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VIDEO: Charlie Rose Interviews Tom Pritzker and Shigeru Ban
Charlie Rose sits down with Tom Pritzker and 2014 Pritzker laureate Shigeru Ban to discuss the importance of architecture, the purpose of the Prize and the significance of Ban’s selection. The...
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MVRDV Begins Work on Cheung Fai Conversion in Hong Kong
MVRDV has begun construction on an adaptive reuse project that will transform a former warehouse in Hong Kong’s newly designated business area of East Kowloon – the Kwun Tong district – into a...
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Zhongxun Times / 10 Design
Architects: 10 Design Location: Chongqing, China Design Team: Gordon Affleck, Brian Fok, Lukasz Wawrzenczyk, Frisly Colop Morales, Jason Easter, Nick Chan, Rita Pang, Ryan Leong, Dan Narita, Jon...
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Vanke Orange City Sales Center / Sunlay Design Group
Architects: Sunlay Design Group Location: Beijing, China Architect In Charge: Zhang Hua Design Team: Fan Li, Tan Qingjun, Sun Rui, Zhang Yong Area: 5,100 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Shu He From the...
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Parallelepiped Rectangle House / Devyni Architektai
Architects: Devyni Architektai Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Architect In Charge: Jurgita Liubartaite, Arunas Skrolis Area: 360 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Arunas Skrolis From the architect. The very...
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Allianz Headquarters / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects Location: Richtistrasse, Wallisellen, Switzerland Design Team: Wiel Arets, Felix Thies, Maik Ilmer Area: 72,000 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Jan Bitter Collaborators:...
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CHRONOMANIFESTES
The ‘Chronomanifestes’ exhibition by Bernard Tschumi, first presented at Les Abattoirs in Toulouse, will be re-exhibited again in 2014 at the Turbulences – Frac Centre. The radical period of...
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The Cave / Eto Kenta Atelier Architects
Architects: Eto Kenta Atelier Architects Location: Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, Japan Architect In Charge: Kenta Eto Area: 115 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Noriyuki Yano Structural: Hidetaka Nakahara From...
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The Herringbone House / Atelier Chanchan
Architects: Atelier Chanchan Location: Islington, London N1, UK Design Team: Zoe Chan, Joao Neves Year: 2013 Photographs: Mike Tsang Photographs, Thomas Giddings From the architect. The Herringbone...
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Happy Birthday Mies Van der Rohe!
A big happy birthday goes out to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), who would have turned 128 years old today. Mies, who studied under influential figures such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier,...
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North West Cambridge Extension Proposals Enter Planning Phase
Earlier this year the University of Cambridge announced an ambitious new urban extension in the north west of the city in order to create a framework for a new district centered on a mixed academic...
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Solo House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Architects: Pezo von Ellrichshausen Location: Cretas, Teruel, Spain Architects In Charge: Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen Area: 313.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Cristobal Palma / Estudio...
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House Engan / Knut Hjeltnes
Architects: Knut Hjeltnes Location: Oslo, Norway Year: 2009 Photographs: Courtesy of Knut Hjeltnes Collaborators: Øystein Trondahl, Nils Ole Bae Brandtzæg, Nils Erik Hjorth Joneid, Sieglinde Muribø...
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The Architectural Review’s Latest Issue: Architecture and Our War-Torn Cities
ArchDaily is happy to announce a new development in our partnership with The Architectural Review. Each month, AR’s editor, Catherine Slessor, will weigh in with a thematic introduction to the...
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The Coxwell House / Rohan Walter
Architects: Rohan Walter Location: Coxwell Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada Area: 800.0 ft2 Year: 2008 Photographs: Dave Rempel, Courtesy of Rohan Walter From the architect. The Coxwell House is just such...
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The Pritzker Prize: Making Architects “Starchitects” Since 1979 (But at What...
The coveted title “Pritzker Prize Laureate” is more or less synonymous today with the label “star-architect,” a term I loathe and that most of those described as such will probably find irritating and...
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Plasticity: International Digital Design to Fabrication Competition
TEX-FAB has announced their latest competition: Plasticity.Plasticity, the quality of being able to be made into different shapes, to be molded or altered, is a quality that is pervasive in...
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Google Amsterdam / DDOCK
Architects: DDOCK Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Area: 3,000 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Alan Jensen Project Management : Stevens van Dijck Mep Consultant: Deerns Leed Consultant: Mott MacDonald...
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The Indicator: Will We Stay Silent? The Human Cost of Qatar’s World Cup
Qatar says the World Cup projects are “on track,” but the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), which has been investigating worker deaths in the Gulf Emirate for the last two years,...
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VL House / Rueda & Vera Arquitectos
Architects: Rueda & Vera Arquitectos Location: Calle 8, Guayana City, Venezuela Architect In Charge: Henry Rueda, Henrique Vera Project Director: Arq. Henry Rueda Design Team: Gabriella Titone,...
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