Botel in Amsterdam: Accommodation
Design: MMX architecten with Jord den Hollander. A bold, zany architectural project – improving the look of a Dutch hotelboat to make it fit in with the dynamics and creativity of the wharf
Marine building designs
Marine buildings designs and architects
We select marine building designs around the world. Discover maritime architecture and designs in the sea from across the globe.
Source marine architecture projects information, news and pictures of the best new waterfront building designs globally.
The website features a selection of the best new maritime building designs around the world, by respected designers.
Palm Beach Oceanfront House, Florida
Design: Affiniti Architects & Marc Thee. Sometimes in architecture, an all-star team comes together to create something that absolutely stands above the rest. Affiniti Architects & Marc Thee hold nothing back with their latest creation, “Courtyard Contemporary”.
Blueprint Competition Genoa
Two months after the presentation in Genoa, there is great interest in Blueprint Competition, an international ideas competition for the redevelopment of areas of the former Trade Fair site owned by the City of Genoa and SPIM – the company for valorizing the City’s real estate holdings.
Dokk1 Urban Mediaspace Aarhus Library
Designed by SHL Architects as a polygonal slice hovering above a glazed building, that rests on a podium with large sculptural stairs. These stairs fan out down to the new harbour promenade surrounding the building.
Frihavnen, Copenhagen Docks Buildings
Photos of emerging dockland architecture in Copenhagen: interesting new residential buildings along Indiakaj and Dampfærgevej.
Ocno Archipelago in Mantova, Lombardy
Design: Joseph Grima/Space Caviar. Arcipelago di Ocno, a new aquatic installation on the Italian Capital of Culture 2016 waterfront by this Genoa-based architectural studio. The outline evokes the lotus.
Hamburg Innovation Port master plan design
Dutch Architects MVRDV win competition for design of a 70.000 m2 mix use masterplan of Hamburg Innovation Port for construction company HC Hageman in the Hanse City’s southern high-tech hub
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Headquarters Kastrup
Design: Foster + Partners architects. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new country headquarters for Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S marked the start of construction of the 39,000 sqm company offices.
BARGE 2011 Design Competition, Boston
SHIFTboston is calling on architects, installation artists, designers and landscape architects professionals and students to submit a concept for an experience installation, to be installed on a barge in Boston’s Fort Point Channel.
Miami Marine Stadium Building Renovation
Miami Marine Stadium was once among America’s most iconic destinations, hosting on-the-water performances from legendary acts like the Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys. Now a crowdfunding campaign aims to restore this bold concrete building.
Myconian Ambassador Resort Mykonos
Design: GM Architects
The Myconian Ambassador is a luxury hotel located in Mykonos. It is one of a number of such top-end establishments in the Cyclades group of Greek islands.
Pier 55 Hudson River Park, New York City
Design: Heatherwick Studio, with landscape architect Mathews Nielsen. A New York State appeals court ordered work be halted on elevated park over the Hudson River. The Chelsea riverfront project is being funded by media mogul Barry Diller and fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg.
Grace Santorini Hotel, Greece
Design: Divercity & Mplusm. How could one revive vernacular architecture in such an exceptional setting as Imerovigli, Santorini, with its view of the Caldera, opposite the Skaros rock?
Iberville International Maritime Terminal Montreal
Design: Provencher _Roy. Last April 25, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) officially unveiled its plans for the restoration of Alexandra Pier and the Iberville International Passenger Terminal.
Mann Island Liverpool: Merseytravel Building
RIBA National Architecture Centre in Liverpool. To be opened by The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) with conference facilities and a gallery “at its heart”: it will “explore the enormous impact that architecture and design has on our lives”.
Bournemouth Landmark Competition, Waterfront
Zaha Hadid Architects win seafront architectural competition to design a £25m landmark project: this design contest is for a cultural-led mixed-use development overlooking Bournemouth’s world renowned seafront, including a new theatre, museum, gallery and restaurants.
East India Dock Masterplan London
Design: Studio RHE Architects. Trilogy Property and LaSalle Investment Management appoint a team of consultants to transform the 600,000 sqft office campus East India Dock into a new hub for innovation, co-working, cultural and tech sectors.