House for Elderly People Alcácer do Sal Building

House for Elderly People Alcácer do Sal building

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the five finalists who will compete for the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award

The Presidential Archives Korea Building

The Presidential Archive conveys a sense of rigidity and authority due to the seriousness of its purpose. Therefore, the project aimed to be an archive where people could visit comfortably without feeling intimidated.

Summit Centre Heathrow, Bath Road Building

Planning Permission has just been granted by the London Borough of Hillingdon for the redevelopment of the Summit Centre, a 1980’s warehouse complex in the Bath Road to the north of Heathrow Airport.

Stadshal Gent: City Hall Ghent, Belgium

Stadshal Gent City Hall Ghent, Belgium

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the five finalists who will compete for the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.

National Graphene Institute, Manchester University

Jestico + Whiles’ design for the new National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester has been granted planning consent. The new £61m facility will be a world-leading research and incubator centre dedicated to the development of graphene.

Dundee Railway Station Building

Dundee Railway Station Building

Design by architects Nicoll Russell – planning application approved for £14m railway station. The six-storey complex, over an archway and featuring ticketing facilities, a hotel, shops and cafe, is to be built before the V&A opens in 2015.

Robbrecht en Daem Architects Belgium

City Hall Ghent by Robbrecht en Daem Architects

Robbrecht en Daem Architects based in Ghent – Belgian architecture practice news, buildings photos, key projects by Belgium design studio

Paloma Nimes Music Venue, France

Paloma Nimes Building, French Music Venue, Modern France Architecture Photo, Architect Paloma Nimes Music Venue Building New Music Venue in Nimes, France design by TETRARC Architects 30 Jan 2013 Location: Nimes, France Design: TETRARC Address: 250 Chemin de l’Aérodrome, 30000 Nîmes, France Phone: +33 4 11 94 00 10 Contemporary music venue at Nîmes Métropole … Read more

Kuntsevo Plaza – Moscow Development

The first-ever, integrated mixed-use destination in Russia designed by the Jerde Partnership, a U.S. architecture firm renowned for creating experiential destinations, is under construction in central Moscow.

Shenzhen Xiasha Project Masterplan Design

“I’m sorting out a time now to go again to China. I’ve been invited by the Mayor to Guangxi, near Vietnam and Liuzhou to visit the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee and also the Liuzhou Urban Planning Bureau.”

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Arkansas

Store at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

The new Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art designed by Moshe Safdie in 2011 in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA. The mission of this American institution is to welcome all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Arkansas

Located in the heart of the new Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Moshe Safdie, 2011) in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA, the museum store is an insertion by Marlon Blackwell Architect into an existing 3,040 square foot curved concrete space.

House in Abiko – Chiba Residence

House in Abiko

The monocoque form made of concrete was inflated and squeezed, following the necessary spatial volume at the living room, cutting space and the wet area. The stiff structure enabled a sash-less detail of glass and the exterior wall aligned in the same surface and realizes the exterior that emphasizes various facets.