The race for WAN's House of the Year 2012 was whittled down to two projects which battled for the coveted title. The first being Studio Seilern's Gota Residence in East Africa and 'Under Pohutukawa,' Auckland by Herbst Architects. Both projects were …
Outside Chengdu, in central China, a 78 million square foot site has been determined for an unconventional sort of construction project. It will be a city built from scratch, for 80,000 people, none of whom will need a car to get around. The "Gre…
The finalists for one of the most prestigious architecture prizes in Europe have been announced, with a home for the elderly and a brightly-coloured street playground making the cut. The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture -- other…
Declared a "stand-out" winner, Hotel Lone scooped the award for Newbuild Hotel at the European Hotel Design Awards, held on 20 November 2012. Opened in summer 2011, Croatia’s first member of Design Hotels™ was described by the judging pan…
Zaha Hadid Architects has won the international competition to build the new National Stadium of Japan. The Practice, which produced the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games, was selected ahead of 45 other international architecture firm…
After a number of attempts by others to regenerate Battersea Power Station, Allies and Morrison have teamed up with SAVE Britain's Heritage to devise a step by step proposal to save the former Boiler House and re-use it as an 11,000 seat arena able t…
Mexico's President Calderon has inaugurated the world's highest bridge which is part of a new trans Mexico highway connecting Mazatlan to Durango. Eventually a further section will complete the route across northern Mexico from the Pacific to the Atl…
A proposed multi million joint development project between Qatar and Cyprus, in the capital Nicosia, will go ahead, Minister of Finance Kikis Kazamias has said. Kazamias visited the military barracks at the entrance of Nicosia, which will be demolish…