Tag Nic Lehoux

28-01-2022

Teeple-GWWO architects’ concrete and limestone building for Morgan State University

A concrete and limestone student hub bringing together the administrative services of Morgan State University

17-06-2021

The Civic Hotel in Seattle: the past revisited by Wittman Estes

Seattle-based architecture firm Wittman Estes has completed the renovation and modernisation of a hotel originally opened in 1962 for the Century 21 World's Fair in the rapidly transforming South Lake Union neighbourhood of the city. The project also includes furniture designed by the architects specifically to echo the hotel’s mid-century history.

28-12-2020

Urban density, the Grasshopper Studio and Courtyard by Wittman Estes

US architecture firm Wittman Estes has designed a small studio and courtyard behind a house that was built in the 1940s. An elegant, and at the same time sustainable response that provides a design solution on a human scale without losing sight of the pressing urgency to densify the urban fabric.

16-11-2020

Henning Larsen’s concrete and timber town hall on a bridge over a river

Il municipio di Eysturkommuna è un edificio a ponte con una struttura in cemento, un rivestimento in legno e il tetto verde sul quale fare dei picnic

06-10-2020

David Adjaye wins the 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

Architect David Adjaye was awarded the 2021 Royal Gold Medal, the highest British award given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence “either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture”. The commission for the 2021 Royal Gold Medal included, among others, architects Dorte Mandrup and Shelley McNamara, winner of the 2020 Royal Gold Medal together with Yvonne Farrell.

11-09-2020

Reinforced curved brick façade

An old building restored and expanded with classic technologies is given a new brick and glass façade

04-09-2020

Springdale Library by RDHA incorporates photosensitive components in the glass facade

Library incorporates photosensitive technical components in its glass facade

04-09-2019

NADAAA: Daniels Building at the University of Toronto

The extension of Knox College at One Spadina Crescent in Toronto was the occasion for NADAAA to design a contemporary volume, the Daniels Building, updated in energy sustainability and in dialogue with the neighbourhood. The Daniels Building translates the vertical thrust of the neo-Gothic building.

10-09-2018

Renzo Piano exhibition: The Art of Making Buildings

On its 250th anniversary, from 15th September the Royal Academy of Arts will present a large exhibition dedicated to architect Renzo Piano and the projects created by his RPBW studio. It is the first complete exhibition dedicated to the Italian architect to take place in London since 1989.