Architecture News : November 2009

Architect Jobs : Current Vacancies in Riyadh / Dublin + London / Africa + Edinburgh

Royal College of Art Battersea, London - photos : Haworth Tompkins - 21 Nov

Concrete Moon House, Melbourne : Antonino Cardillo
Voest Steelworks Office, Linz : Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Rotterdam Market Hall, The Netherlands : MVRDV - larger images now online
Ramses Square, Cairo : Quilligan Architects
Andrew Doolan Award : Winner
The Peak, London : Sheppard Robson - 20 Nov

Cavendish Avenue house, England : Mole Architects
Preston Guild 2012 Competition, England : Shortlist
LEO A DALY : Abu Dhabi Office Opens
Daiwa Building, London : Richard Rogers Partnership - new photos - 19 Nov

Ljubljana Administration Centre, Slovenia : Ofis Arhitekti
George W. Bush Presidential Center, Texas : Robert A. M. Stern
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago : Further Demolition of Walter Gropius Buildings
MAXXI Rome, Italy : Zaha Hadid Architects
Akershus University Hospital, Oslo : Building Better Healthcare Award
Duplantier Volunteer Pavilion, New Orleans : Michael McKay
Calgary Bridge Competition, Canada : Shortlist - Images
Bahrain World Trade Center : NOVA Award for Innovation - 18 Nov

Villa 1, The Netherlands : Powerhouse Company
Louvre Abu Dhabi : Sheikh Sultan and Jean Nouvel inspect a prototype of the dome
Naples Subway Station, Italy - starts on site : Amanda Levete Architects + Anish Kapoor
Light Installation Neuköllner Tor, Berlin : Dietz Joppien Architekten AG et al
Lonate Ceppino Library, Italy : DAP studio architetto
News International London, UK : Amanda Levete Architects
AGENDA Book Launch : JDS Architects
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester : BDP
Olson Kundig Architects : Practice Name Change
Atkins China : Office News
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland : Gareth Hoskins Architects - new images
King's Cross Gasholder Competition : Bell Phillips & Kimble win
Banc de Sabadell Atlantic : Josep Lluís Mateo - new photos
Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects : Studio Profile - 17 Nov

Bonn Square Oxford, UK : Graeme Massie Architects
Centre for Contemporary Arts Nottingham, England : Caruso St John Architects - new photos
Bath Architectural Heritage Debate : Speakers incl. Eric Parry + Sir Richard MacCormac
Imperial war museum north promenade, Manchester : FoRM Associates
RIBA Jencks Award 2009 : Charles Correa, architect
Blackpool Wedding Venue, England : dRMM
Ardrossan Beach Pavilion Competition, Scotland : RIAS Contest
UCLH Medical Research Centre, London : Award
Seaton New Town, Toronto : BDP - 16 Nov

The Parabola - Design Museum, London : Design Team Required
Langley Academy, UK : Foster + Partners
Ashmolean Museum Building Oxford, England : Rick Mather Architects
CityCenter, Las Vegas : FSC Awards win
Stockholm Library, Sweden : Asplund Architecture Competition Winning Design Abandoned
Excellence Huanggang Century Center, Shenzhen : Leo A Daly
Moscow Pipe Organ, Russia : Campbell and Arnott Architects
Passmores Secondary School, England : Jestico + Whiles
New Stobhill Hospital Glasgow, Scotland : BBH Awards 2009
Mumbai Development, India : BDP
Portland Marina, England : Atkins - 13 Nov

I'Park City Suwon, Korea : UNStudio
Culture House + Library Copenhagen, Denmark : COBE + Transform
Tree of Knowledge, Australia : m3architecture with Brian Hooper Architect
Pecha Kucha Event, Houston : Rice Design Alliance
Children's Hospital of Ireland : NBBJ Architects + Murray O'Laoire/Brian O'Connell Associates
Ryde School, England : Walters and Cohen
I'Park City Model House, Korea : UNStudio
The Lighthouse : Architecture + Design Scotland takes over - 12 Nov

Cirkelbroen Copenhagen, Denmark : Olafur Eliasson
Corian Lounge Prize : Amanda Levete Architects
BIG Architects Book : First Monograph on Bjarke Ingels Group
Bridge Academy, London : SCALA Civic Building of the Year Award
First People’s Hospital, China : HMC Architects
Healthcare Centre Balaguer, Spain : BAAS, Jordi Badia - 11 Nov

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, UAE : Benoy
Nørreport Station, Copenhagen - Competiiton : won by COBE / Public / Grontmij Carlbro
Montenegro Luxury Resort Design Competition : Make win
Schiller National Museum, Germany : David Chipperfield Architects
John Edwards Lecture : Thom Mayne and Frédéric Flamand
Paineiras Hotel - Architecture Competition, Rio de Janeiro : Entry - 10 Nov

South African Interpretation Centre : WAF World Building of the Year
Barangaroo Development, Sydney : Foster and Partners / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
LEO A DALY News : New Regional Director of Asia
Sebastian Irarrazaval, Chile : New Book
Travels in the History of Architecture : Book by Robert Harbison
Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Scotland : Holmes
TOYOTA Exhibition Pavilion, Kuwait : SE.Arch with Sandra Tabet - 9 Nov

Aarhus Masterplan, Denmark : NORD Architects
Aarhus Goodsyard Building, Denmark : 3XN Architects
Whitworth Art Gallery Competition, England : MUMA win
WAF Awards, Barcelona : Day 2 Winners
Southern General hospital, Glasgow : Nightingale Associates
Architect of the Year Awards : Winners
House in Ulcombe, England : Eldridge Smerin
John McAslan + Partners Awards : World and Transport Architect of the Year - 6 Nov

Andrew Doolan Best Building Award : Shortlist for UK's Richest Architectural Prize - 5 Nov

Cultural Harbour Odense, Denmark : Competition Winners
Noble Yard House, London : Tasou Associates
Leipzig Buildings, Germany : Nightime Aerial Photographs - 4 Nov

Ladderstile House, London : threefoldarchitects
Yvonne Long : Cramond Bridge Intervention + Haymarket Station Proposal
New Cultural Hall Soignies, Belgium : l'Escaut & Bureau d’études Weinand
Post office Rotterdam, The Netherlands : UNStudio
Beginnings MOS : New buffaloBOOK
Copenhagen Bridge Competition : Studio Bednarski and Flint & Neill win
AA School Events, London : November
Sidney Stringer Academy Coventry, UK : Sheppard Robson
US President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities : Thom Mayne Appointment
Stanton Williams, Architects : Sprengel Museum Shortlisting
Vladivostok, Russia : New RMJM Office - 3 Nov

Bayerischer Bahnhof, Leipzig : Relocated - Exclusive Photos
Blue Award : Launch News
duepercinque contest : Public Design Festival - 2 Nov

Architecture News Highlights - October

Solheimsviken Project, Norway : Metropolitan Workshop / Arkitektkontoret Vardaal-Lunde
One Angel Lane, London : Fletcher Priest Architects
Natural Science Center, Denmark : NORD Architects
Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi, UAE : Asymptote Architecture
Xiling Cable-Car Station, China : Sutherland Hussey Architects
486 Mina El Hosn, Lebanon : LAN Architecture
Cité du Design Saint-Étienne, France : LIN Finn Geipel + Giulia Andi
The World Village of Women Sports, Sweden : BIG
House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark : COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Zamet Centre, Croatia : 3LHD Architects
Herning Center of the Arts, Denmark - photos : Steven Holl Architects
S11 Office Complex, Hamburg : J. MAYER H. Architekten
Stirling Prize 2009 Winner : Maggies London
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dallas : Foster + Partners
Wyly Theatre Dallas, USA : Joshua Prince-Ramus + Rem Koolhaas
Barwa Financial District, Qatar : KEO International Consultants
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis : Frank Gehry
Kurilpa Bridge - world's largest tensegrity bridge, Brisbane : Cox Rayner + Arup
Stonehenge Visitor Facilities, England : Denton Corker Marshall
Maggies Gartnavel, Glasgow : OMA
RIBA Gold Medal 2010 : I M Pei wins
Dalian Football Stadium, China : UNStudio
Black Prince Road Tower, London : Keith Williams Architects

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Architecture News October

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Architecture News September

Architecture News Highlights - September

Cantos National Music Centre, Canada : Allied Works Architecture win
Liege-Guillemins TGV Railway Station, Belgium : Santiago Calatrava
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore : RMJM
Thor Heyerdahl School, Norway : Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Ankerspelet Malmo, Sweden : Kim Utzon Arkitekter
Kunsthaus Zürich Extension, Switzerland : David Chipperfield Architects
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany : Herzog and de Meuron
Perot Museum of Nature & Science, Dallas : Morphosis
DnB NOR Headquarters, Norway : MVRDV
Doon Street Tower, London : 43-storey skyscraper approved
CCNY SAUDLA, New York : Rafael Viñoly Architects
41 Cooper Square, New York : Morphosis
MoMA New York Tower cut down by 200 feet : Jean Nouvel
Libeskind Villa News : Studio Daniel Libeskind
Tori-Tori Restaurant, Mexico City : Michel Rojkind Arquitectos
One Hyde Park - new photos : Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Ten Hills Place, London : Amanda Levete Architects
New Amsterdam Pavilion, New York - opening : Ben van Berkel / UNStudio
Glasgow School of Art Competition, Scotland : Steven Holl Architects wins
Paraty House, Brazil : Marcio Kogan Arquitetos
The Interlace Singapore Development : Ole Scheeren of OMA

Architecture News August

Architecture News Highlights - August

Masdar Design Competition, UAE : LAVA win
National Library in Astana, Kazakhstan : BIG
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Dallas, USA : Santiago Calatrava Architects
Soccer City Stadium, South Africa : Boogertman Urban Edge & Partners with Populous
Kortrijk Library Competition, Belgium : REX
Burj Al Alam tower, Dubai : world's tallest commercial tower
Image and Audio Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Diller Scofidio + Renfro win
Peace Bridge Calgary, Canada : Santiago Calatrava
Knut Hamsun Center, Norway - opens : Steven Holl Architects
MoMA Tower Alternative, New York : Axis Mundi
Walbrook Square, London - News : Atelier Foster Nouvel
Burnham Pavilion Chicago, USA - Open : Zaha Hadid Architects
Jan Kaplický Exhibition, London : Design Museum

Architecture News July

Architecture News Highlights - July

The Standard Hotel New York, USA : Todd Schliemann, Polshek Partnership
MahaNakhon, Thailand : Ole Scheeren, Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Central Saint Giles, London - Topped Out : Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Centralplaza Bangkok, Thailand : Manuelle Gautrand
Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi : Foster + Partners
Kaufhaus Tyrol News, Austria : David Chipperfield Architects
Future Systems Exhibition, London : Design Museum
Dalian International Conference Center, China : COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Serpentine Pavilion Exclusive photos, UK : SANAA
De Rotterdam, Netherlands : OMA
Millennium Park Pavilion, Chicago : UNStudio
BBVA Bancomer Headquarters Mexico City : RSH+P with Legorreta + Legorreta
Shanghai Expo British Pavilion : Heatherwick Studio
Basrah Stadium : Jordan + Bateman Architects
Edificio Acqua Uruguay : Rafael Viñoly Architects
Almere Vision 2030 : MVRDV

Architecture News June

Architecture News Highlights - June

Sears Tower Modernization : Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Kvadrat Showroom London : David Adjaye / Peter Saville
Seville University Library : Zaha Hadid Architects
Learning from Nature pavilion : 3XN
Xiling Gateway China : Sutherland Hussey Architects
Spaceport America : Foster + Partners
New Acropolis Museum opens : Bernard Tschumi Architects
Farewell Chapel Slovenia : Ofis Arhitekti
Shenzhen Crystal Island Competition : OMA win
Hergé Museum Belgium : Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Cairo Expo City Competition : Zaha Hadid Architects
O-14 tower Dubai Tops Out : Reiser + Umemoto

Hotel Puerta America I Emirates Stadium I Steven Holl

Birmingham Magistrates Court I Giorgio Armani New York store

Daimler Headquarters Stuttgart I Cathedral of Christ the Light

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