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BIG reveals Miami Produce Center raised on stilts above former warehouses

August 8, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firm BIG has released plans to build a major complex in an industrial neighbourhood of Miami, combining housing, offices, a school and urban farming. BIG’s Miami Produce Center will be elevated on columns above a trio of warehouses in Allapattah – a district known for a large open-air produce and textile markets. The 125,000-square-metre

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Steven Holl to overhaul University College Dublin with design referencing Giant’s Causeway

August 8, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Steven Holl Architects has won a competition to revamp Ireland’s largest university, with a proposal featuring buildings that reference the geological forms of the Giant’s Causeway. The New York-based firm, led by architect Steven Holl, was selected ahead of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, John Ronan Architects, O’Donnell + Tuomey, Studio Libeskind and UNStudio to design

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Grenfell Tower reimagined as a black concrete-covered memorial

August 8, 2018 India Block 0

London-based architecture studio JAA has revealed a proposal to encase the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower in a sarcophagus of black concrete as a memorial to the victims of the fire. JAA developed the concept after becoming concerned that the “tragedy caused through negligence” would not be memorialised sufficiently, meaning it could fade from collective

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Olson Kundig completes major renovation of Seattle’s Space Needle

August 7, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

The Space Needle observation tower in Seattle has reopened to the public following an extensive overhaul by American firm Olson Kundig Architects, which involved adding “the world’s first and only revolving glass floor”. Olson Kundig’s Century Project saw the renovation of the 184-metre-high structure, which was built for the 1962 World’s Fair, and has remained a landmark on the

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Zaha Hadid Architects reveals plans for Maltese skyscraper

August 6, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed images of a 31-storey tower, planned for Paceville on the northern coast of Malta. Named Mercury Tower, the building would be eight storeys higher than the nearby 23-floor Portomaso Business Tower – currently the tallest building on the Mediterranean island. The 24,500 square metre tower was designed by the late Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher,

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Ai Weiwei’s Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities

August 6, 2018 India Block 0

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei took to Instagram to show Chinese authorities knocking down his studio in Beijing, with many of his artworks still inside. Weiwei, who worked with Herzog and de Meuron to design the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games, posted a series of clips showing construction machinery being used to tear

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Snøhetta plans nixed as Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building gains landmark status

August 1, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Philip Johnson’s postmodern AT&T Building has been awarded landmark status, halting Snøhetta’s controversial renovation plans for the Midtown Manhattan skyscraper. New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) announced yesterday, 31 July 2018, that it has granted landmark status to the tower, also known as 550 Madison. The designation protects the exterior of the reddish-toned stone building, preventing the Oslo and

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Architects petition to save Venturi Scott Brown’s San Diego art museum

July 31, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Over 70 architects, critics and preservationists have signed a petition to prevent the “tremendous mistake” of demolishing parts of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, to make way for an expansion by Selldorf Architects. Architects Terry Farrell, Robert AM Stern and Toshiko Mori, critic Paul Goldberger, curator Martino Stierli,

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Chinese skyscraper incorporates 108-metre high waterfall

July 31, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

New video footage reveals the latest incredible skyscraper being constructed in China, which incorporates a giant waterfall into its facade. Named the Liebian International Building, the 121-metre tall tower in Guiyang, southwest China, has been built to include a dramatic a 108-metre-high water feature. This unique feature is one of the largest artificial waterfalls in the world,

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Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims

July 31, 2018 India Block 0

Pritzker Prize-winner Shigeru Ban has joined the disaster relief effort in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, personally setting up his Paper Partition System for evacuees. The Japanese architect joined the team from the Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) to construct a set of paper and fabric dividers inside school gymnasiums where survivors of the torrential rain are taking

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