In and Between Boxes in Guangzhou

In and Between Boxes

Architect: Atelier Peter Fong / LUKSTUDIO. Located in a residential neighborhood next to the Tianhe district in central Guangzhou, Atelier Peter Fong by Lukstudio revives an empty corner lot into both an office and a cafe.

Interactive Hub for RIAS in Dundee building

Interactive Hub for RIAS

Design: Studioshaw. London-based architects’ Interactive Hub proposal wins the Dundee Institute of Architects and Scottish Enterprise competition for a new children and young people’s facility.

Croydon Westfield Shopping Centre, London

Croydon Westfield and Hammerson Shopping Centre

Leonard Design reveals how its plans for Croydon’s £1.4billion Westfield and Hammerson shopping centre bring together the old and new, and make significant environmental improvements to help the town’s regeneration.

Eclipse in Porto, Largo Amor de Perdição

Eclipse in Porto

Architect: FAHR 021.3. The celebratory piece Eclipse marks the 20th anniversary of the classification of the historic centre of Porto as Unesco World Heritage site. A temporary installation, Eclipse is a project by architecture studio FAHR 021.3.

The Wangari Muta Maathai House Nairobi

The Wangari Muta Maathai House

Design: Boogertman + Partners Architects. The circular form symbolises the simplicity embodied in the basic cycle of nature. The form, embedded within ethereal forest physically manifests the notion of ‘walks and talks’.

Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone Guangzhou

Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone

Architect: Aedas. Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone Mixed-use Project, designed by Aedas, is located in Guangzhou, the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

Hilbert’s Hotel in Helsinki Accommodation

Hilbert's Hotel in Helsinki

Architects: Snøhetta. Hilbert’s Hotel will be a new beacon of Helsinki, recognizable not only for the environment created for hotel guests and employees, but also for the qualities afforded the public at large.

Taikoo Place Public Space Development

Taikoo Place Hong Kong

Swire Properties HK$15 billion redevelopment project in Quarry Bay, with international architecture firms including Hugh Dutton Associés, Gustafson Porter and Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.

Re-ainbow Community Facilities in Duc Tho

Re-ainbow Community Facilities

Design: H&P Architects: the aim of the project is to help improve public capability to adapt and respond to climate change via re-use of waste items and efficient use of energy.

Piccadilly Circus London Lights Renewal

Piccadilly Lights Renewal London

The Piccadilly Lights owned by Land Securities will undertake the major upgrade. The existing screens will be replaced with Europe’s largest single digital screen, which will retain its renowned curved shape.

A Table is a Parliament, Csorompuszta, Hungary

A Table is a Parliament

Design: Martial Marquet, Nicolas Polaert & Vojta Nemec, Architects. A table is a parliament project rebuilds the archetypal picnic table into the community’s central gathering and debating space.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Building, Pier 5

Brooklyn Bridge Park Design

Landscape Design: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates ; Buildings Design: Architecture Research Office (ARO). Renderings revealed of the six-acre plot, called Pier 5 Uplands, located between Joralemon and Montague streets.

Sky Garden in Istanbul Ortaköy Square

Sky Garden in Istanbul

Design: SO? Architecture and Ideas. Interactive suspended garden in Ortaköy Square, one of the most touristic spaces in Istanbul. Putting a garden on the ground in such a congested area would reduce the walkable surface and make the square even more dense.

Cloud Seeding Plaza Pavilion Holon, Israel

Cloud Seeding Plaza Pavilion in Holon

Design: MODU with Geotectura, architects. A plaza pavilion for Israel’s national design museum, Design Museum Holon, shows that design can do more than fulfill a public need: it can foster engaging public experiences.