Jinwan Aviation City Research & Development Center

Jinwan Aviation City Research & Development Center in Zhuhai | www.e-architect.com

Architects: 10 Design. The 55,000 sqm R&D Center is located on a prominent site on the eastern edge of the Jinshan Lake that forms the heart of the district. The buildings will become an incubation platform for start-up companies and entrepreneurs.

BRE Partnership Sustainable Construction in Russia

Metropolis building in Moscow

National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) and the Russian Green Building Council (RuGBC) announce launch of a partnership with BRE, the world leading multi-disciplinary building science centre.

Biophilic Office Project at BRE, Watford

Biophilic Office Project at BRE | www.e-architect.com

World first biophilic design research project connects buildings with nature: a live office refurbishment providing quantified evidence on the benefits of biophilic design on health, well-being and productivity of office occupants.

NRP Enterprise Centre: Norwich Research Park

Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia | www.e-architect.com

This is an ambitious project that set out to be the first Passivhaus office building in the UK, to source low-carbon materials locally and explore the idea of a contemporary vernacular. A lot has been learnt on the way and the learning process has been as important as the end result.

HCLAF Pirbright Institute Building in Woking, Surrey

High Containment Large Animal Facility Woking

Design: NBBJ, Architects
Architectural practice NBBJ appointed by The Pirbright Institute to design a new £48m High Containment Large Animal Facility, a specialist laboratory and work space for research in large farm animals and viral diseases.

Orkney Research + Innovation Campus, Stromness building

Orkney Research + Innovation Campus Building

Design: Threesixty Architecture. Redevelopment of the old Academy and former Primary School of Stromness. The research, academia and business campus will house institutes, consultancies and new start companies, generating long-term economic development.

Campus Jourdan Paris Building

Campus Jourdan Paris Building

Designed by Thierry Van de Wyngaert and Véronique Fiegel, the Jourdan Campus for higher education and research unites the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Paris School of Economics.

James Dyson Building, University of Cambridge

James Dyson Building at University of Cambridge

Design: Nicholas Hare Architects. The technology hub was funded in part by a £8m donation from the James Dyson Foundation, and will give some of the world’s brightest young engineering students access to advanced laboratories.

Schlumberger Building Cambridge: Michael Hopkins

Schlumberger Research Centre Cambridge Architecture Walking Tours

The Twentieth Century Society welcomes listing of Sir Michael Hopkins’ landmark Schlumberger Gould Research Centre. The C20 Society Director said it’s “an innovative and influential example of High-Tech design, by an extremely interesting architect”.

Kolon Future Research Park HQ in Seoul, Korea

Kolon Future Research Park HQ

Design: morphosis architects. The Kolon Group, based in Seoul, is a diverse corporation whose activities range from textiles, chemicals, and sustainable technologies, to original clothing lines in the athletic and ready-to-wear fashion markets.

Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza by Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza by Zaha Hadid Architects

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. A 167,000 sqm campus of integrated buildings that combine intelligent technologies and environmental sustainability, comprising a new global center for R&D, a Chinese herbal medicine research and safety assessment center, plus an exhibition center and gallery.

Cardiff University Innovation Campus, Wales

Cardiff University Innovation Campus

Latest phase of Cardiff University’s £300m Innovation Campus approved by planners: two new buildings will bring researchers, businesses, public sector backers and students together to unlock ideas that drive economic growth.

AGORA: Swiss Cancer Centre Lausanne

AGORA Cancer Centre Lausanne

Design: Behnisch Architekten. Groundbreaking of the new building for the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research: ISREC will bring together under one roof 400 researchers, scientists, doctors and clinicians.