CBT Receives “Best in Show” for One Post Office Square at IIDA New England’s Design Awards

BOSTON, MA.- CBT Architects and Equity Office Properties took home multiple honors in the New England Chapter of the International Interior Design Association’s (IIDA) fourth annual Interior Design Awards, including the Best in Show award for its renovation and repositioning of the lobby at One Post Office Square in Boston. The 41-story Class A office tower also received first place in the Office Under 30,000 SF category, and CBT and Equity Office Properties placed first in the Hospitality category for [...]

Istanbul’s Pera Palace to Reopen and Seek Return to Glory Era

ISTANBUL (AP).- It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul’s first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war. Mata Hari, accused of spying and executed in France in 1917, stayed at the Pera Palace Hotel. So did Greta Garbo, who played the shadowy dancer in a 1931 movie. Ernest Hemingway checked in to report on war between Turks and Greeks. [...]

Denver International Airport Unveils Conceptual Design by Santiago Calatrava

DENVER, CO.- Denver International Airport (DEN) today unveiled the conceptual design of the South Terminal Redevelopment Program at the Westin Tabor Center in Denver. Speakers included Mayor John W. Hickenlooper, Denver Manager of Aviation Kim Day and Architect Santiago Calatrava. In conjunction with RTD’s FasTracks East Corridor, the South Terminal Redevelopment Program is expected to create more than 6,600 jobs and is scheduled for completion in 2016. The South Terminal Redevelopment Program includes the construction of a train station to [...]

Ikon.5 architects Selected for International Architecture Award by Chicago Athenaeum

PRINCETON, NJ.- ikon.5 architects of Princeton, NJ have been awarded The International Architecture Award for 2010 by the Chicago Athenaeum: The Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Their winning project was Kirkwood Public Library, New Castle, Delaware. The International Architecture Awards are the highest and most prestigious distinguished building awards that honor new and cutting‐edge design. The annual program has become the largest and most comprehensive distinguished awards program in [...]

Steven Holl Architects Wins Two International Architecture Awards

NEW YORK, NY.- Steven Holl Architects has received International Architecture Awards for the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamarøy, Norway and the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark. The awards, administered annually by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies honor “new and cutting-edge design” and aim to promote “excellence in architecture and urbanism from a global point-of-view.” The Knut Hamsun Center, completed August 2009, is dedicated [...]

Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize 2010 Shortlist Announced

LONDON.- Two exceptional museum buildings in Oxford and Berlin, a striking new art gallery in Rome, a skilful live/work development in Shoreditch and two schools: one an inventive and uplifting new build in London, the other a clever extension in Guildford, form the shortlist for the prestigious £20,000 RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 in association with The Architects’ Journal and Benchmark. Now in its fifteenth year, the RIBA Stirling Prize is awarded to the architects of the best new European building [...]

Cronkite School Wins International Architecture Award

PHOENIX, AZ.- The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication building at Arizona State University has been awarded an International Architecture Award. The International Architecture Awards are conferred on the world’s most significant new buildings and urban or landscape developments by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in conjunction with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The Cronkite building was one of 95 buildings and urban planning projects from 38 nations, and one [...]

Apartment made from Paper

Artist Don Lucho created a fascinating project called Casa de Karton which we just had to present on Freshome. This is the type of idea that creates hype due to its originality and we just love to show you things that are unique. Don Lucho created an entire apartment using cardboard and paper. The results? A very real looking home, with all the elements you would naturally find in a decorated crib, including paintings, rugs, cups, spoons and even slippers. [...]

Steven Holl Architects Presents Su Pietra at the Castle of Acaya in Lecce

LECCE, ITALY.- Steven Holl Architects presents Su Pietra, an exhibition of recent projects in China and Europe, which is being held at the Castle of Acaya in Lecce, Italy. The exhibition illustrates the design process of Steven Holl Architects, from conception to its current form, documenting the collaborative process of model making, drawing, and animation. In the exhibition, Steven Holl Architects’ recent projects merge with the early-16th-Century Castle of Acaya, with high-definition projections being cast onto the stone walls. It [...]

Valencian Institute for Modern Art Celebrates the Career of Ramón Esteve

VALENCIA.- The exhibition Ramón Esteve in the IVAM goes through the works created by this architect and designer within more than 20 years of professional background. The exhibition has been designed to immerse visitors into the creative and formal universe of the studio. The Sala de la Muralla has been turned into a big black box, inviting visitors to approach the works through spectacularly exhibited photographs, drafts, texts and sketches. This way, the “traveller” discovers the variety in the work [...]

Architect Jean Nouvel Brings Splash of Red to UK Gallery

LONDON (REUTERS).- French architect Jean Nouvel has brought a vivid splash of red to London’s Serpentine Gallery with an asymmetric structure featuring red table tennis tables among activities on offer to visitors. The structure, Nouvel’s first completed building in Britain, is the 10th in the gallery’s annual series of architectural projects built outside the museum located in Kensington Gardens. The design for the 2010 Pavilion combines lightweight materials and metal structures, and everything is rendered in red reflecting internationally recognizable [...]

Lou Ruvo Center in Las Vegas, a Crazy Building for a Health Clinic

Lou Ruvo Center for brain health designed by a world renowned architect Frank Gehry. Located in Las Vegas, the building features modern examination rooms, offices for health care practitioners, research labs, and a community auditorium. The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (LRCBH), officially the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, opened on July 13, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada that is operated by the Cleveland Clinic  and was designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Gehry of Gehry Partners [...]

Underground House in Switzerland

Stunning house, designed by SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects, is fully embedded in the alpine landscape of Vals, Switzerland. The viewing angle from the building is slightly inclined, giving an even more dramatic view of the beautiful mountains. [photos by Iwan Baan]

UK Pavilion at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai Wins RIBA Lubetkin Prize

LONDON.- The UK Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai by Heatherwick Studio has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious RIBA Lubetkin Prize for the most outstanding work of international architecture by an RIBA member. The UK’s pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, named the ‘Seed Cathedral’, is constructed from 60,000 7.5 metre long slender acrylic tipped aluminum rods suspended in a timber frame which sits upon a landscaped area designed to look like a creased piece [...]

Indianapolis Museum Commissions Ball-Nogues for Pavilion Installation

INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced that Los Angeles-based Ball-Nogues Studio will create a site-specific, architectural installation as part of the IMA’s Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion series. Ball-Nogues Studio’s installation will be on view in the IMA’s main entrance from September 3, 2010 to March 6, 2011. Bridging the disciplines of art, architecture and design, Ball-Nogues Studio is an integrated design and fabrication practice lead by Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues. The studio will create an immersive [...]