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Peruvian, Spanish and British architects shortlisted for Woman Architect of the Year award

January 26, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Sandra Barclay, Biba Dow, Ángela García de Paredes and Stephanie Macdonald have been shortlisted for the Woman Architect of the Year 2018 award, for projects in Peru, Spain and the UK. Jointly awarded by the Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review, the Woman Architect of the Year award recognises the architect of a single, recently completed project. Ángela García de Paredes, of Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos, has

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Global firm Perkins+Will buys Scandinavian office Schmidt Hammer Lassen

January 26, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

One of the world’s biggest architecture firms has taken over Danish office Schmidt Hammer Lassen – a move one of the founders claims will make the company less “vulnerable”. Perkins+Will, an American firm with over 2,000 global employees, has bought all the shares in Schmidt Hammer Lassen, the studio founded by Morten Schmidt, Bjarne Hammer and

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David Adjaye’s African American history museum crowned Design of the Year 2017

January 25, 2018 Alice Morby 0

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has been named Design of the Year for 2017, after being described by judges as a “major turning point” in architecture. Designed by architect David Adjaye, the African American history museum in Washington DC is the overall winner of the Beazley Designs of the Year 2017 competition, an awards programme organised

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Sun Rain Rooms named London’s best new house extension in Don’t Move, Improve! 2018

January 25, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

A revamped Georgian townhouse with a patio that transforms into a reflecting pool has won top prize in a contest to find the best new house extensions in London. Designed by architecture studio Tonkin Liu, Sun Rain Rooms is the winner of this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! awards. The project, which forms both a home and

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Frank Gehry updates The Grand mixed-use development for Downtown LA

January 24, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Architect Frank Gehry has again revised plans for the towering complex opposite his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, which will finally begin construction this autumn. The Grand development will include multiple buildings across a three-acre (1.2-hectare) site in the city’s Downtown area, on a lot currently occupied by a parking garage. The design

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Salesforce Tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli completes in San Francisco

January 24, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

San Francisco’s tallest skyscraper, designed by US firm Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, has completed as part of a major development in the city’s Downtown area. Reaching 1,070 feet (326 metres) and 61 storeys tall, the Salesforce Tower celebrated its official opening on 8 January 2018 and will become the headquarters of cloud computing company Salesforce.

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Politicians back proposed bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland

January 24, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Democratic Unionist Party has backed a crossing between Northern Ireland and Scotland, proposed in response to Boris Johnson’s suggestion to build a bridge between Britain and France. A bridge across the Irish Sea was proposed by Scottish architect Alan Dunlop as a direct response to the “Boris Bridge” suggested by the UK’s foreign secretary, which would see a 22-mile-long

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MVRDV designs constructivist-inspired tower block for Moscow

January 24, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has won a competition to design a 78-metre tall mixed-use building with a red ceramic facade, to be a symbolic gateway to Moscow. MVRDV – which ranked at number 15 on Dezeen Hot List 2017 – was selected by developer GK Osnova to design the mixed-use complex for a prominent site in the

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MVRDV designs constructivist-inspired tower block for Moscow

January 24, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has won a competition to design a 78-metre tall mixed-use building with a red ceramic facade, to be a symbolic gateway to Moscow. MVRDV – which ranked at number 15 on Dezeen Hot List 2017 – was selected by developer GK Osnova to design the mixed-use complex for a prominent site in the

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Kanye West can do “more than 1,000 architects” to promote diversity in architecture, says Michael Ford

January 23, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Famous black musicians like Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Solange Knowles are pivotal in helping architecture reach a wider audience, according to architect Michael Ford, who says “diversity will finally start to kick in” as these celebrities continue to champion the profession on their global platforms. Ford, nicknamed the Hip Hop Architect, told Dezeen that

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