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Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum / Zaha Hadid Architects

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 06 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum in the Guangming District of the city opens today. Showcasing the scientific endeavour, ground-breaking research, and future possibilities of technology, this new institution will explore the power of science and the technological advancements defining our future. Designed as a leading visitor destination of the Greater Bay Area — the world's largest metropolitan region with its population approaching 100 million residents — the museum will collaborate with the region's renowned tech industries, universities, schools and research centres to cultivate innovation, as well as present the ongoing inventiveness that places Shenzhen as a global leader in the development of new technologies.

Energy Hub / Morris+Company

Paula Pintos — Fri, 14 May 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Context. The Energy Hub is a unique mixed-use building within the regeneration masterplan for Elephant and Castle. Developed with Lendlease, the 4-storey building contains a combined heat and power facility, nursery, café and community space and pocket park. The project comprises a combination of community and commercial uses never before entwined in one building.

Kindergarten Vashavskoye Hwy 141 / Buromoscow

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 02:00:00 +0000

Kindergarten for 220 children is located in the newly built prefab housing area in the outskirts of Moscow, also designed by Buromoscow.

New Scotland Yard / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:00:00 +0000

AHMM’s design for New Scotland Yard is a radical remodelling and extension of the Curtis Green Building, a 1930s building on the Thames Embankment, which was an earlier home of the MPS. The core objectives of the brief were to create modern, flexible and efficient office environments, extend available floor space and facilitate agile working with more interaction between staff. The design has transformed the building with the addition of an elegant curved glass entrance pavilion and rooftop pavilions and a reworking of the existing accommodation. The scheme has expanded the building’s floor area from 8,691sqm to around 12,000sqm through extensions to the rear, roof and front concourse.

PLP Architecture’s Proposed Office Building Responds to London’s Historic Urban Identity

Osman Bari — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Amongst the rapid materializing of telecoms, media and tech companies within the Blackfriar’s Southbank region, PLP Architecture has been chosen for the design of a new office building with the challenge of successfully integrating into the ever-changing local fabric.

Coventry University, Faculty of Engineering and Computing / Arup Associates

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Arup Associates’ architecture and engineering design for Coventry University’s new Faculty of Engineering and Computing embraces the university’s progressive, experiential approach to teaching these subjects.

Make Architects Win Planning For First Building in Birmingham's Arena Central

Sadia Quddus — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Birmingham City Council has approved Make Architects' designs for the first commercial building of the city's Arena Central masterplan. Located on Broad Street and overlooking the historic Centenary Square, 1 Arena Central is set to be the first step in the master plan for the 9.2 acre site at the heart of Birmingham City Center Enterprise Zone. The eight story building, which will feature 135,000 square feet of Grade A office space, with 5,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor, is emblematic of the flagship development of the overall master plan.

NEO Bankside / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Nico Saieh — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:00:00 +0000

NEO Bankside comprises 217 residential units in four hexagonal pavilions ranging from 12 to 24 storeys and a six-storey office block, located next to the Tate Modern, one of the most visited museums in the world.

MediaCityUK Exterior Spaces / Gillespies

Andrew Rosenberg — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Creative companies and TV channels moving to MediaCityUK will be inspired by its fresh new public spaces and waterside landscape, designed by Gillespies. MediaCityUK has been developed by The Peel Group and creates a globally significant digital media hub. It is one of the UK’s largest construction projects and has regenerated a former industrial dock site.

Masdar Institute / Foster + Partners

Kelly Minner — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Today marks the offical opening of the first solar powered building at Masdar City. The Masdar Institute (MI) campus is entirely powered by renewable solar energy, with a 10 megawatt solar field providing the Institues energy. This solar field by the way is also producing 60% more energy than what MI consumes and its left overs will be fed back into the Abu Dhabi grid. The post graduate students will be the city's first residents, and the data from the sustainable technologies at MI will be surveyed assisting in the implementation of these practices in future Masdar City buildings.