Hudson’s Site, Downtown Detroit

Detroit Developments - Hudson’s Site in Downtown

Hudson’s Site Redevelopment, Downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA Design: SHoP Architects with Hamilton Anderson Associates (HAA). Rock Ventures selects SHoP Architects as the architect of record to lead the design process for the 2-acre site of the former Hudson’s Department Store in downtown Detroit. SHoP will partner with Hamilton Anderson Associates to create an innovative concept for a signature development on Woodward Avenue in the heart of Detroit’s Central Business District.

Roominaroom London, Limehouse Flat Interior

Roominaroom by atmos

Roominaroom – a highly sculptural refurbishment of a Limehouse (London) flat – all done with a CNC-carved kit of timber parts. It has recently won a UK Wood Award in the Small Project category. The judges praised its “beautiful curves and delicate stairs” and called it a remarkable, ingenious jewel.

Indeed, this is an excellent, creative piece of work, using the warmth and suppleness of wood to make a delightful interior.

Los Angeles Public Park + Community Center

Potrero Heights Community & Senior Center

Los Angeles Public Park + Community & Senior Center, California, USA – Lehrer Architects is honored to announce that Spring Street Park and Potrero Heights Community & Senior Center are both nominated for a Best of Year Award, by Interior Design magazine. Both architecture projects are national finalists in the “Outdoor” category.

The Mall of Baltia, Kaliningrad Retail Centre

The Mall of Baltia, Kaliningrad

The concept masterplan has been completed for The Mall of Baltia, Kaliningrad, design by Broadway Malyan, Architects, the first ‘super’ retail and leisure centre in the region of Kaliningrad, a seaport city and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.

Tollgate Gardens in Maida Vale, London

Tollgate Gardens in Maida Vale

Tollgate Gardens in Maida Vale, London. BDP has secured detail planning consent for its competition winning housing and regeneration project at Tollgate Gardens in Maida Vale, London. The redevelopment of the 1960s estate forms the first step in Westminster City Council’s ambitious Housing Renewal Strategy.

Private Rental Housing Design Competition

Carl Turner Architects design

Following a unanimous verdict from the judges, the winners of the competition for Housing in the Private Rental Market were announced on Monday 25 November at an award ceremony held at the RIBA, London.

Wessex Gallery of Archaeology, Salisbury, Wiltshire

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Wessex Gallery of Archaeology
New Salisbury Building, Wiltshire, England

The new gallery will be of international importance, telling the story of Salisbury and the surrounding area from prehistoric times to the Norman Conquest.

Old Doha Prize, Architecture Award

Old Doha Prize

Alicja Borkowska and Iris Papadatou from you&me architects announced as the UK winners of the first Old Doha Prize, an architectural competition to redesign part of the old city of Doha in Qatar

F.3 Fellbach aquatic centre, Pool & Sauna

F.3 Fellbach

F.3 Fellbach aquatic centre, neat Stuttgart, Germany, surrounding landscape forms guiding theme for 4a Architekten in shape and design. The new F.3 family and recreational aquatic centre in Fellbach: 4a Architekten have transferred the three separate areas – the sports area with indoor pool and open-air pool, the adventure pool and the sauna world.

Bürohaus Lustenau – Vorarlberg

Bürohaus Lustenau

Bürohaus Lustenau, Vorarlberg, west Austria, design by be baumschlager eberle. While buildings require less and less energy, more and more is being spent on the maintenance and service needed to sustain this reduction

Ergolding Secondary School – Education Building

New Secondary School Ergolding

The New Ergolding Secondary School, Germany, design by Projektarbeitsgemeinschaft Behnisch Architekten Architekturbüro Leinhäupl + Neuber, within a far-stretching natural and artificial landscape. It provides the much needed secondary school capacities to the region around the Bavarian town of Ergolding, close to Landshut.

Walltopia Sports Brand Headquarters Sofia

Walltopia Sports Brand Headquarters

Walltopia Sports Brand Headquarters, Sofia, Bulgaria building design by MARS Architects. An international jury selects the intricate design by MARS Architects as the winning proposal amongst 369 entries from 63 countries.

Hotel Ukraina Competition, Radisson Royal Moscow

Hotel Ukraina Competition, Radisson Royal Moscow

Hotel Ukraina Competition Finalists, Moscow, Russia. The names of the first round finalists were revealed for the ‘sketch’ category. The Hotel Ukraina is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers whose silhouettes have come to form an instantly recognisable symbol of the city. Constructed in the 1950s, the hotel building is an architectural landmark.