All International articles – Page 120
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NewsAecom forms tall buildings group in bid to dominate the sector
Aecom has formed a company-wide tall buildings group to gather expertise in the sector from all parts of the global business.Its stated ambition is to establish Aecom as the acknowledged world leader in the high-rise field.The group will be led by Steve Watts, London-based director of Davis Langdon, the consultancy ...
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Hague announces new embassies
The UK is to open or reopen up to five new embassies as part of a major reassessment of its diplomatic priorities.
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NewsChipperfield and MVRDV on New Holland Island shortlist
Winner for prestigious St Petersburg competition will be announced after public exhibition this summer
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News3XN's skyline-changing Copenhagen hotel opens
Scandinavia’s largest hotel, designed by Danish practice 3XN, has opened in Copenhagen.The 814-room Bella Sky Hotel was designed to create a distinctive new profile on the city’s skyline.To maximise views from the hotel, its two 76.5m towers lean out 15 degrees in each direction - 11 degrees more than the ...
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NewsIngenhoven Architects to design Google's new California HQ
Google has appointed German practice Ingenhoven Architects to design new sustainable offices next to its existing “Googleplex” in Mountain View, California.It is the first time the web giant has commissioned a building, having previously moved into existing reconditioned offices.Google, which has a rapidly expanding workforce, won outline planning from Mountain ...
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NewsWiny Maas of MVRDV awarded Légion d'Honneur
Winy Maas, founding partner of Dutch practice MVRDV, has been awarded the highest French decoration for his work in France.He was presented with the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French ambassador to the Netherlands at the French residence in The Hague.As well as designing many projects in France, ...
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NewsFive new British embassies to be opened
The UK is to open or re-open up to five new embassies around the world as part of a major reassessment of its diplomatic priorities.El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Southern Sudan, and even Somalia if the security situation improves, will all get British embassies, foreign secretary William Hague announced today.Staffing in ...
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AnalysisHow to breach the Chinese wall
China’s rapid urbanisation means work opportunities for overseas practices. But cultural empathy can be just as important as design talent.
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NewsSOM wins third big project in Vietnam
Masterplan aims to set new standards for ecologically sensitive development
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Mumbai student wins Foster travelling scholarship
Plan to study sanitation in eight cities impresses judges
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NewsEli Broad a control freak, says Gehry
Frank Gehry has described his former client Eli Broad as a “control freak” and vowed never to work with him again.
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NewsMVRDV call centre cuts the mustard
MVRDV has been appointed to transform a disused mustard laboratory in Dijon into a call centre with an education centre and gallery.
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KCAP wins shenzhen regeneration work
KCAP has won a competition to regenerate two central districts in Luohu city, Shenzhen.
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NewsMVRDV wins Chinese cartoon museum
MVRDV has won an international design competition for the £82 million China Comic & Animation Museum (CCAM) in Hangzhou, eastern China.
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NewsDanish firm BIG defeats Zaha Hadid to win Albanian competition
New cultural complex in capital Tirana aims to promote religious harmony
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NewsSheffield firm wins Chinese airport scheme
Weddle Landscape Design has won a £3 million international design competition to improve the environment at Ningbo Airport in China.
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NewsInternational design contest launched after Queensland floods
One design sought for eight ferry stations
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NewsSteven Holl completes surf museum in Biarritz
Steven Holl Architects has completed its museum of the sea and surf, the Cité de l’océan et du surf, in Biarritz, south-west France.
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