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Foster + Partners completes luxury Principal Tower in London

November 28, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Principal Tower by Foster + Partners in Principal Place, London, UK

Architect Foster + Partners has completed its first residential skyscraper in London, which contains 299 luxury apartments. Named Principal Tower, the 50-storey building marks the completion of Principal Place, which is a mixed-use development positioned between Shoreditch and the capital’s financial district. As part of the development Foster + Partners also designed a 15-storey office for

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Peter Pichler reveals visuals of luxury wooden Tree Suites in Austria

November 27, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Tree Suites by Peter Pichler Architecture

Gabled wooden structures encasing glass-walled living spaces will distinguish a group of treehouses that Peter Pichler Architecture has designed for a forest in Kitzbühel, Austria. Named Tree Suites, the structures are designed by Peter Pichler Architecture as part of a 7-star hotel that is being built in the small Alpine town by Six Senses. The Italian studio’s

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Odile Decq unveils sinuous Antares tower for Barcelona

November 26, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Visual of Antares by Studio Odile Decq in Barcelona, Spain

Odile Decq has revealed visuals of a tower wrapped with sinuous red and white balconies in Barcelona, Spain, which will be her first residential tower. Designed by the French architect’s eponymous firm Studio Odile Decq for a site close to Santiago Calatrava’s Telefonica tower, the 28-storey Antares will contain 89 luxury apartments. Its undulating form created

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Hutong Bubble 218 by MAD gives “new life” to ageing Beijing hutong

November 25, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Hutong Bubble 218 by MAD in Beijing, China

MAD has transformed a vacant courtyard house in one of Beijing’s ancient hutongs by adding two bubble-like workspaces to its roof. Named Hutong Bubble 218, the overhaul is hoped to revive the hutong – a type of alley formed by lines of traditional courtyard residences – and attract more people to the neighbourhood in the

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OMA installs minimal Kube pavilion outside K11 Musea in Hong Kong

November 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Kube by OMA at K11 Musea in Hong Kong

OMA has installed a golden cube-shaped kiosk and black marble furniture outside the K11 Musea retail development in Hong Kong. Called Kube, the installation is positioned on the Victoria Harbour waterfront by K11 Musea’s main entrance and is designed by Rem Koolhaas’ studio OMA to offer “a distinctive and intimate place for encounters and happenings”.

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Inmos Microprocessor Factory is Richard Rogers’ high-tech factory prototype

November 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
High-tech architecture: Inmos Microprocessor Factory in Wales by Richard Rogers

We continue our guide to high-tech architecture by looking at the Inmos Microprocessor Factory, a key example of Richard Rogers’ radical inside-out buildings. Completed in 1982 in Newport, Wales, the Inmos Microprocessor Factory is a highly-flexible single-storey steel structure that was conceived as a prefabricated kit of parts that could be constructed anywhere. It contains

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils plans for high-speed train station in Tallinn

November 21, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Ülemiste terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects and Esplan

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed visuals for a multimodal Ülemiste terminal in Tallinn, Estonia, which will form part of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail network. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in collaboration with local studio Esplan, the Ülemiste terminal will be the starting point for Rail Baltica – an electrified 540-mile-long railway that will connect

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Zaha Hadid Architects completes Leeza Soho skyscraper with world’s tallest atrium

November 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Leeza Soho tower by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, China

The 45-storey Leeza Soho skyscraper, designed by the late Zaha Hadid in Beijing, China, contains the world’s tallest atrium twisting through its centre. Designed by the late founder of Zaha Hadid Architects before her death in 2016, the skyscraper is located in the Fengtai business district. Commissioned by Soho China, the developer of Galaxy Soho and Wangjing Soho, the Leeza

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The Lloyd’s building is Richard Rogers’ first high-tech office block

November 19, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
The Lloyd's building in London by Richard Rogers and Partners (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners)

Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we take a look at the inside-out Lloyd’s building in London, Richard Rogers’ second major building following Centre Pompidou. One of the 1980s most recognisable pieces of architecture, the Lloyd’s building demonstrates many of the key traits of the high-tech architecture style that emerged in the UK in the late 1960s. The

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The Lloyd’s building is Richard Rogers’ first high-tech office block

November 19, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
The Lloyd's building in London by Richard Rogers and Partners (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners)

Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we take a look at the inside-out Lloyd’s building in London, Richard Rogers’ second major building following Centre Pompidou. One of the 1980s most recognisable pieces of architecture, the Lloyd’s building demonstrates many of the key traits of the high-tech architecture style that emerged in the UK in the late 1960s. The

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