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Sunday 19 May, 2013
Garden Terrace Miyazaki by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has completed a hotel in Miyazaki where guest rooms and dining areas surround a central courtyard and wedding chapel (+ slideshow).
Sunday 19 May, 2013
DHUB Museu del Disseny de Barcelona by MBM Arquitectes
Barcelona’s new design museum is an angular metal-clad structure designed by local studio MBM Arquitectes (+ slideshow).
Saturday 18 May, 2013
Wilkinson Eyre wins competition for Sydney harbour skyscraper
News: British firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won a competition to design a $1.5 billion hotel skyscraper on the harbourfront in Sydney, Australia.
Friday 17 May, 2013
Green Box by act_romegialli
This glazed garden hideaway by Italian studio act_romegialli is disguised inside a dense thicket of bushy plants and blossoming wildflowers. The little building previously functioned as a garage for a weekend retreat in the Raethian Alps, but act_romegialli was asked to convert it into a space where the owner can keep gardening tools, prepare meals [...]
Friday 17 May, 2013
Construction begins on OMAs Bryghusprojektet in Copenhagen
News: work has begun on the OMA-designed headquarters of Denmark’s national centre for architecture in Copenhagen. Scheduled for completion in early 2017, the 27,000-square-metre Bryghusprojektet is a mixed-use development on the site of an old brewery, which will include residential units, community spaces and a playground.
Friday 17 May, 2013
Dyson to build cancer centre after his ward redesign improves baby care
News: British inventor James Dyson has donated £4 million towards building a new cancer centre in Bath, UK, based on the principles underlying his successful redesign of a neonatal ward at the same hospital. Dyson, who lives and works near to the Royal United Hospital, said he hoped the new centre would be able to replicate [...]
Friday 17 May, 2013
Zaha Hadid wins competition for Saudi Arabian metro station
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a metro station for Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital.
Friday 17 May, 2013
Water-Treatment Plant by AWP
French practice AWP has remodelled a water-treatment plant outside Paris to reveal its industrial processes to the public. Located beside the Seine to the south of the city, the ívry Water-Treatment Plant was first established in the 1970s. Following a design competition in 2003, AWP developed a new masterplan for the site, adding four new buildings [...]
Wednesday 15 May, 2013
The Avenue on Portage by 5468796 Architecture
Two commercial buildings in Winnipeg have been converted into an apartment block with mirrored balconies that stick out like open drawers.
Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Miami Beach Convention Center by OMA
Dutch firm OMA’s proposal to place a hotel on top of the Miami Beach Convention Center is going head-to-head with Danish firm BIG’s plan for the site (+ slideshow + movie). Both Rem Koolhaas’ firm and rivals BIG are presenting their proposals to the Miami Beach City Commission today.
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