“Invention + Intervention”: A hugely open title which might as well have read ‘Personal sales-pitch’, ‘Free-for- all’ or ‘I am so great’. One could have imagined all the speakers focusing on ‘local materials’ in their work for example.
Mesa becomes a microcosmic extrusion of the spatial ideas inherent in Zaha’s architecture. Form doesn’t follow only function but instead is drawn along by the narrative of the plan and flow of space.
The next July 21st 2007 in the CCCB (Center of Contemporary Culture of Bareclona) Rem Koolhaas, the Dutch Architect and Urban Planne in the phenomenon of urban megapolis over the age of globalization, and Michel Houellebecq
Scottish Property Awards 2006 Shortlist news, Commercial Development of the Year: 110 St Vincent Street Glasgow, 200 Broomielaw Glasgow, Aurora Glasgow, Sentinel Glasgow
Living Wall is a 150,000-square-metre mixed-use complex set on an excavated rock shelf at the base of a sheer cliff face in the centre of Amman. The place, its geology and history have been strong influences on the scheme’s design.
Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, built in 1995-1998, with a program of museum for contemporary art and Archaeology, gross floor surface: 6.100 m², volume: 40.000 m³
Norwegian wood buildings + timber construction – seminar for architects – architecture in Norway: event about the use of timber in house construction
Molde Theatre, Norway, Norwegian cultural building – design by Keith Williams Architects – Molde Jazzhouse, Norwegian theatre building
In 1971, Dortmund was selected to replace the city of Cologne, which was forced to withdraw its plans to host games in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The funds originally set aside for the projected stadium in Cologne were thus re-allocated to Dortmund
Discover things to do in Ottawa with kids: childrens fun tips for Canada’s most family-friendly city – it is near impossible to keep track of all the family-oriented activities in and around the area
Leeser Architecture has won the international competition for the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in the city of Yakutsk in the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia in the center of Siberia.
London County Hall, civic building in England, UK – design by Ralf Knott, architect – London County Hall Building: twenties architecture in England, photos
This is a five-star hotel, located in the Knightsbridge district of London, owned and managed by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. Housed in an historic, Edwardian-style building, the hotel originally opened its doors to the public as the Hyde Park Hotel in 1902
Lloyds of London architecture, City office building design by Richard Rogers Partnership, architects – Lloyds London photos: skyscraper