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3 Fabulous Apartment Designs With Lofted Bedrooms

May 5, 2017 HD Staff 0

Lofts are a versatile solution to a number of complicated interior design problems. In small apartments, they can expand usable space while putting vertical real estate to good use. In luxury homes, they can provide a playful and youthful alternative to traditional layouts. In open layout interiors, they can provide privacy without the need for […]

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Foster + Partners Breaks Ground on new Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania

May 5, 2017 Patrick Lynch 0

Foster + Partners has announced the groundbreaking of a new $1.5 billion hospital for the University of Pennsylvania’s West Philadelphia Penn Medicine campus. Working in a multi-firm collaboration called PennFirst (with healthcare design firm HDR, engineers BR+A and construction management teams from L.F. Driscoll and Balfour Beatty), the architects have designed a 16-story facility known as “The Pavilion” to house 500 private patient rooms, 47 operating rooms and a total of 1.5 million square feet of healthcare space.

Edwin Lutyens’ Midland Bank reopens as hotel and members’ club The Ned

May 5, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Edwin Lutyens’ Midland Bank building in the City of London has been renovated by Soho House & Co and the Sydell Group to accommodate a lavish hotel, club, multiple dining venues and a bar in the former vault. The Ned is the latest project by Soho House & Co, which also transformed a derelict farm in

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TREC Newark Housing Authority / ikon.5 architects

May 5, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

Motivated to provide vital education, recreation and training services to the underserved citizenry of Newark, New Jersey, the Newark Housing Authority aspired to design a facility that would be a social collector; a place where neighbors could gather, exercise, and receive training to improve their chances for gainful employment in a rapidly transforming digital-based economy. TREC (training, recreation, education center) is a community center set between an industrial and residential zone that houses vital services for a community that has few too institutions in its neighborhood.

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Five of Mexico’s best new museum buildings

May 5, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Mexico and the US celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, commemorating the Mexican Army’s victory over the French in 1862. To mark the occasion, we’ve pulled together five of the country’s best contemporary museum buildings, including projects by Toyo Ito and David Chipperfield. Museo Soumaya by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE completed this

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