Architects: Foster + Partners. Apple Orchard Road is the first Apple Flagship in Singapore, highlighting its role as a global centre for creativity. Its design reflects the vibrancy and innovative spirit of the city-state.
Design: Studio DiDeA Architetti Associati. The architects have converted a small former clothes shop – 38 square meters – making it special by the unveiling, during the refurbishment works, of some frescoes dating back to the late Nineteenth Century.
NEB is the design and construction supervision of the Marina 101 project, the second tallest skyscraper in the Middle East, under construction with over 60% of structural works complete.
Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes. The focus of the Cafe is set in the center of the dome hall. To emphasize the outstanding center of the place and its characteristic setting, the whole design is oriented on the centerpiece.
Margate’s Dreamland – AECOM has created striking new landscaping designs for the redevelopment of Dreamland, a historic amusement park in Margate: following a major renovation programme, brings together sensitively restored vintage rides and an array of modern facilities, including a 15,000-capacity open air venue for music events.
Design: PCA-STREAM. The Link concept wants to rethink the office tower, (too) long synonymous with verticality and isolation: “schematically a stack of trays of 1800m2 on average, on which the employees are isolated in small groups of 150 people per floor. The access to natural light is uneven, non-existent outdoor spaces and common spaces where work together very rare.”
Aukett Swanke completes conversion of the spectacular, Beaux-Arts former headquarters of the Port of London Authority at Ten Trinity Square, into a luxury landmark hotel and residences in the heart of the capital.
MAD Architects completes Roca’s Beijing Gallery in Dongzhimen. It has an unobstructed gallery space that opens up to its urban environment; behind double-height glazing, the interior walls of both of the gallery’s floors, finished with a screen of LEDs, become a new façade for the city.
Nka Foundation is issuing a challenge to designers, architects and builders to use their creativity to come up with modern mud types for rural Gambia. This is a live project with 10 project teams to realize their projects.
Hong Kong architecture firm hpa announce its largest and most innovative project, envisioned as a self-sustainable, revolutionary and eco-nouveau city in the capital of the Philippines
The Swiss art gallery originally designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop reveals three new buildings by architect Peter Zumthor to accommodate its growing art patron base, as well as education programs and events
Design: Fletcher Priest Architects. This is the last tower of the ‘first generation’ of tall buildings in the Bank of England Conservation Area, Angel Court is located at the heart of the City’s financial district.
Evergrande awarded BREEAM ‘Very Good’ Certificate for this residential development located on the bank of the ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The project incorporates a large trade centre, a passenger transportation centre and metro hub.
Architect: superkül. Located on the Niagara Escarpment, Compass House’s siting instrumentally establishes orientation. The house sits at the nexus of the land’s constituent characteristics: forests to the west, a hill to the south, and 100 acres of fields to the north and east.
‘Redefining Brutalism’ by Simon Henley. There is a genuine resurgence of interest in this period of architecture. Brutalism is a highly debated topic in the architectural press and amongst architectural critics and institutions who promote the preservation of these buildings.
Key winners news – Grand Prix: ORIAM – Scotland’s Performance Centre by Reiach and Hall Architects ; Chairman’s Award: the humble Culardoch Shieling by Moxon Architects ; Practice of the Year: Reiach and Hall Architects
The Ministry of Public Works of UAE has invited selected consultants for Ras Al Khaimah Islamic Center Architectural competition. Ras Al Khaimah is considered the state Mosque of the Emirates.