2030. Climate change has effected Australia’s environment so dramatically that the interior desert now meets the south east Australian coastline. Average temperatures have increased, the sea level has risen and rainfall has dropped. Many animal and plant species are by now extinct. The island continent is in terminal drought.
Westerdok Building. Openness as design concept: The minimal amount of materials used, glass, steel and concrete, results in maximum openness for the façade.
It is a calm site between two of the lifts in Ramundberget ski resort. It lies on a small hill where the tree line meets the mountain. From there you have easy access to the ski slopes.
The Alrov Group has appointed David Chipperfield Architects to design their new luxury 5 star hotel on the site of the Café Royal on London’s Regent Street
The jury for the “Shenzhen 4 Tower in 1” Competition chaired by Mr. Arata Isozaki, selected COOP HIMMELB(L)AU’s design for Tower C, the new “Headquarter of China Insurance Group” as winning scheme. Other participants include Morphosis, Steven Holl Architects, Hans Hollein, MVRDV and FCJZ Atelier.
Zira Zero Island is a 1,000,000 m2 master plan for a carbon neutral resort and residential development on Zira Island located along the Caspian Sea. As a young post-soviet democracy, Azerbaijan is rediscovering its national identity by imagining Zira Island as an architectural landscape based upon the country’s dramatic natural setting.
Tokyo Matsuya Unity, Higashiueno – Taitou-ku Building: Modern architecture aiming at rediscovering traditional techniques and decorative culture in the Edo period.
SouthGate Bath is a retail-led, mixed-use development in Bath. It is the largest mixed-use development in the centre of Bath, occupying a previously underused 5.2 ha site within the Bath Conservation area and part of the World Heritage Site.
The 2009 Incheon International Urban Design Competition for Students aims to contribute to the transformation of Incheon Metropolitan City into a world-class city capable of carrying out functions and roles commensurate to such status.
Construction of a primary school with 37 class rooms, numerous specialist rooms and common areas, including a sports hall, an auditorium, a school cafeteria, a parking (+/- 150 places), and outside play areas.
Hilton Hotel Liverpool, Chavasse Park, England design by Squire & Partners: city centre accommodation near the historic Albert Dock, building photos
Anfa Place – the first project designed by Foster + Partners to break ground in Morocco – is revealed today. A luxury mixed use development overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the scheme extends the city to the coast by creating a thriving new waterfront community to the west of Casablanca.
Tate Liverpool is an art gallery and museum in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and part of Tate, along with buildings in Cornwall and London, UK.
Kings Waterfront is a vital component in Liverpool’s regeneration, and will see the transformation of an unattractive brownfield site into a vibrant urban quarter. The first phase of this development is the £146 million Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre.
3XN has based its project design for the new Daimler Group corporate headquarters on one of the essential aspects of a modern industrial enterprise.
The objective of the architectural competition is the design of a 7,000-8,000 square foot multigenerational home on the waterfront in the Bahamas. The architectural ‘guideline’ for the home design should be one that stimulates and delights with its unique ideas.
The RIBA Competitions Office managed the selection process on behalf of the Delivering Affordable Housing Partnership (DAHP) – a partnership of Norwich City Council, Broadland Housing & Orbit Housing Partnership, Circle Anglia Ltd, Flagship Housing Group and Lovell Partnerships Ltd