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John Hill | 13.10.2016

Headlines

Three winners of the new American Architecture Prize, which honors designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture, were announced on October 3rd, World Architecture Day.


John Hill | 13.10.2016

Headlines

An international jury has selected Hala Wardé and HW Architecture to design BeMA: Beirut Museum of Art, a new musuem that will include a garden amphitheater, accessible public space, and a tower designed to house exhibitions and artist residencies.


Fiona Shipwright | 12.10.2016

Insight

Housing Cairo: The Informal Response, edited by Marc Angélil and Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, was published earlier this year by Berlin-based publisher Ruby Press. Recently it won a


Shjworks | 12.10.2016

Works

The Cloud is a site specific work created by the architectural firm Shjworks. The project introduces stay, light and place making in a recreational space belonging to a social housing estate in Copenhagen.


John Hill | 12.10.2016

Headlines

Architecture critics that is, particularly Chicago's Blair Kamin and New York's Paul Goldberger. A recent article from Kamin highlights the instability of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his willingness to attack anybody who slights him.


Agence Beckmann-N’Thépé | 11.10.2016

Works

Situated at the end of Avenue Lefaucheux, the plot of land is located at the entrance to the joint development zone by the quay. Thanks to its position, it has exceptional views over the Seine, with the island of Billancourt opposite and the new urban park anchoring the riverbank. 


Álvaro Siza Vieira | 10.10.2016

Works

The Nadir Afonso Foundation, built in the city of Chaves, in a terrain located on the right bank of the Tâmega river, had its detailed planning elaborated within the ambit of the Polis program.


Oliveras Boix Arquitectes | 10.10.2016

Works

In 2006, the Barcelona City Council acquired the Alchemika Factory. The functions of the new multi-use building were agreed upon by the neighborhood associations. The result is a program of social and diverse character: library, nursery school, community center and residence for the elderly with...


Zaha Hadid Architects | 07.10.2016

Works

This 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture recipient, a new building for the American University of Beirut’s campus, is radical in composition but respectful...


Diba Tensile Architecture / Leila Araghian, Alireza Behzadi | 07.10.2016

Works

A multi-level bridge spanning a busy motorway has created a dynamic new urban space in this recipient of a 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.


John Hill | 06.10.2016

Headlines

The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and Creative Europe have announced the thirty shortlisted projects competing for the inaugural Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA). Three winners will be announced at a ceremony in Venice on 28 October 2016.


BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Topotek 1 and Superflex | 05.10.2016

Works

This recipient of a 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture is a public space promoting integration across lines of ethnicity, religion and culture.


05.10.2016

Building of the Week

A quick glance at the front of the residential extension in Texas reveals that something special is going on inside: a bridge leads to a glazed entrance and second floor between two tall tapered volumes. These contain a studio and gallery for the clients, two artists and retired teachers....


John Hill | 05.10.2016

Headlines

The third MPavilion, commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation and designed by Indian architect Bijoy Jain, began its four-month run today in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens.


ZAO / standardarchitecture / Zhang Ke | 05.10.2016

Works

This children’s library was selected as a 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for its embodiment of contemporary life in the traditional courtyard residences...


Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA | 04.10.2016

Works

This recipient of a 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture is a community centre that makes a virtue of an area susceptible to flooding in rural Bangladesh.


Marina Tabassum Architects | 04.10.2016

Works

A refuge for spirituality in urban Dhaka, selected as a 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture recipient for its beautiful use of natural light.


John Hill | 04.10.2016

Headlines

Projects in Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Iran, and Lebanon are recipients of the prestigious award that is given out every three years "to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture."


ROGERSPARTNERS Architects+Urban Designers | 04.10.2016

Works

Madison Square Boys & Girls Club has unveiled designs for a new four-story, 45,000-square-foot flagship Clubhouse for young people ages 6-18, located in Central Harlem. 


be baumschlager eberle | 03.10.2016

Works

The name given to the two tower blocks in the north of Zurich reflects their claim to residential quality of a special kind. Designed by be baumschlager eberle, “the metropolitans” ensemble elegantly combines structural factors with urban planning considerations.


Headlines

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, designed by Hargreaves Associates, has been awarded the Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize, which was given out last week as part of 9th International Biennial of Landscape Architecture under the theme "Tomorrow Landscapes."


John Hill | 29.09.2016

Headlines

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Paulo Mendes da Rocha, "Brazil’s most celebrated living architect," will receive the 2017 Royal Gold Medal.


Aaron Neubert Architects | 29.09.2016

Works

The site for this 4000 sf residence consists of a steep descending hillside property within the Hollywood Hills.


Leckie Studio Architecture + Design | 29.09.2016

Works

The Backcountry Hut Company was founded to assist individuals and organizations in the design and construction of affordable outdoor recreation structures. The four cornerstones of the business are: function; quality; sustainability; and value.


John Hill | 28.09.2016

Headlines

AIA New York State, an organization of the American Institute of Architects, has awarded its 2016 Firm of the Year award to WXY architecture + urban design, the multi-disciplinary practice led by principals Claire Weisz, Mark Yoes, Layng Pew, and Adam Lubinsky.


27.09.2016

Building of the Week

New York City's first micro-unit apartments were completed earlier this year on the east side of Manhattan. Designed by Brooklyn's nARCHITECTS, the Carmel Place project can also brag of being the tallest modular building in the city. Although the units are intentionally small, in...


Richard Meier & Partners Architects | 27.09.2016

Works

The mixed-use building is the most recent development in Hamburg’s HafenCity by Richard Meier & Partners Architects and it will combine the new Engel & Völkers headquarters, luxury condominiums, and rental apartments.


nARCHITECTS | 27.09.2016

Works

nARCHITECTS’ Carmel Place (formerly known as My Micro NY), with Monadnock Development, is the winning proposal in the adAPT NYC an initiative launched as part of former Mayor Bloomberg’s administration’s New Housing Marketplace Plan to accommodate the city’s growing small...


Bourgeois / Lechasseur Architects | 26.09.2016

Works

This house, whose name refers to the brightest star in the Aquila constellation, is located in Cap-à-l'Aigle, in the region of Charlevoix. Altaïr means "The Flying Eagle."


John Hill | 23.09.2016

Found

Tomorrow, 24 September 2016, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture will be dedicated in Washington, DC. To celebrate its much-anticipated opening, we present ten facts on the project through photos of the completed building.


John Hill | 23.09.2016

Headlines

Architect Santiago Calatrava has unveiled plans for a "cutting-edge office building" to be located next to the Calatrava-designed Stadelhofen rail station in Zurich.


Sadar+Vuga | 23.09.2016

Works

Bank of Slovenia's headquarters are located on Slovenska Boulevard. The portal of the 1920s building is adorned by two mighty Atlants. Behind this impressive entrance is the central lobby of the Bank of Slovenia.


Katinka Corts | 22.09.2016

Insight

Baubotanik, “Living Plant Construction,” is an artificial word – composed of the German words “Bau” (construction) and “Botanik” (botany) – and a method of constructing living buildings with living plants. We spoke with Ferdinand Ludwig, who has...


Caramel Architekten | 22.09.2016

Works

The property of House D is located in the middle of a block of buildings, which are surrounded by the local streets, and each building is part of the formation of a big wonderful garden right in the heart of the block.


John Hill | 21.09.2016

Headlines

Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, of Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee, have been named the artistic directors for the second Chicago Architecture Biennial.


Ian Moore Architects | 21.09.2016

Works

The house was conceived as an open viewing platform, with an overlaid veil to modify the internal conditions. Internally the planning is essentially open spaces modified by sliding screens, rather than traditional cellular rooms with doors.