Rabothytta Trekker’s Cabin, Norway

Rabothytta Trekker’s Cabin

Design: Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects. For trekkers to Norway’s glacial north, a warm and airtight welcome at the new “Rabothytta” cabin to welcome adventurers to the magnificent Okstind glacier. Commissioned by the Norwegian Trekking Association the remote ‘Rabothytta’ cabin has been built to precise specifications to withstand the harsh extremes of weather in the region. Designed to echo the natural forms of its landscape, it is part of a network of self-contained cabins and can accommodate groups of up to thirty people on a self-catering basis.

Greenwood Place Community Resource Centre

Greenwood Place Community Resource Centre

Community Resource Centre and Centre for Independent Living will provide high quality facilities and support for people with dementia, learning disabilities, mental health problems and autism in the London Borough of Camden.

Reykjavik Industrial Seaside Redevelopment

Reykjavik Industrial Seaside

Design: FELIXX with JVantSpijker. Dutch team wins Icelandic architecture competition: two Rotterdam based offices will design the new redevelopment plan of an industrial seaside area in Reykjavik. The plan consists of 110.000 square meters of mixed use program, including four hundred new dwellings.

Reforma Towers – México City Skyscrapers

Reforma Towers

Richard Meier & Partners new project in Mexico City. The new Reforma Towers will become a dynamic mixed-use development composed of two towers with offices, a hotel, retail space, restaurants and a fitness center. Sitting boldly along this Boulevard, the proposed development is a mixed-use building complex developed with Diametro Arquitectos.

Honeycomb Building, Bahamas Albany Resort

Honeycomb Building

BIG + HKS + MDA unveil the design for the new Honeycomb building and its adjacent public plaza in The Bahamas – a 175,000 ft² residential building with a private pool on each balcony overlooking the marina

Union Station Los Angeles, LA Transit Hub Building

LA Union Station Master Plan

The team of Grimshaw and Gruen Associates has been approved to begin the third and final phase of the new LA Union Station Master Plan. The Masterplan will include a new multi-modal concourse, a relocated bus plaza and the potential integration of a high speed rail station at the site.

WKCDA Arts Pavilion, Hong Kong Design Contest

WKCDA Arts Pavilion

Design: XML Amsterdam (NL). For the West Kowloon Cultural District competition in Hong Kong, XML designed a new Arts Pavilion. By reimagining the classical Miesian pavilion typology of a glass box and roof, the XML proposal sets out to create a pavilion that offers two distinct types of exhibition spaces. Under a large canopy, a glass-enclosed box offers a 4.5meter high unobstructed space, that can be adapted to an infinite amount of layouts for the exhibition of painting, sculpture, video, photography and other media.

West Kowloon Arts Pavilion, Hong Kong

West Kowloon Arts Pavilion 2

Design: VPANG architects ltd + JET Architecture Inc + Lisa Cheung. WKCDA announces the results of the Arts Pavilion Design Competition.

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) have announced that VPANG architects ltd + JET Architecture Inc + Lisa Cheung, have been appointed to design the Arts Pavilion in the West Kowloon Cultural District, after achieving first prize in a single stage international design competition.

BNP Paribas Fortis HQ: Brussels Headquarters

BNP Paribas Fortis HQ 1

BNP Paribas Fortis outlines plans for its new headquarters designed by be baumschlager eberle. Following an architectural design competition run in 2013, BNP Paribas Fortis has chosen this architecture office to build its new HQ. After demolishing the current building, construction of the new premises is expected to be completed towards the end of 2021.

Siemens HQ Abu Dhabi building, Masdar City

Siemens HQ Abu Dhabi building, Masdar City

Sheppard Robson-designed Siemens HQ in Masdar City officially opens, setting a new standard for sustainability. Multi international award-winning building achieves LEED Platinum standard, making it one of the most sustainable buildings in the Middle East

Aerospace Bristol: Concorde Building

Bristol Aerospace Centre 1

Concorde and aerospace centre project news, Bristol, England: Focus Consultants and architects, Purcell have been appointed to draw up designs for a multi-million pound heritage museum and learning centre dedicated to aerospace

Island School Hong Kong Design

Island School 1

Danish schmidt hammer lassen architects and Hong Kong based Thomas Chow Architects appointed to design the new Island School in Hong Kong, China. The 28,000-square-metre new building is a sustainable learning landscape.

Maple House – London Office Refurbishment

Maple House 1

BuckleyGrayYeoman wins planning for City Road office refurbishment granted planning approval by London Borough of Islington Council. Commissioned by Helical Bar, the redevelopment of the 1960’s Maple House building will provide 5,700 sq m office accommodation in close proximity to Old Street’s Silicon Roundabout.