Container Park | ATÖLYE Labs

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Container Park Recognizing that the 21st Century promises new productive relationships between education, research, and industry, iDEEGE Technopark A. Ş. approached Atolye Labs about a facility to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and anchor the emerging technopark in the heart of Izmir, a bustling cosmopolis in Western Turkey. The resulting project repurposes 35 second hand shipping containers […]

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) | Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Centre is located in Kallithea, 4 km south of central Athens. An important cultural and educational project, the site will comprise the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera in a 170,000 sq m landscaped park. Currently a parking lot left over from […]

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Spanish Architect Ricardo Bofill Transforms Old Cement Factory into Home and Workplace

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Spanish Architect Ricardo Bofill Transforms Old Cement Factory into Home and Workplace In 1973, Ricardo Bofill and his team came upon a Cement Factory, just outside Barcelona, which seemed to be in a fairly good condition. The factory dates back to the industrialization period of Catatonia in the 19th century. According to the architect, the […]

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Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) | Cox Architecture

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Neuroscience Research Australia NeuRA Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) is an independent, not-for-profit research institute. Its research work is focused on the human brain. This project is stage 1 of a planned neurological research precinct within the Randwick education/health district. The NeuRA precinct is to be delivered in 4 stages, accommodating 700 researchers. The design intent […]

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This Simple Trick Can Solve All Your Two-Point Perspective Problems

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Perspective drawings are an effective way for architects to present their ideas to clients and fellow architects. The most commonly used type of perspective drawing, by architects, is the two-point perspective, in which all horizontal lines are directed towards two vanishing points, but you might catch yourself wondering, “Which point do I use for this […]

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New Renderings Revealed for Solar Carve Tower in New York by Studio Gang

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New Renderings Revealed for Solar Carve Tower in New York by Studio Gang As Studio Gang’s Solar Carve Tower nears the beginning of its construction, new renderings have been released for the project which will be located at 40 10th Avenue along New York City’s Highline. The design for the tower was proposed by Studio […]

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Renzo Piano Designs Mixed-Use Tower in San Francisco

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Renzo Piano Designs Mixed-Use Tower in San Francisco Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) designs 555 Howard, a mixed-use hotel and residential tower in San Francisco, for developer Pacific Eagle. The new 36-storey tower will be located in Transbay neighborhood, and it will include 69 residential units, 255 hotel rooms, and an open rooftop terrace, accessible […]

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10 Tallest Buildings in the world completing in 2018

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The competition between the world countries to hold on their grounds the world’s tallest buildings has been on the rise in the recent years. New technologies and developed materials have deemed the extraordinary heights possible. With the world’s tallest building now, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, rising 828 meters above ground, almost double the height of […]

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Commonwealth Community Recreation Center | MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects

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Commonwealth Community Recreation Center The project is a joint-use partnership between the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club; combining football operations, stadium programming, and a recreation center. The facility adaptively reuses the 1978 stadium fitness center and connects these user groups over 4 stories through a cascading promenade and an innovative approach […]

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4 Interactive Art Installations Animate the Dull Alleys of the City

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Spending some fun time in an alley doesn’t sound like a plan. Alleys are mere passage ways, with no potential for activity or anything of the sort, or so you think. Artists are here to prove that alleyways too can be made into something dynamic and upbeat. They can be fun. Check out these creative […]

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Energy Environment Experiential Learning | Perkins+Will + DIALOG

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Energy Environment Experiential Learning Located at the University of Calgary, the Energy. Environment. Experiential. Learning (EEEL) building is a five-storey, 24,531 sm undergraduate teaching facility that allows students to learn in an experiential and hands-on environment. Imagined as a building that ‘connects the dots’, EEEL is sited on the northern edge of the campus and […]

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7 Most Pinned Images from Arch2O’s Architecture Board on Pinterest

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Among the wide variety of images for rendered or existing projects, available on Arch2O’s Architecture board on Pinterest, we have selected the 7 most pinned images by our readers. So, here they are all gathered in this one article for you to check them out. Now, let’s take a look! Jimbocho Theater | Nikken Sekkei […]

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AAMI Park | Cox Architecture

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AAMI Park AAMI Park continues the strong architectural lineage of Melbourne and Olympic Parks evidenced since 1956 by the Myer Music Bowl and Olympic Pool Complex, and later by Rod Laver Arena and the MCG. It represents a move forward for the city to provide residents and visitors alike with a first-class facility that embodies […]

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Ozeanium | HHF Architects / Burckhardt + Partner

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Ozeanium Zoo Basel is embedded in the city and used as a park by both residents and visitors. The redesign of the surrounding landscape and the construction of the new “Ozeanium” (ocean aquarium) on an adjacent site are bringing the zoo and the park area even closer to the city center, to form an attractive […]

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MIT Researchers Generate New Material Responsive to Temperature

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MIT Researchers Generate New Material Responsive to Temperature MIT researchers have developed a new material which automatically reacts to changes in temperature. The group of researchers, Athina Papadopoulou, Hannah Lienhard, Jared Laucks, and Skylar Tibbits, have worked on the enhancement of the characteristics of typical Auxetic materials which expand in all directions when stretched, unlike […]

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DeciBel(Architecture))) Reveals New Images for the ‘Hanoi Lotus’ in Vietnam

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DeciBel(Architecture))) Reveals New Images for the ‘Hanoi Lotus’ in Vietnam DeciBel(Architecture))) based in Australia has unveiled new renderings of their design for the multi-purpose theater and cultural center in Hanoi, Vietnam. The ‘Hanoi Lotus’ is located along an important route which connects the capital city with Noi Bai Aiport. The new building is meant to […]

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Xiangyang Skyscraper | Crossboundaries

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Xiangyang Skyscraper The local government wished a representative landmark in Wuhan, the provinces capital city, to promote Xiangyang, one of the provinces secondary cities. With little relation between the two cities, the challenge was to design a skyscraper that sat comfortably, while standing out, in the skyline of Wuhan’s new CBD. Splitting the footprint preserved […]

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Interrobang | Sae Min Oh/ bang by min

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Interrobang Cheongdam-dong, which is part of the Gangnam urban district in Seoul, remained as a relatively inactive residential area, between Apgujung-dong (middle-high class development area) and Samsung-dong (well known as business town). Located in the busy alley of Cheongdam-dong in Seoul, the building not only needs to respond with sensitivity to its surrounding environment but […]

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The Helix Bridge | Cox Architecture

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The Helix Bridge This bridge provides a pedestrian link across the head of the Singapore River between the city’s existing CBD and new Bay front district. Responding to an international design competition brief, the concept was to curve the bridge in an arc, so that it arrives fluidly into foreshore promenades on both sides. This […]

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SHoP Reveals New Renderings for Detroit’s Tallest Building on the Hudson’s Iconic Site

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SHoP Reveals New Renderings for Detroit’s Tallest Building on the Hudson’s Iconic Site New renderings for what will be Detroit’s tallest building have been released by SHoP Architects and Detroit’s Hamilton Anderson Associates. The new building will be located on a 2-acre plot in Downtown Detroit; a plot which was occupied by Hudson’s Department Store […]

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BBVA BANCOMER Stadium | Populous

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BBVA BANCOMER Stadium Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Monterrey, Mexico is a majestic welcome that draws passionate fans in to a world-class stadium that represents Monterrey’s heritage and future, while challenging the expectations of what the Latin American soccer stadium experience can be. Inspired by the region’s history of brewing and steel manufacturing, the stadium’s self-supported […]

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Maersk Tower | C.F. Møller Architects

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Maersk Tower, Extension Of The Panum Complex At The University of Copenhagen The extension of the Panum complex has been designed with the aim of creating the best possible environment for modern research and teaching. A parallel objective has been to create a building which will stand out as an identity-creating, sculptural linchpin for the […]

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Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | Teeple Architects

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Stephen Hawking Center at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics The Stephen Hawking Center at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) is a major expansion of the renowned existing research facility in Waterloo, ON, Canada. The architects were charged with the development of a design that would both more than double the size of […]

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Rem Koolhaas in Short Movie Promoting OMA’s First Project in Manhattan

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Rem Koolhaas in Short Movie Promoting OMA’s First Project in Manhattan Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas talks about OMA’s new residential tower in Manhattan in a short movie made to promote the project. 121 E 22nd is OMA’s first building in Manhattan, and, in the movie, Koolhaas expresses his excitement at working in the city which […]

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San Mames Stadium | ACXT

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San Mames Stadium Athletic Club of Bilbao is one of the big clubs in European football and its previous stadium, over a hundred years old, was one of the legendary ones, popularly referred to as the cathedral of football. Located practically in the same place as the existing one, the new stadium overlaps with the […]

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Family Of Towers | Benoy

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Family Of Towers The programhas been distributed over five buildings proposed under a three phase plan. The heights of the towers range from ten to 80 storeys and all sit above a shared nine-storey, mixed-use podium. The tallest tower, at 300 m, would make it Melbourne’s highest if completed. Bringing together corporate offices, lifestyle showrooms, […]

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Magical Pop-up Paper Sculptures by Paper Artist Peter Dahmen

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“Imagine you open a book and a tiger jumps towards you. If three-dimensional objects are formed in front of the viewer’s eyes that previously fitted flat between two book covers one speaks of a pop-up,” says Peter Dahmen on Pop-up paper art. Peter Dahmen is a freelance designer and paper artist whose work is focused […]

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Hypo Alpe-Adria Center | Morphosis Architects

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Hypo Alpe-Adria Center The building integrates inherent complexities at the shifting border between rural and urban typologies; its form emanates from both the pre-Alpine contoured landscape and the narrow, twisting passages and plazas of a small village. The Center is located just east of Klagenfurt, Austria, where the city extends into its outlying suburban and […]

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Soyoo Joyful Growth Center | Crossboundaries

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Soyoo Joyful Growth Center At Soyoo children choose their journey through five intersecting “tube” pathways. In five different colors the “tubes” cut through the rigid layout of the existing building. Functioning both in terms of program and circulation and the ultimate freedom to explore, imagine, learn and express, leading all the way to the roof. […]

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8 Architecture Software that every Architect should learn

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Drawings remain the primary means by which architects communicate their ideas to clients, craftsmen or within the design team. The way we create those drawings has evolved over time and is still evolving on a daily basis. Each software is targetted at different needs, and choosing the best one for you depends on many factors […]

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Nissan Crossing Experience Center | Eight Inc.

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Nissan Crossing Experience Center=Eight Inc. The excitement of driving will be brought to the streets of Tokyo with the re-opening of the Nissan Experience Center at the Ginza Crossing this fall. Synchronized LED mesh screens at the ground floor turntable and along the entire length of the 2nd floor facade give passers-by an immersive view from […]

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Herzog & de Meuron’s Mixed-Use 6AM in Los Angeles is Taking Long, New Study Reveals

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Herzog & de Meuron’s Mixed-Use 6AM in Los Angeles is Taking Long, New Study Reveals The construction works for the $2 billion mixed-use development project in Los Angeles (LA), by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, will commence in 2018. However, a new study conducted by the LA Department of City Planning has revealed […]

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Farrells Wins Competition to Desing Singapore’s New High-Speed Rail Terminus

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Farrells Wins Competition to Desing Singapore’s New High-Speed Rail Terminus Farrells architecture firm wins a competition to design new the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail terminus in Singapore. The terminus will be an international gateway to the city-state, with the 350 km/hr railway connecting it to the Malaysian capital via a 90-minute trip. Farrells will be […]

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Dalarna Media Library | ADEPT

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Dalarna Media Library Dalarna Media Library is organized as a ’spiral of knowledge’ identifying a new library culture that stages a wide range of experiences and inspiration. The natural terrain of the surrounding landscape continues as a ramp that spirals up through the central atrium of the library – its heart – where all search […]

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Abdul Latif Jameel’s Corporate Headquarters | Aedas

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Abdul Latif Jameel’s Corporate Headquarters The project is located within a prime 21-hectare site north of Al-Badad, the historical area in Jeddah, with close proximity to the airport and is connected to the Prince Majid Road, one of the main north-south roads connecting the city. The site is undergoing new masterplanning, and part of which […]

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On The Road | Atelier du Pont

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On The Road At once aerial, solid, and protective, the structure of this new bus station takes its inspiration from Saharan tents that shelter their users from the hot, dry sun, Marrakech, Marrakech – Reviews and Cheap Rates The very contemporary architecture nevertheless subtly recalls the local, traditional architecture, especially through its use of red […]

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Hamer Hall | ARM Architecture

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Hamer Hall The underlying ideas behind the design come from the strength of the conflicting thematics by Roy Grounds and John Truscott. Our commission comprised a review of the master plan for the whole of the Arts Centre precinct its relationship to greater Southbank. Our mission, gradually refined through conflicts and agreements with the various […]

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German Architecture Students Design Wooden Community Shelter for Refugees in Mannheim

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German Architecture Students Design Wooden Community Shelter for Refugees in Mannheim Architecture students from the University of Kaiserslautern, in Germany, have built a wooden community center with a latticed screen for a refugee camp, located on the former US Army’s Spinelli Barracks in Mannheim. The three students Sandra Gressung, Sascha Ritschel, and Tobias Vogel designed […]

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Lille lycee Hotelier | MVRDV

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Lille lycee Hotelier The former steel work sheds which form a major part of Lille’s Fives-Cail-Babcock brownfield site will be transformed into the training college Lycée Hôtelier de Lille. As one of Europe’s largest industrial complexes, the site and former industry are deeply rooted in the city’s history. The challenge MVRDV faced was how to […]

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The New Apple Campus by Foster + Partners Opens for Employees in April

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The New Apple Campus by Foster + Partners Opens for Employees in April Apple announced that they will be moving in their employees to their new campus Apple Park in Cupertino, California, starting next April. The campus, designed by Foster + Partners, will be receiving a total of 12,000 employees within a six months duration. […]

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Paradise City | MVRDV

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Paradise City MVRDV’s Paradise City, a dual structured entertainment facility, sits as the center piece of a new tourist hub in Seoul, South Korea. The sibling buildings, the Sandbox, and Nightclub, share an architectural language; both becoming an echo of their family, the immediately surrounding buildings. A golden spot floating over the building and the […]

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KPMG Headquarters | 3XN Architects

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KPMG Headquarters A balance between a thoughtful blending into the surrounding scale and an elegant, yet significant expression has been the driving thought behind Danish practice 3XN’s design of the new Copenhagen Headquarters for accountancy and consultancy firm, KPMG. The company is certain that their new building gives them the right settings and environment to […]

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CITS Sanya Eyot | Benoy

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CITS Sanya Eyot-Benoy This CITS development is located in the new resort area of Haitang Bay in Sanya. Rising as a high-end tourism destination, the area attracts visitors from around the world as a result of its world-class yachting community, international luxury hotel cluster and unspoiled natural assets. CITS Sanya Eyot Hainan is a 32,000m2 […]

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One Central Park | Ateliers Jean Nouvel

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One Central Park One Central Park offered Nouvel and Blanc a canvas of an entirely new scale. Here they built an integrated experience for living in harmony with the natural world. The public park at the heart of the precinct climbs the side of the floor-to-ceiling glass towers to form a lush 21st-century canopy. Using […]

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Bengbu Museum & Urban Planning Exhibition Center | Meng Architects

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Bengbu Museum & Urban Planning Exhibition Center In China, the urban plan usually put cultural buildings with an administrative center, trying to build a political and cultural center under axis control. Consequently, the layout of the cultural complex is forced to meet the political needs, and their publicity has to merge with political seriousness. While […]

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IKEA’s Spherical “Growroom”: A DIY Urban Garden to Grow Your Own Food

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IKEA’s Spherical “Growroom”: A DIY Urban Garden to Grow Your Own Food The IKEA innovation lab Space10, together with architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum, design the “Growroom”, a DIY spherical garden for people to grow their own food “in a beautiful and sustainable way.” The spherical-shaped room occupies space up to 2.8 x 2.5 […]

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Theater Design : 7 Basic Rules for Designing a Good Theater

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Since humanity started gathering to tell stories and represent scenes from everyday life in front of an audience, the need for a space to perform such activities began to increase. Theater design devolped from the open-air amphitheaters of the Greeks and Romans to the incredible array of forms we see today. Though some forms work […]

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Design the University of Warwick’s New Faculty of Arts Building

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Design the University of Warwick’s New Faculty of Arts Building Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios) win a competition held by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to design the new Faculty of Arts Building at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. Foster + Partners, Grimshaw Architects, White Arkitekter, and […]

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Diébédo Francis Kéré has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2017

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The Serpentine Pavilion programme, which began in 2000, sees an architect who has never built in the UK create a temporary summer pavilion in Kensington Gardens. Herzog & de Meuron, Jean Nouvel, Sou Fujimoto, SANAA and Bjarke Ingels Group – whose ‘unzipped wall’ structure was visited by more than 250,000 people in 2016 – are […]

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NL Supreme Court | MVRDV

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NL Supreme Court The design for the new Supreme Court of the Netherlands follows two different conceptual principles: a functional one relating to the process of filing a case in the Supreme Court, and an a spatial principal, opening up different parts of the program to a large central circulatory atrium, or to the outside, […]

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San Telmo Museum | Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

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San Telmo Museum The successful architectural rehabilitation and expansion project for the historical San Telmo Museum by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos emphasizes its connection with society both artistically and historically. Recognized internationally for recovering the original building to make it a contemporary work, the architects made it possible for the museum to reopen by providing a […]

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“Cities from the Sky” +20 Cities like you have never seen before

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Nothing better than experiencing a new city from a street level taking it all in, but there’s also another point of view that you don’t get to experience that often, so this article is about some popular cities view from the sky! The architects designing the city outlines have been paid massively back in the […]

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D’âge en âge | Atelier du Pont

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D’âge en âge The project is located in a heterogeneous and changing fabric where today houses townhouses and collective buildings, warehouses, workshops and municipal greenhouses. The school restaurant is located on the ground floor of the residence at the corner of Michel Dupeuble and Château Gaillard streets. The new residence for the elderly opens largely on […]

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Hangzhou New World Business Center ‘E’ Block | The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University

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Hangzhou New World Business Center ‘E’ Block With the transformation of the historic industrial building as the core, Hangzhou New World Business Center integrates entertainment, commercial recreation, headquarters business and other functions and will become the largest volume of the urban complex in Hangzhou once it is completed. The project is located in the north […]

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Dubai’s Rotating Tower is Becoming Reality in 2020

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Dubai’s Rotating Tower is Becoming Reality in 2020 In 2006, architect David Fisher proposed an idea for a sustainable rotating tower in Dubai. However, it was just an idea; there were many hindrances that prevented it from becoming reality. It seems, though, that the dream is finally coming true, with the announcement of an opening […]

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Cultura Bookstore | Studio MK27

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Cultura Bookstore A bookstore with a meeting place. This was the main premise of the architectural project of the bookstore Livraria Cultura at Iguatemi. More than just merely a place to shop, the store is inviting to stay and hang-out. Thus, we sought for visitors to not only find a book that they might be […]

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Drone Racing and Virtual Reality Games in Studioshaw’s Winning Proposal for Dundee’s Waterfront Regeneration

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Drone Racing and Virtual Reality Games in Studioshaw’s Winning Proposal for Dundee’s Waterfront Regeneration London-based Studioshaw wins a competition, sponsored by the Dundee Institute of Architects (DIA) and the Scottish Enterprise, to generate a design idea for a public facility for children and youth at the Digital Media Park in Seabraes Yards, a waterfront area […]

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Top Free Apps for Architects to have in 2017

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Top Free Apps for Architects to have in 2017 Smartphones have become an essential part of our daily lives. The rapidly growing mobile technology is paralleled by countless innovations in the mobile application development. These innovations have extended to the field of architecture. New handy apps and enhanced versions of already existing apps are developed […]

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Coldefy & Associates / ECADI win the future Bao’an art and culture center in Shenzhen

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The French firm Coldefy & Associates Architectes Urbanistes, led by Thomas Coldefy and Isabel Van Haute, in collaboration with ECADI, has been selected by the city of Shenzhen to build a cultural center of over 80,000 m2. This will be an iconic complex in a historic part of this city of 20 million inhabitants.  The […]

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Vittra Telefonplan | Rosan Bosch Studio

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Vittra Telefonplan How do you create a school without any walls? In the 30 schools of the Swedish free school organisation Vittra there are no classes or classrooms – instead, the students are taught in groups according to level based on the school’s pedagogical principles of ’the watering hole’, ’the show-off’, ’the cave’, ’the campfire’ […]

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Williams College, Stetson Hall, Sawyer Library | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

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Williams College, Stetson Hall, Sawyer Library The library’s frontispiece is the iconic 1921 Stetson Hall. Meticulously restored, this beloved landmark allows the large library complex to fit gracefully within the campus’s historic fabric. It also creates a new quadrangle whose axis links the academic landscape to a luminous five-level atrium in the new building. The […]

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Kaohsiung Exhibition Center | Cox Architecture

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Kaohsiung Exhibition Center Won through an international design and build competition, the project is the first in the harbor redevelopment within Taiwan’s port city of Kaohsiung. A public pedestrian street running through the center of the facility to link the city to the waterfront is key to the design. Designed as a hybrid facility, the […]

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OCT Shenzhen Clubhouse | Richard Meier Architects

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OCT Shenzhen Clubhouse Sited on a prominent island in the center of the OCT Bay, the 11,000sm Shenzhen Clubhouse facility provides special guests and members with a restaurant, private dining suites, a multi-purpose area, as well as recreational facilities, fitness center, and a small exhibit gallery.The building design is unique in form and massing while […]

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The Coral Tower | MVRDV

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The Coral Tower The renewal of the AMP tower can be seen as part of a major effort to upgrade Sydney’s downtown area, an effort increases the area’s density and diversity with globally attractive architecture. In addition to this ambition, the renovated tower aims to create a refreshed address for AMP in Australia’s largest city. […]

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The City of Expo 2017: Astana’s Extraordianry Architecture in Time-lapse Video

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  Kazakhstan, a huge Asian country about the size of Western Europe, has been part of the Soviet Union until it declared independence in 1991. The country’s flat lands have been the testing grounds for the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons and space travel program. Following its independence, the oil-rich country has managed to economically grow […]

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Tonkin Liu Unveils the Mountain-Inspired ‘Cradle Towers of Zhengzhou’ in China

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Tonkin Liu Unveils the Mountain-Inspired ‘Cradle Towers of Zhengzhou’ in China Tonkin Liu Architects, based in London, unveils its competition-winning design proposal for the Trade Center in Zhengzhou, China. The ‘Cradle Towers’ of Zhengzhou is composed of 5 mixed-use towers, housing residential facilities, offices, and a hotel. The 5 towers emerge from a ring-like podium […]

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Addiriyah Art Center | Schiattarella Associati

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Addiriyah Art Center Any architectural design should be grounded and rooted in the site where the work is to arise. To this end, the visits to Addiriyah were of critical importance to understanding how nature’s all-important role in the surrounding territory sees it serving not only as the setting for farming and as the underlying […]

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Metro Residences | Cox Architecture

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Metro Residences Metro Residences Chatswood comprises three tall and slender residential towers ranging from 27 to 40 stories with some 550 apartments, with a landscaped podium and community facilities located above the Chatswood Transport Interchange. The project delivers the key essence of a TOD – vertical urban living, with a Train Station, Bus Interchange, shops, […]

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Vittra School Södermalm | Rosan Bosch Studio

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Vittra School Södermalm Crystal chandeliers, colorful caves and a library that opens like a treasure chest. Rosan Bosch Studio has transformed common areas at the Swedish school Vittra Södermalm into inspiring learning environments that break down the boundary between education and leisure. Vittra Södermalm has 350 students and is located in a historic building in […]

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14 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Le Corbusier

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If you are an architect or a designer, then you most certainly know about the modern architecture pioneer, Le Corbusier. You probably know about his Villa Savoye, Ronchamp Chapel, the Modulor, and his unrealized plan for the Radiant City, but did you know that the famous architect has never actually studied architecture? Or that there […]

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New York Hall of Science | Ennead Architects

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New York Hall of Science The power of this dynamic ensemble derives from the juxtaposition of forms and materials. Articulated as a series of folded planes wrapped with translucent fiberglass panels, the Hall of Light expansion is a horizontal counterpoint to the undulating vertical form of Harrison & Abramovitz’s 1964 World’s Fair pavilion. The expansion, […]

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CREATE | Perkins+Will

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CREATE-Perkins+Will The campus for the Singapore National Research Foundation is a precedent-setting global research university, comprising three mid-rise buildings and a high-rise tower. The design pioneers the use of advanced environmental sustainability and energy-efficient technologies, surpassing current flexibility and performance benchmarks for scientific research facilities in the tropics. The project’s mission is to stimulate innovation, […]

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Publisher’s Headquarter | MVRDV

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Publisher’s Headquarter The end of a lease on Dutch educational publisher Noordhoff’s existing headquarters building provides an exciting opportunity to consider the redevelopment of one of the company’s former distribution warehouses into a new, updated head office. What approach could transform these existing storage halls into an attractive working environment which appropriately represents the company? […]

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New Mixed-Use Project in China’s Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone by AEDAS

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New Mixed-Use Project in China’s Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone by AEDAS International Architecture Firm AEDAS has released the plans for Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone mixed-use building in Guangzhou, China. It will be located on an irregular-shaped plot at the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, viewing the Jiaoman River and Phoenix […]

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HHF Architects & Westpol Win Competition to Design Apartment Tower and Public Space in Switzerland

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HHF Architects & Westpol Win Competition to Design Apartment Tower and Public Space in Switzerland Swiss architecture firm HHF Architects, in collaboration with Westpol Landscape Architecture, wins an invited competition to design a 30-meter-high apartment tower and an adjacent green public space for the community of Biel town. The tower will be the starting point […]

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Tadao Ando’s First Residential Project in New York City Tops Out

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Tadao Ando’s First Residential Project in New York City Tops Out Japanese architect Tadao Ando’s ultra-luxury condominium building in 152 Elizabeth, Manhatten, has topped out. The building is Ando’s first residential project in New York City. It is designed in collaboration with architect and interior designer Michael Gabellini of Gabellini Sheppard Associates and developed by […]

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New-Territories @ the Les Turbulences – Frac Centre

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New-Territories @ the Les Turbulences – Frac Centre (flash-back 1993-2050) – November 10, 2016 – February 26, 2017 In 2016, nearly twenty years after its first exhibition at the Frac Centre-Val de Loire, New-Territories has been invited again for a “1993-2050 flashback”. This event retraces and traces more than 50 years of work, scenarios, projects, controversies […]

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Stuttgart City Library | Yi Architects

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Stuttgart City Library The site for the Stuttgart City Library was chosen in Mailänder Platz, an area that is perceived to be a future city center growing out of the location of the library. With this in mind, the architects chose to physically express the importance of this cultural center by giving the building a […]

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A short visit to 6 Prominent Architecture Firms

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Have you ever wondered where the design ideas for London City Hall or The Gherkin were created? Or where the design concept of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina came to the light? Or did you, possibly, try to imagine the workplaces where the world’s celebrated ‘starchitects’ like Renzo Piano and Bjarke Ingels get things done? Well, now […]

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WIPO Conference Hall | Behnisch Architekten

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WIPO Conference Hall The WIPO Conference Hall lies between the organization’s main building Bâtiment AB and the administration building by Behnisch Architekten. The WIPO Campus is located in the United Nations district at Place des Nations in Geneva and is characterized by differentiated architectural styles erected there over the years. The Conference Hall, a predominantly […]

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The Standard New York | Ennead Architects

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The Standard New York The design for this new hotel deftly responds to its unique urban context and client, creating a singular identity while reinforcing the historic industrial fabric it towers above and integrating a new linear public park. The 337-room, 204,500-square-foot Standard, New York is located in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, a vibrant neighborhood of […]

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Zoo Maubeuge | MVRDV

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Zoo Maubeuge The many zoos of Europe each have unique characteristics: the Vienna Zoo is the oldest zoo in the world, the London Zoo was the world’s first petting zoo, the Rome Zoo lies in historic ruins and the Antwerp Zoo is placed in the heart of the downtown area. How to define a new, […]

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Federico Babina Illustrates Mental Disorder through Architecture

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Federico Babina Illustrates Mental Disorder through Architecture Italian architect and graphic designer Federico Babina has released a new series of architectural illustrations called ‘ARCHIATRIC’. In Babina’s words, ARCHIATRIC is an “illustrated reflection on the relationship between creativeness and mental disorders.” It explores the thin line between creativity and insanity. People always take notice of the […]

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Calatrava supports Female Architects “Women are the salt of our lives. They give it flavour.”

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In an event that held the unveiling of his first London project ‘Peninsula Place’, Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava commented on the results of the recent Women in Architecture survey which show an astonishing gap in salaries between males and females. He said “Women are the salt of our lives. They give it flavor.” He continued […]

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Case Western Reserve University, Tinkham Veale University Center | Perkins+Will

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Case Western Reserve University, Tinkham Veale University Center Located in the center of three separately defined campus zones at Case Western Reserve University the new university center contains student gathering spaces, dining facilities, meeting rooms, and offices for student organizations. The new building features three wings that are designed to facilitate the convergence of students […]

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Toranomon Project | Ingenhoven Architects

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Toranomon Project The Mori Building Corp. is currently developing the Toranomon area of Tokyo into a new business and lifestyle precinct. A new office tower (height approx. 185 m) and a residential tower (height approx. 220 m) will be built on both sides of the existing Toranomon Hills Mori Tower (height approx. 250 m). The […]

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Frank Gehry teaches design and architecture for $90 – Enroll Now !

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Frank Gehry, the starchitect who started his career life as a truck driver taking sculpture classes at night school, invites you into his never-before-seen model archive for a look into his creative process through an online education platform on Masterclass. The starchitect joins many other MasterClass instructors, including Serena Williams, who taught a tennis workshop, and […]

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Singapore Westwood | MVRDV

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Singapore Westwood The Westwood Tower is located on a prime location on the Orchard Road, Singapore’s Champs- Elysées. Built in the seventies, the tower lacks architectural expression and amenities. Deriving its identity from the exposed concrete construction, it presents itself as a ‘building without characteristics’, being neither inspiring nor appealing. Nevertheless, the building quality and […]

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Zaha Hadid Architects Leeza Soho tower features the world’s largest atrium

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Located within the Lize Financial Business District – a new business, residential and transport hub adjacent to Financial Road in southwest Beijing – the 46-storey Leeza Soho construction is well underway. The skyscraper, which is a 46-storey (207m) mixed-use tower with the world’s tallest atrium, has reached 20 storeys tall and will feature a mix of […]

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Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Expansion | Cox Architecture

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Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Expansion BCEC on Grey Street is a major expansion of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center, but also a completion of the concept of the original building which was discontinued in 1996 due to a then dispersal of Government funds to other public projects. The time delay has significantly befitted […]

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Väven Cultural Center | White Arkitekter + Snøhetta

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Väven Cultural Center The building’s concept was shaped in conjunction with Umeå’s residents who didn’t just want to consume culture they wanted to create it too – requesting a center that would allow them to participate in both spontaneous and planned activities. This concept of weaving is not only present in the cultural aspects of […]

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National Gallery of Art | BIG

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National Gallery of Art The proposal envisions a circular-shaped structure situated on the rocky summit and steep of a fjord. At the center of the “perfect circle” large 3000 square meters and modeled according to the topography of the site, which for shape and color looks like an iceberg drifting, BIG insert an animated green […]

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Wembley Casino Hotel | MVRDV

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Wembley Casino Hotel The design for the new casino, conference and hotel complex at Wembley quests the classical casino typology that is mainly based in the US. How can a European translation of these suburban and heavily thematized casino complexes that are surrounded by parking lots be imagined? How can it fit in the urban […]

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FBI South Florida Headquarters | Krueck + Sexton Architects

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FBI South Florida Headquarters Krueck + Sexton Architects have completed a 375,000 square foot, highly sustainable Federal Office Building located at 2030 S.W. 145th Avenue in Miramar, FL. Developed under the GSA Design Excellence Program and occupied by the FBI, the campus buildings are oriented and shaped in response to the local climate, natural environment, […]

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BIG Wins Competition to Design New San Pellegrino Headquarters in Italy

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BIG Wins Competition to Design New San Pellegrino Headquarters in Italy Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won a competition to design the San Pellegrino Flagship Factory’s new headquarters and bottling plants, in the Alps of northern Italy. The project will be covering an area of 17,000 sqm and is expected to cost €90 million. It […]

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Harvard’s Allston Science and Engineering Complex, Harvard University | Behnisch Architekten

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Harvard’s Allston Science and Engineering Complex, Harvard University The proposed Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), located on Harvard University’s emerging Allston campus, integrates one of the country’s most diverse and exciting engineering programs into a single 497,000-square-foot structure. The new facility establishes a strong precedent for the development of outdoor space, street activation, and integration […]

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Office Central | Salon Architects

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Office Central Office Central is a masterplan project which is located in the heart of Istanbul in Sisli. The Sisli – Levent Area, a former industrial and housing zone, recently has been transformed into the business center of İstanbul. Along with the high FAR values and non-regulated height restrictions the area became a fragmented collection […]

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Moesgaard Museum | Henning Larsen Architects

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Moesgaard Museum The new 16,000 m2 museum is uniquely located in the hilly landscape of Skåde south of Aarhus. With its sloping roofscape of grass, moss, and flowers in bright colors the building will appear a powerful visual landmark perceptible even from the sea. The rectangular shaped roof plane seems to grow out of the […]

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City of Santa Monica Parking Structure #6 | Behnisch Architekten + Studio Jantzen

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City of Santa Monica Parking Structure #6 CoSM Parking Structure #6 is a public parking structure in downtown Santa Monica serving several major local and tourist destinations. At Second Street, the public realm is a dynamic overlap of retail, pedestrians, bikers, motorists, landscaping, and opportunities to sit and rest. This structure will be unique, however, […]

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Noordgebouw | MVRDV

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Noordgebouw At present, the station area of Utrecht’s center is undergoing significant redevelopment, which provides an opportunity to improve its connection with the historic center. The station currently receives almost 100 million travelers per year, with 25 million alone passing through the site of the North Building. The key location of the North Building offers […]

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Salon Architects Design Solid yet Dynamic Istanbul City Museum

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Salon Architects Design Solid yet Dynamic Istanbul City Museum Istanbul-based international architecture studio Salon Architects designs the new Istanbul City Museum in the city’s Topkapi district. The museum will be an attraction to citizens and visitors who would like to view the 8,000-year-old history of the city from various perspectives. It will be a reflection […]

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UAE seeks to build the first city on Mars: “Mars 2117 Project”

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has unveiled a new project that aims to establish the first city on Mars by 2117, in collaboration with specialized international organizations and scientific institutes. The “Mars 2117 Project” was announced by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on […]

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Dubai to lunch the “Flying Car” in July 2017

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Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with the Chinese EHANG Company,  announced at World Government Summit on Monday that it had successfully carried oout the first test run of an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) capable of carrying a human up in the air and this ‘flying car’ will begin operations in July this […]

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Revit for Architects : 21 Sites to Download Revit Families for Free

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  If you’re new to drafting and design you’re probably familiar with Revit by now, or you at least heard of it. AutoCAD has been around since the 1980’s and since it’s introduction has eventually become ingrained in the DNA of most design firms and offices and has become an integral part of the day-to-day activities […]

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Central Barangaroo | SOM

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Central Barangaroo Central Barangaroo is a climate-positive redevelopment that will transform Sydney Harbor’s historic industrial docklands into a green international tourist destination and a new mixed-use public domain for the people of Sydney. The project will turn the stark waterfront just west of Sydney’s iconic bridge into a lifestyle precinct destination that’s focused on key […]

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Henry W Bloch Executive Hall at University | BNIM + Moore Ruble Yudell

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Henry W Bloch Executive Hall at University A co-founder of H&R Block and long-time benefactor to his city, Henry W. Bloch recently presented a generous gift to the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Bloch School of Management for the creation of the next generation of business school facilities the new Henry W. Bloch Executive Hall for […]

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Trump is Getting Involved in the “Design” of the Mexico Border Wall

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Trump is Getting Involved in the “Design” of the Mexico Border Wall “I am reading that the great border wall will cost more than the government originally thought, but I have not gotten involved in the design or negotiations yet,” the US President Donald Trump tweeted last Sunday. This was in reaction to the leaked […]

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