Transit-Oriented Development Design
With the increase of high-density cities around the world, architecture practice Ronald Lu & Partners shed light on benefits of Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) for more sustainable urban growth
HyperloopTT Sustainable Transportation
Virgin Hyperloop has trialled its first ever journey with passengers, in the desert of Nevada, USA – update on the futuristic concept development of an elevated, rapid transport system
UNStudio Sustainable Mobility Report: Transport
UNStudio Sustainable Mobility Report: Smart and green mobility to futureproof cities: the world’s cities are facing an urgent set of challenges when it comes to ensuring a fundamental necessity of urban living: getting around.
Washington Union Station Concourse Renewal
Washington Union Station Expansion project, USA, design by Grimshaw with Beyer Blinder Belle, Arup and VHB: historic building preservation, plus transformed multi-modal hub
Chongqing Cuntan Cruise Terminal TOD
Chongqing Cuntan Cruise Terminal TOD, China, within the port area, the city’s key connectivity node along the Yangtze River since ancient times: 100,000 sqm mixed-use complex, hosting the terminal station
Norilsk Design Competition Winner
Norilsk design competition winner news – teams of architects, city planners, urbanists: open international contest for the development of an architectural and planning renovation concept for city up to 2035
DSK 50 architecture competition, Tyumen, Russia
DSK 50 architecture competition, Tyumen, Russia, news: factory which produced prefabricated housing for the region’s oil and gas industry, but ceased working 20 years ago
Galiasgar Kamal Theatre Competition Winners
Kengo Kuma & Associates, Werner Sobek AG, Wowhaus bureau and architect Bakulin German Alekseevich win Galiasgar Kamal Theatre architecture competition in Kazan, Tatarstan
Oxford Station Design Competition Winners
IDOM working with Network Rail received prior approval for new western entrance building for Oxford Rail Station. The scheme is also the catalyst for the larger redevelopment of the Oxford Station Masterplan
Galiasgar Kamal Theatre Competition, Russia
Galiasgar Kamal Theatre architecture competition, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia finalists seminar news: architects from around world invited to enter design contest
Cyprus Cruise Terminal Limassol Building
Designed by Irwinkritioti Architecture, the new Limassol Terminal is the first purpose-built building for cruise ships on Cyprus, it replaces the old industrial shed which had provided basic services for many years
Sirius seafront promenade competition in Russia
Sirius seafront promenade design competition, Russia: architects from around world invited to create seafront promenade concept for emerging Black Sea urban area: 26 million rubles prizes
Hyperloop Public Transport Italy
Zaha Hadid Architects has signed an agreement with Hyperloop Italia to jointly design its next phase of works that marks a turning point in the world of transport in the context of the IV Industrial Revolution
Virgin Hyperloop Pegasus Pod, Nevada
Attention passengers: now boarding the future of transportation on Virgin Hyperloop’s Pegasus – trials first passenger ride in pod designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Kilo Design
Sideyard Mixed-Use Building in Portland, Oregon
Designed by Skylab Architecture, Sideyard, an innovate, mixed-use building in Portland, Oregon, for the working-class aimed at connecting to public transportation with exclusive pedestrian and bicycle access.
Barneveld Noord Train Station, NL Architects
ProRail, responsible for the Dutch railway network together with the national supervisor for railway architecture started a campaign to make waiting more comfortable. Smaller stations can be desolate and dull. What can architects do to improve them?
Master in Business for Architecture and Design
Master in Business for Architecture and Design: UNStudio and UNSense to collaborate with IE School of Architecture and Design as they launch the world’s first MBArch.
Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery in Sochi, Russia
Margot Krasojević Archtecture’s design for the Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery uses renewable energy to redefine typologies in architecture and the built environment.
Cardiff Transport Interchange Development, Wales
Holder Mathias Architects gets go-ahead for the £89 million Cardiff mixed-use transport Interchange. The project includes a bus and coach station, retail units, 318 apartments, and circa 90,000 sq ft of modern open-plan quality CAT A office space.
