Design: Avanti Architects. The £8m Beatrice Tate School for pupils with severe/profound and multiple learning difficulties has now officially opened near Mile End. The building provides and inclusive and stimulating new learning environment for students and staff alike, replacing facilities in an outdated and cramped site near Bethnal Green.
Neptune Wharf, London
Design: Stock Woolstencroft
Planning permission has been received for Neptune Wharf, a major canal side development adjacent to London’s Olympic Park. Located within Fish Island, this former industrial site will be regenerated to provide 522 homes and over 9,000sqm of non-residential space, including a new primary school and a range of retail and workspace units.
8th Annual Radical Innovation Competition In The Search For The Next Big Idea for Hotels: call for entries that propose feasible ideas to revolutionize the hospitality guest experience in the near term.
schmidt hammer lassen architects has, in collaboration with contractor KPC A/S and engineering company Bascon A/S, won the competition to design the new Sports and Administration Centre in Skanderborg, Denmark
Miguel Hidalgo Headquarters in Mexico City design by Zyman & Zyman, Arquitectos. A top-performing information technology company needed a new, larger and functional new headquarters and commissioned us to produce a design that reflected the company’s reputation for excellence.
make Architects led by Ken Shuttleworth, London: English architecture practice known for large British buildings, studio, projects UK
Clorindo Testa architect, Argentina – Buenos Aires building designs, Argentina architecture – Argentine architects, Italy, buildings news
Taekwondo-Won Building, Republic of Korea, design by Samoo Architects & Engineers. The Taekwondo-Won is established to become a global hub for the education, training, and promotion of Taekwondo, a Korean martial art that combines combat techniques with sports. With over 45million practitioners all around the world, the need for a central hub at the originating country was imminent.
Piedmont Residence, a house in Western North Carolina, USA – by Carlton Architecture + DesignBuild. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the residence lies along the southern edge of a hillside overlooking a mountain lake and expansive views beyond. The design of the home sought to sensitively root and connect it to its place, enhancing the owners’ ability to experience all aspects of the land and the home together.
AR+D Awards for Emerging Architecture 2013 Joint winners – Hernan Diaz Alonso, Pitch Black ; RAAAF & Atelier de Lyon, Bunker 599 ; SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov, Museum for Architectural Drawing ; Studio Weave, Lullaby Factory.
IN / OUT Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France, design by Agence Jouin Manku: the Client decided to restructure the original building, aiming for it to become a benchmark in the tertiary sector, focusing on innovation as well as on wellbeing at work. It is this ambitious decision that gave birth to the major IN/OUT project.
Theis and Khan Architects selected to design the RIBA’s new offices at 76 Portland Place, London, W1. The new premises, just a couple of doors from the Institute’s Art Deco landmark building at 66 Portland Place, will be transformed to provide high-quality new office space that will be exemplary in its design, and environmental sustainability
The history of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. Emporis, international provider of building data, looks back over more than 100 years of skyscraper history and presents towers that have been entitled to proudly bear the title of “World’s Tallest Building”. Two pioneering inventions from the second half of the 19th century, steel-frame construction and the elevator, set the path to construction of the world’s first skyscraper. The combination of the two was first used in 1908 in the Singer Building in New York City, USA.
Hanjie Wanda Square, China
Architect: Ben van Berkel / UNStudio
Hanjie Wanda Square is a new luxury shopping plaza located in the Wuhan Central Culture Centre, one of the most important areas of Wuhan City in China. The shopping plaza houses international brand stores, world-class boutiques, catering outlets and cinemas.