Blackpool Wedding Venue – Festival House
Blackpool is a town in need of regeneration, and a key to achieving this is building upon the history of the town’s identity as a centre for entertainment and vacation.
S Cube family chalet: Kuwait Beach Houses
S Cube family chalet, Kuwait Beach Houses, Middle East – design by AGi architects – The owners – two brothers and their sister each with their own families – want to continue enjoying the same exceptional environment in which they grew up: S Cube Chalet Kuwait, Kuwaiti Beach Residences
The Troika Kuala Lumpur Towers, Malaysia
Located at the north-eastern corner of the Park, within the precincts of Kuala Lumpur City Centre – Kuala Lumpur’s ‘city within a city’ – the Troika development combines apartments, offices, shops and restaurants within a single complex.
Frick Chemistry Laboratory Princeton University
The Frick Chemistry Laboratory represents an expression of contemporary building craft, seamlessly integrating modern architectural features and cutting-edge sustainable building technologies.
The Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care Bath
The Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care building news: The Royal United Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), in Bath, has been transferred from its existing small, cramped facilities into its pioneering new home.
Strelka School, Moscow – AMO Building Russia
Strelka Press is a radical publishing house for new writing on architecture, design and the city. Essays and long-form journalism are published as ebooks, offering instant access to critical thinking from around the world.
Henrietta Barnett School London Education
The original school was designed Lutyens and is listed Grade II*. Any change of any kind was going to be controversial and 17 redevelopment schemes have previously been rejected
Hackney Marshes Community Hub, Homerton Road
Stanton Williams’ new community ‘hub’ in Hackney Marshes, London, has started on site this week. The scheme comprises new sports changing rooms, a café, and an education facility
The Toffee Factory, Ouseburn Building, Newcastle
The derelict toffee factory, with a forest of trees growing out of its ruined shell, has been reincarnated as a managed work space for the creative industries and is almost fully let.
Lyric Theatre Belfast, O’Donnell + Tuomey Building
In 2003, the Lyric held an international architectural competition and selected O’Donnell + Tuomey as architects to design a new theatre facility.
Las Arenas Barcelona: Bull Ring Building Catalonia
“We set out to re-establish Las Arenas – a late 19th century bullring – as a 21st century landmark for the city. This involved retaining the entire existing façade as well as re-integrating what had become an isolated traffic island into the city fabric.”
Richard Rogers
The Triangle, Hab Oakus: GreenSquare
Through a series of quiet, considered moves, this project has established itself as an exemplar for low-cost, environmentally responsible, social housing, with higher densities than the client expected (42 homes in all).
Adam Khan Architects, London architecture office
Adam Khan Architects, London architecture practice, England – buildings such as Brockholes & New Horizon Youth Centre – UK design office news
RIAS Awards 2012 Winning Buildings + Architects
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced 18 winners, representing the very best of current Scottish architecture, at the inaugural RIAS Awards at an Awards Dinner held at the Glasgow Hilton