Architizer Editors
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…
Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design won the 2015 A+Awards, Jury Choice, for the Office Interio rs Category with OFFICE > ENTROPY. For this office space, the architects rigidly applied a grid, constructed from plywood, to the interior space.
L: 2WTC by Bjarke Ingels Group; R: Rainbow Chapel by Coordination Asia, via Designboom. Up Grade: Bj arke Ingels has made headlines this week with the revelation that Silverstein Properties is moving forward with his design for 2 World Trade Center instead of a previous one by Norman Foster. The tower will rise alongside Skidmore Owings…
Set to open later this year, the Shanghai Tower by Gensler (2,073 ft) is currently the tallest build ing in China and second tallest in the world. Here, Xiaomei Lee, Co-Managing Director of Gensler Shanghai, shares the story of the centerpiece of the city’s Lujiazui District. From the outset, this project was meant to represent China’s…