Westerdok adopts the design concept of light and openness; with a total floor area of 6000 m2, Westerdok contains 46 apartments and a day-care centre offering diverse outdoor spaces and views over the western docklands of Amsterdam
At an historic ceremony amongst the archaeological treasures of Cyrene in the Green Mountain region of Eastern Libya, Saif al-Islam Gadafi, signed the Cyrene Declaration witnessed by an invited audience of journalists, VIP’s and people’s representatives from Libya and abroad.
Foster + Partners’ scheme integrates a substantial new extension, more than doubling the hotel accommodation and reconnecting it to the surrounding forest and resort.
As part of the creation of a new high-speed rail network, the Italian Government has instituted a major programme of station restructuring, including the creation of many new stations. The design for Florence Station provides a new facility that will connect with the city’s existing Santa Maria Novella station via a new tramline.
Banyan Tree Corniche Bay, La Gaulette, Mauritius resort, southwest Indian Ocean – design by Foster + Partners Architects, UK – La Gaulette resort, Africa
Two World Trade Center is also known by its street address, 200 Greenwich Street. This new Manhattan skyscraper is a new office building on hold and is part of the World Trade Center reconstruction in New York City.
Duisburg Harbour Masterplan, Aurelis, Architect, Images, Foster + Partners, Germany, Building, Westphalia Architecture
Zaha Hadid Architects announce the design for seven 36-storey residential towers and twelve villas on a 838,488 sqft site at Farrer Road, Singapore.
Laurinda Spear recently launched a new landscape architecture practice, ArquitectonicaGEO: her young firm was selected to work with celebrated Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron on the much-anticipated Pérez Art Museum, or PAMM.
Lifestyle Academy Newcastle, Rye Hill Campus: schools of beauty, sport & tourism – £16m facilities: teaching spaces, bar, restaurant, bistro, spa, gym, hair & beauty salons.
Sheffield University, South Yorkshire higher education building design by RMJM Architects – northern England educational development photos, UK architecture
Quarry Street house, Princeton, New Jersey residence, USA building design by RMJM Hillier – John Witherspoon neighborhood, Princeton house
Newcastle College development of its ongoing £160m investment in campus facilities; new sixth form academy providing a completely wire-free, state-of-the-art home for over 2,000 students and staff
Kolkata Airport, India architecture news – design by RMJM Architects: contemporary Indian building development
Activate Learning is a pioneering education group which is growing to meet opportunities in the education market.
Commissioned by Oriental Real Estate, part of the KazKommertsBank group, the Sofitel Almaty hotel development is located in the heart of Almaty, adjacent to the financial district. The project will enhance the urban design for one of Kazakhstan’s key centres.
University of Toronto Faculty of Law announced that world renowned architectural firm Hariri Pontarini has been selected for the renovation and expansion plans for the Faculty of Law.