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The office building in the backstreets of the Omotesando|Thin metal louvers undulate like soft fabric|The client wanted the building to stand out from the other buildings in the backstreet|The nearby area is renowned for its architecture with buildings by Herzog & de Meuron, Tadao Ando and Jun Aoki|A series of white fluorescent tubes randomly arranged on the ceiling add character to the space|The open-plan interiors feature a pared-back design with white walls, polished concrete floors and pale wooden doors|The existing 25-year-old structure ©Google Maps||

Amano revamps Tokyo office

Japanese design group Amano has followed up Dear Ginza, a nine-storey commercial block with a faceted aluminium facade resembling a…
Architecture
19 Aug 2014
The building is designed to complement the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and the NDM Research building|The main façade features a veil of horizontal aluminum bands, ensuring the building reads as a sibling to the adjacent NDM||

Make gets go-ahead for Oxford Uni's data institute

Make Architects has won planning for the University of Oxford's Big Data Institute (BPI). The architects designed the building to complement…
Architecture
14 Aug 2014
The building's scale, massing and materials are complementary to the surrounding architecture|The courtyard provides public space and thoroughfares|A 1950s bowling alley imported from Texas|The bar and orangery backs onto the courtyard|The Dive bar with more than a hint of Soho's spirit||

Woods Bagot's Ham Yard Hotel, Soho

Woods Bagot has designed the latest addition to the Firmdale Hotels' portfolio to complement the high-density hotchpotch of small-scale buildings…
Architecture
11 Aug 2014
The metal facade with "gills" lit by LED bulbs stands out in the busy Broadway area of Sydney|The perforated aluminium panels rest, tilted and skewered, against the building – up to 16 metres away in certain parts|The name of the new department is spelt out in binary code punctured into the facade|The narrow atrium acts as a "crevasse" between the university campus and the southern CBD area|The panels shade the building from the sun and, in doing so, are estimated to bring about a 10 to 15% operational energy saving||

DCM's binary code facade for UTS, Australia

Denton Corker Marshall's £113m building for the University of Technologies in Sydney features dramatic binary-code facades that cuts energy usage…
Architecture
11 Aug 2014
Scottish Water's new head office offers a robust civic presence|The multi-purpose atrium did not form part of the original brief|Floorplates are arranged into smaller sections of around 50 people|The facade is clad in a facing brick more commonly used by volume house builders|A breakout area in a light-filled corner of one of the main workspaces|The pilasters and pre-casts also act as a bride soleil to the south, east and west elevations||

Scottish Water by Reiach and Hall Architects

The origins of The Bridge, Scottish Water's new flagship corporate HQ, were not, on the face of it, hugely auspicious.…
Architecture
07 Aug 2014
The planetarium's grass roof strengthens its connection with nature|The exterior is clad in untreated aluminium that will develop a patina over time|The planet-like dome of one of the theatres, and a cluster of florescent tubes||

Stargazing at Montreal's planetarium

"Like two lenses looking at the sky," is how Jean-François Julien, associate architect at Cardin Ramirez Julien, describes his firm's futuristic…
Architecture
07 Aug 2014
Portland stone with an all-glass façade to help the building blend with its historic setting|The building's internal footprint will be 6,334sq m, a 2,000sq m|Site plan||

dRMM's first major office building in the city

London-based architecture firm dRMM has received planning permission for its first major office building in the City of London. The…
Architecture
06 Aug 2014
Over 2000 ceramic tiles are used on the upper floor levels|Three shades of red were used to create irregularity on all four elevations|The building marks the first time curved tiles have been used on a facade in Poland|The same shades of red are used on the building's interior on the floors and walls as an accent||

FAAB Architektura's blood centre

Polish practice FAAB Architektura has designed a striking red blood centre in Racibórz, Poland to remind people to donate blood. It…
Architecture
04 Aug 2014
A honeycomb-inspired façade for the new Hub Créatic building in Nantes, France|The design is mean to resemble a beehive and suggest intense, highly productive activity inside|Scalable workspaces for 70 tech start-ups at proportional rental fees|The building is situated on La Chantrerie, a campus for private and public higher education establishments||

Tetrarc designs Hub Créatic, Nantes

French firm Tetrarc has created a honeycomb-inspired façade for the new Hub Créatic building in Nantes, France. Hub Créatic is…
Architecture
04 Aug 2014
Dutch architecture practice LIAG has designed the building to resemble a bookcase|The car park is based on the roof to reduce the building's footprint|The facade is made from aluminium composite panels|The building combines the production and editorial departments to help streamline logistics|The brightly coloured exterior contrasts with the light and airy central atrium||

Bookcase office by LIAG Architects

Dutch firm LIAG Architects has created a striking new office building for library-book provider NBD Biblion, which is designed to…
Architecture
04 Aug 2014
New gallery spaces are juxtaposed with the original Victorian bathhouse structure|The Victorian bathhouse was previously used as classrooms and studio space|Students and the wider public will be able to experience and test-drive new forms of art|Curators and artists from the UK and overseas will put on exhibitions at the gallery|Goldsmiths' former students include Bridget Riley, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas and Antony Gormley||

Assemble wins Goldsmiths' gallery project

Architecture collective Assemble has seen off a shortlist of five rival firms to win the contract for Goldsmiths College's £1.8m…
Architecture
31 Jul 2014
Shoichi Sado's design for six-storey eco villages in London's East End||

Comment: Peter Murray on London

Since current building methods are failing to meet the demand for housing, we need to go back to the modernist…
Architecture
31 Jul 2014
Ma Yansong, founder of Beijing-based MAD Architects|MAD's Ordos Museum|MAD's Absolute Towers|The 17-acre museum site and Northerly Island||

MAD chosen for George Lucas museum

MAD Architects, VOA Associates and Studio Gang named as architects for Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Ma Yansong, founder of…
Architecture
30 Jul 2014
A barcode-like facade references the DNA-typing carried out inside|The ETFE roof's cushioned softness contrasts with the rest of the atrium|Four wings radiating from the atrium mimic the X-chromosome|Fortress-like walls incorporate deep reveals to provide prominent shade|Inspired by words such as "rootedness, security, stability and vision"||

£75m specialist crime division of Police Scotland

Potentially, the new Scottish Crime Campus building strikes an uneasy balance between conforming – unwittingly – to the stereotype of…
Architecture
29 Jul 2014

Hawkins\Brown to design six schools in Southwark

Hawkins\Brown has scored a £30m contract to design six schools for Southwark Council. The Stirling-nominated practice will be looking to…
Architecture
28 Jul 2014
The face features bespoke aluminium cladding with a metallic, dichroic coating|The three-story hall forms the heart of the building|The building is equipped for a range of activities|Social spaces foster a sense of community|The rooms are connected by internal windows||

Astudio's Spotlight Youth Space, Poplar, East London

Astudio has designed the Spotlight Youth Space in Poplar, East London, which aims to overcome the inadequate provision of youth…
Architecture
23 Jul 2014
AstraZeneca's HQ from the plaza ©Herzog & de Meuron|The inner courtyard echoes the Cambridge Colleges' designs ©Herzog & de Meuron|Communal areas are designed to encourage interaction ©Herzog & de Meuron|The laboratories sit behind glass for 'visual integration' ©Herzog & de Meuron|The Cambridge biomedical campus ©Herzog & de Meuron||

Herzog & de Meuron's AstraZeneca HQ

Herzog & de Meuron has designed the AstraZeneca global HQ on Cambridge University's biomedical campus to further embed the pharmaceutical…
Architecture
23 Jul 2014

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