The Wright, Guggenheim Museum Restaurant

New York-based architect Andre Kikoski has won the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design for his firm’s design of The Wright in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Kikoski, an emerging young talent, launched his firm only seven years ago.

Counterpoint, Malmö cultural centre building

Counterpoint, Malmö cultural centre Building, Sweden

schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design a 54,000m2 concert, congress and hotel complex in Malmö, Sweden. The competition, where Snøhetta, Baumschlager Eberle and Daniel Libeskind participated, also included the development of additionally 35,000m2 for housing and commercial use.

Simmons Hall MIT, Cambridge: Steven Holl

Simmons Hall MIT, Cambridge: Steven Holl

The undergraduate residence is envisioned with the concept of “porosity.” It is a vertical slice of city, 10 stories tall and 382′ long, providing a 125 seat theater, a night café, and street level dining. The “sponge” concept transforms the building via a series of programmatic and bio-technical functions.

Dream Cube: Shanghai Expo Building

Dream Cube: Shanghai Expo Building

Shanghai Corporate Community (SCC) commissioned US-based ESI Design, led by principal designer, Ed Schlossberg, to create a 43,000 square-foot visitor experience for the Expo’s Corporate Pavilion.

Shanghai Expo Magic Box Building

Shanghai Expo Magic Box Building

The Magic Box, a concept by ATELIER BRÜCKNER of Stuttgart, will transport visitors to imaginary worlds. It is the pulsating heart of the State Grid Pavilion.