268 WAS Apartments in Vienna

268 WAS

Design: AllesWirdGut. The Aspern Urban Lakeside is one of Europe’s largest current urban development projects. Over the next 15 years, a new center for living and working which combines nature and urbanity will be built in Vienna’s east.

NYCHA Red Hook Houses New York by KPF

NYCHA Red Hook Houses New York

Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) architects. The New York City Housing Authority—the city’s largest landlord with 178,000 apartments—has committed to introduce solar panels on its roofs from 2017.

Golden Cube Boulogne-Billancourt

Golden Cube

Design: Hamonic+Masson & Associés. The guiding principles of these student halls of residence were standardisation, self-regulation and a maximisation of internal space.

House of Lords Zero Carbon Homes Ruling, UK

BRE Zero Carbon Home

The House of Lords ‘Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment’ announce a strong statement to the Government to reinstate the Zero Carbon new homes standard.

Battersea Square Housing in London SW11

Battersea Square

Design: Assael Architecture. The Royal Academy of Dance will move to the Homebase site on York Place, Battersea, paving the way for the £55 million residential development comprising 34 apartments and five townhouses.

Trinity Road Town Houses Edinburgh property

Trinity Road Town Houses

Design: ZONE Architects. A development of five terraced houses in the Trinity Conservation area has been granted planning permission following an appeal to the Scottish Government.

Bayside Homes in Toronto properties

Bayside Homes in Toronto properties

Design: 3XN

International real estate firm Hines, and Tridel, Canada’s leading condominium developer, has announced the selection of 3XN as the Design Architect of the developers’ latest residential project at Bayside Toronto.

Castelnau Apartments Montreal condominium

Castelnau Apartments Montreal condominium

Design: DevMcGill. Located on Gary Carter Street, Castelnau Phase IV will have 96 units (condos and penthouses), from 1 to 3 bedrooms, with 9 to 11 foot ceilings and either a balcony or a terrace.

Central St Giles London: Renzo Piano

Central St Giles building in London

Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Fletcher Priest Architects. New photos of Central Saint Giles. This vividly-coloured building near Centre Point was controversial when built. It went on to win the ‘Best of the Best’ category at the BCO Awards.

Former US Army Barracks Mannheim

Former US Army Barracks

Architects MVRDV partnered with Traumhaus, a housing producer which focuses on low-cost high-quality homes based on standardised elements, to design 27.000sqm of housing, gardens and public spaces.

Oak Park Health and Wellbeing Campus

Oak Park Health and Wellbeing Campus Housing in Havant

Design: Penoyre & Prasad, architects. The 13,600sqm scheme comprises an 80-bed nursing home, 51 affordable Extra Care flats and 48 affordable and market-supported living apartments with a shared community hub at its heart.

Bercy Urban Health Center in Paris

Bercy Urban Health Center

Design: AZC, architects. This project provides sheltered housing for frail, elderly residents with a variety of disabilities. The building comprises individual studio apartments, communal areas and medical consultation rooms for residents and out-patients.