This residential project is not about form. It is about creating something that Sweden can´t offer – a nice climate! It has been verified that the space inside the glass house has the same climate as Sevilla in southern Spain.
Göpel Electronic, Jena building, Germany – design by wurm + wurm, Architects – Jena office building pictures, German research and development building project
Foster + Partners has won an international competition to design Luxembourg Royal Hamilius, a mixed-use development in the heart of Luxembourg City developed by Codic International.
Auckland Architecture Awards 2010, NZIA Prize, New Zealand: Judges Citations – winners, buildings, architects + pictures – Auckland Architecture Awards
Auckland Architecture Awards Winners, 2010, NZIA Prize, New Zealand: Judges Citations Part 2 – winning buildings + architects: Auckland Architecture Awards
The Newmarket Rail Station has recently won a New Zealand Architecture Award (NZIA) and a number of IES Lighting awards.
The Adelaide Zoo Entrance Precinct has been awarded a Highly Commended BPN Sustainability Award, announced in Sydney on 13 October 2010
As part of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative (SSCI) RIAS Consultancy, from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, has been managing a Design Ideas Competition for a proposed sustainable housing development at Whitecross in West Lothian.
Packaging is a highly underrated art form. As the first thing a consumer sees when looking at a product, the packaging can make or break a sale. Every year, the Pentawards celebrate the art of the package by presenting awards to designs from around the world.
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With a modest budget, this project has transformed an ordinary existing exterior elevation and entry lobby into a crafted, slightly surreal gift to the public.
The urban fabric of the site and its surroundings extends into the competition plot in order to give a stronger urban character to the neighborhood and create a seamless connection with the city.
Proposed design for the MASDAR HQ conceived as a new type of Landmark: an architecture that seeks its inspiration from timeless traditional, regional architectural models that respond to climate and culture, and re-interprets these in a matt building.
Al-Jahra And Al-Farwania Court Complex Kuwait design by AGi architects: the Kuwaiti Court Complex sits on a prominent site surrounded by special civic buildings.
Kuwait Children’s Hospital – design by AGi architects – The Kuwait KCH site is prominently located at the edge of the existing Al-Sabah Hospital Campus, and sits directly adjacent to the existing Al Sabah Pediatrics Hospital and the NBK Pediatrics Hospital.
The new building, designed by award-winning architects, Wilkinson Eyre houses the Earth Sciences Department of nearly 400 students and staff.
Symposium ‘Concrete Geometries – Spatial Form in Social and Aesthetic Processes’ which will take place at the Architectural Association on 15th October 2010.