RIBA Beyond Borders Exhibition, London

RIBA Beyond Borders Exhibition

An interactive installation to encourage unity, a portable dining space for refugees, an optical viewing device, and a project that links communities either side of Belfast’s Peace Wall will be exhibited in Liverpool and London next month as the result of the RIBA Beyond Borders open call.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Glass Bridge

World's longest glass pedestrian bridge

Design: architect Haim Dotan

Just 13 days after opening this spectacular Chinese bridge has closed. The world’s longest and highest glass bridge opened on August 22. It offers a panoramic view of the stunning Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon.

The Peckham Toymaker, LFA 2017 London

The Peckham Toymaker, LFA 2017

The Peckham Toymaker, an installation on the forecourt of Goldsmith’s University and online audio tour, plus live events, will allow visitors to discover the legend of The Peckham Toymaker, and his dark and exotic tale of loss and playfulness.

Sydney 2017 Vivid Festival

Sydney 2017 Vivid Festival | www.e-architect.com

As part of Australia’s largest annual light festival, The Buchan Group has created, re/FRACTION – an installation that shoots glittering, refracted light across Martin Place’s landmark Lloyd Rees water fountain during Sydney’s 2017 Vivid festival.

CHART ARCHITECTURE Competition Finalists

Algae Dome, Aleksander Wadas, Rafal Wroblewski, and Anna Stempniewicz Anna Astempniewicz, 2017

Five teams selected as finalists in CHART ARCHITECTURE Competition 2017. Designs address this year’s theme THE LIVING CITY and contribute to the global discussion on sustainable urbanisation, renewable resources and the urgent need for experimentation with upcycling and the reuse of materials.

FAV 2017, Festival des Architectures Vives

FAV 2017

Festival des Architectures Vives – a School of Architecture is invited each year to participate at the FAV: this year it is the Higher Technical School of Architecture of San Sebastián.

Salone del Mobile Milan 2017

Vestre Norway bench design at Milan Furniture fair 2017

Milan Design Week 2017 news – The Norwegian way of using street furniture to create accessible and attractive public spaces makes its way to the European scene.

Research Centre ARENA2036 Stuttgart

Research Centre Arena2036

Architects: HENN. ARENA2036, which will be handed over to its users on 30.03.2017 at the University of Stuttgart’s research campus in Vaihingen, reveals the architecture of completely digitalised and networked production.

McChesney Architects, London Studio

Memorial to those lost at sea, Valentia Island

McChesney Architects news – This is a motion sculpture at the new home of the English National Ballet in East London. An assemblage of three delicate elements slowly transforms itself playing out a graceful balletic motion in the square.

Periscope Tower in Seinäjoki, Finland

Periscope Tower Seinäjoki building

Design: OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture

A giant wooden periscope structure that serves as an observation tower engaging the viewer in a dialogue with the landscape. With the help of a large mirror, everyone can enjoy views of the landscape.

Priceless Milan Temporary Installation

Priceless Milan Temporary Installation

Design: Park Associati, architects. A living unit designed to be moved around and placed on existing buildings in highly visible locations. Designed to be used as a restaurant and much more, the pavilion was installed on top of Palazzo Beltrami in Piazza della Scala.

Water Tower For Los Angeles Fire Department

Water Tower For The Los Angeles Fire Department

Design: Matt Gagnon. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to create public art for the LA Fire Department’s Air Operations facility, this is a sculptural installation located at the Van Nuys Airport in California.

Sailing Cube in La Grande Motte, Montpellier

Sailing Cube in La Grande Motte

Design: Atelier Jérôme Lafond. The Festival des Architectures Vives raises public awareness of the wide range of architecture. It highlights the work of a young generation of architects, landscape architects and urban planners, but also seeks to discover unexpected urban areas.

FAV 2016, Festival des Architectures Vives

FAV 2016, Festival des Architectures Vives

The Festival des Architectures Vives is an architectural course dedicated to a wide audience that allow to discover or (re)discover emblematic sites in Montpellier and in La Grande Motte thanks to ephemeral projects created by young architects teams.

Pavilion of Turkey at Venice Biennale 2016

Darzanà at the Pavilion of Turkey

Pavilion of Turkey at Biennale Architettura 2016 to host a choreographed sequence of Venice New Year’s Concert: filming at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.