Anti-Tectonics Beijing Design Week 2013

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Anti-Tectonics Beijing Design Week, China – images and news – Anti-Tectonics building, Pavilion building for 2013: architecture in China

Ludgate House & Sampson House, Southwark

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Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group announces that the Southwark Council’s Strategic Planning Committee last night approved Carlyle’s planning application to replace the Sampson House data-centre and Ludgate House office building.

Gas Compressor Plant Denmark building

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Gas Compressor Plant Denmark building

Gas Compressor Plant in Denmark – design by C. F. Møller, architects – Danish Gas architecture: Energinet Building, Denmark Infrastructure architecture

Magasinet Malmö, The Warehouse Building

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Magasinet Malmö - The Warehouse Building

Metro is responsible for the construction and renovation of the old building “the warehouse” into modern and flexible office. “the warehouse” was designed in 1951 by architect Thage Möller.

Ritz Plaza Taipei Housing, Property

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Ritz Plaza Taipei Housing

These new residential buildings contain up/down duplex townhouses: the project combines strongly articulated blocks with a pleasant environment at street level.

JW3 Jewish Community Centre, Finchley Road

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JW3, London’s newest community and arts venue, is now open to the public. The newly constructed £12m building on the Finchley Road in Hampstead will become a destination venue for London, open to all who have an interest in Jewish life.

The Speed of Light in Ruhr, Germany: NVA / Pipo Tafel

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Taking place over 3rd-5th October, the project is reimagining urban and rural landscapes with the creative team collaborating with German choreographer Pipo Tafel to develop unique responses to each performance location.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange HQ – OMA China

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The new headquarters for the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has been completed in Shenzhen’s Central Business District. The 180,000 m2 building is OMA’s next completed building in China after the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange, OMA building China

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Although aspects of this building look perfectly normal – the straight tower, the repetitive fenestration – look at the podium, it has been jacked 36m above ground level. Why? The architects put forward their case which seems based on challenging tradition, “defying an architectural convention” but also on trying to ‘broadcast’ the virtual activities of the city’s financial market by being more visible, ‘glowing at night’.

Glenn Murcutt Masterclass, New South Wales

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The fourteenth annual Glenn Murcutt Architecture Master Class will take place in Australia next July at ‘Riversdale’, the Boyd Education Centre on the shores of the Shoalhaven River south of Sydney.

STATOIL Oslo Offices, Fornebu Building, Norway

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STATOIL Oslo Offices Norway building

The scale and drama of the spaces created under the cantilevers is breathtaking and points in the direction of a remarkable achievement for both the client, IT Fornebu, and the architect, A-lab.