Design: Rogers, Stirk Harbour + Partners with Legorreta + Legorreta. “We are thrilled by the opportunity to work for BBVA Bancomer on such a unique project for Mexico City and to collaborate with Legorreta + Legorreta, one of the world’s leading architectural practices. The form of this building is based on a rethinking of conventional approaches to office space.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today reveals updated designs for the UK pavilion that will represent this country at Shanghai Expo 2010; its theme being ‘Better City, Better Life’.
This palatial building was built on the site of a hunting seat used by the Scottish kings from the 12th century, though no part of the present building can be dated with certainty before the 15th century.
1000 Great West Road, London, Mille commercial building near Brentford: Construction 1965. Mille Building is also known as Wang Building, office development
Glaxo Smith Kline Buildings, London GSK offices. A 1,000,000 sf gateway tower and landmark building that achieves ambitious environmental goals and supports the collaborative culture of the company
Designed by Sir Banister Fletcher this high brick tower has a four-faced neon-illuminated clock. The tall structure forms a strong local landmark. From the early 1930s this building was the European headquarters of the Gillette Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Carillion Building, London, to the West of the LCDecaux Building: this English property is sited on the South side of the Great West Road, UK
JC Decaux Building London, Art Deco architecture in Brentford, England, UK – Great West Rd – JC Decaux Head Office, Great West Road property
Nell Gwynn House London: Art Deco apartment block on Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, Knightsbridge property: NGH Flats smart residential, London Art Deco apartments
Michelin Trey Company British HQ, Grade II listed. Its exuberant stylistic individualism has been variously described as an example of Art Nouveau, proto-Art-Deco, Secessionist Functionalism and geometrical Classicism.
Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 London, T5 Building, England, UK – design by RSHP / YRM – Heathrow Airport T5 London: architecture, architect, date + pictures
Rafael Viñoly Architects complete Edificio Acqua, a six-storey luxury residential complex in the beachfront resort Punta del Este, Uruguay and the first building completed by Rafael Viñoly in his home country
C. F. Møller Architects, in collaboration with Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter, has won a major competition to design a spectacular new landmark project in the city of Oslo, for the client KLP AS, one of Norway’s largest property investors.
It was a selected project in the AA | FAB competition and will be included in an exhibit organized in London in September 2009.