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on 12.01.2015
For the last two years the Buildings of the Week on the U.S. platforms of World-Architects looked at one building in each state over the course of fifty weeks. For 2015 we are going a different route and looking at buildings overseas designed by architects based in the United States...
Products
on 12.01.2015
Two walls of Danish brand Vipp's new two-story Vipp Shelter feature large sliding windows, specifically the PanoramAH! sliding windows supplied by Malmö, Sweden's Architectural Solutions. John Hill
Film
on 12.01.2015
The construction of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Museum of Image & Sound overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is documented in a couple short films from MIS. John Hill
Works
on 12.01.2015
The international architectural design competition of the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park in Gdynia was won by AEC Krymow & Partners, an architectural office from Warsaw. AEC Krymow & Partners Architects
Film
on 09.01.2015
As part of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's "Louisiana Channel," which produces videos on art on a weekly basis, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels offers advice to aspiring architects. John Hill
Works
on 09.01.2015
The new Israel's Square consists of a folded surface floating above the ground – like a flying carpet. The square, or surface, hovers between two worlds: the city and the neighboring Ørsted Park.
Headlines
on 09.01.2015
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the 2015 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, 23 projects from approximately 500 submissions in three categories: architecture, interior architecture and regional & urban design. John Hill
Headlines
on 08.01.2015
Eight months after Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece was damaged in a fire, the Glasgow School of Art announced the names of the architects’ practices shortlisted to lead the building's restoration. John Hill
Headlines
on 08.01.2015
The Architect's Newspaper has announced four winners in its competition that "aimed to rethink one of the most iconic streets in the world—42nd street in Midtown Manhattan." John Hill
Works
on 08.01.2015
Amsterdam based studio Engel Architecten has recently completed this residence in the wooded surroundings of Zeist, a small town in the center of the Netherlands. Engel Architecten
Works
on 07.01.2015
.PSLAB and Aesop have collaborated with Melbourne based studio KTA on the lighting design of the newly opened Aesop store in the Melbourne Emporium, a precinct featuring a mix of local and international fashion, culture, food and art. .PSLAB
Film
on 07.01.2015
Premiering at the Maison des Arts de Créteil in November 2014, Pixel melded the real and the virtual, as this short film with excerpts from the one-hour performance illustrates. John Hill
Headlines
on 07.01.2015
On 2 January 2015, the Federal District Court upheld the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of Over The River, an art installation planned for the Arkansas River in Colorado that was originally proposed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 1992. John Hill
Works
on 07.01.2015
The project presents a mixed program to build a school, a gymnasium, but also incorporate a third element: encouraging biodiversity. chartier dalix architectes
Film
on 06.01.2015
In this twelve-minute film produced by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, architect Steven Holl speaks about his background and ideas on design. John Hill
Film
on 06.01.2015
Yes, we're finding this Christmas short a bit late, but it's too funny to resist posting. In it, a husband and wife architect redesign Christmas for their family, with presents stacked like Habitat 67 and a gingerbread house based on the Guggenheim. John Hill
Works
on 06.01.2015
This compact residence is nestled within the dense expanse of Tokyo, in a neighborhood characterized by narrow streets and traditional low-rise houses and which borders a park heavily visited during the spring, when the city’s cherry trees bloom.
Headlines
on 05.01.2015
Polls are now open to vote for your favorite Building of the Week on three of our national platforms: American-Architects, German-Architects and Swiss-Architects. John Hill
Found
on 05.01.2015
On the last day of 2014 The Broad museum announced the last sections of scaffolding were removed from around its new façade, dubbed the "veil" by architects Diller, Scofidio + Renfro. John Hill
Insight
on 05.01.2015
Of the 420 projects from 36 countries competing for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015, we highlight some of the contending projects designed by World-Architects member firms. John Hill
Works
on 05.01.2015
Back in 2010 the Óbidos Municipality launched an international architectural competition to design the Central Buildings and the Main Piazza for the Óbidos Technological Park, as a built structure to allocate start-up creative business companies. Jorge Mealha
Reviews
on 01.01.2015
This combined studio, gallery, and home by Fukuoka-based Masao Yahagi Architects features a wood-frame construction style appropriate to the building’s location in a historic district near the sea, and an open gallery space unbroken by columns. The site presented a number of design...
Found
on 23.12.2014
As 2014 draws to a close, we would like to thank you for being an active part of our growing community. We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season. Daily News posts will resume on 5 January 2015. The World-Architects team World-Architects
Headlines
on 22.12.2014
Thirteen years after winning first prize in an international competition, Coop Himmelb(l)au's design for the Musée des Confluences finally opened to the public in Lyon, France, on 20 December 2014. John Hill
Works
on 22.12.2014
Allied Works Architecture has shared their design for the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum, which they were awarded in 2013 following an invited competition that included David Chipperfield Architects and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Allied Works Architecture
Works
on 19.12.2014
RAW turns downtown Montreal into a high-design, interactive kaleidoscope with Prismatica, a public art installation on display from 10 December 2014 to 1 February 2015 as part of Quartier des Spectacles’ Luminothérapie. RAW
Headlines
on 18.12.2014
City officials in Chicago have unveiled an 88-story tower designed by Studio Gang Architects for Chinese developer Wanda Group. The zigzag tower would sit in Lakeshore East, the same development as the architect's famous Aqua Tower. John Hill
Works
on 18.12.2014
gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner has won first prize and the design commission for a school extension and replacement building for Gyula Trebitsch school in Hamburg. gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
Film
on 17.12.2014
Archiculture is a 25-minute film that "offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based, design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects." John Hill
Headlines
on 17.12.2014
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the list of 420 projects from 36 countries competing for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. John Hill
Headlines
on 16.12.2014
Stereotank has been selected as the winner of the 2015 Times Square Valentine Heart Design, an invited competition organized by the Times Square Arts and the Architectural League of New York. John Hill
Works
on 16.12.2014
With the inauguration of Evolutee Hotel in August, another important phase of the Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort was achieved. S+A is the author of the architectural project of this Resort in one of the most beautiful lands on the Portuguese coast. Saraiva + Associados
Headlines
on 15.12.2014
The University of Melbourne's Melbourne School of Design, designed by Boston's NADAAA and Victoria, Australia's John Wardle Architects (JWA), opened at the beginning of December, four months ahead of schedule. John Hill
Works
on 15.12.2014
OMA has won the competition for the Lujiazui Exhibiton Centre, which is located on the northern and most recent development of Shanghai Pudong, along the Huangpu River, one of the most photographed waterfronts in the world. OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Products
on 15.12.2014
For the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, Studio Gang Architects uses a traditional yet obscure masonry technique to give the trefoil-shaped building its distinctive appearance. John Hill
Reviews
on 15.12.2014
Just as this house is for two personalities – an architect and a chef – the exterior exhibits two main gestures: Sculpted panels made from fiberglass wrap the cube-like volume, while charred cedar pieces with horizontal windows break through at an angle. The combination is a...