YAC Wine Culture Centre Competition

Wine Culture Centre Competition

Organiser: Young Architects Competitions (YAC)

Mankind has developed through the centuries precious traditions and knowledge concerning the art of fermentation. The issue of fermenting grapes, malt, rice or barley has generated a quest for experience, knowledge, tradition, aesthetics, taste and pleasure.

21st Century City: Scott Sutherland Aberdeen

Unit 2 Scott Sutherland School Of Architecture

Unit 2 Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Scotland. China stands on the brink of another great change in direction and is looking for expertise from overseas for prestige capital projects.

Helmond Station Building, Netherlands

Station Helmond

Design: studioSK, Movares

How to create a meaningful station environment in an era in which the classical station typology is evaporating? Modern travelling, being almost immaterial, has become ‘traveling light’: no need to buy tickets anymore, paying with your cell phone, high frequent intensities of train systems preventing you to wait for long.

Mariners Harbor Library, Staten Island Building

Mariners Harbor Library

Design: A*PT Architecture. Mariners Harbor Library, the newest branch of the New York Public Library, is located on Staten Island. The firm was commissioned for this 10,000 square-foot project by the Department of Design and Construction of the City of New York (DDC). LEED Silver pending.

JustWood House in Barcelona

Just Wood

A house design by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes made of six modules and the space among them. The property modules are made of wood and completely prefabricated, with no need of later finishing fieldwork; and flexible enough to adapt to the morphology of the site.

Waitrose in Oundle, Northamptonshire Store

Waitrose Oundle

Design: Farrell & Clark

Award winning architects, Farrell & Clark’s new outlets for British supermarket chain Waitrose have recently opened in Bedford, Wootton and Oundle to great success.

Rocafort House in Murcia, Spain

Rocafort House

Design: AQSO arquitectos office. The residence is located in Lorquí, a small town in Southern Spain surrounded by a landscape shaped by eroded hills known as ‘Montes Blancos’. The ascending shape of the house outlines a triangular elevation standing over the terrain, capturing views towards the Segura River´s meadow.

Russian Character International Competition Winner

Russian Character Competition

Design: Megabudka. A winner has been chosen for the “Russian Character” international architecture competition, which was initiated by the Morton Group in order to develop a conceptual framework for a Russian Culture & Education Center in the new Butovo Park residential district.

Kingdom Tower Jeddah: Saudi Arabian Skyscraper

Kingdom Tower Jeddah

Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Kingdom Tower to be the world’s tallest building. Construction started in April, with foundations completed in March. Building completion by 2018 deadline is highly unlikely at this point.

Fray León House in Chile

Fray Leon House

Architects : 57 Studio

This is a residence for a family who looks for a more extensive terrain and ampler spaces, without leaving the traditional neighborhood where it has lived for almost 30 years.

Wine Museum in Lavaux – Lake Geneva Building

Swiss Wine Museum

How to generate a large-scale cultural attraction in a UNESCO World heritage site? This audacious building by architects Mauro Turin Architectes on the shores of Lake Geneva doesn’t try to fit in, but proposes a massive cantilever.

King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station

King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. With over 5 million residents, Riyadh’s population has more than doubled since 1990. To serve its fast-growing population, the city will build a new public transport system. The building will contain six platforms over four public floors and serve as a key interchange and terminus for 3 lines.

Torre Diagonal Zero Zero: EMBA Barcelona

Torre Diagonal Zero Zero

Design: EMBA, led by the architect Enric Massip-Bosch. This 110m high Barcelona building is a “contextual tower” that has a double reading, from near and afar, in response to the two scales that such tall buildings must address