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

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

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.

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, Isle of Skye Property

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

Malmö courthouse - Sweden Building

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

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.

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.