Tag Commercial Buildings

02-01-2019

MAD Architects’ Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre nears completion

The final phase in construction of the Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre designed by MAD Architects, the studio of architect Ma Yansong, is now underway: a project on an urban scale that puts the architect’s concepts of the "Shanshui City" into practice.

01-01-2019

NEST UMAR, really sustainable living

NEST Unit Urban Mining & Recycling (UMAR), where all the resources required to construct a building must be fully reusable, recyclable or compostable, according to lifecycle principles is sending out a clear message to the world of sustainable building.

28-12-2018

MVRDV’s Crystal House: a glass brick façade.

The glass bricks of MVRDV’s Crystal House unexpectedly blend with masonry bricks, and are even stronger than concrete

21-12-2018

A veterinary clinic in Montreal by TBA/Thomas Balaban Architecte

Canadian firm TBA/Thomas Balaban Architecte is behind the renovation and extension of a two-storey structure in Montreal, turning an abandoned photo studio into a mixed-use property comprising a veterinarian hospital and emergency clinic, and four residential units.

17-12-2018

Parviainen Architects and the Länsisalmi Power Station in Helsinki

Parviainen Architects is the Production Energy and Recycling Completed Buildings category winner at the 2018 World Architecture Festival, its second prize this year after the Marigold Architecture Award.

12-12-2018

best architects 19, the best of European architecture

The European best architects award is hugely popular because it gives us a picture of what’s happening at the moment in European architecture.

16-11-2018

The Red Arrow, a playful makeover in Shanghai by 100architects

The creative architects from 100architects, founded in Shanghai in 2013 and currently led by two partners, Marcial Jesus from Chile and Javier Gonzalez from Spain, have renovated the lobby of a historic building in Shanghai and turned it into a public place.

14-11-2018

Frizz23 in Berlin, an example of bottom-up urban development

The completion of the Frizz23 building at the southern end of the Friedrichstrasse marks a milestone in Berlin’s property policy, showing how bottom-up urban development is possible, constructive and successful when local players and citizens take the initiative.