Scottish Civic Trust Awards 2009 winners
Promoting the importance of place and place-making, the Scottish Civic Trust My Place Awards is looking for Scotland’s best places and its “Civic Champions”.
Desert Houses, La Quinta Residences California
This residential project is located on 15 acres of land several miles outside of Palm Springs, CA in the Mojave Desert. The architects’ approach was to minimize environmental and ecological impacts while still meeting the objectives of the client’s brief.
Oxford Street Diagonals Crossing
Oxford Street Diagonals, urban development in London, England – West End streetscape design, pedestrian crossing – key London public realm
Waikato Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards, NZIA
A “one of a kind house”, a groundbreaking eco classroom and the Waitomo Glowworm Cave Visitor Centre are among designs celebrated in the 2010 Waikato Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards.
Shanghai Expo Buildings: China Architecture
UK pavilion – aka the ‘Dandelion’ – is awarded top prize: The Seed Cathedral designed by Thomas Heatherwick’s won gold in its category.
Faustino Winery, Spain: Ribera del Duero Building
Bodegas Portia is a new winery for the Faustino Group in the Ribera del Duero, one of Spain’s foremost wine-producing regions.
Waitomo Glowworm Caves, Otorohanga
The ancient Waitomo caves were formed from the limestone transported by water over thousands of years. The architecture of the new visitor’s center emphasises the connection with the Waitomo stream and the flows of water running through the caves.
NZIA Awards – New Zealand Architecture Prize
NZIA Awards, 2010, New Zealand Architecture Awards – info re buildings, architects, photos + winners : contemporary New Zealand Architecture: NZIA prize
Butler House, Melbourne Home
Nestled within the undulated roofline of one of Fitzroy’s famed MacRobertson warehouses, sits a roof terrace with a difference – complete with canopy and turf.
Bay Residence, The Hamptons House
This waterfront property unfolds in a sequence of views, both revealed and concealed, a kind of Kabuki shadow play that starts at the driveway and snakes down the entire length of the five-acre lot.
Hillside House, German Home: 3deluxe in/exterior
3deluxe are currently planning a superlative private residence: The two-storey luxury bungalow with an effective area of roughly 650sqm is defined by a coherent design concept, individualised down to the last detail.
Cleveland State University Student Center, Ohio, USA
Working with firm Braun & Steidl Architects, GSAA has designed a refreshingly contemporary structure that gives a new sense of place to the university–and reconnects the university to the city of Cleveland.
AirBaltic Terminal Riga, Latvian building competition
AirBaltic Terminal Riga, Latvia architecture competition. Building design is exciting opportunity to look critically at the prevailing airport typologies, especially as they relate to a new smaller, single airline terminal of the future
Luxembourg-Kirchberg New Trade Fair Park
1. prize for Pohl Architekten Stadtplaner/Jena with SteinmetzDeMeyer architectes urbanistes/ Luxembourg, Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering/Stuttgart, New York and Hausladen Ingenieure/Munich.