Tag Ports

28-06-2022

IrwinKritioti Architecture, Cruise Terminal in Limassol

Following the competition for the design of the new Limassol Terminal, the Cyprus-based IrwinKritioti Architecture studio created the first building specifically built for cruise ships on the island of Cyprus. A series of elliptical shells stretching for 350 metres along the pier replace the old industrial warehouse that has provided basic services for many years, as well as allowing for alternative uses of the structure.

22-06-2021

MVRDV designs new project for the Port of Rotterdam

The MVRDV architecture studio has recently revealed the design of a new project for the port of Rotterdam, the Harbour Experience Centre, an exhibition space and visitor centre that will be located at the harbour’s western-most point. The new building will offer tourists and citizens spectacular 360° panoramic views over the harbour, the coast and the ocean. The Harbour Experience Centre is set to be completed and to open its doors to the public in 2024.

09-10-2020

COBE and Arup’s Brutalist concrete station

COBE and Arup have built a metro station in the port of Copenhagen reinterpreting the Modernist idiom.

14-08-2020

C.F. Møller Architects’s steel and glass Värtaterminalen

The ferry terminal in Stockholm, Sweden, combines port constructions with naval architecture and urban parks

02-09-2019

SHoP Architects the new Pier 17 in South Street Seaport - Manhattan

The South Street Seaport district of Manhattan, New York, has undergone major redevelopment, including the new pier building: Pier 17. The project was designed by the firm SHoP Architects which, until 13 September, will be the star of The Architects Series, the cultural programme of SpazioFMGperl’Architettura, the Iris Ceramica Group gallery in Milan.

17-12-2018

Studio Vicini Architects: Amerigo Vespucci Terminal in Civitavecchia

Studio Vicini Architects of Genoa, working in partnership with FIANDRE Architectural Surfaces, completed the new Amerigo Vespucci Terminal in only 18 months with the goal of making Civitavecchia an important cruise ship port.

23-07-2018

UNStudio Asia Keppel Cove Marina & Clubhouse in Zhongshan

UNStudio’s Asia division, which includes its Shanghai and Tokyo offices, recently unveiled the new Keppel Cove Marina & Clubhouse in Zhongshan, on the Xi River in China’s Guandong province. The project is part of an ambitious masterplan including a marina with direct access to the river.

06-11-2017

Hastings Pier wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2017

The project by the dRMM Architects studio is the public favourite and winner of the 22nd edition of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2017.

25-09-2017

Baynes and Mitchell Architects Command of the Oceans Chatham

Baynes and Mitchell Architects’ renovation and conservation project at the dockyards in Chatham, UK has received numerous acknowledgements and is among the finalists for the 2017 Riba Stirling Prize.