Architecture
Urban Nebula by Zaha Hadid
Architect Zaha Hadid has created a sculptural piece that will be installed at the South Bank Centre in London during the London Design Festival this September. More about Urban Nebula by Zaha Hadid
Architect Zaha Hadid has created a sculptural piece that will be installed at the South Bank Centre in London during the London Design Festival this September. More about Urban Nebula by Zaha Hadid
Property developer Urban Splash has launched an international architecture competition to bring life back to Birnbeck Island and Pier, a faded tourist attraction at the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare, England. More about Birnbeck Island architectural competition
Here is a set of renderings and plans of the new academic building for the Cooper Union college in New York, designed by Morphosis. More about Cooper Union by Morphosis
Art dealer Kenny Schachter's Rove Gallery website presents several artworks by Zaha Hadid depicting her forthcoming architectural projects. More about Artworks by Zaha Hadid
Here are new images of 100 11th Avenue, a residential tower in Chelsea, New York, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and which recently broke ground. More about 100 11th Avenue by Jean Nouvel 2
Another project from our new favourites, architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). This time it's their entry for the architectural competition for the Scala library, conference centre and in Copenhagen. More about Scala Copenhagen by BIG
More from Danish architects BIG: here are photos taken at an exhibition of their work organised by Jaroslav Fragner Gallery in Prague. More about BIG IDEAS by BIG
A design by architect Vincent Guallart has been selected as the centrepiece of Wroclaw's bid to host Expo 2012 (via The Where Blog). More about Vincent Guallart for Expo 2012 Wroclaw
The website of Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) presents a slideshow of Hafjell Mountain Hotel - a design for hotel and apartment complex at a ski resort in Norway. More about Hafjell Mountain Hotel by BIG
French architect Jean Nouvel has won the competition to remodel the central port area in Vigo, Spain (actually he won back in May - thanks to eikongraphia via dezain for the tip). More about Peirao XXI in Vigo by Jean Nouvel
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent over a few more images of Dubai Renaissance, a 300m-tall rotating skyscraper. More about Dubai Renaissance by OMA 2
Shanghai Expo 2010: Here are more images of the six shortlisted designs for the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 (see previous story) plus, further down the story, text describing each one. Above: The Pavilion of Ideas by Heatherwick Studio, Casson Mann, Adams Kara Taylor & Atelier Ten. More about British Shanghai Expo pavilion shortlist 2
Shanghai Expo 2010: Images of the six designs shortlisted for the British Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 have been released. More about British Shanghai Expo pavilion shortlist
Architects Denton Corker Marshall have won a competition to design a 50-storey office tower in their home town of Melbourne, Australia. More about 4th Building by Denton Corker Marshall
Building Design magazine has published the shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize. The six shortlisted buildings are: More about Stirling Prize shortlist
We're not making it up: Leeser Architecture of New York have won a competition to design the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Yakutsk, Siberia. More about Mammoth and Permafrost Museum by Leeser Arch.
Here are some photos of the newly opened expansion of the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio, USA designed by Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. More about Akron Art Museum by Coop Himmelb(l)au
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent us some new renderings, plans and sections of Porsche Design Towers I and II, which they are jointly designing with Porsche Design. More about Porsche Design Towers by OMA/Porsche Design
We've updated our blog for the Design Museum's Zaha Hadid exhibition with new content, including photos and movie footage of Metapolis II, a ballet featuring stage designs by Hadid that opens at the Lincoln Center in New York next week (above and below). More about Zaha Hadid blog update
Slovenian architects OFIS have completed two apartment projects, including a block in a mountain village near Ljubljana that is based on local Alpine hayracks (above). More about Hayrack Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti