Keppie, one of the UK’s leading design practices, has secured its first architectural project in China. The firm will design a community theatre as part of a mixed-use urban masterplan, for Chinese client Yuanyi Baizhuang Investment Group.
As Newport is the first city reached by passengers between England and Cardiff, the station is a highly visible structure. Network Rail were keen that the new station should provide a striking civic building.
New images released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) show that the wave-shaped roof of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre has reached its half way point
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The Brandhorst Museum was opened in Munich on May 21, 2009. It displays about 200 exhibits from collection of modern art of the heirs of the Henkel trust Udo Fritz-Hermann and Anette Brandhorst.
Since 1929 it has been repeatedly used as a base by activist organisations such as the Palestine Homestead Corporation or the Palestine Information Bureau. In 1969 the building was purchased by the War Resisters League
In November 2009, WEST GATE in Zagreb – which is one of the largest state-of-the-art shopping centres in the CEE/SEE region and less than an hour by car from Austria – was opened in the presence of the Croatian State President Stjepan Mesiæ
Rosslyn Chapel, a Category A listed building dating back to 1446, gained worldwide fame from the publication of Dan Brown’s book the Da Vinci Code in 2004 followed by the film in 2006.
Corte Inglese department store, Catalan retail building design by Lapena & Torres Architects: Almacen El Corte Inglese, Barcelona shopping
Together with Michael Shabas and Brian Waters, Avery Associates are proposing a new Crossrail connection to Stansted with a green masterplan for the airport and a new ‘cellular city’ for business and research to relieve pressure on Cambridge, whilst augmenting its international outreach.
The practice’s first opportunity to work within an historical building, the commission for the Sackler Galleries demonstrates how contemporary interventions can enhance the old by relying on the sensitive juxtaposition rather than historical pastiche.
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Sadler’s Wells London Expansion: Almost ten years after he was appointed Sadler’s Wells Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Alistair Spalding today announced his vision for the theatre’s next decade.
Palestra London: Southwark offices building, south London design by Will Alsop architect – Southwark commercial development photos, UK
Poets House, Battery Park City Property, Residential Building New York Poets House Manhattan : Battery Park City Interior Lower Manhattan Residence, NYC – design by Louise Braverman Architect Jan 25, 2010 Poets House Design: Louise Braverman Architect 10 River Terrace, Battery Park City, New York, NY Photographs: Michael Moran Former United States Poet Laureate and … Read more
The Rio Olympic Park (OLP) was planned on a roughly triangular site of about 1.000.000m2 in a privileged location in Barra da Tijuca, on the shores of Lake Marapendi, accessed by Avenue Abelardo Bueno.
The main challenges in the study area are the homogenous zones that undermine cross connections and permeability.