Praemium Imperiale Winner in 2011
Ricardo Legorreta was today honoured along with four other internationally-acclaimed artists as recipients of the 2011 Praemium Imperiale, one of the world’s most prestigious arts prizes.
Praemium Imperiale 2010 Winner, Toyo Ito
Praemium Imperiale 2010 winner – Architecture Laureate, architect Toyo Ito wins Japan Art Association Award – he started his own architecture studio, ‘urban robot’ (urbot) in Tokyo, 1971
CTBUH Awards 2011 – Tall Buildings Prize Winners
CTBUH Best Tall Buildings 2011: Four Skyscrapers Named Regional “Best Tall Buildings” for 2011 by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. “Lifetime Achievement” winners Adrian Smith and Akira Wada also to be recognized.
TRON: Legacy, Milan Week of Design, Disney Italy
DuPont and Disney will showcase “TRON designs CORIAN®”, an exhibition inspired by the film “TRON: Legacy” from Walt Disney Studios
Barcelona Cathedral Building: Barri Gotic
Barcelona Cathedral, Catalonia, Spain – architecture photos – historic structure in Barri Gothic, date, Barcelona religious building images
Campus Presikhaaf Arnhem, Dutch Building
Situated on the valuable and fragile south-west corner of Park Presikhaaf, Arnhem, the new campus complex for Arentheem College forms a unity with the green landscape.
Democratic Republic of Congo Schools, DRC
A severely under developed country, the DRC has been ravaged by war and lacks infrastructure. Women face high levels of gender-based violence and young men are co-opted by rebel groups that spread conflict and insecurity across the nation
Palau de Mar Barcelona: Catalan History Museum
Catalan History Museum, Palau de Mar Barcelona, Spain design by Rogent architect – photo of Palau de Mar, Museu d’Historia de Catalunya architecture, building
Paddington Central buildings, London offices
Paddington Central: offices redevelopment Kingdom Street, London property design by Allies and Morrison Architects – Paddington Central office development
Florida Marlins Miami Ballpark, Snarkitecture
Miami-raised artist Daniel Arsham and his collaborative practice Snarkitecture have been commissioned to create two large signature features for Miamis new Florida Marlins ballpark.
Santralistanbul Museum of Contemporary Arts
The first power plant of the Ottoman Empire was built at the point where the Golden Horn ends. Its construction began in 1910 and the plant was in operation until 1984. Construction continued until the last boiler room was built in 1957.
Amatller House: Puig i Cadafalch Barcelona
Amatller House, Passeig de Gracia building – residence by Puig i Cadafalch in Barcelona – Eixample architecture photos, architect – built in 1898-1900
Four-Leaf Clover Kindergarten Slovenia
Kindergarten Ribnica, Slovenian nursery building design by Ofis Arhitekti: the plot of the building is a four-leaf clover from which each leaf represents one department with associated facilities.
Zona de Banys Barcelona Forum Bathing Zone
A series of pontoons reach into a thin stretch of water protected from the Mediterranean by a riot of huge concrete blocks, with a skeletal spine marking a boundary with the Auditoria Park just inland.
Burj Khalifa Skyscraper Dubai tower
The world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai), officially opened Jan. 4 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Architect Adrian Smith, who designed Burj Khalifa while at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, attended the opening ceremonies
W Hoboken Hotel New York Building
W Hoboken Hotel, New York Building, Project, Photo, News, Design, Property, Image W Hoboken Hotel Manhattan : 400 Fifth Avenue W New York-Downtown Accommodation & Residences, 400 Fifth Avenue, NYC, USA Jan 11, 2010 W Hoboken Hotel & Residences Manhattan Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects Redefines Hotel & Residence Design on Both Sides of the … Read more
Hotel Arts Barcelona – SOM Architects Spain
Hotel Arts Barcelona, Spain – design by Bruce Graham, SOM Architects – Arts Hotel Barcelona architecture, Port Olimpic acommodation building