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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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
Dubai building designs – key UAE property developments, Middle East buildings + construction: UAE architecture news – Dubai real estate developments.
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
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.
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.
Design: GSSArchitecture
Pilkington Planar™ supports a new era at Durham University Business School
Durham University Business School’s new £16million fit-for-purpose building utilises NSG Group’s world class Pilkington Planar™ to create an inspiring space for students to learn.
The city of Kaliningrad’ announces an open International architectural and city-planning competitive tender for the Concept of area development in the historical center of Kaliningrad – Korolevskaya mountain and its locality