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Chris Williamson architect UK

Royal Institute of British Architects news. RIBA calls on new Prime Minister to work with architects to deliver for all. President Chris Williamson said: “As we face urgent housing, climate, and cost of living crises, the new Prime Minister certainly has a significant challenge ahead of him and architects can help him with those”

New BESTSECRET Design Office, Munich, Germany

New BESTSECRET Design Office Munich Germany interior

BESTSECRET, an online members-only club for luxury fashion, adds an office in Munich, Germany. HENN translated the company’s identity as a platform for curated luxury brands into a corresponding interior design, creating a place that strengthens the brand’s identity

Burden Welcome Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

urden Welcome Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana building

Burden Welcome Center in Louisiana, USA, designed by EskewDumezRipple architects as a contemplative retreat to nature. A liminal space that would provoke curiosity and excitement. 6,500-square-foot building conceived as a threshold between architecture and landscape

Ravinia Festival outdoor music venue, Highland Park, Illinois

Ravinia Festival outdoor music venue building, USA

Ravinia Festival outdoor music venue, Highland Park, Illinois, USA: sweeping $75 million campus renovation of 36-acre park and venues just north of Chicago. North America’s longest running outdoor music festival debuted its renovated Hunter Pavilion, the show-stopping first phase and centerpiece of a campus-wide transformation led by Lohan Architecture, the successor to Mies van der Rohe’s studio

Urban Revivo Flagship Store, Beijing, China

Urban Revivo Flagship Store Beijing China architecture

Fashion brand Urban Revivo has opened a new flagship store in Beijing’s Sanlitun district, designed by MVRDV. The project reflects both the cosmopolitan global outlook of Urban Revivo and a connection to the local architectural context of the Chinese capital

Production and Office Building, Dubrovcan, Northern Croatia

Production and Office Building Dubrovcan Northern Croatia

Designed by MVA / Mikelic Vres Arhitekti, the Production and Office Building, is located in Dubrovčan, Croatia, characterized by a rural, natural landscape. Situated in an area rapidly transforming into a small-business and industrial complex, the plot was originally used as a construction-waste landfill

Villa Yandara, Trancoso, Brazil property

Villa Yandara Trancoso Brazil house design

Located in Trancoso, Villa Yandara was born from Padovani Arquitetos’ desire to translate the tropicality of the Brazilian coast into every gesture of its architecture. More than a residence, the project presents itself as a continuous sensory experience between the built and the natural, where landscape ceases to be a backdrop

Vilnius TV Tower Rotating Restaurant, Lithuania

Milky Way dining restaurant, Vilnius TV Tower, Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilnius TV Tower Rotating Restaurant – Paukščių Takas. This 1980 telecommunications tower became internationally known after the events of 13 January 1991, when unarmed civilians defended it during a Soviet military attack and secured Lithuania’s independence