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Danish firm Schimdt Hammer Lassen has won an international competition to design a new district in c entral Oslo, Norway, totaling almost one million square feet. According to the architects, Eureka Kvarteret has been conceived as a “unifying urban development icon” notable for its phased construction plan intended to create “fertile ground for the life between…
TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF OUR 4TH ANNUAL A+AWARDS, WE’RE TAKING A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF OUR F AVORITE PROJECTS FROM 2015. WANT TO GET IN ON THE ACTION? CHECK OUT THE A+AWARDS PAGETO FIND OUT HOW TO ENTER. Parisians should share some of the plaudits when it comes to celebrating the High Line in…
Danish practice Henning Larsen Architects has triumphed over two other stellar Scandinavian firms — BIG and White Arkitekter — to secure a significant new commission in the Swedish city of Lund. Forum Medicum will form a key part of Lund University’s drive toward a modern, collaborative academic environment uniting a wide variety of functions within…
It’s no secret that rental prices in New York are among the highest in the world: trying to find an affordable place to call home can feel like you are forever walking in the shoes of Ryan Nethery, creator of infamous Tumblr The Worst Room. Back in 2013, local firm nARCHITECTS arrived with a potential…
Taking their cue from nature, exoskeleton buildings challenge the mantra that ‘less is more’ when it comes to celebrating our cities. Bold and unflinching, these structures are finely tuned exponents of the dialogue that exists between architect and engineer. The coming together of these two professions is paramount to the A+ Awards. Not restricted to…
Architizer is excited to announce a new member of the jury panel for the 4th annual A+Awards, the wo rld’s largest awards program for architecture and products! Larry Silverstein, a world-renowned businessman who appreciates the power of great design, will join a host of experts from the realms of architecture, technology, and commerce to pick out…
Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind is internationally renowned for his theatrical brand of d econstructivism — particularly when it comes to cultural complexes such as the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, and the Denver Art Museum in Colorado. However, newly released images of the proposed Modern Art Center Vilnius suggest the architect may now be starting to…
Following in the footsteps of Norman Foster, the star-studded galleria of architects currently worki ng in Midtown Manhattan is about to be joined by another renowned designer from across the pond: British architect David Chipperfield’s long-delayed condominium is finally set to rise just north of the Empire State Building. Named “The Bryant” in reference to its…
Montreal 1967 World’s Fair, “Man and His World,” Buckminster Fuller’s geodes ic dome with solar experimental house. If CAD software had existed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, would the Grand Palais, the Eiffel Tower, and the Palais de Tokyo have been built? All three grew out of the giant collective experiment of the World’s…