David Wilson Library, University of Leicester
In order to select an architectural led design consultancy for their library project the University of Leicester issued briefing documents to selected companies in December 2004
Scottish Planning System Reform News
News release from Culture Minister Linda Fabiani MSP launching Listing and Listed Building Consent policy; and a consultation on a new Joint Working Agreement between Historic Scotland and COSLA. Both have been launched today in accordance with the Scottish Government’s Planning Summit.
Hampton Court Station, Jolly Boatman Site
Hampton Court Station London, Architecture, Images, Building, Proposal, News Hampton Court Station Key Building Development in southwest London, England – by Quinlan Terry News Update 28 Oct 2008 Hampton Court Station Development Approved by planning councillors (planning sub-committee) Last step is Cabinet decision, Dec 2008 Battle of the Styles? Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects’ design … Read more
Nakheel Harbour & Tower Dubai, UAE
The global architecture practice believes that the design for the 270 hectare masterplan and more than 1 kilometre-high tower will provide the centrepiece for the future of Dubai’s development, altering its skyline forever.
Rodin Museum Building, Brazil: Brasil Arquitetura
Rodin Museum Brasil: new building in Salvador, Bahia architecture, South America – design by Brasil Arquitetura, Architects – Rodin Museum, Bahia building
TBWAHakuhodo Tokyo – Klein Dytham architecture
Working with TBWAHAKUHODO we discovered an old bowling alley in a large 8-storey amusement complex in Tokyo bay area. Bowling alleys are column free, and after removing the suspended ceiling a double height space with 2m deep down-stand beams was revealed.
Silk Road Melbourne venue + Dynasty Bar
Melbourne’s Silk Road – a venue designed to bring to life a luxurious vision. The brief was to create the jewel in the crown in Zampelis’s Portfolio of hospitality establishments.
Somosaguas House, Madrid Home
The Spanish architecture firm A-cero, directed by Joaquin Torres, has built a new house in the Madrid outskirts that synthesizes the evolution of the studio’s signature design language and its technical experimentation over the last years.
Tomás Apartments building: Santiago housing
The Tomas Building is located in a residential neighborhood in Santiago facing the Isabel Montt plaza in the District of Vitacura
Leicester Square Hotel London building
Westminster City Council has approved plans by the Leicester Square Co-ownership Group to create a new high quality hotel and state-of-the-art Odeon cinema as part of a major regeneration of the South-west corner of Leicester Square in London.
O Fournier Winery San Carlos, Mendoza
O Fournier Winery, San Carlos building, Mendoza, Argentina, design by Bórmida & Yanzón Architects – San Carlos architecture: Mendoza wine-making building photos
Stanwell Park House, NSW Beach Property
This holiday house is located at the base of an escarpment south of Sydney with panoramic views to the North and East over Stanwell Park Beach and the Pacific Ocean.
Glenn Murcutt Master Class 2009 event, NSW
The ninth Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class will be held in Australia at Glenn Murcutt’s “Masterwork”, the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre ‘Riversdale’
Jumeirah Emirates Towers Dubai hotel building
A curiosity of this UAE skyscraper design is that the towers have a similar number of floors; the taller office tower actually contains 54 floors, while the hotel tower contains 56 floors.
Bread Museum: Ilópolis Building, Brazil
Culture needs to be understood as something ranging from tradition to invention. There are certain things created and built in the past that need to be preserved, otherwise we will be trapped within a distorted, disfiguring present
Pinnacles Interpretative Centre, Nambung National Park
The Interpretation Centre at the Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia deals explicitly with the these questions, resulting in a work that is consciously contradictory
Mudgee Permanent Camping NSW Building
Sited at the edge of a ridge surrounded by large granite boulders and ancient dead trees, the tower has panoramic views for hundreds of miles to the horizon.