Set within the Glens of Antrim on the side of the valley running down to the sea, this house respects the rural architecture of the area while providing an immaculately detailed modern interpretation of a country home with excellent environmental credentials.
This major addition to a double-bay, detached Victorian villa, is tucked away from the street and is seen in the context of the rear off-shots and extensions of suburban Belfast.
This is a civic building with a public face and a clear and direct internal organisation that relays the narrative of the past and the security in which it is being preserved for the future.
The “Media Centre Oberkirch” was decided in 2007 within the scope of a competition by the architecture office Wurm & Wurm for himself. Start of construction was in November, 2008, completion of the building was in February, 2010.
RIBA Awards 2012 – British Architecture Prize run by Royal Institute of British Architects incl National Museum of Scotland – RIBA Awards winners 2012
Villa Agra, new Indian residence- design by Archohm architects – Agra house: contemporary Indian property, India home info & photos
The Centre Pompidou-Metz is surrounded by two gardens and a terrace. This gently sloping terrace provides a direct pedestrian link to the railway station.
White Cube opening in 2011 of a third major space in London, a building on Bermondsey Street in south London, UK, design by Casper Mueller Kneer, architects: largest of gallery’s three London sites.
H27D design by Kraus Schoenberg Architects in Baden-Wuerttemberg represents an elegant combination of sensitivity to context and technical prowess. The walls are made entirely of lightweight in-situ concrete, avoiding the use of additional thermal insulation.
RIBA Special Awards, Stephen Lawrence Prize, winner in 2012 – information on architects, buildings + images – Shortlist, RIBA Special Award 2012, news, England, Royal Institute of British Architects architecture prize
The new museum is transformed by a £11.2m renovation project, which includes the restoration of its Grade I listed building and the construction of a striking new ceramic and glass extension by Eric Parry Architects
South Kilburn Masterplan, London design by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands + Alison Brooks Architects – Master Plan buildings images, news
Design: Foster + Partners. Gallery building for Chelsea art dealer on the Bowery. The new building doubles the exhibition area and pioneers an innovative approach to vertical movement within a gallery setting.
Kisho Kurokawa Architect, Japan buildings, Japanese tower, Tokyo, Metabolist Movement, Nakagin Capsule Tower – architecture photos, key designs