TAKE A WALK: PART TWO

TAKE A WALK: PART TWO

Some more shots of the work on display at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice for your viewing pleasure. This time, M.E. correspondent Tom van Malderen takes in the pavilions from Britain, Portugal, Finland and Estonia amon…
04 Sep 10 | Architecture
TAKE A WALK

TAKE A WALK

So, it's about time we addressed that thing going on in Venice right now; the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, aka, 'La Biennale'. It kicked off on August the 29th and is set to run until November the 21st 2010 at the Giardini and at the Arsen…
03 Sep 10 | Architecture
LIBBY'S BAR

LIBBY'S BAR

All that racing around the city to see the latest launches during the London Design Festival is bound to be thirsty work, so in response, the lovely Gallery Libby Sellers will be setting up ‘L Bar’, outside the Andaz Hotel. The pop-­up ba…
01 Sep 10 | Architecture

NEWS

WILD WATCHTOWER

Construction work has recently begun on this unusual structure - a customs checkpoint on the Georgian border with Tur…
28 Jul 10 | Architecture

TRI SKATE

German architecture practice MBA/S Associates have designed this skatepark and youth club in Stuttgart, Germany. C…
23 Jul 10 | Architecture

A TOWERING WINNER

Steven Holl Architects has received the 2010 North Norwegian Architecture Prize for the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamar…
16 Jul 10 | Architecture

RECORD BREAKER

The Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center officially opened last night in Astana, Kazakhstan. The opening included a g…
06 Jul 10 | Architecture

SIZE AND MATTER

The London Design Festival has just announced that David Chipperfield and Paul Cocksedge are to create landmark inst…
24 Jun 10 | Architecture

WOODLAND IDYLL

Villa Nyberg by Göteborg firm Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture is a 156 square metre home situated by a lake in a…
18 Jun 10 | Architecture
A CITY AFLOAT

A CITY AFLOAT

We've just heard that the placement of final pilings (some 4,536 piling elements - the equivalent of almost 100km of steel) for Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dha…
24 Aug 10 | Architecture
CITY PARK

CITY PARK

Foster + Partners’ masterplan for West Kowloon Cultural District, on a reclaimed harbour-front site, has just been launched in Hong Kong. At the h…
20 Aug 10 | Architecture
ROCK HOUSE

ROCK HOUSE

We recently spotted his summer house on the coast of Vestfold in southern Norway in the Private Houses category for the upcoming World Architecture Festival …
13 Aug 10 | Architecture
LIVE AND WORK

LIVE AND WORK

This spectacular building is the work of Japanese firm Eastern Design Office and is a residential and office space project in Takarazuka in the Hyogo prefec…
11 Aug 10 | Architecture
CONCRETE CURVES

CONCRETE CURVES

As workshops go, we'd say this is pretty much up there. It's a project by Greek architecture firm A31, who nestled the structure amongst the olive, oleand…
04 Aug 10 | Architecture
SUMMER CAMP

SUMMER CAMP

Villa Mecklin by Finnish practice Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects is a bit of a dream retreat. Located in the tranquility of the Finnish archipelago,…
29 Jul 10 | Architecture