Galveston Seawall Design Contest: Charrette

Galveston Seawall Design Contest: Charrette

Rice Design Alliance (RDA) Partners will challenge architects, designers, and interested public participants to assess the iconic Galveston Seawall during their annual design charrette* and competition.

House 60, Toronto residence by gh3 Architects

House 60, Toronto residence by gh3 Architects

The existing house was largely introverted-small windows, low ceilings-with a traditional plan-living room, separate dining room and cramped kitchen on the ground floor, and a maze of bedrooms on the second.

Striding Arches – Andy Goldsworthy Scotland, Dumfriesshire

Striding Arches by Andy Goldsworthy Scotland

Andy Goldsworthy’s red sandstone arches, stride the wild and unspoilt landscape of the Scottish Southern Uplands, creating a unique sense of place and interpreting a little known area of the country. They offer a dialogue between structure and place and history and the landscape.

Leggenda Ice Cream and Yogurt Ramat Ishay

In the industrial zone of Ramat Ishay northern Israel, Inside an old abandoned carpentry shop a new branch of the Leggenda ice cream and yogurt was put up. To design a space with an airy and calm feeling, that the customer desired, in the space we had to work with, was rather difficult.

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards, organized in partnership with Spain’s National Research Council (CSIC), seek to recognize and encourage world-class research at an international level.

Tyne Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne Photos

Tyne Bridge Newcastle

This is a world-famous and very impressive structure. Part of the power of the spectacle is however gained from the sheer number of bridges that can be seen together here, and the depth of the valley. It dates from 1928.

Life Newcastle Science Centre Building

life Newcastle building facade

Life Building Newcastle by architects Terry Farrell & Partners: visit the Life Science Centre for fun, educational days out for kids and families in Newcastle upon Tyne.

UNITE Sky Plaza – Leeds Student Accommodation

Sky Plaza was developed in two phases which together offer 349,000 sq ft of student accommodation and 4,400 sq ft of ancillary retail space. Phase One was completed in September 2006 and comprises of 964 purpose build en-suite study rooms.

Oostduinkerke Apartments Belgium Building

Oostduinkerke Apartments Belgium Building

The volume is at the head of a row of buildings, on the corner of the village square. Due to the location, its character is determined by the village square to a large extent.