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.

Syracuse Center of Excellence, NY

Syracuse Center of Excellence NY

Design: Toshiko Mori Architect. This 55,000 sqft research center building on a brownfield site is for a federation of over 200 institutes, corporations and academic programs that collaborate on the research and promotion of environmentally responsible technologies.

Quadram Institute for Food & Health Research

Quadram Institute

Design: NBBJ architects. A new innovation hub for the advancement of food and health research in Norfolk, bringing scientists, clinical researchers, and a healthcare clinic together under one roof.

Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station

Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station

Design: ESTÚDIO 41 Arquitetura. In certain places around the world nature sometimes creates adverse conditions for the human body. In these places, thinking a building is almost like designing a costume, an artifact that protects and comforts a person.

The Why Factory Nanotechnology in Architecture

The Why Factory Nanotechnology in Architecture

Is the end of brick and mortar near? How could nanotechnology change buildings and cities in the future? A speculation of The Why Factory on this topic is illustrated in the best tradition of science fiction in the newly published book Barba.

Neglected strand of the Modern Movement

The Neglected Strand

Article by Peter Cully: Irish architecture has made great strides in recent times, impressing both at home and abroad, where Irish architects have had some major successes. Beneath the headlines perhaps not all is as rosy as might be surmised.

McLaren Technology Centre, Woking, Surrey

An extension to the £300m McLaren Technology Centre in Woking is being designed by the original architects. The earlier building is roughly semi-circular, the circle being completed by a formal lake, which forms an integral part of the buildings cooling system.

PlantBank Campbelltown, Gladsville

PlantBank in Campbelltown, Gladsville

The architectural design team was lead by BVN Donovan Hill and included landscape architects 360 Degrees, engineers AECOM and a team of sub-consultants.

New PITA and TECNOVA Headquarters

New PITA and TECNOVA Headquarters, Almeria Building

New PITA and TECNOVA Headquarters building laid out according to a strip arrangement, creating a ordered and functional design which sets out clear entrances and highly versatile, multi-purpose spaces