A short hop from central London by tube but a world apart. Stroll up the tree-lined drive, past the grazing Charolais cattle and you’d think you’re in the country, not urban Hounslow – Osterley House, historic property in Hounslow, west London by architect and designer Robert Adam
The two houses at Camustianavaig are sited on a former camping site near Portree on the Isle of Skye, the site has previously been terraced in to flat platforms. The new house works with the “new” topography and beds itself into the step with upper and lower levels.
The main design impetus for Glide was to achieve a certain level of design purity and visual simplicity. In a world where we are constantly bombarded with a non-stop barrage of the overstated, overdone, over exalted and hyperbole, it was our mission to be as simple stated as possible while yet creating a dynamic environmental experience.
Vukovich Center, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA building design by Polshek Partnership – new center of student activity on campus
The main feature of the house are the dynamic system of slopes (defined by earthworks and retaining walls) and the shifts and folds in the concrete structure.
Keith Williams’ 24 storey residential and commercial project at Black Prince Road in London’s Vauxhall has been approved by the planning inspectorate following a 4 day public enquiry.
The building is located in a typical single-family house suburban neighbourhood. This project strives to have a different approach: greater density, greater height and a common garden.
RIBA Building Futures Debate, Event, Project, News, Design, Property RIBA Event in London, UK RIBA Building Futures Debate 1 Oct 2009 RIBA Event This House Believes Too Much Consultation Inhibits Great Design Date: 14 Oct 2009 Venue: BDP Hub, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 4LJ Next week, the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) think-tank Building Futures … Read more
Riverhouse, One Rockefeller Park, New York, Battery Park City Building, Project, News, Design Riverhouse, One Rockefeller Park New York Battery Park City Residential Development, Manhattan – design by Polshek Partnership Oct 1, 2009 Riverhouse One Rockefeller Park Designed by Todd Schliemann of Polshek Partnership Architects, Riverhouse is honored at the 2009 Brick NY Awards New … Read more
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) unveils its design for a 92 unit apartment building in a residential suburb of central Istanbul. SHCA’s offices in London and Istanbul are collaborating on the design development and construction phases of this exciting scheme located in the up and coming area of Bomonti.
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects was selected out of five short-listed teams (74 applicants) as the winner for the Low2No Competition for an energy- and innovation block in Jatkasaari, Helsinki.
My intention from the outset has been to create a highly modern 21st century integrated Transportation facility that responds to its position at the foot of the Cointe Hills and from a belief that it must act as a catalyst for regeneration of the Guillemins quarter
In the course of the Symposium “The Future of the Informal” at the 4th International Rotterdam Architecture Biennale (NAI Rotterdam) the winners of the Squatcity-Urbaninform Competition have been announced.
The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS), first collaboration of its kind in Singapore between two of the world’s top higher education institutions – Duke University in the USA and National University of Singapore.
Calgary National Music Centre Canada, architects winner – King Eddy, East Village, Cantos Music Foundation Competition: architecture design news
Jim Olson Houses architecture book – US architect publication by The Monacelli Press, the most comprehensive collection of projects built in the last decade by the founding partner of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
Bath Rapid Transit Competition, English Transport Project, News, Design, Technology Rapid Transit Competition England : Bath Transport Bath Transport Development – Design Contest England, UK, Europe 29 Sep 2009 Bath Rapid Transit Title: Personal Rapid Transit in Historic Cities Location: Bath, United Kingdom Open to international submissions Final Entry Submission Date: October 01, 2009 Website: … Read more