Architecture
MVRDV Wins China Software Park Design Competition
Rotterdam, Netherland-based architecture and urban design practice MVRDV has won the competition to design two structures within the Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, China, ArchDaily reports. One of the structures...
Entries Now Open for the AJ Architecture Awards
Architects’ Journal has announced the return of the AJ Architecture Awards for the seventh consecutive year. Open to all practices regardless of size or scale, these awards highlight the very...
Architect Proposes Alternative To Address NYC Housing Shortage
Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of NYC-based Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) said in a New York Times opinion piece in December 2023 that PAU has prepared an analysis showing that...
Winning Design for Tencent’s New Global HQ in China
Büro Ole Scheeren has won an international competition for the design of Tencent’s new global headquarters (HQ) in Shenzhen, China, Arch Daily reports. The new structure, occupying a 14-ha site,...
Design Unveiled for Tirana, Albania, Tower
Portuguese architecture studio OODA recently unveiled its design for Hora Vertikale, a stacked tower with a clustered façade, “set to redefine” Tirana, Albania’s skyline, designboom reports. The first phase of...
Fashionable “Beach House in the Sky” Planned in Gold Coast, Australia
A 22-story, 20-unit residential tower described by George Kouzoukas, co-founder of luxury fashion house Sabo and Zaco, as a “beach house in the sky” is planned in Broadbeach, Gold Coast,...
Google Provides Preview of Thompson Center Redesign in Chicago
Google announced plans to purchase the iconic, 17-story postmodern James R. Thompson Center in Chicago’s downtown Loop in 2022. On December 13, the company provided a “first look” on its...
New York Build No-Cost Registration Open
Construction and design show New York Build will be held on February 13-14, 2024, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, NY. Registration is open, and no-cost...
Mitsubishi Elevator (Thailand) Hosts Seminar
Mitsubishi Elevator (Thailand) recently held a seminar in Phuket titled “Vertical Transportation & Real Estate Trends in the Year of the Dragon” at the Phuket Kalima Resort and Spa, the...
Glasgow City Council Develops New Tall-Building Guidance
The City Council in Glasgow, Scotland, has developed a new tall-building guidance that aims to make the city center more "livable, sustainable and diverse" as it grows, STV News reports....
