in alphabetical order, the following practices have been asked to present schemes: adjaye associates diller scofidio + renfro john ronan architects renzo piano building workshop SHoP architects snøhetta tod williams billie tsien architects ‘the foundation received submissions from an impressive list of architects with a range of styles, expertise, and experi...
Bjarke Ingels' firm contorted the form of its 49-storey Vancouver House, creating a 30-metre setback from the adjacent motorway flyover that prevents any windows or balconies from overlooking it. Nine floors at the base of the tower will accommodate offices, shops and restaurants, which will spill out onto a series of public plazas that stretch underneath the elevated...
the project, a series of 39 luxury condos in manhattan’s chelsea neighborhood, is the british architect’s first residential project in the city. the building’s hand-rubbed metal façade loops its way skywards, creating a multi-level design that seeks to connect indoor and outdoor space in one sweeping movement. internally, loft-like residences are individually crafted,...
Conceived as the antithesis to tower blocks, The Interlace is made up of 31 apartment buildings that have been arranged and stacked in a honeycomb arrangement to frame eight large hexagonal courtyards. Scheeren led the project, which occupies a site in Singapore, while working at Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA. He now runs his own Beijing-based studio Buro Ole Scheeren, which...
Composed of four conjoined towers, The Bride tower's 230 storeys would be topped by an 188-metre-tall antenna. This would make the structure 152 metres higher than the planned height of the Kingdom Tower, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and currently under construction in the Saudi Arabian city. The world's tallest building title is currently he...
The Bystrup-led team, which also includes London architecture studio Robin Snell & Partners, has been recommended as the winner of the Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge competition, ahead of architects including Amanda Levete and Hopkins. Featuring a slender structure and spiralling ramps at both ends, the proposal is described by the design team as a "minimal, seamless cro...
The Danish architecture firm's Vancouver House, which was named Future Project of the Year 2015 at World Architecture Festival earlier this month, will be situated adjacent to an overpass at the base of Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge. "The site is similar to a lot of cities," says BIG partner Bergmann in the movie, which was filmed in Singapore by Dezeen for Worl...
The rectangular tower, which will be the second tallest in London after The Shard, has been commissioned by Singapore property developers Aroland Holdings. Containing 90,000 square metres of internal space, it will sit amongst a cluster of skyscrapers including the Cheesegrater and the forthcoming 22 Bishopsgate tower in the City of London, the city's financial distri...
The practice winning-design was selected from a shortlist that included schemes by high-profile architecture firms including Steven Holl Architects, Mecanoo, and OMA. The design features a pair of glass-encased cubic structures that house a museum, library and underground archive, arranged around a public plaza. The museum will offer 15,000 square metres of space a...
the new structure will be situated next to tintagel castle, a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of tintagel island. from 137 first stage entries, six teams were shortlisted and asked to produce initial concept designs. with public feedback encouraged, the proposals remain on display in the tintagel village tourist information centre until december 11th, 201...
The structure is intimately connected to the event’s overarching theme, “Feeding the Planet: Energy for Life.” The primary sculpture is entitled The Hive and was conceived in close collaboration with bee-expert Doctor Martin Bencsik’s research on pollination and the collective dynamic of bees. The 46-foot (14-meter) cuboid of interlaced aluminum elements is based on the ...
Nikken Sekkei, the Japanese architecture firm ZHA teamed up with as part of a required consortium of firms, released a statement on 18 September indicating the two firms were not able to secure a construction company in its consortium. Hadid's firm said in the statement: "It is disappointing that the two years of work and investment in the existing design for a new natio...
The competition requires capabilities in planning and design, construction and construction supervision, and asks design firms to form a consortium covering all these capabilities. nikken sekkei and zaha hadid architects have not been able to secure a construction company in its consortium and therefore, they are unable to enter the competition. zaha hadid architects...
The enormous green roof is part of Sand Hill Property Company’s $3 billion renovation plan for the Vallco Shopping Mall, renamed Hills at Vallco. The ambitious project will transform the failed shopping mall into a sustainable and walkable LEED Platinum mixed-use community. The Hills at Vallco’s crown jewel is without a doubt its $3 million 30-acre green roof, an unpr...
Planned in the late 50’s, it is now under a “Renewal Plan” in the goal to adapt to today’s needs and comply with sustainable development objectives. The D2 Tower is first of all an urban project: it transforms the current ring road into a urban boulevard where life can be resettled. Its implementation erases the fracture between the Esplanade and the road; people com...
located in central karlsruhe, the existing building is positioned directly at the intersection of the city’s two main thoroughfares. the redesign incorporates the important parameters of the existing building, while simultaneously strengthening its qualities with regard to the interior as well as the exterior. the theater is extended along three development axes, crea...
providing a discreet solution for the vast surface area, the new structure follows the natural contours of the site and features a slightly sloped roof which will be fully covered by vegetation. spacious and light-filled, the interiors are dedicated to art conservation and will eventually create a facility for research and study. meanwhile, the space itself has to be ...
Due to start construction in 2017, the new theater will be based in the heart of dutch city. The building’s form is reminiscent of geological formations, seen as four, protruded shifting volumes that emerge above the surrounding treetops. Creating a relationship with the immediate environment and the adjacent public square was integral to the consideration of the design....
confronted with an untenable status quo and a structure designed for the dawn of the jet era when boeing 707’s and douglas DC-8’s ruled the sky, a completely new structure presented the only viable path forward. in 2014 new york’s governor cuomo launched the ‘masterplan design competition,’ now the plans and the consortium to build it have finally been unveiled. the f...
located on the coast in awaza, edging the caspian sea, the 90,000 sqm circular scheme will accommodate an array of facilities including a water park, shopping center, a hotel resort and yacht club. characterized by the fluid and lifted edges, the landscaped greenery and the pools all respond to a gradually growing gradient. the form of the complex has been shaped by a c...
Created in collaboration with Dutch startup MX3D and designed by Dutch designer Joris Laarman, the 3D-printed pedestrian bridge is part of Heijmans’ aspirations of building the “spatial contours of tomorrow.” Multi-axis industrial robots will construct the pedestrian bridge using cost-effective and scalable technologies. The goal behind the experimental 3D-printing pr...
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation selected the Paris-based architecture firm’s environmentally friendly proposal ‘Art in the City’ from nearly 2,000 submissions from around the world. The competition-winning design is planned for Helsinki’s South Harbor area, and it will be clad in locally sourced charred timber and glass. The museum will comprise nine low-height volu...
The two firms have been selected ahead of a list of other renowned names to complete the guangzhou museum (nieto sobejano), and the new guangzhou science museum (gmp). the two adjacent structures, to be built near the distinctive canton tower, will join the city’s new art museum, commissioned a year ago and being designed by thomas herzog architects. see the full list of...
Completely vacant, in 2000, six cave houses dating back to the 5th and 6th century were converted into an unconventional, yet truly unique 30-room, 5-star hotel called the Yunak Evleri. Each underground room has been decked out in Ottoman era antiques and topped off with a personal spa and patio. The rest of the hotel is a reclaimed 19th century Greek mansion that sits a...
Located near the entrance of the Future Food District, this futuristic design showcases the intersection of food, design and energy like you've never seen it before. Hit the jump to learn how harvestable, edible food is embedded in the canopy's infrastructure, and why the sun is such an important ingredient. Visitors to Milan Expo 2015 have an opportunity to interact ...
Positioned between the high line and the hudson river, the much-anticipated project contains a series of indoor and outdoor galleries that double the institution’s floor space in comparison to its former home. conceived as a laboratory for artists, the scheme features dedicated areas for education programs, as well as a 170-seat theater, a study center, a multimedia p...
from the 1,715 anonymous submissions received for stage one of the competition, the jury selected six finalists. these teams received additional briefing following their selection and further developed their concept designs during stage two of the competition. the nominated practices as follows: AGPS architecture, asif khan, fake industries architectural agonism, haas co...
designed by melbourne-based practice denton corker marshall, the granite-clad building is the first 21st century pavilion built on the site, and replaces the previous structure completed by philip cox in 1988. conceived as a white volume set within a black box, the scheme seeks to embody a singular, contemporary aesthetic designed to appear as a sculptural object inte...
Today, in the information age, architecture is a technology platform that consists of computer system connections and new materials. This project has been commissioned by The Consortium of the Zona Franca CZFB and 22@ of Barcelona. 22@ is an experimental district with a powerful, distributed and accessible energy load. Part of the Districlima network, where new busine...
The founders of design and branding agency Kemistry are turning their eponymous gallery into a not-for-profit organisation, supported through print sales, private donations and public funding. The gallery is now searching for a permanent space after losing its Shoreditch home due to a rent rise at the end of 2014. It has been awarded £15,000 by the Arts Council – the Br...
Lee Broom will take over Via Alfredo Cappellini to create the exhibition of his largest collection to date during Milan's design week. Furniture, lighting and home accessories will be presented against dark grey backdrops and props within a series of interconnected spaces at The Department Store. "I wanted to explore all the things that inspire me right now, from new m...
It’s a cautionary tale that can be seen to sum up many of the issues from the past 20 years of the city’s rocky architectural and planning history, yet one that may still have a happy ending. If one wanted to pick a city as a case study for European urban development over the last 1,000 years – warts and all – Warsaw would be a good candidate. Over a relatively small ar...
Dixon will present his latest designs in a "temporary and contemporary selling space" called The Cinema, as part of the designjunction show at Casa dell'Opera Nazionale Balilla. Rather than exhibiting prototype products earmarked for sale later in the year, Dixon is showing brand new pieces that will be available to purchase on site. "The resourceful design entrepreneu...
Set to launch at the Milan furniture fair next month, the Prouvé RAW: Office Edition collection is the second produced by Dutch denim brand G-Star RAW and Swiss firm Vitra using original designs by the French Modernist architect and designer. It includes updated versions of furniture and lighting pieces that were first created by Prouvé for the offices of French indus...
Jongerius worked for almost half a decade to optimise what she describes as her "young classic", which only took the designer half a year to design in the first instance in 2005. "Not that it was so perfect that it was difficult to top, but I wanted to do it on all levels," Jongerius told Dezeen.The Berlin-based designer launched a manifesto earlier this week, in whic...
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, revealed plans this week for the Museum of the Future – an institution dedicated to innovation in design and technology. The Dubai ruler said on Twitter that the museum will be "a destination for the best and brightest inventors and entrepreneurs", offering an "integr...
