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11-05-2016

Tham & Videgård design the new Stockholm School of Architecture

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm has a new pavilion for the school of architecture designed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. The school of architecture fits into the campus built by Erik Lallerstedt in 1910 while standing out from the historic landscape with its curved corTen facades.

31-03-2016

Herzog de Meuron Blavatnik School of Government Oxford University

The round shape of Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, recalls iconic buildings in Oxford such as the Radcliffe Camera and the Sheldonian Theatre, and is reminiscent of the shape of government buildings all over the world.

28-03-2016

Moffett Place High Garden by DES Architects + Engineers

Turning classical non-places in the city into green spaces: this project by DES Architects + Engineers has transformed the rooftop of a multilevel car park in Silicon Valley into a real landscaped park.

23-03-2016

Urbanus and SUST university library in Shenzhen

The Chinese studio Urbanus has designed a symbolic building to house the library of South University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Shenzhen. The SUST university library offers Urbanus an opportunity to rethink places of learning and social relationships in the big city.

14-03-2016

The Biennale countdown. Álvaro Siza.

Exploring some of the main players in the run-up to the 15th Architecture Biennial in Venice.

12-02-2016

Patel Taylor two new buildings for Campus Essex University

Patel Taylor's studio designed the new Silberrad students' centre and the new wing of Albert Sloman Library on Essex University campus as an ideal continuation of the original masterplan, created in the 1960s by the Architects Cooperative Partnership.

27-01-2016

Creative Recycling Thesis Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic

Can the concept of recycling be applied to brand communication? The experimental thesis by Corinne Coli, supervised by Paolo Schianchi, provides an example of the application of the communication principles of Google Green to Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic, a technology developed by the Graniti Fiandre Group to achieve eco-active ceramics.

15-01-2016

Zaha Hadid's architecture

Zaha Hadid's architecture is loved and hated, considered an example of avant-garde architecture or of design for its own sake, detached from its context, objects of sculptural beauty which are expensive to build and maintain. Here are the architect's latest new projects, presented in 2015.