A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan. Wataru Architects redesigned the 40-year-old building belonging to construction company Kitaoka Group into… Read More »Fifty-metre-long skylight spans length of Kitaoka Group headquarters in Japan
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled designs for a waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera, which will be enclosed by a series of interconnected terraces. Set to be built on a peninsula within the German city’s… Read More »BIG designs Hamburg State Opera as “landscape of concentric terraces”
Members of Norwegian design collective Fold Oslo have unveiled an assortment of lamps made from found objects and waste materials. Named Nytt Lys, the collection contains six lighting designs, incorporating old kitchen utensils, demolition waste… Read More »Fold Oslo creates lighting from kitchen utensils and demolition waste
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China, designed by BIG. Located along the Jinji Lake waterfront in Suzhou, the museum comprises 12 pavilions under a continuous roof… Read More »“That roofline is slick” says commenter
The renovated Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen by architecture studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, which are shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, feature in this video by Jim Stephenson. The… Read More »Stallan-Brand and LDA Design revitalise Victorian garden in Aberdeen
Italian architecture firm Novembre Studio has completed a polycarbonate padel centre at Milan‘s CityLife development, which was designed in response to the adjacent CityWave office by BIG. Named the Golden Goose Arena, the 12-metre-tall sports… Read More »Novembre Studio completes Golden Goose Arena at the CityLife development in Milan