Norman Foster-Designed Scheme Aims to Transform London into “Cycling Utopia”
Foster + Partners has unveiled a scheme that aims to transform London’s railways into cycling freeways. The seemingly plausible proposal, which was designed with the help of landscape firm Exterior...
View ArticleLogytel I+D / Alarcón + Asociados
Architects: Alarcón + Asociados Location: Avenida Punto Es, 4, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain Associated Architect: Cristina Álvarez Area: 4,700 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of Alarcón +...
View ArticleJoi Ito Explains His Theories of Organic City Design
As part of their coverage of the Global Agenda Council on Design and Innovation, Grasp Magazine interviewed Joi Ito, director of MIT‘s Media Lab. He voices his opinion that current strategies for...
View ArticleSPAR Flagshipstore / LAB5 Architects
Architects: LAB5 Architects Location: MOM Park Bevásárlóközpont, 1123 Budapest, Alkotás Street 53, Hungary Design Team: Linda Erdélyi, András Dobos, Balázs Korényi, Virág Anna Gáspár Area: 2000.0 sqm...
View ArticleRefurbishment for Tobías & Reme / Pablo Muñoz Payá Arquitectos
Architects: Pablo Muñoz Payá Arquitectos Location: Petrer, Alicante, Spain Interior Design: Pablo Muñoz Payá Arquitectos Design Team: Pablo Muñoz Payá, Natalia Blanco Bayón Project Area: 204 sqm...
View ArticleSt. Nikolaus / Kadawittfeldarchitektur
Architects: Kadawittfeldarchitektur Location: Neumarkt, Austria Project Manager: Stefan Haass Client: Gemeindeverband Neumarkt am Wallersee Area: 4,300 sqm Photographs: Margherita Spiluttini, Fritz...
View ArticleLa Fresque / Ithaques + Atelier WRA
Architects: Ithaques + Atelier WRA Location: Versailles, France Project Manager: Danyel Thiebaud, Vladimir Doray Area: 2,100 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Sergio Grazia Collaborators: Anna Bogdan,...
View ArticleDrawing Shadows by Gautam Bhatia
Gautam Bhatia is an architect based in New Delhi and one of the most well-known architectural writers in India, having written for The New York Times, Outlook magazine and Indian Express. We live...
View ArticleTasting Room at Sokol Blosser Winery / Allied Works Architecture
Architects: Allied Works Architecture Location: Dundee, OR, USA Area: 5700.0 ft2 Year: 2013 Photographs: Jeremy Bitterman Design Team: Brad Cloepfil, Kyle Lommen, John Weil, Kathryn van Voorhees,...
View ArticleDavid Adjaye Unveils Uganda Office Complex
David Adjaye has been selected to design what will be the centerpiece of the largest redevelopment project in Africa’s history. The British architect, who spent his childhood growing up in Uganda,...
View ArticleNew Images Unveiled of Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island Campus
Click here to view the embedded video. New information has been released — along with a series of renders — seven months after the New York City Council approved Cornell University’s two million...
View ArticleWilliam Jones College Preparatory / Perkins+Will
Architects: Perkins+Will Location: Chicago, IL, USA Leed: Pursuing Gold Area: 278000.0 ft2 Year: 2013 Photographs: James Steinkamp, Steinkamp Photography From the architect. Located just south of the...
View ArticleTED: How an Obese Town Lost a Million Pounds / Mick Cornett
Click here to view the embedded video. In 2007, Oklahoma City was ranked the most obese city in America. The heavy news caused the city’s – at the time – overweight mayor, Mick Cornett to take a hard...
View ArticleGa On Jai / IROJE KHM Architects
Architects: IROJE KHM Architects Location: Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Architect In Charge: HyoMan Kim Design Team: Kyung Jin-Jung, SeungHee-Song, SuKyung-Jang, JiYeon-Kim,...
View ArticleHouse LKS / P8 architecten
Architects: P8 architecten Location: Lier, Belgium Area: 56 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Luc Roymans From the architect. This house was designed for a young couple living in the centre of Lier,...
View ArticleWhite Space Orthodontic Clinic / bureauhub architecture
Architects: bureauhub architecture Location: Via Teseo, 13, Catania, Italy Architects In Charge: Tobias Hegemann, Chiara Baccarini Area: 220 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Roland Halbe Hvac Engineer:...
View ArticleWe Need More ‘Building’ in Architecture School
“Architectural education is very abstract.” Virginia Tech professors and Rural Studio alumni Keith and Marie Zawistowski sat down to talk about the importance of a hands-on experience, suggesting a...
View ArticleWinners of Hong Kong ‘GIFT’ Ideas Competition Announced
Winners of the ‘GIFT’ (Green Innovation Future Technology) Ideas Competition in Hong Kong have been selected by a panel of judges representing Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTPC), local government, and...
View ArticleCompetition Entry: ‘My Iran’ (Expo Milan 2015) / Akaran Architects & IRANBON
Akaran Architects, in collaboration with IRANBON, have been selected as one of four finalist for their proposal ‘My Iran,’ a pavilion representing the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Milan Expo 2015....
View ArticlePolyphonic / Jun Igarashi Architects
Architects: Jun Igarashi Architects Location: Tokoro District, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Area: 128 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Daici Ano Structural Engineer: Daisuke Hasegawa & Partners...
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