Architecture | March 23, 2020

In 2012, the previous-existing municipal building at Wasserwerkstrasse 127a in Zürich- Wipkingen, accommodating the Tanzhaus and the Swiss Textile School, was destroyed by a fire. In 2014 Barozzi Veiga won the international competition carried out by the Amt für Hochbauten Zürich, for the construction of a new Tanzhaus and the transformation of the entire bank of the river Limmat. Read more

Architecture | March 14, 2020

Together with Toyota Motor Corporation, BIG unveils Toyota Woven City as the world's first urban incubator dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of mobility at the foothills of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Read more

Architecture | March 7, 2020

Lovett Commercial today [July 01, 2019] announced the redevelopment of the historic Barbara Jordan Post Office in downtown Houston. The over 550,000 sf building, which will be called POST Houston, was in use by the US government from 1936-2014.Designed by OMA Partner Jason Long, the transformation of the former post office facility will house site specific art installations by acclaimed artists, one of the world's largest rooftop parks and farms, a concert venue and many other retail and office concepts including restaurants, bars, an international market hall and flexible co-working space. Read more

Architecture | March 4, 2020

Located in the heart of Seoul, a true plant village has been realised on a former inner city highway in an ever-changing urban area accommodating the biggest variety of Korean plant species and transforming it into a public 983-metre long park gathering 50 families of plants including trees, shrubs and flowers displayed in 645 tree pots, collecting around 228 species and sub-species. In total, the park will include 24,000 plants (trees, shrubs and flowers) that are newly planted many of which will grow to their final heights in the next decade. Read more