Akureyri Competition: Iceland Building Contest

Vision Akureyri International Design Competition

Akureyri, in northern Iceland, has recently witnessed a decline in the propsperity of its town centre. Simultaneously, placeless out-of-town developments have become predominant.

East Beach Cafe, Sussex, Littlehampton Building

East Beach Cafe Littlehampton building, Sussex

Heatherwick Studio was commissioned to design a café building to replace a seafront kiosk in Littlehampton, a traditional seaside town on England’s south coast. Exposed to weather and vandalism, the narrow site sits between the sea and a parade of houses

Eagle Rock House, Coopers Green Property

Originally conceived as a sculpture whose planes, structure and joints were articulated in primary colours, this idea changed to camouflage, using subtle autumn colours, and vertical landscape meshes between the garden and the house.

American Air Museum, Duxford Building, England

American Air Museum, Duxford Building, Cambridgeshire Project, Photo, News, Design, Image American Air Museum Duxford : Architecture Development near Cambridge, England design by Foster + Partners Architects, UK 27 May 2009 Location: Duxford, Cambridge, southeast England, UK Dates built: 1987-97 Design: Foster + Partners, architects Photos : Nigel Young_Foster Partners American Air Museum Duxford airfield … Read more

Laeiszhalle Hamburg Music Hall Building

Laeiszhalle Hamburg Music Hall Building

The Laeiszhalle made music history from the very beginning: prominent composers such as Richard Strauss, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith played and conducted their own works here.

Doncaster Transport Interchange Building

Doncaster Transport Interchange Building

Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange, £250m shopping centre and transport interchange, opened in June 2006, designed by Carey Jones for Scarborough Developments in partnership with Doncaster Council and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.

EDF Pylons France: Electricity Network Design

EDF Pylons France by Ian Ritchie Architect

The team of Ian Ritchie Architects, RFR and Kathryn Gustafson were invited in 1995 by Electricité de France to compete against 7 other teams in an international competition to design a new series of very high voltage pylons – 225kV and 400kV

Bideford College, NPS Southwest Building, Devon

Bideford College Devon, NPS Southwest, Education, English School Building Bideford College Building North Devon Building, southwest England, UK – design by NPS Southwest Architects 19 May 2011 Bideford College Design: NPS Southwest Architects photos : Girts Gailens RIBA Award winner, 19 May 2011 The school is on a steeply sloping site and has a clear … Read more

Daours Primary School, Somme Building, Picardie

Ecole Maternelle Daours, Primary School France, Architect, Building, Picture, Picardie Architecture Daours Primary School, Somme Ecole Maternelle: French education building design by Ian Ritchie Architect: Information + Photos – Daours School Primary School, Daours, east of Amiens, Somme, Picardie, northern France Date built: 1992 Design: Ian Ritchie Architects Ecole Maternelle, Daours: photos from architects This … Read more