Photographer Jamie Young is compiling an archive to document the history of water towers in Ireland. More »
Infrastructure
Water Towers of Ireland
London Britannia Airport
by Gensler
AIR+PORT by BIG and Tegnestuen Nuuk
at the Danish Pavilion
Danish architects BIG and Tegnestuen Nuuk present ideas for a combined airfield and shipping port in Greenland at the Danish Pavilion during the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012. More »
Saint Kjeld’s Kvarter
by Tredje Natur
Architecture studio Tredje Natur is redesigning a Copenhagen neighbourhood to better handle the floods expected as climate change leads to fewer but heavier rain storms. More »
Voivodeship Police Headquarters by
Poznań Projekt and mode:lina architekci
Flashes of blue stand out against the stark white and grey interior of this police headquarters in Poland by Poznań Projekt and mode:lina architekci (+ slideshow). More »
Kumutoto Toilets by
Studio Pacific
New Zealand architects Studio Pacific have created public toilets shaped like headless dinosaurs in Wellington (+ slideshow). More »
United States Land Port of Entry in Calais
by Robert Siegel Architects
Drivers crossing the border from Canada into the USA at Calais, Maine, would never know that there's a tranquil rock garden sandwiched between the checkpoint buildings designed by New York firm Robert Siegel Architects. More »
Ninotsminda Border Checkpoint
by Luka Machablishvili
The latest in a string of infrastructure projects in Georgia is a twisted cascade of concrete forming a checkpoint at the border with Armenia by architect Luka Machablishvili. More »
Emirates Air Line by
Wilkinson Eyre Architects
A kilometre-long cable car designed by British architects Wilkinson Eyre has opened today over the River Thames in London. More »
Drive Through Airport by
Büro für MEHR
Creative studio Büro für MEHR has designed a concept for a drive-through airport that processes planes like a car wash. More »
Baeza Town Hall by Viar Estudio
Patchy timber shields the glazed upper storeys of this extension to a historic town hall in southern Spain by architects Viar Estudio. More »
Slideshow feature: J. Mayer H.
in Georgia
Slideshow feature: infrastructure projects by German architects J. Mayer H. have been popping up all over Georgia in the last year - buildings completed so far include an airport, a police station, a civic centre, a border checkpoint and two roadside service stations. Here's a slideshow to bring them all together. More »
Rest Stops in Georgia by J. Mayer H.
German architects J. Mayer H. have completed the first two of 20 roadside service stations for a new highway running from Azerbaijan to Turkey, through Georgia. More »
House of Justice and Police Station, Mestia
by J. Mayer H.
The surrounding mountains were the inspiration behind the textured concrete forms of a civic centre and police station in Mestia, Georgia, by German firm J. Mayer H. Architects. More »
Sulzberg-Thal Fire Station
by Dietrich Untertrifaller
Hoses hang inside an illuminated glass tower at this timber-clad fire station in western Austria by architects Dietrich Untertrifaller. More »