Car brand Bugatti has revealed plans for a 60-storey skyscraper on the Miami River, which will be designed by US architecture studio Brandon Haw Architecture with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg. Named Bugatti Residences Miami, the development will be the car brand’s first branded residence in the US. It follows plans for its first residential skyscraper,…
Cosy nooks and a study are among the spaces designed for reading at House of Shadows, a multi-generational home in Bengaluru, Karnataka, by Indian studio Cadence Architects. Located on a quiet, tree-lined road, the house was designed for a family of bookworms who moved back to India after living in the USA for over a…
Bamboo-clad parasols and a three-storey bamboo truss feature in this roundup of buildings from Southeast and South Asia built using the fast-growing plant. Photo by Chemi Dorje Lama Mahamudra Meditation Centre, Nepal, by Abari A mandala-shaped bamboo truss crowns this Buddhist meditation centre in Tibet, Nepal, which is perched atop a mountain near the country’s…
forest of timber walls replaces a conventional room sequence House of Wall Forest in Tokyo, Japan, by IGArchitects explores how the spatial clarity and structural presence commonly associated with reinforced-concrete architecture can be translated into timber construction. Rather than using timber to create a conventional sequence of rooms, the house is organized around a…
A green-concrete frontage marks the transformation of a neglected building in Hastings into Eagle House community centre, designed by London architecture studio IF_DO. Eagle House was completed for community-led developer Hastings Commons and provides a mixture of public space, work areas and youth facilities. Rather than demolish and replace the neglected Victorian building, IF_DO looked…
Local stone and perforated brick shape Common Days in Maros Located in Maros, a small town on the outskirts of Makassar, Indonesia, Common Days by INS Studio occupies a newly developed commercial district where the urban fabric remains relatively sparse, allowing the surrounding natural landscape to remain a defining presence. Conceived as a gathering…
Our latest roundup collects houses topped with verdant green roofs, with some designed to blend into the natural landscape and others providing elevated garden space for families to gather. A green roof is a roof covered in vegetation that grows over a waterproof membrane and is designed to help absorb rainwater, improve insulation in the…
When Elliot March was a student at the University of Edinburgh, a chance meeting led to a successful partnership. “James White and I were late to the same class,” he says. “We immediately connected over a shared curiosity about architecture and design.” Early in their careers, both men worked at larger practices, continuing to learn…
Safdie Architects is restoring Brooklyn’s Pacific Library branch—the borough’s first Carnegie library. The Pacific branch is in downtown Brooklyn, near the Barclays Center. The upgrade will rectify a past series The post Safdie Architects to restore Brooklyn’s Pacific Library branch appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
The Aral Sea has shrunk by 90 percent since the 1960s because of massive Soviet irrigation projects. Today, the depleted water body is a cautionary tale for what happens when The post Joseph Grima appointed program director of Uzbekistan’s Aral School appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.