Design: Atelier Kastelic Buffey
Located near the end of a cul-de-sac in a private ski club development, the chalet optimizes the scenic and recreational opportunities afforded by the Blue Mountains, a town in Grey County located two hours northwest of Toronto.
Wells Cathedral School is renowned for its music. The new Cedars Hall provides professional-standard facilities for the school and community. These include flexible spaces for rehearsal and recording, a 350-capacity recital hall, and a foyer with a bar.
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris from London, UK – Architectural Firm of The Year ; PFS Studio from Vancouver, Canada – Landscape & Urban Design Firm of the Year ; Kossmann.dejong from Amsterdam, Netherlands – Interior Design Firm of The Year.
The new Academic Center building design by TLCD Architecture + Mark Cavagnero Associates transforms the College of Marin’s Kentfield campus. It thoughtfully engages three generations of buildings and landscape, to form welcoming gateway.
Design: Margot Krasojević Architects. Innovative pedestrian bridge design proposal for Ordos government. The bridge can sail – using a carbon fiber triple sail – into any location along the river or be moored using Caisson foundations, on the Wulanmulun River, Mongolia.
The design and build project by Modscape evolved from a pragmatic response to the challenges of occupying an exposed coastal site. The house shape design acts as a barrier to often extreme winds, protecting the external courtyard tucked in behind.
Mecanoo Architects win competition for Perth City Hall redevelopment as cultural attraction: Also shortlisted were Richard Murphy Architects, Hoskins Architects, Austin Smith Lord and LDN. The public had their say on initial concept designs, picking the Dutch architect office.
The timber frame structure clad with corrugated Onduline sheets, can be dismantled and re-erected. The materiality and approach evoke agricultural building forms. The interior is dominated by British Douglas Fir wood, bathed in natural light.
Remodelled former parking area on the site of VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany, by GRAFT architects: a quiet area where the buyer of a new car can get familiar with all the functions in an almost private atmosphere. The building had to give protection from rain and direct sunlight.
Residential tower ‘De Verkenner’ in the typical post-war reconstruction district Kanaleneiland, Utrecht. The 50-m-tall building, with a mixed programme of housing, acts as a gatekeeper. The ‘slow-made’ concrete facade with its poetry artwork gives a unique identy to the building.
Shortlisted architects for Peabody / Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) international design competition for a new library building in Southmere Village, Thamesmead. This new civic building will be at the heart of the first phase of 1,622 new homes to be delivered in Bexley.
Working with Mace to produce a turnkey project, architects Bennetts Associates complete a new Training and Operations facility for the Metropolitan Police Service at their historical Hendon site, creating a contemporary, flexible learning and working environment.
Renewal of Carnegie Library building to become a retail, events and education facility by UK architects Foster + Partners. The lease gives Apple 19,000-sqft of the Carnegie Library. The Historical Society will also continue to operate its museum and library in the building as per existing lease.
Fairfax House by architect office Coupdeville replaces a modest 1930s bungalow, which sat on a generous plot that the family had lived in for 10 years, always with the idea of creating a new family home on the site.
This Devon house design by 6a architects is an early-twentieth century family home with extensive views of the sea. The home has been stripped back to its stone walls. The ground-floor has been lowered from a plinth to the level of the ground.
Developer Bellward Properties receives planning approval for 363 unit PRS (private rented sector) residential development Cornbrook Works, Trafford, designed by Tim Groom Architects on a 2.5 acre site.
24h architecture competition news – 1st prize won by Arnaud Charoy, Aachen, Germany.
“A clear winner. Proposal was imaginative, well structured and clearly set out. The writing was intelligent, considered and informative. All presented beautifully with strong and compelling graphics, including 3D drawings, diagrams and rendered images.” Alan Dunlop, architect