Seville University Library Building: Hadid

Seville University Library Building by Zaha Hadid Architects

Work is continuing at the construction site of the University of Seville Library. The building will provide residents and visitors to Seville with a state-of-the-art public library and reading rooms, exhibition hall, and conference facility.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards

Cooper-Hewitt 2009 National Design Awards, Buildings, Projects, News, Design Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards 2009 American Architecture Prize, USA Jun 25, 2009 National Design Awards White House Ceremony First Lady Michelle Obama Celebrates the National Design Awards with Public Programs and White House Ceremony The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced First Lady Michelle Obama … Read more

Xiling Ski Resort Sichuan building, China

Gateway bridge at Xiling Ski Resort Sichuan building, China

The master-plan sets out to establish Xiling and its surrounding area as a major tourist attraction in China, whilst promoting a clear framework for the preservation of a vital natural ecosystem of National and International importance.

Maritime Centre Vellamo, Finland, Kotka Building

Kotka’s Maritime Centre Vellamo fulfils a visual as well as a strategical function within the cityscape. The figure of the Maritime Centre guides travellers from the heart of the city out to the north-eastern end of the City Terminal and into a harbour of culture.

Dining Pavilion Malta – Maltese Building

Dining Pavilion Malta

This pavilion-like structure houses an extension to the existing kitchen in an eighteenth century house. It is made of aluminium and glass and is aligned with a colonnade of slender steel columns that support a fabric awning providing shade for outdoor dining.

Headquarters of Prosecutors Office Vilnius Building

Headquarters of Prosecutors Office Vilnius building

Design: KLAP, architects. The architectural-plastic idea – cube conceptually gives sense to order, stability, strength, rigour, etc. This form best reflects the specifics of the object and creates an exceptionally suggestive and concentrated image of a law enforcement institution.

Craddock Cottages, Gomshall Property

The residential projects that Stephen Taylor Architects are currently engaged with range in scale from small house extensions to large mixed-use developments, and masterplans.

New Energy Homes, Scotland – NEH Highlands

Scotland’s first New Energy Homes (NEH), the latest concept in energy efficient construction, have been built in the Highlands. Housing Minister Alex Neil was in Rosshire today to learn more about the methods pioneered by the not-for-profit Highland Housing Alliance.

Bodegas Protos, Spain: Peñafiel Building, Architect

Bodegas Protos, Spain, Peñafiel Building

Bodegas Protos is an aspirational wine co-operative in Peñafiel, north-west Spain, design by Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners, Architects. The five parallel arches of the great roof sitting on a stone plinth provide a magnificently memorable image for the Bodegas.

Chance Street House, Bethnal Green Building

Chance Street House, Bethnal Green building

This project for three houses occupies a small infill site in Bethnal Green, a neighbourhood in London’s East End. Replacing a postwar single-storey shed, these houses complete an urban block made up of diverse building types and activities

Made in Birmingham Exhibition: Show

Made in Birmingham Exhibition Tangyes

With materials drawn from the library’s world-class collections, the exhibition is one of the events marking the bicentenary of the death of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), the pioneering Birmingham manufacturer and industrialist.