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RIBA Yorkshire Awards Winners in 2018

Seven buildings have won RIBA Yorkshire Awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects, which was announced at a joint awards ceremony with our North East Colleagues, and held The Museum Gardens, York, in recognition of their architectural excellence.

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RIBA North East Awards Winners 2018

Five North East buildings have won RIBA North East Awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects, which was announced at a prestigious awards ceremony held at The Museum Gardens, York in recognition of their architectural excellence.

Berlin

Arcs and Squares Housing in Berlin

Designed by TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten the new residential ensemble was developed on a former gap between the two streets Alte Schönhauser Straße and Rückerstraße closing now the block perimeter.

Concept

Ellipsicoon Pavilion by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio

The Ellipsicoon pavilion design by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio is a space for the mind, for moments of ephemeral escape, for rumination or for simply being, for Revolution Precrafted Propertiesg.

Vancouver

G’day House in Vancouver

McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed The G’Day House for an Australian ex-patriate family, who requested a home that would support a relaxed attitude toward daily life and would help them re-connect with a warm-weather lifestyle.

Retreat House in Sawyer, Michigan

Designed by von Weise Associates, this vacation home in Michigan reclaims an existing farmhouse and barn and reimagines the structures into a new single-family house and adjacent studio for an artistic couple.

Layering Yard in Qianmen, Beijing

Designed by ARCHSTUDIO Layering Yard is hidden in a traditional commercial block near the Qianmen of Beijing, with an area of about 500 square meters. The original architecture was a quadrangle courtyard commercial building with the characteristics of houses in the Republican period.

45 Park Place, Lower Manhattan Tower

New 43-storey Tribeca skyscraper building, designed by SOMA Architects for developer Soho Properties, with a new Islamic cultural center building at 51 Park Place designed by starchitect Jean Nouvel.

Seaforth House in Sydney

Sitting on the escarpment at Seaforth the site is blessed with spectacular south facing views down to the Spit. Central to the idea of this house, designed by MASQ architecture, is how the natural environment can be extended and form an integral part of the house.

Robin Hood Gardens: A Ruin in Reverse at the Applied Arts Pavilion

In 2017, just before demolition of the estate began, the V&A saved a three-storey section of each façade and the interior fittings of two flats. The fragments take their place in the V&A’s national collection of architecture as an internationally significant example of Brutalism.

RIBA West Midlands Awards Winners 2018

Seven West Midlands buildings have won RIBA West Midlands Awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects, which were announced at a prestigious awards ceremony held at The Mailbox, Birmingham, in recognition of their architectural excellence.

Stradella Residence in Bel-Air, Los Angeles

SAOTA’s first completed project in Los Angeles, Stradella, is a remodel of an existing 1970’s house on a beautiful promontory in Bel Air.

Oslo Architecture Tours: Norway Walking Guides

Should you be planning an office trip, a university trip or any group city trip to Oslo – needing a Guided Architect Tour please contact us and we would be happy to take your booking. We tailor all our Guided Tours to suit your specific interests.

Tonsley Main Assembly Building (MAB), Adelaide

Globally recognised adaptive reuse project, Tonsley, is one of 15 showcased in Australian Pavilion at Venice Biennale Architettura 2018, in an exhibit presenting architectural approaches to repairing the environment through design.

Esquimalt House in Vancouver

McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed the Esquimalt house is situated on an steep and unusually wide site with significant views of downtown Vancouver, the Lion’s Gate Bridge and Burrard Inlet.

The School of Athens, the National Pavilion of Greece exhibition

Venice Biennale Greek Pavilion 2018

The School of Athens at The National Pavilion of Greece explores the importance of the academic commons at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

The Commons Restaurant & Bar at The Student Hotel Maastricht

The beautiful buildings of the former Sphinx ceramics factory in Maastricht provide the location for the latest project of Studio Modijefsky.

Macallan Distillery in Speyside, Scotland

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners designed this striking piece of contemporary architecture is cut into the slope of the land, taking its cues from ancient Scottish hills and maximising the aesthetic beauty of the building whilst minimising the visual impact on the Speyside landscape.

Los Angeles Building Photos

Los Angeles building photos – ranging from The Academy Egg designed by Renzo Piano to ‘The Aven’, a 39-story apartment complex in the South Park area of downtown LA, and Banc of California Soccer stadium in Exposition Park.