The Daewoo Consortium and the municipality of Gwanggyo announced the MVRDV concept design for a dense city centre winner of the developer’s competition for the future new town of Gwanggyo, located 35km south of the Korean capital Seoul
The commercial component of the Bond is the new Asia-Pacific headquarters for Bovis Lend Lease and comprises eight office levels with an average net lettable area of approximately 2000m² per level, a smaller 216m² ninth office level, ground floor retail and two basement levels.
This project in São Paulo, Brazil, demanded the design of two office towers in a terrain of relatively difficult occupation, because of its narrow and elongated shape.
Contemporary Jurmala property, Katvia. When designing abroad the lack of knowledge of the foreign culture must partly be replaced by empathising with and throwing oneself into the genius loci
Treasured Places: Creative Connections arrives in the capital on 22 December and will be on display in the main foyer at the Omni Centre, Edinburgh.
Ørestad College was built in immediate continuation of new legislation in the Danish educational sector in 2005 and is an educational building remarkable for its complete absence of class rooms in the traditional sense. At present, the gymnasium is the most-applied-for in Denmark.
The boiler house, located in the Border town of Melrose, demonstrates Womersley’s sculptural talent in designing with concrete, adding flair to functional necessity. The austerity of the design is softened by the care in the level of finish.
Situated in the East End of London, the Centre will house £2 million worth of state-of-the-art rapid prototyping and digital manufacturing equipment for use by architects, designers and other businesses.
Bórmida & Yanzón Arquitectos, Argentina architects, Buenos Aires buildings photos – Argentine architecture practice – design firm news
Construction work on Highcross, a 60,000 m² extension to The Shires, which will be anchored by John Lewis, is progressing well and is scheduled to open in September 2008. Hammerson’s 60% interest was acquired in 2002.
Floor zero is the operating heart of the new Surgery Centre. This floor is 50 cm above Via Lungadige, so that it is completely secured against any danger flooding by the River Adige.
Hertl architekten, Steyr, Austria – Austrian buildings, design office, Luftenberg. Hertl Architects, houses, Austria architecture firm
Zvi Hecker, Architects – architecture offices based in Berlin (Germany) + Amsterdam (The Netherlands), German design studio images, news
Fearon Hay Architects, New Zealand design studio – Auckland architecture practice, key NZ buildings photos by this architectural firm