Emporis Skyscraper Award 2014 Winners

Wangjing SOHO

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. Winner Wangjing SOHO, consisting of three unique skyscrapers with a height of 118 meter, 127 meter and 200 meter each, impressed the jury by its excellent energy efficiency and its distinctive design, which gives the complex a harmonious and organic momentum

Macaulay Road Townhouses Clapham, Property

Macaulay Road Townhouses

The latest in a series of individual family homes by Squire and Partners – the last one being the award-winning Mayfair House – this project is unusual as it is both designed and developed by the practice.

Apartment for a Father and His Son in Paris

Apartment for a Father and His Son

Design: Glenn Medioni, Architect. In this apartment every “distribution” spaces were suppressed in order to open up the living room as much as possible, as well as the bathroom and the two bedrooms.

Dominion Office Building in Moscow

Dominion Office Building

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. Conceived as a series of vertically stacked plates off-set at each level with connecting curved elements, a central atrium rises through all levels to bring natural light into the centre of the building.

Rinkkaai Mixed-Use Development in Ghent

Rinkkaai Mixed-Use Development

Design: KCAP, evr-Architecten and Omgeving. A new city quarter with more than 300 apartments, public and local commercial functions, public spaces and a new neighborhood park along Fabiolalaan in Ghent, located close to station Ghent-Sint-Pieter

CHG Residence in Sydney, New South Wales

CHG Residence

The home design by Corben Architects response to this building capitalizes on this aspect and incorporates largely glazed facades on 3 sides while the fourth side is opaque and contains the service and utility areas.

Hitler at Home Architecture Book

Hitler at Home

Author: Despina Stratigakos. This provocative book exposes the dictator’s preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the aesthetic and ideological management of his domestic architecture.

Tred Avon River House in Maryland

Tred Avon River House

Design: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect. After entering Tred Avon River House and passing through one of the glass bridges, the transformation begins. Initially presented as solid and austere, the house unfolds into a 124-foot long living volume, light-filled and wrapped in glass with panoramic views of the river.

Mars Habitat Concept Design

Mars Houses

Foster + Partners New York’s design for a modular habitat on Mars has been shortlisted amongst 30 finalists for the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge organised by America Makes and NASA

Ryan Center for the Musical Arts

Ryan Center for the Musical Arts

Architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP), along with Northwestern University, celebrated the formal dedication of the new Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts yesterday on the university’s Evanston, Illinois campus.

Andover Road House in Winchester, Hampshire

Andover Road

Design: OB Architecture ltd. Winchester studio OB Architecture has renovated a 1930s house in Winchester adding a dramatic glazed living, kitchen and dining space. Together with its extensive rear garden it has been transformed into a modern family home