Swansea Masterplan, Quadrant Shopping Centre
BDP’s masterplan has formed the basis for a successful bid by developers Hammerson and Urban Splash for a 30 acre, mixed-use, retail-led scheme in the centre of Swansea.
Architecture Foundation Headquarters, AF HQ
Architecture Foundation Headquarters London, AF news : HQ + office building + website + new members + funding, England contemporary design
Guangzhou Opera House Building, Zaha Hadid
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. Bloomberg report that the structure of Guangzhou Opera House remains intact after a fire on May 9, according to Zaha Hadid Architects. The opening later in 2009 will be delayed.
European Solidarity Center Building, Gdansk
Polish Competition Winner: Gdansk Design Contest, European Solidarity Center, Gdansk, Poland – design by FORT Architects
European Solidarity Center Gdansk: FORT
FORT Architects win First prize in the International Architectural Competition for European Solidarity Center Building: we now feature a full set of competition panels
George Segal Gallery Montclair State University
The George Segal Art Gallery is a multi-functional painting and sculpture gallery constructed within an existing campus parking garage at Montclair State University building, NJ, USA, design by ikon.5 architects
State University of New York: SUNY Building, USA
The Student Union Building expansion at the State University of New York – New Paltz is a crystalline palisade set upon the plinth of an existing concrete building in NY, USA
Libyan Universities – Education Buildings Libya
Building on a decade of experience in university and college masteplanning in the UK and Ireland, BDP has won the commission to design seven new universities as part of a major programme of educational development by the ODAC (Organisation for the Development of Administrative Centres) an agency of the Libyan Government.
Arrowhead Office Development London
Arrowhead is a new office development by Ballymore on South Quay, adjacent to Canary Wharf and at the northern entrance to the Millennium Quarter in London’s Docklands.
Singapore Residential Complex: apartment building by OMA
CapitaLand Residential, a leading developer in Asia, and its partners have commissioned the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) for a large-scale residential complex in Singapore
Skulptur Projekte Münster Germany Building
A temporary construction project has been specially created to mark the occasion of the internationally renowned outdoor exhibition Skulptur Projekte Münster 07. The construction has an excellent relationship to its surroundings and to this extraordinary event.
Kangaroo Valley House, New South Wales home
The house is made up of a family of containers, roofed and open to the sky. The geometry of the house is simply orthogonal forming quietly arranged spaces within a dramatic natural landscape.
Surry Hills Building, Sydney – Silkwood Apartments
Silkwood is located on the fringe of the city occupying a disused triangular parcel of land. A mixed-use brief with a residential, commercial and auditorium programme has permitted the development of a building with several identities.
Crystal Island Tower Moscow Building, Russia
One of the world’s most ambitious building projects, Crystal Island has been granted preliminary planning permission in Moscow. Enclosed within a vast mega structure covering a total floor area of 2.5million square metres – the project’s scale is unprecedented.