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We feature selected buildings below that have recently appeared on the architecture news. A wider selection can be found in the monthly architectural news pages. We try to choose major buildings / architectural designs from around the world that have created the most interest for our readers.
Architectural News - May 2013 : Global Building at a glance
We limit the number of projects on the page, if you wish to find older key buildings then please use the search facility, or search using the architecture /architects links (left navigation), or use the sitemap to locate buildings by the monthly news. A selection of the major buildings are gathered in a yearly collection, the one for 2012 is linked at the base of this page.
Glass House, Hampshire, England
Design: AR Design Studio
photo : Martin Gardner
This residence features a simple sculptural glass staircase and a contemporary glass extension, situated at the rear of the property in the space created by the ‘C’ shape of the building, which would open itself up to the garden.
Le Comptoir de Fruit et Légumes in Higashiku, Nagoya, Japan
Design: Kotaro HORIUCHI / KHA - Kotaro Horiuchi Architecture INC
photo from architects
Mini architecture - organic forms built using stacked free-flowing plates to maximise function in a tight space. The counter slides through the wall, while the spiral runs along a smooth curved surface reaching to the ceiling. The form of the curved surface was changed and it computed so that the needed function might be absorbed, always having in mind the ease of use. The new design follows variations generated using parametric design.
Melbourne Architecture Exhibition, Australia
17 May - 14 Jun - Denton Corker Marshall - Land Art : Nine Small Buildings
image from University of Melbourne
ABP plays host to an exciting exhibition which gives rare insight into the design process of architectural practice Denton Corker Marshall. The exhibition is part of ABP’s Alumni Survey Series, an annual series which celebrates the work of Faculty graduates and highlights the exceptional contribution they make to Australia’s design culture and built environment.
German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia, Germany
Design: Atelier Brueckner
photo : Michael Jungblut, Berlin
The German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia, opens its new exhibition, designed by ATELIER BRÜCKNER. The inauguration will take place on May 18. A clear, straightforward design accentuates and structures a range of exhibits saturated with the history of railway technology. Technical processes and the historical background are also illustrated at the same time.
Romford Development, Essex, southeast England
Design: ColladoCollins Architects
image from architects
This building design includes 81,000 sqft superstore and 71 residential units. The retail section features an undulating roof. The glazed east façade allows views into the market place inside the store and is protected from solar gain by the overhanging roof and vertical glass baffles.
Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, USA - new images
Design: BIG + West 8 + Fentress + JPA
image from West 8
Miami Beach is a unique city in so many ways. It is one of the youngest cities in America – and perhaps right now one of the most vibrant and dynamic. Its streetscape is characterized by a lively walkable urban fabric with a friendly human scaled environment under the cool shade of tropical trees and art deco canopies - except at the convention center. It is a dead black hole of asphalt in the heart of one the most beautiful and lively cities in America. Our mission is to bring Miami Beach back to the Convention Center – and to imagine an architecture and an urban space unique to the climate and culture of Miami Beach.
Architecture Event - 'Across the Buildings' by Felice Varini
17 May - 18 Oct, King's Cross, London, UK
photo : John Sturrock
Vast geometric painting to span the King's Cross skyline - Paris-based, Swiss artist Felice Varini has taken the cityscape of King’s Cross as his canvas for an intervention onto the façades of the heritage buildings which form part of the area's historic industrial infrastructure. His site-specific installation, 'Across the Buildings' consists of a series of monumental metallic geometric shapes which will run the entire 542 metres of Granary Square north of Regent’s Canal.
Porter School Building, Tel Aviv University Campus, Israel
Design: Geotectura / Axelrod-Grobman Architects / Chen Architects
photograph © Adrian Welch
The design gives a synergic approach to the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. The environmental aspect presents an energy sufficient structure that is derived from the site conditions (wind, sun, acoustic) and allows research that simultaneously presents the available technologies to the public. The surrounding buildings can plug in to the available recycling and energy systems within the building. The social aspect is achieved via human interaction throughout the entire building allowing formal and informal meeting places between researchers and visitors. The economical aspect saves building area and maintenance cost.
Pomaret Houses, Barcelona, Spain
Design: Picharchitects
photo : Simon Garcia
Three challenges backbone the proposal on the one hand the need for a formal dialogue with an existing house, on the other its integration with the surrounding green space and finally the possibility of incorporating passive and active systems that advance the building`s commitment to environmental sustainability.
Salam Cardiac Surgery Centre, Khartoum, Sudan - new images / information
Design: Studio Tamassociati
photo : Marcello Bonfanti
The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery consists of a hospital with 63 beds and 300 local staff, with a separate Medical Staff Accommodation Compound sleeping 150 people. The centre is built as a pavilion in a garden with both primary buildings organised around large courtyards.
Tel Aviv Architecture Photos, Israel
photograph © Adrian Welch
Major buildings around the city centre
Great Fen Visitor Centre Competition - winner news
image from RIBA
A team consisting of Shiro Studio Ltd, Mesh Partnership and Equals Consulting are announced today as the winners of the Great Fen Visitor Centre competition. RIBA Competitions managed the competition on behalf of the Great Fen - a partnership which comprises the Environment Agency, Huntingdonshire District Council, Middle Level Commissioners, Natural England and The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel
Design: Safdie Architects
photo from Mamilla Hotel
A significant cultural, architectural and touristic evolution of the urban fabric of one of the world’s most iconic and timelessly beautiful cities happens this June with the opening of the first luxury lifestyle hotel in Jerusalem and Israel: Mamilla Hotel. Located in a remarkable position in the city centre with breath-taking views of the Old City walls, the Tower of David and Jaffa Gate, the Mamilla is a contemporary, world-class hotel that combines a distinctly international outlook with the unique cultural heritage of this most magnetic, frenetic, incredible city.
Museum of Bavarian History, Regensburg, Germany
Design: Mauro Turin Architectes
image from architect
This building design for Regensburg city, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, is distinguished in Germany between 260 competitors.
Richard Meier Retrospective Exhibition, Fondazione Bisazza, Vicenza, Italy
photograph Courtesy Richard Meier & Partners
“Richard Meier. Architecture and Design” A Retrospective Exhibit Opens to the public, at the Bisazza Foundation, (May 17 - July 28, 2013)
On the 50th Anniversary of Richard Meier & Partners Architects, the Fondazione Bisazza will host the European debut of “Richard Meier. Architecture and Design” exhibition, a retrospective of the American architect’s iconic work and the unveiling of a site-specific installation, titled “Internal Time”, especially conceived for the Foundation’s Permanent Collection.
72HUA Derry~Londonderry Competition, Northern Ireland
image from organisers
10 Teams | 10 Sites | 10 Missions
3 Days and Nights to Design and Build
The international teams will include residents, architects, designers, artists, craftspeople, students and generally nice people. Teams will come to Derry~Londonderry armed with a passion for action, and ready to give their time and expertise to help with community needs.
All participants will live together on site, in a local school converted into a sleep-work camp, enriching the neighborhood with a multi-cultural and intense experience.
Energex Headquarters, Brisbane, Australia - awards news
Design: Cox Rayner / BVN Architecture
photograph : Christopher Frederick Jones
At the Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards announced on Friday, Energex received two commendations, one for Commercial Architecture and the other for Interior Architecture. The Energex Headquarters in Newstead River Park is finally receiving accolades for its design in the Institute of Architects Awards programme, following three years standing on the sidelines due to the conflict of interest whilst Cox Rayner Principal Michael Rayner served as jury chair. At the Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards announced on Friday, Energex received two commendations, one for Commercial Architecture and the other for Interior Architecture.
London Olympics Shooting Venue - award
Design: magma architecture
photo : Hufton + Crow
This small but interesting building - the Olympic and Paralympic shooting arenas - has been distinguished with a 2013 AIA UK Excellence in Design Award. The shooting arenas were the only buildings of the London 2012 Games to be selected by this year's jury chaired by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw. The UK chapter of the American Institute of Architects give Excellence in Design Awards annually to buildings.
The Meier on Rothschild tower, Tel Aviv, Israel - construction progress
Design: Richard Meier & Partners Architects
photograph : Adrian Welch
This building is a pure, simple iconic residential, retail and office facility. The 37-story tower for Berggruen Construction and Development will be located on Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby Street, one of Tel Aviv’s most distinguished addresses. The fundamental considerations that shape the tower scheme are the quality of light in the plan, views to the sea, and relationships with the existing fabric of Rothschild Boulevard. In the local neighborhood the intention is to integrate a new landmark building as an “anchor” in the heart of Tel Aviv, complementing its nearby modern predecessors in the Bauhaus style design of the historic “White City”.
American Folk Art Museum, New York, USA - building news
Design: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
MoMA New York photo © Andrew McRae
MoMA announced that Diller Scofidio & Renfro will provide a clear rationale for expansion to the west of its current site, which would subsume the former museum. Today's news is that MoMA has agreed to re-examine an earlier decision and "provide a clear rationale" for potentially tearing down the former American Folk Art Museum.
Charles Correa Architecture Exhibition, London - now open
photo from RIBA
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) presents the first major UK exhibition showcasing the work of renowned Indian architect Charles Correa (born in 1930). Rooted both in modernism and the rich traditions of people, place and climate, Correa has played a pivotal role in the creation of an architecture and urbanism for post-war India.
Haus W, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Design: Ian Shaw Architekten
photo from architect
This well crafted cuboid generates spectacular light. The development, constructed out of prefabricated high insulation timber panels and energy-efficient glazing, is articulated as a classic modernist intervention: a box set into a traditional pitched roof atop a standard three-storey house.
Air Villa, Panama
Design: Haiko Cornelissen Architecten
image from architect
Haiko Cornelissen Architecten was asked to design a new generation vacation house in Cerro Azul, twenty minutes outside Panama City. Together with local architect Casis Arquitectos, the team created the greenest villa in Panama: a house that minimizes energy consumption while maximizing exposure to the wonders of the natural environment.
Centrum Černý Most, Prague, Czech Republic - building news
Design: Benoy, Architects
image from architects
Benoy, the international, award-winning firm of Architects, Masterplanners, Interior and Graphic Designers, is delighted to announce the opening of Centrum Černý Most. Located to the east of Prague, Centrum Černý Most, was launched to great applause; the VIP party saw performances from the Prague Symphonic Orchestra FOK and the celebrations were attended by over 5,000 people.
Solar Decathlon Project, Haifa, Israel
Design: Team Israel
image from architects
Testing the thermal performance of various aspects of the design and the building envelope has helped fine tune the house to the desired level of performance that fits both the Israeli and Datong climates.
La Selva Show Villa, Catalonia, Spain
Design: Studio RHE
image from PGA Catalunya
Overlooking the perfected landscape of the PGA golf course we described a simple arced line in the landscape. This line of local Catalan stone creates a strong visual and structural anchor throughout the site for the contemporary house design, as sculpture in the landscape.
Juvia Restaurant, Miami, Florida, USA
Design: Alejandro Barrios-Carrero
photo : Michael Stavaridis
Architecturally inventive, Barrios-Carrero installed a trackless, retractable roof that acts as an umbrella and accommodates terrace dining year-round. A celestial water fountain with wrap-around sofas, situated at the center of the terrace, provides seating and further enhances the atmosphere. The indoor dining room with floor-to-ceiling windows features limestone tabletops and a communal table, made of petrified wood, are accented with organic, hand-woven chairs designed by Patricia Urquiola.
A House for Pink Floyd Competition - Architectural Housing Contest by ICARCH
image from organisers
Generically entitled "A House for Pink Floyd", the latest competition launched by ICARCH (International Competitions in Architecture), in partnership with Atelierul de Proiectare (AdeP - Design Studio) Magazine, wishes to celebrate architecture in its most liberal, revolutionary state. The competition will ambitiously focus on creating a typology of architecture inspired by the dictum "Architecture is frozen music", a true manifesto of rebellion against obsolete values of the consumerist society.
High Ground House, Cumbria, England
Design: Baillie Scott
photo : Peter Francis
Set on the lower slopes of Catbells with stunning views overlooking Derwentwater and the Borrowdale Valley in just over an acre of natural gardens High Ground is a truly magical spot. Designed by the renowned Arts & Crafts Architect M.H Baillie Scott who also designed ‘Blackwell’ overlooking Windermere.
La Défense Dictionary
Publisher: Editions Parentheses
image from the publisher
Fifty years into its history, La Défense has carved out a unique niche within the Paris region. This volume retraces the history of the urban area straddling the Seine and extending the Parisian axis. Taking the form of a dictionary and accompanied by detailed maps, the book includes 62 illustrated entries from some 34 authors, cartographers and picture researchers.
Montenegrian Pavilion, Milan, Italy
Design: Nevenka + Ivana Rajkovic
image from architects
Spaces like pavilions are made to present a certain idea or phenomenon. They are supposed to present the philosophy, the progress and the goal of that idea. Design team tried to fulfill all these conditions, and put them in harmony with the theme of Expo 2015, in order to make a conceptual design for Montenegrian pavilion.
Shoval Kibbutz Buildings, Israel
photograph © Adrian Welch
The key architectural aspect of this kibbutz are the houses by Moshe Safdie from the 1980s, located north of the centre. The styling is crisp and the landscaping has stood the test of time very well. Shoval is a kibbutz in the northern Negev desert in Israel. It is located just west of the Bedouin city of Rahat.
MirrorMirror, New York City, USA
Design: George Rafialidis and Stephanie Davidson
photo from architects
The project was a competition winning scheme in a design contest that was organized by the New Museum in NYC. It is an excellent example of a small project that can be the basis of a design/build competition, helps young architects and has enabled the museum to have a greater presence on the street and host a civic event.
The New Stanford Hospital, California, USA - building news
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects
image from architect
Groundbreaking of this new building, part of the Stanford University Medical Center: Project Renewal. University and medical center leadership gathered at an exclusive event to mark this milestone in the project’s construction and design, scheduled for completion in 2017. The new hospital will be open for patient care in early 2018.
Emergency Shelter Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
Organiser: Jun Sakaguchi
photos from organiser
In the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Sydney-based architect Jun Sakaguchi began to think about a unique event which would help raise funds for victims of natural disasters as well as explore creative architectural concepts.
Monument to the Negev Brigade, Negev Desert, southern Israel - review + photos
Design: Dani Karavan
photograph © Adrian Welch
The Monument to the Negev Brigade was designed in memory of the members of the Palmach Negev Brigade who fell defending Israel during the 1948 Arab Israeli War. It is located on a small hill east. The feel of the place is stark with sun-bleached brutal concrete twisted and warped, clutching to the dusty top of this barren hill.
Glasgow School of Art New Building, Scotland - building news
Design: Steven Holl Architects with JM Architects
picture : Steven Holl Architects
The new Glasgow School of Art, designed by Steven Holl Architects in partnership with JM Architects (Glasgow) and Arup Engineering, celebrated its topping out. The building stands across from Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s 1909 Glasgow School of Art and has proved highly controversial. However, the architects state that the building forges "a symbiotic relation in which each structure heightens the integral qualities of the other".
Yad Va'Shem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, Israel - new photos
Design: Safdie Architects
photograph © Adrian Welch
The rebuilding of the Yad Va'Shem Holocaust Museum includes a new visitors’ center (Mevoah), a new history museum replacing the existing museum constructed in 1953, a Hall of Names, a synagogue, galleries for Holocaust art, an exhibitions pavilion and a learning and visual center. In addition, new underground parking and facilities for tour buses are located adjacent to a new entrance piazza. The overall program quadruples the permanent exhibition space.
St Antony’s College Development, Oxford, England
Design: Bennetts Associates
photo © Hufton+Crow
The five-storey Gateway Buildings are a significant addition to St Antony’s estate, defining a new presence for the college on one of the main routes serving the city centre. The project comprises a new main entrance, Porters’ Lodge, 54 en-suite study bedrooms, offices for College staff and meeting/work space within glazed rooftop pavilions.
De Wet 34, Cape Town, South Africa
Design: SAOTA
photo : Adam Letch
The site is positioned in the heart of Bantry Bay in Cape Town, on the slopes of Lion’s Head overlooking the bay. The brief was to create a home with all the spectacle of an Atlantic Seaboard showpiece but also to respond to the practical needs of family life and to create a feeling of sanctuary.
Israeli Architecture Design - report by e-architect editor Adrian Welch
photo © Amit Geron Courtesy Tel Aviv Museum of Art
e-architect went on an architectural tour of Israel this week. In the last year we have been to visit, photograph and review buildings in Amsterdam, Paris, Hamburg, London and Copenhagen. After Israel our next visit will be to Sicily. Read our architectural review of days 1 to 5.
E² at IQ Winnersh, Berkshire, England
Design: EPR Architects
photo : EPR | © SEGRO
EPR has completed E² at IQ Winnersh for the client Segro and returned the flexible refurbished office space to the market after a site programme of less than 30 weeks. 75% of the building has already been let to a single occupier.
India Shopping Centre Awards, Mumbai, India
Design: Benoy
photo from Benoy
Benoy is honoured to announce that Phoenix Marketcity (Pune) and Pacific Mall (New Delhi) have been recognised with three awards at the recent India Shopping Centre Awards (ISCA) hosted in Mumbai, India.
Battersby Howat Architects Book
Author: Battersby Howat Architects
image from the publisher
Monograph highlighting the contemporary West Coast designs of Vancouver's BattersbyHowat Architects with an in-depth review of ten projects.
Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel - review + photos by e-architect editor Adrian Welch
Design: Ron Arad
image © DMH
In terms of route one enters the building between the two galleries under a 'sagging' dark-coloured underbelly into a small organic-shaped space, full of light and animated by the stripey shadows cast by the swirling structure above. It is this warm-coloured structure that makes the building. It is formed from Cor-ten steel, made in Italy, that has been exposed to sunlight in varying extents to create different hues. The horizontal striation goes from burgundy at the base to orange stripes at the top.
Post-Tsunami Housing, Kirinda, Sri Lanka
Design: Shigeru Ban Architects
photo : Shu He
This project provides 100 houses in a Muslim fishing village, in the region of Tissamaharama, on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, following the destruction caused by the 2004 tsunami.
Golden State Warriors Arena, California, USA
Design: Snøhetta + AECOM
image from architect
The Golden State Warriors released the updated design of their new sports and entertainment arena on the waterfront at Piers 30-32 in San Francisco.
Madla Revheim Masterplan, Stavenger, Norway
Design: MVRDV + Space Group
image from architects
Alongside three other teams, MVRDV and Space Group presented their proposal for a new masterplan for Madla-Revheim outside Stavanger, Norway this week. Madla-Revheim is the main development area outside Stavanger, for which MVRDV and Space Group were to implement 4000 housing units on the 780acres site area, in addition to public programs and sports facilities.
Three Glens Eco House, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Design: Mark Waghorn Architects
photo from architect
With the building process completed, Three Glens, the ultra modern eco farmhouse is finally a reality. Designed by Mark Waghorn Architects, Three Glens is a 450m2 five-bedroom farmhouse situated on a working farm near the village of Moniaive, South West Scotland. Its owners Mary and Neil Gourlay, are the third generation of the Gourlay family farming in the Cairn Valley.
Architecture Whispers, Paris, France
Curator: Matteo Cainer Architects
photo : Quentin Dubret
In April 2013 Architecture Whispers was launched at the Silencio Club in Paris. The theme for the evening was: Digital submission or Architectural Domination. The Speakers were Odile Decq, Didier Faustino, Luca Galofaro, Veronika Valk and Theodore Spyropoulos.
Beit Halochem, Be'er Sheva, Negev Desert, Israel - new images + review
Kimmel Eshkolot Architects
photograph © Adrian Welch
The concept of the Israeli Veterans' building, explained to me by the architect, was five 'rocks' in the desert with an overarching roof. Each 'rock' is a wing of the building and the intervening spaces are cloaked with a timber-lined soffit. Evaluating the design was hindered by a huge amount of clutter but in general the building seems to work though I found reading the layout from the entry and the foyer slightly difficult, the 'rocks' metaphor doesn't quite work for me.
The Rowan Centre, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Design: Keppie Design
photo from architect
Leading architectural practice Keppie Design has completed and handed over The Rowan, at Antrim Area Hospital in Northern Ireland on behalf of Northern Social Care Trust.
Mbaru Niang Preservation, Flores Island, Indonesia
Design: Rumah Asuh + Yori Antar
photo : Raoul Kramer
Conical houses of ‘worok’ wood and bamboo in tied-together rattan construction with thatched roofs are the archetypal buildings of this remote island village. A group of young Indonesian architects in the habit of touring a part of Indonesia each year arrived to find four of the last surviving examples of these houses, two of which were in need of renovation.
Freshome Hotel Review : Aqua Vista Hotels, Santorini, Greece
photo : Erieta Attali
The idea of putting together a Freshome hotel review category hit Michael a while back, but until now we did not really find the time to convert it into reality. The opportunity struck along with my Santorini trip, an escape I have been meaning to undertake for years.
Jem Lifestyle Hub, Jurong Lake District, Singapore
Design: SAA Architects
image from architect
Sustainable design has become highly valued as environmental consciousness increases across the globe. In Singapore, Jem® a multifaceted lifestyle hub located in the Jurong Lake District, pushes the boundary of the landscape replacement strategy. The result of the project, which is developed by Lend Lease, is a pleasant and beneficial working environment that increases the productivity of the workforce.
Museum of Handcraft Paper, Gaoligong, China
Design: Trace Architecture Office
photo : AKAA
The museum building is located close to a village at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain, in the province of Yunnan, an area of significant Muslim presence. It provides exhibition space for ancient paper craft and artefacts produced locally.
Via Broletto 9/11, Milan, Italy
Design: Beretta Associati
photo from architect
The building is composed by two different buildings on Via Broletto divided in origin and then unified for functional reasons. The works consist in a radical reorganization and reassessment of the internal spaces in order to create the headquarter of an international lawyer office.
Ashden Awards Sustainable Energy finalists news
Low-carbon building innovators in running for national green energy awards
picture from Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
Low-carbon building champions Monodraught, Breathing Buildings and Sustainable Energy Academy/United House have all been selected as finalists for the 2013 Ashden Awards, the UK’s leading green energy prize. Winners will be announced on 20 June. Now in their 13th year, the Ashden Awards champion practical, local energy solutions that cut carbon, reduce poverty and improve people’s lives in the UK and developing world.
26 Finsbury Square, London, England
Design: ORMS Architecture Design
photo : Freshwater Group of Companies
ORMS Architecture Design has completed the £14 million development 26 Finsbury Square (formerly Finwell House), a prominent office building that lies on the corner of Finsbury Square, East London. ORMS’ design for the Freshwater Group of Companies’ has incorporated a number of energy efficient measures as well as a full internal refurbishment, and the redevelopment of the building’s exterior.
Ede Private Practice, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Design: Serge Schoemaker Architects
photo : Raoul Kramer
Serge Schoemaker Architects converted a small medical practice in Ede, the Netherlands. The design requirements were met in a spatially efficient way by introducing a storey high, almost seven metres long furniture wall unit. The new interior offers space, light and privacy.
GL31 Residential Building, México
Design: Pascal Arquitectos
image from architect
GL31 turned to be even more complex because of the irregular shape of the plot, the entrance is in one street and the exit in a different one with two pedestrian entrances, and to all this we have to add the amount of interior spaces left because there is no access to the street, which makes it a architectural commercial and functional challenge. Finally these interior apartments ended up being the best ones because they are far away from the noise of the street, with an enriching social environment.
Shadow House, Wiltshire, England
Design: Jonathan Tuckey Design
photo : James Brittain
The clients were intent on preserving the historic character of this elegant historic chapel but needed to adapt the building to accommodate the needs of their young family and connect it to the garden at the rear of the site.
Iconic Interiors, Cheshire, England
photo : Iconic Interiors
Iconic Interiors to Open New Showroom
Opening a showroom is a very exciting development in Iconic Interiors’ 8 year history. Traditionally they have been purely an online retailer supplying the classics to architects, interior designers and to the general public.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Design: various architects
photo : Cecilia Koren
The Israel Museum opened in 1965, in a Modernist complex nestled on the Judean Hills near The Knesset - the national parliament building - and the Hebrew University. Since that time, it has become the most eminent cultural institution in the region and one of the leading art and archaeology museums in the world, with collections growing exponentially over the past four decades. Now 45 years later, the museum has reopened after a $100 million expansion and renovation.
Stitched House, London, England
Design: Jonathan Tuckey Design
photo : James Brittain
This house is an example of how you can create something very timeless by using a material like brick which ages well and has reliable thermal properties. The cantilevered brick canopy is very unusual and also creates a sheltered outside space for the London house.
Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich, Germany - building news
Design: Foster + Partners
photo : Nigel Young
The Museum’s historic buildings have been restored and the exhibition spaces augmented by a new wing. The 1972 extension has been removed to reveal the wall of the original villa. As well as radically improving the buildings’ environmental performance, the remodelling has created a new entrance, restaurant, terrace, education facilities and a full-height atrium. The project improves circulation and allows access for all. The new building - a ‘jewel box’ for the treasures of the gallery – is clad in metal tubes of an alloy of copper and aluminium.
Wolf Prize news
Souta de Moura wins the Wolf Prize 2013
photo : Luis Ferreira Alves
e-architect Editor Adrian Welch attended the Wolf Prize ceremony at the Israeli Parliament. Adrian met with the winner of the Architecture category for the Wolf Prize, Portuguese architect Eduardo Souta de Moura and with The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, who has a strong interest in blogging.
During the past three decades, Portuguese architect Eduardo Souta de Moura has produced a body of work that is of our time but also carries echoes of architectural traditions. His oeuvre is convincing proof of modern idiom’s expressive potential and adaptability to distinct local situations. Souto de Moura’s architecture reinforces a sense of history while expanding the range of contemporary expression.
Newark Visitor's Center, New Jersey, USA
Design: YBGSNA
image from architect
The relatively modest programmatic scale of the project, led us do propose a fluid structure that can operate easily with different realities. Its dynamic shape blends with the speed and traffic flow of Raymond Boulevard, while at the same time it defines a smooth and organic edge to a recreational park on the river front. It's ambiguous translucent and reflective appearance; demonstrates the different roles of which the structure can play within a complex urban environment.
Casa S, México - New Text Added
Design: Pascal Arquitectos
image from architect
The relationship of the architects for this house with the render has been complex and complicated. Although they prefer handmade drawings, in this case the level of coherence and congruence is achieved among all the elements.
Loft Residence, Lima, Peru
Design: TheeAe LTD
image from architect
The residential tower is to be a new prototype for one of the key residential areas in Lima, Peru. The major use for the units is for a single person (single, divorced, widow or a newly wedding couple) who wish to live in the coolest zone of San Isidro.
King George Towers, Jerusalem, Israel
Design: YBGSNA
image from architect
The King George Towers is a Luxury Entrepreneurial Urban Project in the City Center of Jerusalem which has been initiated by our firm. The project which is located in a prime real-estate location is intended to rejuvenate one of the most central squares in Jerusalem. The program of the development includes an upscale commercial center, a luxurious spa and a variety of apartment types.
Revival Sunset Chapel, Libreville, Gabon
Design: FATmaison
image from architect
Revival Sunset Chapel is a public church built in a forest in the center of the capital of Gabon, Libreville. In an extremely controversial state of central Africa the primary need is to find a reference symbol that unifies the moral area and the civil area. The chapel is a meeting place for the rich and the poor, where you can find yourself in the middle of a community. The building is a mix of local tradition and contemporary design.
Superhero, New York City, USA
Design: OFL Architecture
image from architect
If you wanted to summarize the path of the biological life and the part that Man has played in the History of the planet Earth, we could start from the first organic cell up to Usain Bolt. In a surprising way, we would not use more than 60 seconds, because evolution has followed very simple and accurate guidelines and rules.
One Yonge, Toronto, Canada
Design: Hariri Pontarini Architects
image from architect
Located where the longest street in North America, Yonge Street, meets Lake Ontario, One Yonge will be a truly mixed-use development, re-defining the typical ratio between residential, commercial and retail space within a single city block. This proposed landmark development will comprise six new buildings, and the re-cladding and addition of 10 storeys to the existing Toronto Star building.
Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre, Limpopo, South Africa
picture © AKAA / Obie Oberholzer
This building has been shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2013.
Caen Masterplan - Presqu’ile de Caen Redevelopment, France
Design: MVRDV
image from architects
This major Dutch architects studio has been selected to transform a 600ha former industry site in Caen, Normandy. MVRDV extended the scope by widening the transformation area beyond the geographic boundaries of the peninsula and sketching a vision also for the adjacent areas. The resulting plan titled ‘La Grande Mosaique’ is strongly based on respect for the existing structures and foresees in realistic, careful and friendly urbanism. A large number of small yet well coordinated interventions results in a gigantic mosaic which creates new qualities on an urban scale.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture - 2013 Shortlist news
photo : Omid Khodapanahi
The shortlist of nominees for the 2013 cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The 20 nominees for the US$ 1 million prize range from a modern high rise apartment block to the revival of traditional building techniques. Shortlisted projects are selected by an independent Master Jury.
Walkie Talkie Building, London - progress update
Rafael Vinoly Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
New photos of 20 Fenchurch St Building as construction of this controversial skyscraper nears the top. The 37-storey tower that breaks with the perceived boundaries of common architectural expression and is located away from the main cluster of skyscapers in the City of London. The building billows out towards the top, the opposite of a typical skyscraper design which aims to get more slender as it rises.
London Architecture Tours - news update
photo © Nick Weall
e-architect took a Brazilian architecture group and a German architecture group around the city (architecture students) on the last weekend in April. The highlight for the tour was the wonderful Great Court of the British Museum and the piazza space at Broadgate, both of these freely accessible public spaces represent the best in London Architecture: quality desig and materials making a space where people like to linger.
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia - building news
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects
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A major new Russian building, by Canadian architects. One of the largest performing arts facilities in the world to open on May 2nd in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mariinsky II designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects is the new home of the acclaimed Mariinsky opera, ballet and orchestra. Located in the historic centre of St. Petersburg across the Kryukov Canal from the original Mariinsky Theatre (1860), the new opera/ballet house is a structure of authentic contemporary architecture that pays homage to its setting with a 21st-century sensibility.
Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall, Iceland wins Mies van der Rohe Awards 2013
Design: Henning Larsen Architects with Batteriið Architects + Olafur Eliasson
photograph : Nic Lehoux
Wiel Arets, Chair of the Jury, said: "Harpa has captured the myth of a nation – Iceland – that has consciously acted in favour of a hybrid-cultural building during the middle of the ongoing Great Recession. The iconic and transparent porous 'quasi brick' appears as an ever-changing play of coloured light, promoting a dialogue between the city of Reykjavik and the building's interior life. By giving an identity to a society long known for its sagas, through an interdisciplinary collaboration between Henning Larsen Architects and artist Olafur Eliasson, this project is an important message to the world and to the Icelandic people, fulfilling their long expected dream."
Moscow Architecture Walking Tours
Latest Architecture Walks offered by e-architect
photo : Alexey Naroditskiy
Key contemporary buildings in the city which can be visited on our tours include the Moscow School of Management, SKOLKOVO by Adjaye Associates and The Mercury City tower, now Europe’s tallest building (after overtaking The Shard in London). Major architects featured include Zaha Hadid Architects, OMA, Foster + Partners, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas architects, Erick van Egeraat and Adjaye Associates.
Danish Bridge Designs
Bridge + Ramp Designs
picture from DAC
With the building of Bryggebroen (Quay Bridge), Copenhagen acquired a new bridge over the harbour for the first time in fifty years. The bridge stretches in a light arc from Havneholmen to Islandsbrygge creating a desirable short cut for pedestrians and cyclists between two of the most recently developed harbour fronts of central Copenhagen.
Alberto Campo Baeza - architects news
Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize
photograph from Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza
The Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza is the recipient of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize. After the Pritzker, this is the most prestigious award handed down by the American Architects. This is the fourth major prize Alberto Campo Baeza receives this year. Having picked up the UPM Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal and the International Award Architecture in Stone, he will travel to New York in May to receive this latest prize.
Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark - new photos added
Design: Henning Larsen Tegnestue
photo © Adam Mørk
This dominant building is situated in Copenhagen’s inner harbour: it completes the historical axis running from the Marble Church through Amalienborg (royal residence) and into the Opera - right at the stage front where the performing artists and their audience meet. The building has two auditoria: the Large Auditorium – organized as a classical horseshoe shape with a 1,800 seating capacity – and Takkelloftet – the Royal Danish Theatre’s black box stage for experimental theatre seating 200.
Danish Architecture Centre Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
New Docklands Architecture
images from DAC
A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Centre takes visitors on a journey through the history of Copenhagen’s harbour and on into its future. The exhibition YOUR HARBOUR - Copenhagen Harbour past, present and future will be on show at the Danish Architecture Centre and will continue out into the harbour throughout the summer.
New Delhi Architecture Walking Tours - new photos of major buildings
photo from Ashu Jais
New Delhi is is the capital city of India. The city is located in the north of the country. New Delhi is the seat of executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India. Architect Edwin Lutyens collaborated with Herbert Baker in building the city. The foundation of the city was laid in 1911. Key buildings include the Lotus Temple, Red Fort, President's House and the Qutub Minar. Famous architects with buildings in the city include Morphogenesis and Kerry Hill Architects.
Prague Architecture Tours - more photos
Building Tours in the Czech Republic launched by e-architect - our 38th city
photograph © Ivan Andera
Buildings here by Adolf Loos, Steven Holl, Eva Jiricna and Frank Gehry. Not far to the south (in Brno) is a classic building by Mies van der Rohe, one of his best works. The city has some intriguing Cubist architecture and an enclave of Modernist buildings to the west.
Budapest Architecture Walking Tours : e-architect launch Building Tours in Hungary
photo © Tamás Bujnovszky
Budapest is the capital of Hungary and with about 1.7 million inhabitants. The city straddles the river Danube and is the largest in East-Central Europe and the seventh largest in the European Union. It became a single city in 1873 when west-bank Buda and Óbuda unified with east-bank Pest.
Pritzker Architecture Prize : Citation for 2013 - Toyo Ito Architect
Toyo Ito architect
The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, May 29. This marks the first time the ceremony has been held in Boston, and the location has particular significance since it was designed by another Pritzker Laureate, Ieoh Ming Pei who received the prize in 1983.
Cologne Architecture Walking Tours launched - our 37th city!
e-architect launch Architectural Walks in Cologne, Germany
photograph © webbaviation
Cologne has a wide range of contemporary architecture ranging from the Ludwig Museum by Busmann & Haberer and the Kolumba art museum by Peter Zumthor, to the Weltstadthaus by Renzo Piano for the Peek & Cloppenburg (it is actually a clothes shop), and more recently the Central Mosque by Paul Böhm.
Contemporary Houses - key buildings around the world
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picture : Patrick Bingham Hall
Belgrade Architecture Tours, Serbia
e-architect launch Architectural Walks in Belgrade - our 36th city!
photo from guide
Belgrade is the capital of Serbia and with almost 2 million inhabitants in wider city area the biggest city in the region. It has over 2 millenniums of history, and it started a new age life in the 19th century as the capital of Serbia.
Architectural News - Feb 2013 : Global Building at a glance
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