Mandarin Sochi, Russia Outdoor Lifestyle
Designed by international architecture and urban design firm, The Jerde Partnership, on behalf of Expo LLC, Mandarin is the first and only outdoor lifestyle entertainment center in Russia.
Ice Cube Sochi – Russian Curling Centre
The construction of winter sports facilities is always a significant challenge for building engineers as there are so many intricacies to consider, such as the need for multilevel ventilation. Much depends on how well services such as mechanical ventilation and air conditioning are performing, in terms of both the comfort and well-being of athletes and fans – and the condition of the ice and of the building itself.
Snow Russia Sochi Building: Winter Sports
Asadov Architectural Studio, Project-KS and Grado Project Company have submitted an alternative design concept to the State Corporation, Olympstroy for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games sports complex in Sochi.
Bergisel Ski Jump Austria: Zaha Hadid Innsbruck
Audacious design by this world-famous Iraqi architect. Since this ski jump design was completed a number of other major architects have designed spectacular ski jumps – such as Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Oslo by JDS – but this was the first one
Gold Coast Cultural Precinct, Queensland
Located on a bend of the ‘broadwater’ that forms a penicula – which clasps a lake – CRAB created a garden of surprises, yet with a simple basic organization. The scheme is spiritually and physically a collage of events – inspired by the overlaying of creative experiences of every genre and every level of formality. Layering them first, with large forms that are then carved into by the release of caves and ‘scoops’.
Guangzhou building, China property architecture
Guangzhou Property, Guangzhou building news + photos – best new architecture & architects, Chinese guide: images, contemporary Chinese property developments, skyscrapers
The Brits Who Built the Modern World Exhibition
In February 2014 the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will open a brand new gallery at its Art Deco headquarters in central London.
The opening exhibition, The Brits Who Built the Modern World, will tell the story of how a single generation of exceptional architects – born within five years of each other in the 1930s – gave 21st Century British architecture an unrivalled reputation around the world.
Arena das Dunas, Rio Grande do Norte
Design: Populous
The Arena das Dunas in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, which will host four group stage matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, has been inaugurated by President Dilma Rousseff. The world’s leading sports architecture practice, Populous, designed Arena das Dunas including the landscape and masterplan of the surrounding areas.
The Curragh Racecourse, Ireland
Grimshaw, in association with Newenham Mulligan & Associates (NMA), has been chosen to produce a concept design for the redevelopment of The Curragh Racecourse, Ireland’s spiritual home of horse racing.
Montrond-les-Bains Leisure Complex
Design: DATA
Mixed-use leisure building, containing a 1,000 sqm casino, a restaurant, a 100-seat conference room, bowling, bar, brewery, night club, several multimedia rooms, offices and workshops, parking for 250 cars.
Composed of six blocks containing the different entities of the program and arranged mainly on a single level, this new complex offers a clear and simple internal route through the large glass-roofs taken between these six volumes.
Delfina Foundation, London Building
Delfina Foundation Expansion, London, England
Design: studio octopi + Shahira Fahmy
Director, Aaron Cezar: “We are thrilled by the transformation which Studio Octopi and Shahira Fahmy envisioned for Delfina Foundation. The expansion creates a home for artistic research, production and
exhibition that will be unparalleled in London.
Coldingham Bay house, Berwickshire property
Sutherland Hussey Architects receive planning permission for design of two adjacent apartment villas in the small village of Coldingham Bay to the south east of Edinburgh. Each villa consists of 4 independently accessed apartments.
Artists In Concrete Awards Asia Fest – Pune
Artists In Concrete Awards Asia Fest, Pune, India
6-8 Feb 2014
e-architect editor Adrian Welch will be speaking at this event, alongisde architects such as Ken Yeang, Jo Noero, Odile Decq and Sanjay Puri, plus thinkers such as Juhani Pallasmaa.
Artists in Concrete Awards (AICA) Festival is annual celebration of excellence in architecture, landscape designing and interior designing.
ETHZ D-BSSE Basel Laboratory & Research
Design: Kubota & Bachmann architects. The New ETHZ D-BSSE, laboratory and research building on campus Schällemätteli in Basel, Switzerland which is the Restricted Competition entry project. The new ETH building is conceived as an efficient and flexible architectural device, providing an answer to the multiple aspects shaping its complex environment.