Architecture
KNN Media Center by DRDS
Californian architects DRDS have been awarded first place in a competition to design a new broadcast and media centre in Busan, South Korea. More about KNN Media Center by DRDS
Californian architects DRDS have been awarded first place in a competition to design a new broadcast and media centre in Busan, South Korea. More about KNN Media Center by DRDS
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group and Faroe Islands architects Fuglark have won a commission to design an education centre at Torshavn on the Faroe Islands. More about Faroe Islands Education Centre by BIG and Fuglark
A group of architects calling themselves WEAK! have created a bamboo shelter as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Shenzhen, China. More about Bug Dome by WEAK!
New York design office Leong Leong have completed a flagship store for fashion brand 3.1 Phillip Lim in Seoul, Korea. More about 3.1 Phillip Lim Seoul Flagship by Leong Leong
Austrian architects Xarchitekten have completed a steel-clad car park at a steel plant in Linz, Austria. More about Multi-Level Parking Voestalpine by Xarchitekten
Here are a few photographs by architectural photographer Roland Halbe of an office in La Laguna, Tenerife. More about Notary office by Corona y P. Amaral
Danish architects MAPT have designed a pavilion in Copenhagen made of recycled materials, including old shipping containers, to coincide with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More about Cop15 pavilion by MAPT
Hong Kong architects MAP Office have installed a point for viewing the city through two pairs of binoculars in Hong Kong as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, which opened this week. More about Bloody Haze by MAP Office
Belgian photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his pictures of a library wrapped in metallic panels in Armentières, France, designed by French architects Béal & Blanckaert. More about Multimedia Centre in Armentières by Béal & Blanckaert
New York architects Asymptote have completed a hotel that straddles a race track in Abu Dhabi, UAE. More about The Yas Hotel by Asymptote
French architects Hamonic + Masson have completed an office and residential building in Le Havre, France, with metal bars across the facade. More about Docks Dombasles by Hamonic + Masson
Beijing architects MAD have designed a skyscraper for Chongqing, China, with gardens at each level. More about Urban Forest by MAD
Buenos Aires studio Guillermo Radovich Arquitecto have wrapped an existing brick house in Buenos Aires in a band of white concrete. More about House in Buenos Aires by Guillermo Radovich
Here are some more installations on show at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in China this week, including work by Beijing studio MAD, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and Los Angeles office Ball Nogues. More about Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale photos
Croatian architects 3LHD have converted a cinema in Zagreb, Croatia, into a dance centre. More about Zagreb Dance Center by 3LHD
Architect Didier Fiuza Faustino of Paris studio Mésarchitectures has installed a pair of swing seats on a billboard frame as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in China this week. More about The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Mésarchitectures
Danish architects CF Møller have completed a kindergarten in Odense, Denmark, where children can clamber around the building over large ramps and apertures in interior walls. More about Dragen Children’s House by CF Møller
Chris Lee and Kapil Gupta of Serie Architects have completed a banqueting hall in Mumbai, India, which has a structure like an avenue of trees. More about The Tote by Serie Architects
Since Dubai has been in the news a lot recently, here are our ten most popular stories about projects in Dubai. Guess what? Karim Rashid is at number one with his Switch Restaurant (above). More about Dezeen's top ten: Dubai projects
A project envisaging coastal defense towers that can be used as book depositories will be announced as one of the winners of the RIBA President's Medals Student Awards at a ceremony in London tonight. More about RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2009