Danish Architects COBE, in collaboration with Public Architects, Grontmij Carlbro and Bartenbach LichtLabor, have won the international competition for the new Norreport Train Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. The design is conceived as series of floating roofs, covering the transparent glass pavilions, it creates the welcoming sense and is easily accessible and visible from all around. Norreport [...]

Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, in collaboration with ARUP and Transsolar have won the first prize to design sustainable skyscraper – Shenzhen International Energy Mansion in Shenzhen, China. The façade is conceived as a folded skin that shades the office complex from direct sunlight and integrates solar thermal panels, reducing the overall energy [...]

Bazil-based architectural firm CHN arquitetos has won the International Public Competition for the Architectural Project of the Exploratory Science Museum – Campinas, Brazil. The surface of the facade is created from the idea of infinity: a reference to the essence of its form, recognizable from its cosmological scale to its most minimal. CHN arquitetos + Project description courtesy [...]

This is a project winner of the international invitation competition for the construction of the Automobile Museum in Nanjing, designed by Italy-based architecture studio 3GATTI to explore the relationship between car and museum. The competition was organized last year by the government of Nanjing and Jiangsu Head Investment Group. A building to be dedicated to [...]

Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group has won the first prize in an open international design competition to design Kazakhstan’s new National Library in Astana. The Astana National Library has been designed and developed as a Möbius strip interlocked by a perfect circle and a public spiral. + Project description courtesy of BIG BIG to design [...]

Kortrijk Central Library in Belgium is a competition winning project designed by New York-based architecture firm REX. The design combines functions of Library, Life-Long Learning Center and Music Center. The new combination was named the project “LLLibrary”. + Project description courtesy of REX REX and Principal in Charge Joshua Prince-Ramus have been named the winner of [...]

Ryszard Rychlicki of H3AR has won the 3rd prize of London Bridge 800 Competition organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects & Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects. + Project description courtesy of H3AR If we treat a house as a product with a programmed product life, which after the expiry of the guarantee period we may [...]

Congratulation to Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, the Mountain project which has been awarded an Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2009 Award for Excellence. + Press release courtesy of BIG The Mountain has been selected as a winner of an Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2009 Award for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) competition. The [...]

Tallaght Zip & Plaza by Irish architecture firm Seán Harrington architects was awarded ‘BEST PUBLIC SPACE‘ AT THE IRISH ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2009. + Project description courtesy of Seán Harrington architects The Tallaght Zip is a high-quality dedicated pedestrian and cycle corridor linking the Luas interchange to the Institute of Technology and Tallaght Village. The new link allows [...]

10 Grangegorman Villas by Irish architecture studio ODOS architects has been awarded the BEST HOUSE AT THE IRISH ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2009. + Project Description courtesy of ODOS architects This new residential development, for a motorcycle enthusiast, adjacent to No.10 Grangegorman Villas, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 is an alternative reaction to the more traditional city centre infill residential [...]

Canadian Architect Paul Raff, will be the first architect awarded both R.A.I.C. Awards of Allied Arts Medal and the honourable mention for Innovation in Architecture on June 20 in Montreal during the R.A.I.C. Festival of Architecture. + Press release Unprecedented winner of two R.A.I.C. Awards of Excellence leads trend toward a NEW integrity-based architecture. Canadian Architect Paul Raff, [...]