Architecture | December 19, 2014

Image courtesy of C.F. Møller Architects Copenhagen Business School by C.F. Møller Architects Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is the 2nd largest business school in Europe with 20.000 students, located in Frederiksberg, close to the very heart of Copenhagen. In cooperation with The City of Frederiksberg, CBS has launched a bold vision to transform the existing […] Read more

Architecture | December 17, 2014

Image courtesy of  Snøhetta Snøhetta – design for Beethoven Festspielhaus The Oslo and New York based architectural firm has proposed a glass-fronted structure cast in white marble-aggregate concrete. The concert hall is set in a rectangular exterior form which is further augmented to create a façade of varying angles. Read more

Architecture | December 15, 2014

Image courtesy of DISSING+WEITLING Køge North Station DISSING+WEITLING, COBE and COWI have won first prize in international competition for Køge North Station. Køge North Station will be a traffic centre and hot-spot for the entire Copenhagen area in a unique junction where high-speed trains, local trains and freeways meet. Read more

Architecture | December 11, 2014

Image courtesy of BIG Smithsonian Institution South Campus Master Plan by BIG Working closely with the Smithsonian, BIG conceived a master plan for the South Mall Campus as an example of radical reinterpretation. Read more

Architecture | December 9, 2014

Image courtesy of COBE Architects Tampere Travel and Service Centre by COBE Architects Tampere Travel and Service Centre has not only the potential to become a gateway to Tampere and the rest of Finland, but also the potential of becomming a generator for the future development of the urban centre of Tampere. Read more

Architecture | December 3, 2014

Image courtesy of Estudio Arquitectura Hago Fine Arts Museum by Estudio Arquitectura Hago The backbone of the architectural strategy for the extension project of the Fine Arts Museum in Badajoz is meant to regain an Identity: a new built environment (Architecture) that interacts with the urban context (City) through its cultural content (Museum). Read more

Architecture | November 26, 2014

Image courtesy of Benoy Benoy wins International Design Competition for Greenland GIC Benoy, the award-winning firm of Masterplanners, Architects, Interior and Graphic Designers, has won the international design competition for Greenland Group’s high-profile mixed-use development, Greenland GIC, in Chengdu’s city centre. Read more

Architecture | November 24, 2014

Image courtesy of Grimshaw Architects Fulton Center by Grimshaw Architects Situated in the heart of Lower Manhattan, MTA‘s Fulton Center is designed to be a catalyst for the redevelopment of the area. Handling an average of 275,000 passengers per day and linking nine subway lines, the station complex is one of New York City’s busiest […] Read more

Architecture | November 20, 2014

Image courtesy of Vincent Callebaut Architects THE GATE RESIDENCE by Vincent Callebaut Architects In the heart of this New Cairo, the “Gate Residence” is an innovative design idea of Green Building, representing the combination of Trees and Building and metamorphosing the city into a vertical, green, dense and hyper-connected ecosystem. Read more

Architecture | November 19, 2014

Image courtesy of Mecanoo The Wei-Wu-Ying Centre for the Arts by Mecanoo Architects The Wei-Wu-Ying Centre for the Arts symbolizes the transformation of Kaohsiung, once a major international harbour, into a modern, diverse city with a rich cultural climate. Read more

Architecture | November 12, 2014

Image courtesy of Iwan Baan 7 World Trade Center by SOM Completed in 2006, this 52-storey office tower signaled the rebirth of the Lower Manhattan following the September 2001 attacks and set a standard for the World Trade Center master plan. Read more

Architecture | November 4, 2014

Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Sleuk Rith Institute, a new institution and genocide memorial The Sleuk Rith Institute, a new institution and genocide memorial in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, brings together a museum, research centre, graduate school, document archives and research library. Read more

Architecture | October 31, 2014

Image courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects Vinge Train Station by Henning Larsen Architects Vinge is a new city to be developed within Frederikssund Municipality north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Covering 350 hectares, it will be the largest urban development project in Denmark. Read more

Architecture | October 29, 2014

Image courtesy of Elenberg Fraser Elenberg Fraser designs Lighthouse This new 69 storey beacon on the northern edge of Melbourne’s CBD is a twisting helix that seems to defy the laws of physics. Appearing to turn on its trajectory, the building has no corners. Read more

Architecture | October 27, 2014

Daniel Libeskind for Mizner on the Green Daniel Libeskind has been commissioned to design four new ultra-luxury condominium residence towers to add to the ‘Mizner on the Green‘ community in Boca Raton, located just North of Miami. Read more

Architecture, Design | October 22, 2014

Image courtesy of Kempinski Hotels Zhang Hai Ao designs Sunrise Kempinski Hotel Zhang worked with his team of 60 designers from across the globe, including the UK, Italy, Spain, the US, Holland and the Philippines, who spent 60 days brilliantly developing this amazing building design. Read more

Architecture | October 17, 2014

Image courtesy of Snøhetta Calgary’s New Central Library and Library Plaza In 2013 Snøhetta and DIALOG‘s competition-winning design was selected for the new Calgary Public Library. Read more

Architecture | October 16, 2014

Image courtesy of MVRDV architects Market Hall by MVRDV Construction of the Market Hall started at the end of 2009, and an information pavilion about the project, as well as its progress, can be seen at Blaak Market (Blaak Station on the Rotterdam Metro). Read more

Architecture | October 15, 2014

Image courtesy of Grimshaw Architects Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan Grimshaw, in partnership with Gruen Associates, is leading the design for the Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan. The scheme preserves the celebrated qualities of the historic station and its surrounding 17 hectares while addressing the urgent needs of the future. Read more

Architecture | October 14, 2014

Image courtesy of Ateliers Jean Nouvel NAMOC by Ateliers Jean Nouvel Located next to the historic axis of Beijing and symbolically connected to the Forbidden City, the new National Art Museum of China will take its place by its size – 130 000 square meters – and by the importance of its collections – from […] Read more

Architecture | October 14, 2014

Image courtesy of 3XN 3XN designs Sydney High Rise The 50 Bridge Street “Quay Quarter Tower” represents the first major project designed by a Danish architect in Sydney since Jørn Utzon designed the landmark Opera House in 1973. 3XN’s innovative design will revitalise AMP Capital’s site, located close to the Opera House, into a vibrant […] Read more

Architecture | October 10, 2014

Image courtesy of BIG Group BSN7 – Basin 7 by BIG group BIG‘s design for Basin 7 in Aarhus, Denmark, will breathe life into the harbor front of Denmark‘s second largest city by creating a new public promenade for its citizens. Rather than developing private residences and activating the remaining space between the buildings once […] Read more

Architecture | October 9, 2014

Image courtesy of Spark Architects Jing Mian Xin Cheng by Spark Architects Jin Mian Xin Cheng is a mixed-use development adjacent to Beijing’s Fourth Ring Road. It consists of two office towers and a retail podium, with a protected public plaza to their rear. Read more

Architecture | October 7, 2014

Image courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects Amorepacific by David Chipperfield The new headquarters for Amorepacific, a large Korean cosmetics company, are situated in the centre of Seoul. In immediate proximity lies a former US military zone that will be transformed into the spacious new public Yongsan Park and an International Business District presenting the largest high-rise […] Read more

Architecture | October 3, 2014

Image courtesy of Tonkin Liu Shi Ling Bridge by Tonkin Liu Shell Lace Structure is a technique inspired by nature. Seashells gain strength from optimised curvilinear geometry, locking in stiffness with corrugation. Lightness is achieved through perforation, creating highly-efficient and responsive structures with minimum weight and wastage. Read more

Architecture | October 1, 2014

Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Zaha Hadid’s Grace on Coronation towers Located on the former Australian Broadcasting Corporation site in Toowong, 4 kilometres west of Brisbane‘s Central Business District, the Grace on Coronation design provides 486 apartments in three residential towers, eight villas and 7,300 sqm of landscaped riverfront public parklands. Read more

Architecture | September 24, 2014

Image courtesy of Elenberg Fraser Victoria One designed by Elenberg Fraser Elenberg Fraser’s new building Victoria One, on the northern edge of Melbourne’s CBD is the next chapter in Elenberg Fraser’s story of rejuvenation for Melbourne’s northern corner. The form and façade of this mixed-use tower recalls Victoria’s famous landscapes – the gardens, waterfalls, rainforests, […] Read more

Architecture | September 17, 2014

Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Zaha Hadid Architects design new Mathematics Gallery Zaha Hadid Architects have been chosen by the Science Museum to design a pioneering new mathematics gallery, made possible by the largest individual donation ever made to the museum from long-standing supporters of science David and Claudia Harding. Read more

Architecture | September 12, 2014

Image courtesy of Foster + Partners Foster + Partners, FR-EE and NACO design Stansted Airport Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, in the presence of the Governor of the State of Mexico, government ministers, the Mayor of Mexico City, Lord Foster and Fernando Romero, has announced that a collaboration between Foster + Partners, FR-EE (Fernando Romero […] Read more

Architecture | September 10, 2014

Image courtesy of Mecanoo Cultural complex by Mecanoo Mecanoo designed the winning competition entry for a new 83,500 m2 cultural complex with a public art museum, science museum, youth centre and a bookshop, public square and parking in the Shenzhen district. Read more