Civic Trust Awards 2009: Buildings, Architects
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
One Spirit Showcase, London
One Spirit Showcase, Architecture, Building, Images, Dates, Venue, Planning One Spirit Showcase London Urban Art Gallery at One Grafton Street, England, UK: Design Competition 19 Mar 2009 One Spirit Showcase One Grafton Street Urban Gallery An exciting, new contemporary artwork by up-and-coming artist, Alex Knell, has polled thousands of votes from the public to win … Read more
Prendergast-Vale College Lewisham Building
HKR Architects – the international design and architecture practice – has submitted plans for Prendergast-Vale College in the London Borough of Lewisham on behalf of Costain Construction.
Luxembourg Tramway Design, Luxtram Project
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS) has won a major European competition, to be the architects and urban designers for a new tramway called Luxtram in the City of Luxembourg.
Le Grand Pari Exhibition, Greater Paris Vision 2030
French President Nicolas Sarkozy marked the inauguration of La Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine by stating his wish for international consultation on a new comprehensive development project for Greater Paris
Grand Paris Metropole Douce: Greater Paris Vision
In the first public presentation of one of the biggest challenges in French urban development of the last 50 years Finn Geipel presents LIN’s vision for the Metropolis of the future at Palais de Chaillot in Paris
Astley Village Competition: Chorley Contest
Design Team Appointed to improve Chorley’s Green Spaces. The design team who are going to help spend £364,250 rejuvenating Chorley’s green spaces has been selected following a four month competition.
Sant’Erasmo Water Filtration Plant Venice building
Four one meter thick parallel walls, built in reinforced concrete colored red with pigment constructed as rough, untreated surfaces give the space the building form, like the ruins of an old battery, at the same time defining structure and shape
The Interior of the Cabanon Exhibition, RIBA
RIBA and Cassina are currently presenting a reconstruction of Le Corbusier’s beach hut Cabanon, which is designed and built in 1952 for his holidays at Cap-Martin.
OZEANEUM Stralsund, Germany Building
The new Oceanographic Museum OZEANEUM is located on the city’s historic waterfront immediately adjacent to the historic centre which has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nizhny Novgorod Sports Complex: Russia Building
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has unveiled designs for a new 300,000m² ski jump and sports complex in Russia’s historic city of Nizhny Novgorod, a training facility and reserve site for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Tortona 37 Milan Building Design
Tortona 37 Milan – design by Matteo Thun & Partners: the transformation of Via Tortona, which was started by the businessman Alessandro Cajrati Crivelli back in the 1990s, is continuing, revealing its full potential for redeveloping and reinterpreting some of the most interesting urban spots in the metropolis.
Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building, England
Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building, KPF English Project, Picture, News, Design, Property, Image Clifton Wharf, Gravesend Building Development in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK – design by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) 17 Mar 2009 Clifton Wharf Development KPF wins planning approval for Gravesend riverside renewal project Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (London) have won planning approval for … Read more
Segrt Hlapic Kindergarten Zagreb, Croatia
The new kindergarten in Sesvete is one of more poetic projects in recent Croatian architecture, according to the architects Radionica arhitekture
Western Grandstand Adelaide Oval Building
Adelaide Oval is widely regarded as the most picturesque Test cricket ground in the world, with St Peter’s Cathedral rising behind the elegant Edwardian scoreboard and Moreton Bay fig trees at the northern end, the Mount Lofty Ranges to the east, and nearby city skyline to the south.
Erdos Museum Mongolia – MAD Architects
Erdos Museum, Gobi Desert building, Inner Mongolia – design by MAD Architects – Gobi Desert masterplan: Erdos Museum building, Mongolian architecture
Marina Towers Beirut, Lebanon High-rise
The principal factor in the design is the optimisation of views to the sea and harbour for all tenants. The orientation of the apartment tower is therefore set on the radial axis of the harbour.