Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Japanese PM and International Olympic Committee announced that Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been postponed “no later than summer 2021” due to coronavirus.
Mashad CEO Headquarters: Next Office reinterprets traditional Iranian architecture with concrete volumes and fluid voids
Mashad CEO Headquarters consists into a concrete cube smoothly carved by a giant arch sheltering volumetric communal spaces.
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara named 2020 Pritzker Prize
2020 Pritzker Prize. For the first time the Nobel equivalent for architecture goes to a team of two women: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects.
Venice Architecture Biennale postponed due to Corona virus
2020 Venice Biennale will run from 29 August to 29 November. The world’s most influential architecture event has now been shortened to just three months instead of the usual six due to the “complexity of the organisational machine.”
David Altrath captures the vibrant architecture of Stockholm Metro
For the Stockholm Metro photo essay, young German photographer David Altrath roamed for several nights the empty stations of the “world‘s longest art gallery” in the belly of the Swedish capital.
Zaha Hadid Architects’ One Thousand Museum tower in Miami photographed by Hufton+Crow
The One Thousand Museum skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects features a hurricane-proof structural concrete exoskeleton with a fluid design. The 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami offers views across Biscayne Bay which includes the city’s new art and science museums.
Desert X Al Ula Visitor Centre offers breathtaking open views on the Saudi desert
KWY.Studio’s Desert X Al Ula Visitor Centre welcomes visitors to the inaugural lanscape art exhibition in the Saudi Desert with a neat juxtaposition of geometries.
CABIN A: nature, architecture and nautical communication blend with Canadian nature
Bourgeois-Lechasseur architectes completes CABIN A, a cozy accommodation overlooking some of Québec’s most striking landscapes with an unexpected nautical graphic design.
Asif Khan designs monumental ethereal portals for Expo 2020 Dubai
The British design studio reveals first photographs of three ethereal portals that will welcome visitors of Expo 2020 Dubai which will inaugurate on the 20th of October 2020. The 7 storey tall carbon fibre structures are inspired by ‘mashrabiya’, a latticed design element in traditional Islamic architecture which allows to control light and airflow with see-through intricately geometric patterns.
TreeHugger by MoDusArchitects wraps around a tree with convex concrete volumes
Italian firm MoDusArchitects has completed TreeHugger an eye-catching concrete building for the Touring Information Office in the city of Bressanone, Italy. The structure raises its body on tiptoe embracing an ancient tree.
How can architects and designers contribute to tackle the Corona virus emergency?
While scientists, doctors, and nurses form the first line of defense, architects and designers can contribute to find solutions with design thinking.
Coronavirus closes China to the world… and to the global design business as well
China is facing a progressive isolation disrupting travel and business due to the Corona virus outbreak. Some of the country’s international events like DesignShanghai have being canceled, multinationals like Apple and Ikea shut the their stores, the stock exchange goes on a rollercoaster and major production plants stop, pausing whole supply chains on a global scale.
Chinese metropolis Wuhan braces for Corona virus lockdown
In order to contain the Corona virus outbreak the Chinese government has quarantined the whole city of Wuhan. We look into he most ambitious lockdown in the history of human civilization which turned a vibrant metropolis into a ghost town where silence reigns on empty streets, emergency hospitals are being built in few days and people living in high-rise apartment blocks shout words of encouragement to their neighbours at night
SACRED SPACES: André Chiote translates contemporary religious architectures into graphic illustrations
With the ‘Sacred Space’ series of graphic posters the Portuguese architect and illustrator pays tribute to Oscar Niemeyer, Alvaro Aalto and Frank Lloyd Wright’s holiest achievements.
Zaha Hadid Achitects’ OPPO headquarters will tower over Shenzhen’s bay with panoramic sky plazas
Developed as a new civic space as well, OPPO headquarters by Zaha Hadid Achitects comprise four interconnected skyscrapers filled with natural lights.
Holocaust Remembrance Day: it is not time to forget!
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. An invitation to remember and reflect on our past and contribute to shape a humane future. It is not time to forget!
New Museum for Western Australia by Hassell + OMA in Perth
Conceived as a gateway to explore the region, New Museum for Western Australia narrates the heritage, nature and culture of the region through a composition of volumetric spaces embracing heritage-listed buildings.
GES-2: Renzo Piano transforms a former power plant into an open art destination in Moscow
GES-2 sustainable art center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop invites to experience art on the Red October island, few stones-throw away from the Kremlin in the Russian capital.
Top 10 museums to look forward in 2020: from Edvard Munch’s tower in Oslo to Tutankhamen’s new giant home in Cairo
10 museums inaugurating in 2020: from Tadao Ando’s Pinault Collection in Paris to Foster+Partners’ museum in China but also Grimshaw Architects’ pavilon at Dubai Expo, Frank O. Gehry’s expansion of Philadelphia Museum of Art and more…
Happy 2020 from Archipanic!
We wish you a blooming new year!
2019 Best architecture: twisting bridges, Bauhaus and desert roses
2019 Best Architecture. Zaha Hadid Architects’ giant starfish-shaped airport in Beijing and Thomas Heatherwick’s architectural sculpture in New York, but also a former locomotive hangar turned into an indoor urban plaza and an inclusive LGBT Center in L.A. are among our favourite architectures of the year.
Best of 2019: 7 amazing stories tackling nowadays challenges
From pink seesaws allowing children and grown ups from both sides of the US-Mexico border to play together to multi-faith temples encouraging inter religious understanding and the Alpine forest in the stadium triggering reflection on Climate Change. The Best of 2019? Check how architects and designers can truly make a difference to shape minds and places for a better future!
Portes Bonheur landscape route by Reiulf Ramstad Architects
Portes Bonheur – le Chemin de Carrières: RRA has trasformed a former railway in the French countryside into a green path featuring Corten gates and ribboning viewpoints.
7 ‘Classic Blue’ atypical design and architectural projects going beyond the Pantone® hype
A cafe where to smell and taste pure blue-ness, an urban blue ‘lightscape’ installation raising awareness on climate change and a Russian Suprematism-inspired monochromatic bar in Moscow… 7 Classic Blue atypical projects going beyond the Pantone® hype!
LocHal Public Library by Civic Architects turns a former locomotive hangar into an urban condenser
Lochal Library by Civic Architects hosts co-working spaces, conference rooms, education spaces and a large city hall thrive in a former locomotive hangar in the Netherlands.
WAF 2019: eye-catching architectures competing for the Best Building of The Year Award at World Architecture Festival
WAF 2019: prominent World Architecture Festival is set to land in Amsterdam from 4-6 December featuring works by major world architects such as Buro Ole Scheeren, Zaha Hadid Architects, Rafael Viñoli Architects and more…
Bourgeois/Lechasseur complete sCenter Est-Nord-Est artists’ residence in Québec
Center Est-Nord-Est house by Bourgeois/Lechasseur architects shines a light on Québec villages. The structure’s monolithic volume combines the studio’s intimate knowledge of local rural landscapes with its modern-day vision.
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Leeza SOHO skyscraper opens with the world’s tallest atrium
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Leeza Soho Tower in Beijing. The skyscraper contains a mix of shops and offices surrounding a 194.15m-high spiraling atrium.
WAF2019: striking future schemes competing for the Future Project Award 2019
10 shortlisted architectures at the Future Project Award 2019: an ambitious reimagining of Cape Town’s city bowl, a kinetic bridge for Auckland’s waterfront and more.
T Sakhi Architects has created an interactive wall installation addressing social barriers in today’s climate
What if walls dividing communities and countries could playfully bring people together? The ‘porous’ WAL(L)Z installation by T Sakhi Architects at Dubai Design Week “represents the act of resilience in overcoming any obstacle and transforming it for constructive change.”