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DISSING+WEITLING Architecture won the 2015 A+Award, Jury Choice, for the Highways & Bridges Category with Cykelslangen / The Bicycle Snake. This 660-foot (200-meter) bicycle bridge in Copenhagen makes life easier for some 12,500 commuters daily.
HELSINKI — Moreau Kusunoki Architectes of Paris are the winners of the Guggenheim Helsinki design co mpetition, the museum announced at a press conference Tuesday morning. After a year-long process, they were chosen by an 11-member jury from a shortlist of six firms. “One of our key ideas from the beginning was to make a transparent…
Architecture has come a long way since the time of drawing boards, T-squares, and dividers. How do c ontemporary firms deploy software and hardware solutions in an increasingly competitive market when superior workflow is measured in seconds, bytes, and pixels? Architizer recently conducted a survey of architects [PDF] to glean how they use technology, and the…
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…