Construction has begun on the first phase of the new, £300m Mittal Children’s Medical Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOSH), which is on target to become the UK’s ‘greenest’ medical building to date.
Mayors of middle sized European cities live in a turmoil of political, corporate, cultural and private life. The residence operates in flexible ways between these four conditions like a multicore processor.
The site of this private house is part of a residential redevelopment in Katendrecht, a harbour pier south of Hotel New York. Until the 1970’s Katendrecht was still completely surrounded by harbours and ships.
C.F. Hansen Medal, Architecture Award Denmark – awarded to Kim Herforth Nielsen in 2009: information on architects, buildings, images – Danish Architecture Award, news
The hut is situated in a small Alpine village, part of Triglav national park with very strict rules of construction and architectural design. The client bought the site together with existing construction permit for the generic project.
All recreative, scientific and commercial program is organised in compact enclaves (islands and water parcels), with a maximum variation parallel to the dam and maximum functional use perpendicular to the dam.
Energy from the Earth: With its establishment in 1992 the Forschungszentrum Dresden – Rossendorf took over the task of developing a modern, internationally competitive research institution at this location. For this purpose steps had to be initiated to modernize buildings and infrastructure in order to run them on a commercially viable basis.
The building is situated in the old centre of Athens on a main street which joins the city with the main port Piraeus. It has a total surface of 1634 sqm on six floors
The dichotomy between high and low culture is slowly disappearing. But how can we create an environment that is inspiring for everyone? Is it possible to be elitist and populist at the same time? How can we envision a truly Public building?
New York City Projects – designs by Enrique Norten, TEN Arquitectos: info + images of their NYC building designs – Manhattan designs like Clinton Park
Award for Hamilton Partners, developer and owner; Environmental Systems Design, Inc. (ESD), building systems design engineer and sustainability consultant; and Wright Heerema Architects: office building design in Mettawa, Illinois
Designing for the next big market – Africa! We invite tenders from reputable Architectural Firms for “Prequalification” for inclusion into a short list for Design Competition for the Architectural Design of Botswana Innovation Hub
The Jerde Partnership announced that it has completed a master plan that will guide the next 15-20 years of development intended to transform the Coventry city center in the United Kingdom.
South Molton Street London, Oxford Street building development, Mayfair property design by DSDHA Architects for Kenmore + Appley Properties: building
Presenting the honour at a ceremony in Sydney, Australian Institute of Architects National President Howard Tanner said he was proud to announce that outstanding architect, landscape architect and urban design advocate Professor Ken Maher of HASSELL has won the 2009 Gold Medal
The government review into further education funding must report urgently if action is to be taken to prevent hundreds of job losses in the engineering and design sector according to Atkins, the biggest player in the market.
Civic Trust Awards 2009 winners news – information on architects, buildings, images – BDPs’ The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton and Victoria Square in Belfast both received top awards