Østfoldmuseet Norway: Sarpsborg Building
The client wanted a signal edifice and a building that would convey the different and intertwining aspects that constitute a museum of cultural history.
Norwegian Summerhouse, Cabin Inside-Out
The Norwegian summer house in Papper, Hvaler Islands is beautifully situated on the top of a hill overlooking the ocean and the horizon, placed in the midst of an uncultivated landscape on a small peninsula.
RIBA Awards 2009 Scotland buildings, architects
RIBA Awards 2009 Scotland Shortlist: Scottish buildings & architects news – winners, Royal Institute of British Architects, architecture, building prize
The Shed Meigle home, Perthshire property
Designed by Graeme Hutton, Dean of the Dundee University School of Architecture and the late David Jameson of the University of Dundee and LJRH Chartered Architects.
Riverfront Hotel London River Thames
Proposals for a £250m luxury hotel development next to Blackfriars Station on the banks of the River Thames, a landmark stand-alone building to rejuvenate one of the few remaining major development sites in the City of London.
Yew Tree Lodge London: Hillingdon Building
Duggan Morris Architects challenged these perceptions with a fresh approach and the result is a well designed, flexible, functional contemporary building for client Look Ahead Housing and Care, which sits sensitively next to its listed Arts and Crafts neighbour
Landscape Architects Pocket Book, Publication
Landscape Architect’s Pocket Book by Siobhan Vernon, Rachel Tennant and Nicola Garmory is a new book for landscape architects and related professions. It has established itself as an indispensable and essential guide.
Building Reskinning Competition: architecture contest
The purpose is to advance the state-of-the-art in building retrofitting technologies. The task of re-skinning existing infrastructure to increase energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact is a timely and urgent challenge. The Z-Prize: The winning 5 entries will be monitored for a period of 3 years after completion of the retrofit.
Public Academy Suzhou Campus, China building
UK-based international architects RMJM today, 21 May 2009 announced that it has won a project to design a unique campus in Suzhou, China, which will aim to provide the most sophisticated facilities in the country for nurturing a future generation of entrepreneurs.
Peterborough City Care Centre: PFI Hospital
Peterborough City Care Centre Building design by Nightingale Associates: second phase of £335m ‘super hospital’ opened to public. Important milestone for major PFI hospital in Peterborough
Pond Meadow Special Needs School Building
DSDHA announce that two recent projects have been awarded RIBA Awards 2009; Pond Meadow Special Needs School in Guildford and The Møller Centre for Continuing Education & Churchill College Music Centre in Cambridge
Long House Isle of Skye Property – Scotland
Long House, Western Isles home – Alan Dickson was the designer of this Isle of Skye residence and Marnie Macdonald took the project through from design to completion. This simple rural property is located overlooking Loch Dunvegan.
Malmö courthouse – Sweden Building, Malmo Court
Construction has finished on schmidt hammer lassen architects’ striking design for a new District Court in Malmö, Sweden. The completed scheme includes a new 10.000 sq m courthouse adjacent to the existing 3,000 sq m listed court building.
CityCenter Las Vegas Buildings, MGM MIRAGE
Preceded by Vdara Hotel, ARIA Resort & Casino and Mandarin Oriental, Veer Towers includes CityCenter’s fourth and fifth high-rise structures and the final residential component to be topped out in preparation of the urban resort destination’s opening later this year.
Lilli Apartments, Melbourne South Yarra building
Lilli Apartments, Melbourne – design by Elenberg Fraser, architects – Lilli, a mixed use development in Claremont St, South Yarra: apartments in Melbourne
Elm Apartments, Melbourne Dorcas Street
The Elm Apartments in Dorcas Street South Melbourne comprise a 286 apartment tower, located just off the tree lined St Kilda Road Boulevard. The Elm development is rich in material and articulation.
Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art
Wolf D. Prix, Design Principal of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU received the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art in 2009. The Federal President Dr. Heinz Fischer awarded the highest honor of the Republic of Austria within a ceremonial act at Hofburg Vienna.