The Da Vinci College, part of Learning Park Dordrecht, will officially be opened by the Dutch Princes Máxima. The Da Vinci College was designed by Mecanoo architecten in Delft as a “city within a city” and built by Heijmans/Proper-Stok.
Armani/Ginza Tower building in Tokyo by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas Architects: it is always difficult to crystallise the image of someone, particularly a person as well known as Giorgio Armani, one of the most famous figures in the world.
Murrays Mills Manchester, Ancoats Village building: restoration – design by BDP, architects – Murrays Mills Manchester building: Ancoats Village restoration
Campo de’ Fiori Rome, Italy – Italian capital public realm space: architecture pictures, Roman building images – Campo dei Fiori photos, Rome building
A.As – Arquitectos Associados, Lisbon architecture, Portugal building design studio – Portuguese design office news – Portuguese designer info
We planned the location and orientation of ten mixed long and tall houses to capture the sunpath and minimise overshadowing. Roof elevations face south and southwest, bathing all living rooms, balconies and principal bedrooms in natural light.
The village of Paspels is a scatter settlement with solitary buildings, strewn loosely in the landscape and rarely positioned directly by the roadside. The new schoolhouse fits in with this type of settlement.
This house, unoccupied for twenty years, became popularly known as ‘the yellow house’ when it was refinished and painted yellow prior to its renovation.
Atelier Bardill, Scharans, Switzerland – contemporary Swiss building design by Valerio Olgiati Architects, a private atelier – one working space for client Linard Bardill, a musician + poet
This structure would be constructed from the same basic components used in the design of the M-house, but different numbers of those components would be used and they would be arranged in different ways onto a different size and shaped support frame.
Constructed as a weekend retreat and future home to retire for the owners, Salt House carries forward the Modernist tradition of the experimental ‘beach house’ as a vehicle to explore new architectural possibilities- site specific yet containing the potential for wider application
New Kings Road Offices: Fulham commercial development, London design by ORMS Architects – office building Fulham, new property
The Sheffield Festival Centre – design by Jason King Associate – is a media centre and creative work space facility and urban gateway building, a landmark at the entrance to the city and a national icon for cinema and the media industries: architecture.
“Museum Plaza will be one of the world’s most unique new skyscrapers — a structure that integrates art at every level,” Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson said.
The Spanish architecture studio A-CERO, headed by J. Torres and R. Llamazares, has won the restricted international competition of ideas for the design of a new exclusive residential zone in the Madinat Al Arab district, in Dubai’s coast.
The Oriental Arts Centre project is a first rank public cultural building, encompassing mainly three venues : a 1,979 seats Philharmonic Orchestra Hall, a 1,054 seats lyric Theatre, a 330 seats chamber Music Hall.
During the day, at the end of Century Avenue, opposite Town Hall, it is a building made of curves out of a pearl gray, shiny material. It resembles no other building in the city.