Frank Gehry’s aluminium-clad Luma Arles tower takes shape in France

November 21, 2018 India Block 0

A twisting tower clad in reflective aluminium tiles, designed by architect Frank Gehry, is taking form in the south of France. Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, who was awarded the Prizker Prize in 1989, designed the tower for the Luma Arles complex, an arts centre established by Swiss collector Maja Hoffmann. The tower’s opening date has been

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MVRDV’s Radio Tower & Hotel for New York constitutes colourful Lego-like blocks

November 15, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Dutch firm MVRDV has broken ground on its first project in the US: a mixed-use “vertical village” made up of yellow, blue, red and green brickwork volumes. Construction work has started on the 21,800-square-metre tower at 2420 Amsterdam Avenue, in the Washington Heights neighbourhood towards the northern tip of Manhattan. Designed for local developer YoungWoo

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OMA’s prefabricated concrete tower has “echoes of brutalist architecture”

November 12, 2018 India Block 0

Innovationen Tower, a 125-metre high tower formed of stacked precast concrete modules, has completed as part of an OMA-designed housing development in Stockholm. Reinier de Graaf led the design for the apartment building, which he said represents a new era for prefabricated housing. “The Norra Tornen project represents a milestone achievement for us,” said De Graaf, partner at

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CF Møller’s Maersk Tower is “sculptural linchpin” on the Copenhagen skyline

October 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vertical perforated-metal louvres wrap around the curved facades of this tower designed by CF Møller Architects for the University of Copenhagen. The Scandinavian firm designed the Maersk Tower as a state-of-the-art research facility and an extension of Panum – the university’s Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. The 15-storey building contains both research and teaching

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Promontorio’s brick-clad Lubango Center rises above an Angolan town square

October 13, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Brown brick facades of Promontorio’s tower in the Angolan town of Lubango recall the tones of traditional African rammed-earth buildings. The international architecture firm, which was founded in Lisbon in 1990, was tasked with designing the Lubango Center for a prominent site next to the main square of the capital of Angola’s Huila district. The nine-storey, mixed use

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Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki

October 12, 2018 India Block 0

Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. The local architecture firm’s development was chosen as the winning entry in the contest to execute a phased development of high-density mixed-use towers in Helsinki’s Pasila district, north of the city centre. Named Trigoni for the three-sided plans of

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OMA completes two towers at Park Grove complex in Miami

October 4, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Dutch firm OMA has completed two of its three residential towers in Miami’s Coconut Grove, both punctured with hundreds of covered terraces around the exteriors. The studio has reached a major milestone in its Park Grove project – a luxury residential complex in the neighbourhood 10 minutes drive south from Downtown Miami. Two of the site’s

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Foster + Partners breaks ground on Shanghai skyscraper

September 25, 2018 India Block 0

Work has begun on a 200-metre-high office tower designed by Foster + Partners in Shanghai, as part of a regeneration programme in the east of the city. The 42-storey tower is being built for property development company China Resources Land in the Shanghai’s Suhewan district. It will be the first office tower in this primarily

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Montreal Tower to become glazed offices for Desjardins Group

September 20, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

The iconic angled tower of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is being converted into offices by local firm Provencher Roy. Provencher Roy is overhauling the Montreal Tower for AccèsD, the online payment platform of the Desjardins Group – a leading cooperative financial group in Canada. The iconic structure forms part of the stadium designed by French architect

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