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2021 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by Adrian Welch

2021 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards winners – advocating Scottish house building and place making – impressive sensitivity shown by designers and builders to existing buildings

O Franklin Mitte, Mannheim: MVRDV

July 9, 2022November 26, 2021 by Adrian Welch

‘O’ Franklin Mitte, Mannheim, Germany, by MVRDV: one of 4 playful letter-shaped apartment buildings that spell out ‘HOME’, 15-storey building mixes 120 apartments, commercial units, bar and terrace

Alumno Student Residence Bermondsey

October 15, 2023November 26, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Alumno Student Residence on Alscot Road in Bermondsey, London building design by Greenaway Architecture, topping out news: home to 143 students, delivering a number of local community benefits

Shangen Blossom Pavilion, Zhejiang Province

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

The Shangen Blossom Pavilion is SpActrum’s brutal reaction to this overly tidied-up, renovated village in Zhejiang Province, China. It comes from a swirl that responds to the surroundings

Minhang Riverfront Regeneration, Shanghai

October 29, 2023November 26, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Minhang Riverfront Regeneration, Shanghai, China, design by SPARK, vibrant mix of commercial, technology and institutional uses connected by new urban park

Murrayfield House Extension, Edinburgh

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

Konishi Gaffney Architects’ brief for the Murrayfield House Extension project, Edinburgh, was to improve the connection between the house and it’s long West facing garden

Galiasgar Kamal Theatre Competition, Russia

October 28, 2023November 26, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Galiasgar Kamal Theatre architecture competition, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia finalists seminar news: architects from around world invited to enter design contest

Windmill House, Lublin Property, western Poland

December 3, 2023November 26, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Windmill House in Lublin, western Poland: property design by Tomasz Padło and Michał Kucharski came out of the international competition Contemporary House 2014 – Village House

Panasonic Flagship Store, Hangzhou

December 11, 2022November 26, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

Say Architects design a new concept store for Panasonic, a global leader electronics brand, on Hangzhou Lakeside Pedestrian Street, China: building facade readjusted to open 8 external display windows

Garden Rake House, Island Bay Wellington

January 28, 2022November 26, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

Located in the lower garden of an existing established property, Garden Rake house, by Melling Architects, settles into a sloping hillside overlooking Wellington’s Island Bay in New Zealand

A 39 House, New Delhi Property

November 28, 2021November 26, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

A 39 House, New Delhi, India property design by Architecture Discipline: flanked by formal garden and a water body with a fountain, for old Rajasthani family with many ancestral heirlooms

Camila Cabello, Hollywood Hills Home

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

Camila Cabello’s Hollywood Hills home is for sale at $3.95 million. Perched above Sunset Strip, the house brings a taste of the Mediterranean to California, USA

Norman Foster Foundation Future Of Cities Conversations

March 23, 2024November 25, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Norman Foster Foundation Future Of Cities Conversations: call to action against cities that have become more spatially fragmented, less environmentally responsive and more socially divided

Bragarina Housing, La Spezia Italy

November 28, 2021November 25, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

The Bragarina Housing development design by DAP studio in La Spezia, Italy, is a permeable place triggering a multitude of relationships with its urban surroundings: matrix for renewal

Urban Sequoia building for absorbing carbon

November 9, 2022November 25, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Urban Sequoia building design for absorbing carbon by SOM: could built environment be a solution to climate crisis, acting like trees – capturing carbon, purifying air, and regenerating?

House II, Cambridge, Massachusetts

May 15, 2022November 25, 2021 by Isabelle Lomholt

Designed by Kyu Sung Woo Architects, House II, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA has a narrow volume on the street side, and wider at the back – giving a sleek, public facade with a slim profile

Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza Building, Zaha Hadid

February 27, 2025November 24, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza building design by Zaha Hadid Architects inaugurated: new headquarters – work environments to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship