Nightingale Associates’ South African subsidiary to design Lighthouse on Africa’s southern-most tip. The Cape Town-based practice wins a design competition to provide the ‘gateway to the continent’s southern-most point’
2-14 Baker Street, Portland Square London, Building, News, Design, Property 2-14 Baker Street London : Portland Square Building Development for McAleer & Rushe – design by Jestico + Whiles 30 Mar 2009 2-14 Baker Street 2-14 Baker Street, London secures planning A spectacular new building by Jestico + Whiles for McAleer & Rushe has received … Read more
The Thematic Pavilion is an exhibition hall drawn up by the Organizing Committee to showcase the Expo’s theme, “The Living Ocean and Coast:” Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities.”
With its remarkable, sculptural shape, the culture centre of Utrecht piques the curiosity of the endless stream of passers-by and future users of the library, cinema, shops, and book café integrated in the building.
Habitat 67 was showered with praise from the day it was created. Specialists and the uninitiated alike were won over by its original, bold design, which showcased construction techniques unheard of at the time.
The SGAE (General Society of Authors and Publishers) Central Office in Santiago de Compostela, is located in Vista Alegre property.
Ambitious plans for a major mixed use development of the current City College site at Pelham Street in the heart of the city will provide for over 16,500 square metres of education floorspace, a youth hostel, student accommodation, an employment enterprise centre, 70 homes, a health clinic and a new public urban space.
The city of Valencia is considered to be one of the three most important cities in Spain due to its strategic position in the Mediterranean arch, its mild climate and its cultural heritage.
Las Tablas is a large residential area, with a low density, which was built very recently on private land, without any special intention behind the planning.
Spatially and conceptually, Distrito C absorbs very little of this environment.
The Tangen VGS (a 16-19 technical/media education) will be situated beautifully at an open site right by the Otra River, south to the characteristic grid quarters of the Kristiansand renaissance city.
The word chamber refers to an enclosed space or cavity as in a gun and it can also be used to denote a closed hall or room. Chamber is also synonymous of a private assembly or the body of people who meet in the hall or room.
Stadshuis Nieuwegein, City Hall Building Holland, Dutch 3XN Project, Design Stadshuis Nieuwegein, Holland : Dutch City Hall Nieuwegein City Hall Development – design by 3XN in The Netherlands 27 Mar 2009 City Hall ‘Stadshuis’ Nieuwegein Location: Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Architect: 3XN A/S The ‘Stadshuis’ – City Hall – of Nieuwegein mix traditional city hall features … Read more
From human being origins, people doing circles around someone who is speaking, singing, dancing or arguing – under a tree shadow if possible – has been the main characteristic of performing.
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Hatlehol Church Aalesund: young Danish architects Cornelius + Vöge has won a large international competition on a new church in Norway, from 123 competitors from all over Europe.
Public Inquiry decision: Wilkinson Eyre retention on the project by Circleplane halted. Comment from architect Jim Eyre, Director, Wilkinson Eyre, “We are very pleased for our client, Circleplane and, of course, for the team at No. 1 Blackfriars.”
House of Arts and Culture Beirut: design by Lebanon architecture competition winner – Alberto Catalano. Cultural project funded by a grant from the Sultanate of Oman to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lebanon.