The Darwin Centre Phase Two, the extension of the Natural History Museum in London has received an honorable mention by the Italian Dedalo Minosse International Prize, recognizing good cooperation between client and architect in the constructive process.
24h architecture competition news – Ideasforward brings you the winners – In an era of globalization where communication was dominated by the technological revolution, there is the need to rethink the cities and how Man relates in a global World as well as rethink the economic, social and cultural patterns of contemporary societies.
Design: Diebel and Company, Architects. TellApart help companies turn individual customer preferences into sales by predicting the items each customer will find most delightful and curating experiences that help them discover those products.
Lightemotion is excited to announce the completion of the lighting design for 180 Wellington, one of the first illumination projects to be executed within the Master Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct.
Swan Housing Association is delighted to announce C.F. Møller’s appointment as architects for Phase 3 of Blackwall Reach Regeneration Project.
There were many constraints with this project, but the Chevallier Architectes team studied the file and proposed solutions that would make it possible to successfully complete the construction, including optimization of the space.
Hongshi Architects, Engineers & Design Co was asked to design an on site exhibition centre for housing development, the task was to present the examples for surrounding neighborhood and its infrastructure
Design: ARCHSTUDIO. The purpose of the improvement is to upgrade the necessary infrastructure needed for modern life, thus turning this traditional courtyard, which mainly serve as a residence, into an attractive public space of Beijing Inner City.
reTH!NKING team announce Landscape Observatory Pamukkale, an architecture competition which pretends to create a place to observe the landscape. Architecture and nature combine to create a synergy allowing visitors to enjoy and admire what the Earth gives us.
Design: Lemay + Toker
The bank’s public-facing areas are defined by custom glass display cabinets, with specialized lighting, for a rotating gallery of quarterly contributions from the Alberta College of Art and Design.
Scottish buildings news Spring 2017 archive – Edinburgh University has unveiled plans designed by Glasgow’s Page\Park Architects for a radical extension to Teviot Row House.
Architects: KUD. The St. Joseph project is a luxury residential development situated in Abbottsford, Victoria. Due to its historical significance the site has become part of the cultural landscape within the area, demanding a highly responsive and respectful design outcome.
Design: Martin Duplantier Architectes. The 138-hectare park features prestigious sports facilities, a vast forest area and a plateau inhabited by buildings from 1962 and designed by the architect René Coulon.
This year the organisers are keen to see clever and cost effective ‘Retirement Home/Granny Annexe’ solutions – a 40 sq m home that can be built for £40k (or less). Thirty of the homes also have to be configured as an innovative retirement community (with a max budget of £1.5m).
70F architecture and Le Ville di Trevinano will soon start the build of an earth-sheltered boutique resort in one of Italy’s most beautiful areas. Underground building has not only energetic but also aesthetic benefits; the resort is hardly noticeable from the overlying hills.
Architects: UNStudio. An intriguing organic-shaped building with varying scales of hexagonal grid facade patterning. The Dutch architects have developed a consistent hexagon module, but vary it with sub-modules to create a fascinating effect.
The architect, the engineer, the designer, all of them participate to the development and the construction of an upcoming world at their own level. Together, by looking further, beyond preconceived ideas and well-established concepts, these entrepreneurs, these creators, have the power to make up new rules, propose new directions.