Design: Gordon Bunshaft, redesign: HBRA Architects: following commencement ceremonies in May 2015, the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library will close its iconic building for 16 months to undergo a major renovation that will replace its climate-control systems and double its classroom space.
This Upper Austria Arts building design by Terry Pawson Architects is an excellent – if rare – example of how an architect can win an open international competition by coming up with a bold brilliant idea that questions and extends the brief.
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced 13 winners, representing the very best of current Scottish architecture, at its annual Awards Dinner held in Glasgow last night.
Curated: Rem Koolhaas. The 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia under direction of curator Rem Koolhaas has opened to the public. XML is part of the main exhibition of this year’s Biennale with the contribution ‘Theaters of democracy’ in the section Monditalia.
At the annual RIAS Awards Dinner in Glasgow last night, Margaret Richards FRIAS was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). The Incorporation’s Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those architects who, in the view of the Council of the RIAS, have made an outstanding contribution to architecture in Scotland.
At the annual RIAS Awards Dinner in Glasgow last night, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop MSP, made a special presentation from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in recognition of their outstanding work at the Glasgow School of Art fire on Friday 23rd May this year.
Samoo Architects & Engineers have recently unveiled the design for a new headquarters building for ‘Home & Shopping’, one of Korea’s well-known TV home shopping corporation.
Design: Grid Architects and Maccreanor Lavington. Wandsworth Council has approved plans to replace the Christies Fine Arts Warehouse in Nine Elms with a mixed use development including 510 homes and new cultural space.
Grimshaw selected to create a new range of community sports facilities across Qatar. Secured through a competition funded by the Qatar Olympic Committee, the Al Farjan Recreational Sports Facilities aim to create new enriched social spaces and encourage community participation in sporting activities.
Design: Aughey O’Flaherty Architects. RIBA National Award Winner 2013: the site is located in a residential area in south county Dublin with the new house replacing a 1970s bungalow which existed on the site previously.
From 18 June 2014, it will be possible to submit projects to compete for a new library and architecture award. The schmidt hammer lassen architects – Public Library of the Year Award 2014 will be awarded by the Danish Agency for Culture and schmidt hammer lassen architects.
Design: Hall McKnight
The opportunity to design Vartov Square or Alms-House Square in Copenhagen was won by Hall McKnight in an international design competition held in 2009.
Design: Lomax Interiors. The Dockyard is a stylish new bar nestled by Manchester’s popular Salford Quay Side. With Media City bringing more people to the area, the bar meets the demand for a late night licensed bar in a location currently dominated by coffee shops.
Design: Design Engine. In the context of historic piecemeal development, the need to address the campus as a whole was recognised. This was then enabled by the production of a masterplan in 2007