After years of accommodation in temporary premises, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has revealed its design for new permanent headquarters by schmidt hammer lassen architects (SHL). The Danish office was selected in a prestigious architectural design competition with a twenty strong international shortlist including David Chipperfield, Mecanoo Architecten, OMA/Search, Ingenhoven, Wiel Arets, and Kengo Kuma & Associates. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, and Acting Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Adam Namm, announced today that KieranTimberlake of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has won the design competition for the New London Embassy. Read the rest of this entry »
At a ceremony in the Jordanian capital, His Excellency Omar Maani, the mayor of Amman, announced the new King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art by Zaha Hadid Architects – a performing arts and cultural centre that includes a 1600-seat concert theatre, 400-seat theatre, educational centre, rehearsal rooms, and galleries.
4 Collective Housing Units, rendering courtesy of LAN Architecture
A new, ecological and social living space geared to the 21st century. It is a competition winning designed form LAN Architecture.
The project’s richness and major interest lie in the possibility of inventing an urban lifestyle set in a highly experimental framework enabling the affirmation of new ecological and contemporary architectures. The diversity of architectural propositions and communal and private spaces had to ensure and enhance this specificity. Read the rest of this entry »
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A crystalline landmark for Helsingborg
Schmidt hammer lassen architects have won a competition for a Congress and Hotel Centre on the central harbour front of Helsingborg in Sweden, which is a 15-minute ferry trip from Elsinore in Denmark. The property development competition was won in conjunction with Swedish developer Midroc and engineering/architect consultants Sweco. Read the rest of this entry »
Linked Hybrid by Steven Holl Architects named 2009 “Best Tall Building Overall” by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
New York, October 26, 2009 – The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named Steven Holl Architects’ recently completed Linked Hybrid complex in Beijing the “CTBUH 2009 Best Tall Building Overall,” selecting it from among candidates from regions worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »
The National Museum for XXI Century Art (MAXXI) has completed in Rome with ten years of construction. MAXXI was an opportunity to fuse ancient with modern in the Flaminio quarter of Rome, in the area of the existing military barracks. Zaha Hadid Architects was awarded upon winning the international competition in 1999. Read the rest of this entry »
News from my Home Town, Bangkok. The winning design of the New Thai Parliament is revealed. Designed by Teeraphol Niyom (ธีรพล นิยม). The winning scheme idea is rooted from the Bhuddism Tri-Bhumi. It is a balance mixed between traditional Thai architecture and contemporary architecture, commented from the jury.
This team will get the commissioned to design this 300,000 square meters facility with the fees about 200 Million Baht. Congratulation to them. Following is its vdo, enjoy!
Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa, designed by Peter Rich Architects of Johannesburg, has won global architecture’s most coveted accolade of World Building of the Year at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
