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WADA Sports Shop in Himeji-shi

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Matsuya Art Works and KTX archiLAB designed WADA Sports a new headquarter and main retail shop. The new building is also a studio for Wada Bari technology, the brand’s original racket stringing technology.

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Greece

100 Palm Trees Square Rhodes, Greece

This architectural design by MOB architects is shortlisted for WAF. The architecture competition called for redesigning the“100 Palm Trees Square” in the city of Rhodes. The square was designed in1936-1941.

Aljada Development Masterplan design Sharjah

Dubai

Aljada Development Masterplan, Sharjah

Woods Bagot’s London architecture team are designing a masterplan with developer Arada to provide high-end cultural and retail facilities, alongside an open public realm in Sharjah, UAE.

Competitions

Sevenoaks Nature and Wellbeing Centre Design Competition

The competition is seeking designs for a new visitor centre for Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve in Kent. The new visitor centre will be the flagship visitor centre for Kent Wildlife Trust offering key messaging around nature, health and wellbeing.

Norway

Under Restaurant in Båly

At the southernmost tip of the Norwegian coastline by the village of Båly, Snøhetta has designed Europe’s very first underwater restaurant.

Apple on Michigan Avenue

Inspired by the pulse of Chicago’s artistic energy, Foster + Partners has designed a new platform for performance in a city charged by music. Apple Michigan Avenue cascades down to the river’s edge, creating new connections between the city and the river.

Amenity Spaces at 520 West 28th Street, NY

The development, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, is located along the High Line has 21 interlaced levels, and features 39 residences ranging in size from two- to five-bedroom residences and a triplex penthouse.

Vodafone Building on Porto Architecture Tour

Porto Architecture Tours: Oporto Walking Guide

Celebrated architects with buildings in this city include Alvaro Siza, Rem Koolhaas / OMA, dEMM arquitectura, Barbosa & Guimarães, AVA – Atelier Veloso Arquitectos, Regino Cruz Architect and Pedra Silva Architects: new reference.

The Surface & Materials Show 2017

This year’s Surface & Materials Show celebrated all that is innovative, beautiful and high-performance in the industry, while also enjoying significant growth in visitors and a buzz of excitement for the future.

Bosjes Chapel in South Africa

Steyn Studio drew poetic inspiration from Psalm 36:7, the crisp white form is conceived as a lightweight, and dynamic structure which appears to float within the valley.

CapCalm Office Space in Vancouver

DIALOG’s ‘CapCalm’ design is a mature expression of Capcom’s business – past, present and future – it reflects a considerate understanding of a creative’s needs and the psychology of contemporary workplace design.

Offsite Construction: Building Industry News

The building industry is looking for ways to reduce disruptions to communities after almost a quarter of UK residents admitted being irritated by how long construction projects take to complete.

Organic Farm in Tangshan City

HAN Wen-Qiang, LI Xiao-Ming, WANG Han, JIANG Zhao, HUANG Tao designed the building consisting of four relatively independent houses, including Material Storage, the Mill, Oil Pressing Workshop and Packing Area.

The Goods Shed in Claremont

Change and Culture are the drivers behind the re-invigoration of The Goods Shed. Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland with Griffith’s Architects provided the design direction and worked with FORM and Landcorp to achieve this successful transformation.

Ciutat Vella Apartment in Barcelona

The clients wanted YLAB Arquitectos to convert the original space, dark and divided into numerous rooms, into a predominantly diaphanous space full of light and neutral colors suitable for their art collection and Nordic influenced furniture.

Bankstown Gardens in Sydney

Bankstown Gardens is a 9 storey signature apartment development designed by architects Tony Owen Partners. The project site is close to Bankstown CBD, so it is on the door step of schools, restaurants and shops as well as bus, railway and transport facilities.

Dalston Works Mixed-Use Development in Hackney

Dalston Works was designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects and comprises 121 apartments for rent alongside two ground level courtyards flanked by retail and restaurant spaces, and a flexible workspace hub caters to the growing creative community in Dalston.

Place Bell in Laval

The new home of the Laval Rocket – an American Hockey League team affiliated with the Montreal Canadiens – Place Bell, designed by Lemay, features a 10,000-seat arena with NHL-compliant ice rink that can easily transform into a performance amphitheatre.