Paul Keskeys
Skyscraper aficionados Skidmore, Owings and Merrill have added another glittering high-rise to their burgeoning portfolio of works in China. Last week, construction was officially completed on the Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower, a hybrid office and hotel building that has already been voted “favorite completed high-rise building” by nationwide technical staff at the Greenland Group,…
Last week, when French architect Dominique Perrault was award the Praemium Imperiale — often conside red one of the most important art prizes in the world — he joined some seriously prestigious company. The 2015 winner joins a long list of globally renowned names to have received the award including Frank Gehry (1992), Rem Koolhaas (2001),…
London has had its fair share of urban planning controversies and contentious constructions in recen t years, but the city is experiencing an overwhelmingly positive transformation in at least one realm of urban design. London’s rail infrastructure is experiencing something of a revival after decades of architectural misfires, and the latest train-related project to be thrown…
There are no shortage of spectacularly designed green roofs out there, as a trip through Architizer’ s archives will attest, but California’s Cupertino valley may soon be home to the most epic of them all. Rafael Viñoly Architects has proposed a radical renovation of the city’s failed Vallco Shopping Mall, including a 30-acre “sky park” on…
Dallas is no stranger to the striking, sculptural works of Santiago Calatrava. Back in 2012, the cit y was given its first taste of the world-renowned architect’s distinctive style with the arrival of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, an iconic cable-stayed structure spanning 1,200 feet across the Trinity River. Now, Calatrava is back, and he is…
On the 14th anniversary of 9/11, people around the globe will be taking a moment to look back, remem bering the victims and their loved ones. Just as the lives of many were changed forever that day, the architectural landscape of New York was also irrevocably altered. The task of repairing and rebuilding the heart of…
Australia and Scandinavia belong to two different worlds in terms of language, climate, and geograph y, but one thing these two disparate places have in common is their high standards of education and innovative strategies for learning. Philosophies from both sides of the globe are now coming together in a new project by Danish firm Henning…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced yesterday that British architect David Adjaye is to be the latest recipient of the prestigious Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT. The $100,000 prize also includes a valuable artist’s residency at the Institute in the spring of next year. Adjaye is set to take part in a…
As every creative type knows, it can be pretty difficult to focus and get things done in the big cit y. With endless distractions — from the perpetual buzz of a smartphone to the tantalizing smell from the nearest Starbucks drifting through the window — we have all had days when we struggle to stick to…