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Exhibit Columbus, the annual celebration of the Indiana city's extraordinary design heritage, has announced the five winners of its inaugural J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Competition, which will realize the winning temporary pavilions later this year.
With more than 5,000 employees, Gensler is easily one of the largest architecture firms in the world, often topping the annual lists of architecture firms with the highest revenue. Founded by Art Gensler in San Francisco in 1965, the firm...
The first section of the long-awaited (it was first proposed in 1919!) Second Avenue Subway opened to the public on Manhattan's Upper East Side on the first day of 2017. More than the architecture, a big highlight of the new stations is the artwork that lines their walls. World-Architects...
Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects are delighted to have been recognized by the Leading European Architecture Forum (LEAF) for their development at Pembury Circus, which has been awarded the title "Best Mixed Use Development" at the
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled an ambitious plan for the transformation of JFK International Airport "to meet the needs of the 21st-century economy."
INSCAPE, a new meditation concept, opened recently in Manhattan. Archi-Tectonics created this concept for owner Khajak Keledjian, and collaborated with him to develop a concept that could eventually be distributed internationally.
The design for Liepāja Thermal Bath and Hotel originates from a keen interest in the formal associations of the dome throughout architectural history, and more precisely, its role within the typology of the public bath.
Dubbed the “Light Box” for its simple geometry slotted in acknowledgement of the natural solar conditions, the 2,200 sf office for a boutique property management firm discretely slips into the streetscape of tightly packed auto body shops, neon sign fabricators, digital printers, and...
The recipients of the 28th Piranesi Awards, announced at the conclusion of the Piran Days of Architecture in Slovenia late last year, include a bridge, a fire station, a rehabilitation center, and the renovation of a heritage house.
In 2016 the Building of the Week feature on American-Architects presented nearly fifty buildings located in the United States. To bring this year's feature to a close, we are holding a Building of the Year poll – with just a few mouse clicks you can vote for your favorite building.
Building a single-occupancy home over a former water cistern was the starting point of the project. The site, subsequently altered over time, reached its final configuration circa 1955. It has two levels, facing south, and has remained unaltered since then.
Orange Architects has won the closed competition for Terra Project, an exclusive residential tower at the beach in Limassol, Cyprus, commissioned by Masharii & The Land.
British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye has been named Knight Bachelor in Queen Elizabeth's 2017 New Year Honors "for his contribution to architecture and design" and for being "one of the leading architects of his generation and a global cultural ambassador for the UK."
Phoenix is a city known for, among other things, large blocks and a sprawling layout that points to a reliance on the automobile. Even with this morphology there is a shift toward public transportation. Uptown Row, designed by The Ranch Mine, is located close to one of the city's light...
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the great support and trust in 2016. At World-Architects we are looking forward to the opportunities and challenges lying ahead in 2017. We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season and all the best for 2017.
Spatial practice completed a site-specific light installation in Tokushima, Japan, titled Indigo Waterfall. The permanent fiber optic lighting installation debuted at the Tokushima LED Art Festival 2016 flanking both sides of Kasuga Bridge, creating the perception of indigo ink spilling...
The Fundació Mies van der Rohe has announced the 356 nominated works in the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2017.
Fletcher Priest is delighted that One New Ludgate has won the Developer Project of the Year with our client Land Securities at the LEAF awards. Entries were received...
Design Within Reach's 13th annual DWR Champagne Chair Contest has launched. It asks entrants to "create a miniature chair using only the foil, label, cage and cork from no more than two champagne bottles."
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named architect Richard Murphy’s own house in Edinburgh, Scotland, as its 2016 House of the Year.
The Bassins à flots are a 162 ha niche site, a high-quality port and manufacturing district for which Bordeaux City Council has development plans. Nicolas Michelin’s instructions are to create a link between the site and the horizon and to build on the metaphor of the...
Built in the 1930s, the “George Eastman” building, originally a dental clinic, is located in Leopold Park, at the heart of the European Quarter of Brussels. By creating a House of European History at this location, the park and its history are brought together with the current...
To celebrate the January 2017 opening of the long-awaited Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, HamburgMusik recently flew some drones through the Herzog & de Meuron-designed building.
For our last Insight feature of 2016, World-Architects looks back – month-by-month and week-by-week – at the most important headlines, projects, competitions, features and products we...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced that its 2017 Twenty-five Year Award, which is "conferred on a building that has stood the test of time for 25-35 years," will go to I.M. Pei's iconic entrance to the Louvre in Paris.
Brett Steele, director of London's Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture has been appointed dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
When confronted with this area of steep slopes, we saw the many possibilities that opened to work with in the face of a large program demanded by the property. The premises were clear: large and bright spaces, to which we incorporate comfortable and efficient.
One year ago, in our Year in Architecture 2015 roundup, we presented a dozen buildings that were under construction and set to open by the end of 2016. Here we revisit those buildings to see...
PONE Architecture's Experience Pavilion at Guangzhou Design Week attempted to rediscover the alternating potential of organized construction. Urged by the question on how to integrate architecture to further interact and blend cities, environments, human beings and space, it created the...
How can you make a motorway section attractive and functional for the local residents? This is the question MoederscheimMoonen Architects set to work on for the Municipality of Schiedam.
Attracted by the large garden and the tranquil environment of this house located a few kilometres away from Brussels, the new owners wished to carry out works to make it brighter and to open it up on the outside.
The Ku.Be House of Culture in Movement was designed for the municipality of Frederiksberg as a focal point for both the immediate community and also the wider area of Copenhagen; one that the people themselves could take ownership of and that would evolve its program based on the specific wants...
On Sunday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Tokyo for the $1.5 billion National Stadium that will serve as the main venue of the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2020 Paralympic Games.
New York-based filmmaker Oscar Boyson, with the help of The Nantucket Project, ventured around the world to meet architects, planners, thinkers, government officials, and citizens in order to get a sense of where cities are heading.
Electronic music is a new subject for architecture. Most of the times electro nights take place in spaces that were not specially designed for them: clubs or night clubs, warehouses, fields, stadiums…