Tag Public Buildings

08-05-2020

Weinstein A+U and the new fire station 22 in Seattle

The architects from Seattle-based studio, Weinstein A+U designed fire station 22 in their city. The building, on a small, narrow lot with drive-through access for the fire trucks, also achieved LEED Platinum certification.

06-03-2020

Dietrich Untertrifaller + Tekhnê: Alice Milliat Gym in Lyon

As part of the ZAC du Bon Lait which transformed the 20th-century working-class neighbourhood in the south of Lyon, Dietrich Untertrifaller and Tekhnê have designed the Alice Milliat Gym. The frustum-shaped roof and straw insulation are the strengths of the glulam structure.

17-10-2019

Industrial architecture in Rotterdam, the waterworks

Rotterdam is a Mecca for fans of contemporary architecture, with impressive buildings and landmarks. But this Dutch city hides some of its oldest treasures, magnificent examples of industrial architecture that include the De Esch waterworks, turned into a residential zone in the 1970s.

09-05-2019

ICONSIAM Mixed-use Complex Bangkok Thailand

Inaugurated at the end of 2018, ICONSIAM is a large-scale mixed-use complex overlooking the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.

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.

23-11-2018

Recetas Urbanas, the self-construction on display at MUSAC

MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León is hosting the exhibition called “Usted está aquí”, the story of more than two decades of work by Recetas Urbanas and the architect Santiago Cigureda who has made self-building, reusing materials, community involvement and collective design the main tools of his processes and his architectural approach.

22-11-2018

New Zealand’s Waterview Connection: putting people at the heart of a motorway project

Designed by New Zealand-based architects Warren and Mahoney, alongside Boffa Miskell and the Well Connected Alliance, the structures of the Waterview Connection are crafted to reflect the city’s distinct volcanic landscape and Māori culture, putting people rather than cars at the forefront of its design.