The developers behind Jane Signature, a 57-storey residential tower in Miami designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, have unveiled images of what the finished building is to look like. The 198-metre pagoda-shaped tower… Jade Signature, Miami, by Herzog & De Meuron
John Pardey Architects have won the 2013 Welsh Gold Medal for Architecture for Trewarren House, a five-bedroom family home overlooking the Nevern Estuary in Newport near the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in Wales, UK. The… Welsh Gold Medal for Architecture awarded to John Pardey Architects for Trewarren House
Irish architecture practice De Blacam & Meagher has completed a luxury villa as part of the new San Lorenzo development for the prestigious Quinta do Lago resort in the Algarve, Portugal. Designed as a large… The most beautiful homes in the world: Villa in Quinta do Lago, Portugal, by De Blacam & Meagher Architects
Belgian architecture practice Open Y Office has recently completed the House Gepo in Wijgmaal, Belgium, a contemporary country cottage that uses contrasting materials to establish a separation between private and public areas while creating an… The most beautiful homes in the world: House Gepo, Belgium, by Open Y Office
I admit that, in the vast majority of times, the architecture of buildings designed for sports purposes do not fill me with much joy and interest. Such buildings tend to be either rather bland or… IAD unveils masterplan for 2015 Pan-African Games in Brazzaville, Congo
Architecture practice UNStudio was recently announced as the winner of the competition to design the Yongjia World Trade Center in Wenzhou, the Chinese city in the Yangtze River Delta region. Located in the Oubei Sanjiang… UNStudio to Design Yongjia World Trade Center in Wenzhou, China
There is something eerily beautiful about the brutalist sensibility that Ukranian architect Igor Sirotov used to design his ‘Chair House’ in its physical context. Purposefully conceived as an isolated object against the harsh rocky setting… The most beautiful homes in the world: Chair House, Ukraine, by Igor Sirotov
Architecture firm OMA has won a competition to design a mixed-use public building for downtown Santa Monica, California. The proposal, led by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA’s New York office, will replace an entire block currently… OMA wins competition to design Santa Monica mixed-use building
Architecture practice Grimshaw Architects have been announced as the winners of a competition to design the Koç Contemporary Art Museum in Istanbul. The winning design features an extension of the original museum in the form… Grimshaw architects win competition to design Istanbul’s contemporary art museum
To coincide with architect Richard Rogers’s 80th birthday, the Royal Academy of Arts in London is currently displaying a retrospective of his life and career. Entitled ‘Richard Rogers RA: Inside and Out’, the exhibition (on… Celebrating a life in architecture: Richard Rogers retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts