces the completion of The Viridian, a $200M, 350,000-square-foot, mixed-used high-rise at 1282 Boylston Street.
East London design practice Holland Harvey Architects unveils a new work and retail space for GAIL’s Artisan Bakery in the RIBA Stirling Prize nominated Neo Bankside on London’s Southbank
Design: Lightemotion. Train World, the new Belgian railway museum, opened on September 25 after ten years of work and an investment of 25 million euros.
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate 2015. Architect Dominique Perrault “steeps himself in the history, environment, and special local nature of the construction site. His innovative buildings are designed to blend into the environment without spoiling those features.”
University of St Andrews Music Centre Architecture Contest. Design competition for a new facility on Queen’s Terrace. The building will house the university’s music centre – currently located inside the iconic 1828 Younger Hall on North Street.