Architizer Editors
Plastic Fantastic: Designed by SelgasCano, the 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (pictured above) ope ned today in London. The wire-framed structure is wrapped in a rainbow-colored skin of ETFE plastic. The Spanish architects’ sculptural form is the 15th created since the pavilion program began and is open until the 18th of October this year. Bridge Over Troubled…
Our regular news roundup: Madness in L.A., a Mall by Leeser, Robin Hood, RIBA, and the Stars Align.. .
This week sees the grand opening of Foster + Partners’ latest work, a project of a markedly differen t profile — or variety — than his trumped tower in N.Y.C. The masterplan for the Château Margaux is laden with a different but equally challenging history, albeit one that required a rather lighter touch. Considering the big…
With 90+ categories and 300+ jurors, the Architizer A+Awards is the world’s definitive archite ctural awards program. Following the Awards Gala and Phaidon book launch on May 14, we are pleased to share the stories behind the winners of the 2015 Awards program — see all of them here. Maisam Architects and Engineers won the 2015…
L: Charles Correa, via Dezeen; R: Jawahar Kala Kendra, via Uncube. India Memoriam: Charles Correa, a pioneer of contemporary architecture in India, has passed away in his home city of Mumbai. The 84-year-old RIBA Gold Medal recipient was known for landmark buildings such as the British Council in Delhi and Jawahar Kala Kendra and was…
L: Google London headquarters by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, via Dezeen; R: “Wang Family Ancestral Hall” by Ai Weiwei, via Designboom. Google Searching (for a New Architect): Thomas Heatherwick is fast becoming Larry Page’s go-to architect. Following his collaboration with Bjarke Ingels on the Googleplex in Mountain View, rumor has it that the British designer…
Diba Tensile Architecture won the 2015 A+Award, Popular Choice, for the Highways & Bridges Category with Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge. The bridge connects two parks with an undulating, multilevel pathway on which users might linger.
Now in its third year, the Architizer A+Awards has grown each year since its launch in 2013, and thi s year saw the launch of a number of new initiatives in what has quickly grown into the biggest international award program for architecture. From the first-ever A+Awards book, published by Phaidon, to a billboard in Times…
L: Frank Gehry by Rohit Chawla, via Icon; R: Santiago Calatrava by Gisela Svedberg, via the Guardian . Frankly Speaking: Now the dust has settled after completion of his characteristically flamboyant Chau Chak Wing — a.k.a. the Paper Bag — Frank Gehry sat down with Icon’s Edwin Heathcote in Sydney for an in-depth chat. “There are…