While Africa’s population expands rapidly, the continent’s infrastructure remains underdeveloped, hampering the delivery of goods and services. A possible solution is on display at the Venice Architecture Biennale—vaulted drone ports. The domed structures built of a brick/tile hybrid combine traditional materials and forms with high-tech substances. Renderings show the l...
As sea levels rise, more and more construction projects are going to sea. These include homes in New Orleans designed to float in case of flooding, houseboats in London and a floating school in Lagos. Though the latter was destroyed by a storm, another waterborne school in Copenhagen is on the drawing boards, as is an entire eco-sensitive city intended for the waters off...
London-based ZHA – whose figurehead passed away earlier this year – won a competition in 2014 to redevelop the derelict 22,000-square-metre site, in response to the city's need for more office accommodation. Its plan is for a series of curved mid-rise structures interspersed with public plazas, aimed at stitching together Prague's Districts 1, 3 and 8, and creating a ...
Eight years after the competition launched by the City of Paris for a complete reconstruction of the Forum des Halles, the center of gravity in Paris has “The Canopy” by architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti. The site of the central market place that Zola called “the belly of Paris” was demolished during the 1970s, creating a hole that was called for several ye...
Clad in innovative and transparent photovoltaic glass, the solar bus shelter is capable of generating 2,000 kW-hours per year—equivalent to the amount of electricity needed to power the average London home. Designed by Polysolar in collaboration with hard landscaping and street furniture supplier Marshalls, the Canary Wharf solar bus shelter proves that urban infrastr...
The concept "Wind Tower 2016" represents a kind of skyscraper which is shaped by tsunami and hurricane masses. The global climate change leaves visible traces in the environment which sometimes emerge in the form of scars or devastation or simply represent the disappearance of something that has always been present. Humans struggle against this largely self-inflicted ...
Located on the public quay that extends into Salerno’s working harbor and marina, the new maritime terminal designed by Zaha Hadid Architects continues the city’s relationship with the sea and connects Salerno’s rich maritime traditions with its historic urban fabric. The new maritime terminal is composed of three primary interlocking components: administration offices ...
the plans have been drafted by OMA new york, led by partner jason long, in collaboration with DC-based program management team, brailsford & dunlavey. located in the district’s southeast corridor, the transformational vision for the RFK campus seeks to leverage the region’s waterfront, provide neighborhood amenities, and connect the current site with increased and sustai...
the collaboration resulted in an organic and rational tram for the next generation of alstom ‘citadis X05’ citywide tramways. the shape is designed to slip through the historical town paving a new wave of contemporary urban infrastructure. each tram is designed to summarize the architecture of the city, with matching colors of the sumptuous place massena or villa mat...
the scheme was originally part of a restricted competition organized in 2012, before the project was abruptly cancelled in mid-2014. the vast 25,220 square meter development includes a symphony hall for 1,700 people, the headquarters for the ‘orchestre national des pays de la loire’, a congress center, a hotel, and a terraced restaurant. the congress center is positi...
Once completed, the 'world's first vertical cable car' will transport passengers 138m up in the air, making it the UK's highest public observation tower outside of London. Construction of the viewing pod – a dome-like glass enclosure 10 times bigger than the capsules of the London Eye, another iconic Marks Barfield Architects creation – completed late last week. Ex...
The twin brothers Alban and Attila Scheiber stand behind this outstanding concept unique in the whole world. The two hotel keepers and mountain lift owners from Hochgurgl have been totally enthusiastic about the "Top Mountain Cross Point" project right from the start. Their business group also comprises a ski school and the scenic Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road. Definitely...
Portions of the terminal's roof started to let in water earlier this month. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is overseeing the project, said the leaks had been caused by work on the Richard Rogers-designed Three World Trade Center tower above. The transit terminal, whose design was first unveiled in 2004, is still under construction. It consists of...
Known as Project: Under Gardiner, the design proposes the transformation of four "forgotten" hectares under the city's Gardiner Expressway to create a series of public spaces. The initial concept was conceived by local urban designer Ken Greenberg, along with Marc Ryan and Adam Nicklin of Public Work, a Toronto-based landscape architecture firm. Their design featur...
Proposed with engineering firm Elliott Wood, the 184-metre bascule bridge is designed to open in the middle to allow boats to pass through – similar to the landmark Tower Bridge further upstream. The bridge would be the first opening bridge to be built on the River Thames since Tower Bridge in 1894, and the first dedicated pedestrian and cycle bridge to cross the rive...
Amsterdam-based UNStudio has spent almost two decades working on the transformation of the city's transport interchange and the surrounding area, in collaboration with engineering firm Arup. At the centre of the masterplan is the new transfer hall, which includes all of the waiting areas and facilities for trains, trams and buses, as well as a variety of shops and res...
London-based Conran and Partners has spent 11 years working on the regeneration of the 20-hectare site on the north bank of the Tama River. It has created 400,000 square metres of homes, shops, offices and leisure facilities. Futako-Tamagawa Rise includes four new high-rise blocks – a trio of residential towers ranging from 28 to 40 storeys, and a 30-storey office bui...
the project is the first step in the creation of a new topography for the area, in hopes of returning it to its former pristine condition. the design has three distinct portions, the biggest being the pelota court. the form is placed atop a small hill, and supported by a sports path that runs around the site. walkways connect with the path, and form a connection point...
topped with an oversized thatched dome, the natural structures are completely made of bamboo, drawing influence from traditional bamboo basket sheltering fowls. the largest structures measure at 24 meters in diameter at a height of 12.5 meters and were made by skilled workers who weaved each piece of bamboo on site. the elaborate detailing of the structure features a do...
formed in the shape of a flower, the distinctive and irregular building offers 15,000 m2 of grade A offices and once fully finished in 2016, will include 9 more office buildings designed also by the firm located on top of the aedas-designed shopping center. providing a total of 110,999 m2 of rentable office space, the building rises as four towers which fuse together ...
To emphasize on this, ambs architects have envisioned a gravity defying gateway for basra, where visitors are greeted by a grand entrance of suspended preponderant ocular arches, connected by bridges. capable of expanding or detracting, a framed modular flexible grid acts as the façade, evoking the presence of a stage. referenced by the abstract and naturally occurring g...
The miami-based firm won the bid for the complex in a competition that drew entries from notable names such as bjarke ingels group, fuksas and neutelings riedijk architects. the 40,000 square meter project will anchor the development of the new region of kirchberg, a district that houses the majority of the city’s european institutions. the 27-storey complex will be t...
once complete, the span will carry the city’s new metro line, connecting the center of rio with barra de tijuca — the area which will host the olympic park and village during the summer games of 2016. supporting the bridge’s deck, an inclined parabolic pylon — a gleaming white steel arch — rises 70 meters above the banks of the canal, generating a striking contrast w...
“Cirkelbroen celebrates pedestrians. It reflects the daily life and intimacy that you find around the canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood, its houseboats and sailing boats, the unique life on the ramparts. Copenhagen’s harbour was once a centre of maritime activity, and Cirkelbroen is a testimony to that history. While working on the bridge, I remembered the fishi...
The Golden Reel is located at the center-point between the resort’s twin “Art Deco meets Gotham City” hotel towers, and will offer visitors an experience unique to Studio City. Located on the 23rd floor of Studio City Macau is the loading deck, where you will have access to one of the 17 ‘steampunk-themed’ cabins, that have views of the Macau skyline from 130 meters up ...
the vast scheme hopes to work with the natural beauty offered in the location- uniting contemporary living with the scenic landscape. the proposal is shaped by the rivers that weave through the district where simultaneously, the design is meant to compliment the water-orientated nature of doumen. along with a mixed-use residential and commercial office space, there will...
SOM took that requirement seriously, collaborating with Indian fashion designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla and developing a design that is simultaneously contemporary and rooted in the country's traditional expressions. SOM Design Partner Roger Duffy answered a few questions about the project. Please provide an overview of the project. As Mumbai transforms into a...
The building consists of 4 floors of covered parking, plus the roof floor parking facility and the new access to the plaza that connects to the Oncological Center. The parking stories are divided into two levels with a height difference of 1.60 m, creating a system of staggered intermediate floors, connected by ramps located on the longitudinal axis of the building. A...
The tree mass, with more than 1,280 square meters, was created as a continuation of the square in the existing development across from this land, forming a broad, pleasant area, with landscaping by Gil Fialho. With the intention of creating an open block environment, without fences, this space considered the integration of a restaurant, open to the public and already ...
This is a two-fold challenge, intended on one hand to improve public reception conditions during equestrian events, and on the other, to provide a function room for group events. NOMADE architects developed a unique context-sensitive yet singular design to renovate this structure, establishing a dynamic dialogue between the old and the new. Alternating between contin...
the three chosen firms are as follows: 3XN, gottlieb paludan architects and KHR architects, with bjarke ingels group / BIG and henning larsen architects missing out. the assignment included the design of a new energy unit that would use biomass as a sustainable fuel. named ‘BIO4′, the program also includes administrative, laboratory, workshop and welfare facilities. a...
as the region is characterized by its historic townscape, the design team sought to create a new public space – together with a café and a shop – which closely resembled a more natural terrain. situated on at the top of a hill, the shop is oriented towards the passing street, and is connected to the adjacent pedestrian crossing below with an organically-shaped wooden sta...
As a testimony to the vision of the late Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the building stands proudly over Dudley Square. It was Menino who decided the City of Boston would develop the vital plot of land by consolidating 500 civil servants from the BPS into a new municipal office building for education, in conjunction with a community centre and retail space. The building’s secon...
completed by dietmar feichtinger architectes, ‘butterfly bridge’ takes its name from its form when the scheme’s two dynamic crossings are elevated. Structurally, each bridge features a load-bearing steel deck with a central truss girder designed with a varying cross-section height, and supported by the hydraulic cylinders. the main structure of the steel bridge consis...
That structure reused wood from a warehouse whose site is now the Masonic Amphitheatre, which sits upon the warehouse's foundation. This connection across different classes illustrates one aspect of the design/buildLAB, namely its concern with environmental responsibility. The LAB answered some questions about the Masonic Amphitheatre, which builds upon the ambitions of ...
