Construction work will shortly begin of the Mateo Arquitectura-designed housing blocks in the Andromède district of Toulouse, France, near the airport of Toulouse-Blagnac. 

Construction of the new Maritime Museum and Science Center started this week in Porsgrunn, Norway. The building, designed by Danish architecture offices COBE and TRANSFORM, conveys Norway’s transformation from a seafaring nation to a modern society based on knowledge industry. The project is…

Earlier this week on Wednesday, the construction of the new academic building for the Amsterdam University College reached its highest point. Mecanoo architecten, based in Delft, designed the 6,000 m² faculty for the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam. The new Liberal Arts and Science building…

The design for an observation tower for the nature reserve ‘De Onlanden’, situated to the South-West of the City of Groningen, The Netherlands, was presented today to Natuurmonumenten (the Dutch Society for the Preservation of Natural Heritage) during the mini-symposium ‘Experience Nature with innovative concrete’ in Peize.…

JDS Architects’ Holmenkollen Ski Jump has been announced as the winner of the 2011 ECCS Structural Steel Design Award today at the ECCS Congress in Potsdam, Germany. The award recognizes outstanding design in steel construction emphasizing the many advantages of steel in construction, production, economy…

We have received construction photos, plans and renderings of an exciting project in Vitanje, Slovenia: The Cultural Center of European Space Technologies. The design titled Space Wheel_Noordung Space Habitation Center is a collaborative effort of four Slovenian architecture firms: Bevk Perovic arhitekti, Dekleva Gregoric arhitekti,…

Barcelona-based Mateo Arquitectura have shared with us some fascinating material documenting the construction progress of a new building for the Cinematheque de Catalunya in the Raval, Barcelona. Designed by Josep Lluís Mateo, the project won the first prize in a restricted competition in 2004 and will house…

Six projects showcasing innovative ways of cedar in building construction and surface have recently been announced winners at the Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Awards. The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association sponsors the annual Architectural Design Awards “to recognize innovative design using one of the world’s most…

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Department of Buildings Commissioner Robert D. LiMandri and President of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Anthony Schirripa today unveiled a new design for sidewalk sheds - the wood and steel structures built to protect pedestrians walking alongside buildings…

A modern menorah, designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM), won ‘Best Menorah’ in Steelcase’s 10th Annual Wreath and Menorah Design Competition and Charity Auction held on December 3, 2009.