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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.