The Stony Island Arts Bank , designed by William Gibbons Uffendell and built in 1923, was once a vibrant community savings and loan. But by the eighties, the branch had closed and the building remained vacant and deteriorating for decades. Chicao Artist and urban planner Theaster Gates purchased the rundown bank building for just $1.00 […] More
UA Studio 7 has a new project developed for the Shenzhen Bay Super City competition – “1” represents the whole, the unified manifestation of the separate “3’s”. By putting together 3 distinctive processes and functions, 1 stronger and efficient complex can be achieved. With this design the architects are trying to illustrate that they can create a unified compound. […] More
Aedas designs a Chinese knot tie-inspired mixed-use development with a super high-rise tower in Wuhan, China. For more images and architects' description continue after the jump: More
This converted firehouse is a totally unique combination of living and gallery/event space. Geremia Design have custom work throughout, including most of the furniture and lighting. Geremia Design decided to fit out the roof as an event space and added a staircase to connect it to the second-floor residential area. More
At a spectacular groundbreaking ceremony and party hosted by developer Ornate Spaces in Mumbai, the 3XN designed residential and mixed use project ‘Grove Towers’ was unveiled. More
NL Architects share with us their latest project the Vanke Alley. Vanke Alley or Vankely is a new type of urban tissue: shopping combined with SOHO, wrapped in a green landscape in Xiamen, China. For more images along with architects description continue after the jump: More
HENN Architekten Wins Architectural Competition for the Wenzhou High-Rise Tower. North-east of the city centre, not far from the banks of the Ou Jiang river, lies the new Central Business District of the eastern China metropolis of Wenzhou. Located on the southern edge of the business district, the 160 m high Wenzhou Tower forms an impressive […] More
Phase Three, a key part of the regeneration of the Battersea site, has been designed by Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners and includes new homes and a new high street, known as The Electric Boulevard, in an area to the south of the landmark Battersea Power Station. More
A 3XN designed IMAX theatre, retail and creative offices complex will be an iconic contribution to the 15 billion yuan (USD$2.4 billion) DreamCenter entertainment district on Shanghai’s West Bund. The DreamCenter is being developed by DreamWorks Animation together with partners, CMC Capital Partners and Hong Kong developer Lan Kwai Fong Group. More
This mixed use office and retail development by 10 Design practice, sits centrally within the new Danzishi Central Head Quarters in Chongqing, that sits on the banks of the Yangtze River. For more images and architects description continue after the jump: More
World-known architectural firm Snøhetta has unveiled the images of a hotel and residential building named Lofoten Opera Hotel, located in the Lofoten, Norway. Snøhetta has developed a project and looked at a number of factors: the landscape “critical load” vs. new construction, functional and technical aspects of access, infrastructure, ecology and sustainability, connection to outdoors […] More
Jürgen Mayer H. Architects are proud to announce their winning the RKM740 competition for a new high-rise building in Duesseldorf, Germany. Design development already began in late 2013, and completion is scheduled in 2017. More