Swiss Art Awards 2014 – Architecture

Hanna Kronstrand project

Swiss Art Awards 2014 announce participating artists, architects and critics and curators. The committee selected 46 Swiss artists and artists who reside in Switzerland, as well as 4 architects and 18 critics and curators, from a total of 460 entries.

Casino de Montréal Canada pavilion building

Casino de Montréal Canada pavilion building

Design: Menkès Shooner Dagenais Letourneux Architects / Provencher Roy Architects. This project, which spread over four years, responded to the challenge of simplifying the building’s indoor and outdoor circulations, improving the quality of the gambling, recreational and dining areas as well as providing a thematic unity to the different designs.

Big U – Manhattan Flood Defence

Big U Manhattan 1

Design: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. After months of research and community engagement across the Sandy-affected region, the BIG Team and the 9 other Rebuild by Design teams have unveiled their final proposals at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan and Liberty Science Center in Jersey City on Thursday. The teams, along with hundreds of tri-state residents and government representatives, gathered to view the proposals heard from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Judith Rodin.

Moriyama RAIC International Prize

Raymond Moriyama 1

Organisers: The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation announces the launch of one of the largest architectural prizes in the world — the Moriyama RAIC International Prize.

Office Building at Tesdorpfstrasse 8, Hamburg

Tesdorfstrasse 8

At Tesdorpfstrasse 8 in Hamburg, near the Dammtor railway station, a new office building has been completed to a design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) which meets top energy conservation standards and is likely to receive the gold certificate under DGNB rules

UIA-HYP Cup 2014 Student Competition

UIA-HYP Cup 2014

Organiser: UED Magazine + UIA. 2014 marks the third edition of UIA-HYP Cup International Student Competition in Architectural Design. Exclusive annual international student competition in Mainland China sponsored by UIA (Union International des Architects).

Building Trust International Competition

Moved to Care competition

Moved To Care International Design Competition. Building Trust international announce the winners of their latest international design competition, which sought to find design proposals for a small, either mobile or relocatable healthcare facility that promotes health and wellbeing in a safe and clean environment. This architecture competition challenged professional and student architects, designers, engineers and artists.

African Games Stadium, Congo sport venue

African Games Stadium Congo 2

Australian-based international architecture firm PTW Architects design African Games Stadium: world-class sports stadium in the Republic of the Congo with ecological features and high standard sports facilities for the 2015 All-Africa Games.

The Old Vic Theatre, London, Southwark

The Old Vic, London

Design: Bennetts Associates. The Old Vic, one of the oldest working theatres in London, has been granted planning permission and listed building consent to restore and enhance the building

Armada House: British Columbia residence

Armada House in Ten Mile Point, Victoria, British Columbia

KB Design – finding the balance in things, finding the balance in scale and form,” says Keith Baker of KB Design, the designer responsible for creating, quite literally, the perfect home for Jennifer and Lorne Porayko. “That’s the best part of this house: it really meets all of our needs. We love it,” gushes Jennifer as we stand chatting in the sun on the rooftop patio.

Casa Ti – Italian Urban Villa Arezzo

Casa Ti Arezzo 2

Design: Architettura Matassoni. Project to achieve a single-family residential building in Arezzo. The work done by the client in the nursery sector and the natural vocation of the place with trees of great value, have inspired the basic choice to extend the interior spaces and their functional areas to the outside.

Heart of Europe – The World Resort, Dubai

The Heart of Europe Dubai 3

Design: A-cero – world’s only island destination that brings together the very best of European designs, heritage and hospitality in a truly breathtaking and unique island setting. A tranquil haven with effortless European living and an imaginative vacation experience.

One Church Square London Housing, SW1 Homes

One Church Square London 1

Design: Paul Davis + Partners. Paul Davis + Partners has recently completed a quality, sustainable project for keyworker housing in Pimlico that respects the adjacent grade I listed St James the Less Church.

One Church Square is situated on the busy Vauxhall Bridge Road, and Paul Davis + Partner’s design ingeniously exploits its quieter elevation by locating its entrance off the public square it shares with the church. This move ensures that a previously under-utilised square has been revitalised and also reinforces its connection to the church and its grounds.