News: while Foster + Partners think simply increasing capacity is the way to improve New York's Grand Central Terminal, architecture firm SOM has proposed adding a floating observation deck that slides up and down the sides of two new skyscrapers (+ slideshow). More »
Tag: infrastructure
SOM proposes floating observation deck
"Turkey has learnt how to be in a crisis"
- Murat Tabanlıoğlu on Bodrum Airport
World Architecture Festival 2012: Murat Cengiz Tabanlıoğlu of Tabanlıoğlu Architects says that Turkey has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world because they have "learnt how to be in a crisis," in this interview we filmed about the firm's airport project that topped the transport category at this year's World Architecture Festival. More »
Tbilisi Public Service Hall by
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Towering steel mushrooms create a layered canopy over the roof of this glazed office block in Tbilisi, Georgia, by Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas (+ slideshow). More »
Water Towers of Ireland
by Jamie Young
Photographer Jamie Young is compiling an archive to document the history of water towers in Ireland. More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Western Concourse at King’s Cross
by John McAslan + Partners
A semi-circular vaulted concourse designed by British architects John McAslan + Partners will open at King’s Cross Station in London next week. More »
University of Birmingham Steam Bridge
by MJP Architects
This 60 metre-long metal bridge is a route for heating and power pipes, rather than people. More »





