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gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner | 18.12.2014

Works

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.


John Hill | 17.12.2014

Film

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 | 17.12.2014

Headlines

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 | 16.12.2014

Headlines

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.


Saraiva + Associados | 16.12.2014

Works

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.


John Hill | 15.12.2014

Headlines

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.


OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture | 15.12.2014

Works

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.


John Hill | 15.12.2014

Products

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.


15.12.2014

Building of the Week

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...


Platform for Architecture + Research | 12.12.2014

Works

In Helsinki, together with Arup, we developed a gathering of eight soft volumes of varying sizes and undulating heights that reflect the surroundings while creating a porous urban condition.


Kjellander + Sjöberg | 12.12.2014

Works

Kjellander + Sjöberg, in collaboration with the developer Byggnadsfirman Erik Wallin, has developed two new buildings in the block Jackproppen, in Hjorthagen, Stockholm, consisting of housing, a playground and a preschool.


John Hill | 12.12.2014

Headlines

Exactly 112 years to the day after Andrew Carnegie moved into his mansion on New York's Upper East Side, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum reopens after a major, three-year renovation of the building.


Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti | 11.12.2014

Works

The region of Karst was once covered with Oak trees that Venetians have extensively used for building up the City on water. They have left the wind to peel off earth revealing limestone grounds.


John Hill | 11.12.2014

Found

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has announced that photographer Gerry Padden is the winner of the #WelcomeOneWTC photo contest that SOM held to celebrate the opening of One World Trade Center.


John Hill | 11.12.2014

Headlines

The American Institute of Architects has announced the recipients of its annual Honor Awards: the Gold Medal, the Architecture Firm Award, the Topaz Medallion, the Edward C. Kemper Award, and the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award.


Diamond Schmitt Architects | 10.12.2014

Works

A new academic facility at the University of Ottawa has garnered three design awards this season. Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects designed the building.


John Hill | 10.12.2014

Film

The New York Times Style - T Magazine takes a look behind the creation of the seasonal "Architecture" display at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.


John Hill | 10.12.2014

Headlines

The Presidio Trust has announced that James Corner Field Operations has been selected from among five finalists to design thirteen acres of new parkland overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.


10.12.2014

Building of the Week

For a site in the Resonant Sand Bay in the Gobi Desert near the city of Baotou in Inner Mongolia PLaT architects from Beijing designed a hotel that reflects, in plan, the shape of a lotus flower. However, the inspiration of the design developed from the idea of creating a construction on top of...


John Hill, Steven Holl Architects | 09.12.2014

Headlines

Steven Holl Architects has bested seven finalists, including Zaha Hadid Architects and OMA, to design a new wing for the Mumbai City Museum, also known as Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum.


Platform for Architecture + Research | 09.12.2014

Works

PAR recently completed two galleries for IBID. Projects, directed by Magnus Edensvard, one in Los Angeles and one in London.


Guy Allenby / Louise Nettleton Architects | 09.12.2014

Works

Squeezed into what was once a driveway, this slim standing-room-only cafe in Sydney’s Surry Hills has exactly the dark industrial atmosphere its comic-character-loving owner was after for his new "caffeine laboratory."


Studio Gang Architects | 08.12.2014

Works

The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership aims to bring social justice topics up from the basement – a traditionally informal setting in convening for social justice – and squarely into public consciousness.


John Hill | 08.12.2014

Insight

For our last Insight feature of 2014, World-Architects takes a look back at some of the headlines, projects, competitions, features and products of the last 12 months while we look ahead to some projects to be completed in 2015.


08.12.2014

Building of the Week

Designed for an engineer and an artist, the Topo House is an apt name, given the way it peels up gently from the Wisconsin landscape, melding itself with the site's topography. Johnsen Schmaling Architects' low-slung design can also be seen as a response to the state's cold...


Thellend Fortin Architects | 05.12.2014

Works

This project involved the expansion of a spacious single-story Outremont residence built in the 1960s. Situated on a site with a steep incline and majestic view, the two-floor expansion was designed to offer a generous window on the horizon.


John Hill | 05.12.2014

Found

Design Miami/, now in its tenth year, may be overshadowed by the larger and slightly older Art Basel – Miami Beach, but the five-day design show offers its share of delights as well as a hint of the city's architectural evolution.


John Hill | 04.12.2014

Film

FleaFollyArchitects built "Grimm City," a minituare Cityscape based on the imagination of the Brothers Grimm as portrayed in their Fairy Tales, which turned 200 in 2012.


John Hill | 04.12.2014

Headlines

Serpentine Galleries has announced that Spanish architecture practice SelgasCano, founded in 1998 by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, will design the 15th Serpentine Pavilion.


John Hill, Jenny Keller | 04.12.2014

Found

Granted, the computer game "Monument Valley" isn't new, but it's worth highlighting now since until 7 December 2014 all proceeds from the game's latest chapter, "Ida's (RED) Dream," benefit the (RED) charity and its fight against AIDS.


John Hill | 03.12.2014

Headlines

The Westminster City Council has granted planning approval for a pedestrian bridge designed by Thomas Heatherwick that would span the River Thames and connect Temple and Southbank in London.


Kjellander + Sjöberg | 03.12.2014

Works

The architectural practice Kjellander + Sjöberg has, along with Diligentia, won a land transfer competition in Rosendal with the proposal Woodhouse.


TANK Architectes | 03.12.2014

Works

The deal is to restructure and extend a former police station that imposes on the Square des Fusillés et des Déportés but is disconnected from its urban environment.


John Hill | 02.12.2014

Film

Over four nights in October, Chicago-based Luftwerk applied their distinctive blend of video, light and architecture to Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House for the multimedia exhibition INsite.


Saucier + Perrotte Architectes | 02.12.2014

Works

The traditional boundaries between architecture, landscape, scenography and lighting are blurred as the visitor experiences an immersive universe which resembles the exploratory trip of the naturalist.


John Hill | 02.12.2014

Headlines

The jury for the Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition has selected six finalists from the 1,715 anonymous submissions submitted in October for the open competition's first stage. The finalists will develop their designs for the second stage.