Norton Museum of Art // Foster + Partners
Location: Florida, USA. Architect: Foster + Partners. The Norton was built in 1941 as an elegant series of Art Deco-inspired single-storey pavilions around a central courtyard. The new masterplan restores the logic of the original plan, reasserting the clarity of the main circulation, balancing the different building heights, introducing new exhibition galleries and education spaces, […]
International Culinary Institute // Leigh & Orange Limited
Location: Hong Kong, China. Architect: Leigh & Orange Limited. The International Culinary Institute (ICI) is the latest addition to the Hong Kong Vocational Training Council (VTC) Pokfulam campus, offering training programmes and facilities to students covering European, Mediterranean, American, Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines. It is inspired by the shape of a salt crystal and […]
Profilbyggnaden // DREEM Arkitekter
Location: Stockholm, Sweden. Architect: DREEM Arkitekter. The building’s design is guided by its role within the urban fabric and its responsibility towards the regeneration of the city. It serves as a backdrop for the new urban park and helps define the streetscape along Dalviksgatan behind it. The public functions at the street level aim to […]
Arc // Koichi Takada Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia. Architect: Koichi Takada Architects. Arc is a 26-storey mixed-use building with a distinctively arched roofscape, featuring 300,000 handcrafted bricks and 59 fins. It won the City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition in 2013 and includes 135 apartments, 86 ‘Skye Suites’ boutique hotel rooms, 8 retail and F&B outlets, and a retail precinct […]
Alexandra Palace East Wing Regeneration Project // Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Location: London, England. Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. The regeneration of the East Wing of the ‘People’s Palace’ has breathed new life into a much-loved cultural icon, bringing spaces that have been inaccessible to the public for 80 years back into use. To preserve the evocative and layered character of the Victorian Theatre, East Court […]
Tersane Halic – Halic Shipyards // Tabanlioglu Architects
Location: Istanbul, Turkey. Architect: Tabanlioglu Architects. The Golden Horn has been Istanbul’s inner harbour since the Republican Period, becoming a natural port for merchant vessels and warships. After the 1960s, it became a commercial and industrial centre, resulting in irregularly emerging residential hubs and deterioration in life and building quality. In 1984, the first cleaning […]
Al Azra Home // Ardh Architects
Location: Sharjah, UAE. Architect: Ardh Architects. Al Azra home is a private residential house located in the Sharjah emirate in the UAE designed to provide a calm and relaxing environment for its users. It is composed of two master bedrooms, a spacious living area, a central courtyard, an open kitchen, and an integrated service quarter. […]
Swan Street Bridge // BKK Architects
Location: Melbourne, Australia. Architect: BKK Architects. The Swan St Bridge Upgrade is an adaptive reuse of the existing bridge (1952) to increase its traffic capacity and improve access and safety for recreational and everyday users. It connects Melbourne’s premier Sporting/Entertainment and Botanical Gardens Precincts and is a major focus during events. It also serves as […]
In Bund Office // HPP
Location: Shanghai, China. Architect: HPP. The In-Bund Office Building is located on the east bank of the Huangpu River and was originally the Xinhua Wharf Industrial Building. The architects have re-designed the façade to let natural light flood in, creating a unique style. Shanghai Memories is the major interior design concept and the facade materials […]
YM Nursery // HIBINOSEKKEI
Location: Yonago, Tottori, Japan. Architect: HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro + KIDS DESIGN LABO. This nursery project in Yonago, Tottori, Japan focuses on the design concept of “Feel nature, grow sensitivity”. Materials are chosen to make children feel more natural, stimulate their brains, and appeal to their sensitivity and development. Additionally, materials can give children […]
Aqualuna // 3XN Architects
Location: Toronto, Canada. Architect: 3XN Architects. Aqualuna is a residential project in Toronto, Canada that raims to eflects the waves across Lake Ontario and provides sweeping views of the water from nearly every suite. The original masterplan set the volume of Aqualuna to be a rectangular slab, but the curving wave-like balconies offer a unique […]
Rutgers University-Camden: Nursing and Science Building // Perkins Eastman
Location: Camden, NJ, USA. Architect: Perkins Eastman. The City of Camden has made a commitment to revitalization and community-building, and the striking new Rutgers University-Camden: Nursing and Science Building is a lynchpin for these efforts. It connects the University to the community, and the community to itself, and captures the inherent value of access to […]
Thailand Samui Butterfly Villa // GWP Architects
Location: Samui Island, Thailand. Architect: GWP Architects. The project is located on a sloping half-hill on Samui Island, Thailand, with a 180-degree sea view and covers an area of 6561.3 square meters. It is inspired by the unique butterfly of Samui Island and has 270-degree wide-angle lighting, a private swimming pool, and 6 bedrooms.
CitySPACE // Da Vinchi Group
Location: Kiev, Ukraine. Architect: Da Vinchi Group. CitySPACE is one of the few multifunctional complexes in Ukraine, located on the left bank of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It contains offices, co-working, apartments, shops, cafes, restaurants, a gym, a theme rope park, and public transport. The plan of the future building has been made as […]
Courtyard No.7 at The Drum Tower // RSAA + Büro Ziyu Zhuang
Location: Beijing, China. Architect: RSAA + Büro Ziyu Zhuang . RSAA/ Büro Ziyu Zhuang recently renovated their office in the Beijing central axis, transforming it from a traditional Beijing-style courtyard to a timeless workshop. The renovation was organized into 4 steps: refurbishing the old section, inserting a “timeless box” as a functional generator, reforming the […]
U-CUBE Office // Lacime Architects
Location: Shanghai, China. Architect: Lacime Architects. The project is located at 1520 Alley, Huasha Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai City. The north facade of the building is a landmark facing Huashan Road Green Park, to the east there is a residential community, and to the south is a power substation. Architects aim to give it a […]
Flow – Turkish Airlines Lounges at Istanbul Airport // Softroom
Location: Istanbul, Turkey. Architect: Softroom. The Flow Wall is a flowing, ribbon-like wall installed in the new Istanbul Airport that unites a suite of lounges. It is over a kilometre long and provides a visual signature that weaves through the six new lounges, creating a series of unified areas that cater for the differing needs […]
Badaevskiy Brewery // Herzog & de Meuron
Location: Moscow, Russia. Architects: Herzog & de Meuron and APEX project bureau. The Badaevskiy Brewery project aims to redevelop the six-hectare old factory area, between the Moscow River and the vector to Minsk, into a vibrant destination point in central Moscow. The factory grounds and river embankment are to be opened to the city, the […]
Historic Rolling Stock Park at Baltiysky Station // Studio 44 Architects
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia. Architect: Studio 44 Architects. The Rolling Stock Park is a new cultural centre near Baltijsky Railway Station, featuring 115 pieces of railway equipment. It consists of three parts, with a turntable in the middle and two side wings. The middle section will be open-air and used to replicate a historic railway […]
Mernda Rail Extension // Grimshaw
Location: Melbourne, Australia. Architect: Grimshaw. The Mernda Rail Extension Project aims to connect the growing communities in Melbourne’s inner north corridor to the CBD. It created three state-of-the-art stations at Middle Gorge, Mernda and Hawkstowe, eight kilometres of new duplicated rail line and five grade separations. Grimshaw’s vision was to create a new civic identity […]