LEED-targeted Monroe Blocks breaks ground in the heart of Detroit
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has just broken ground on its first U.S. project, Monroe Blocks, a masterplan...
Zaha Hadid Architects wins bid to masterplan Russia’s largest port
Zaha Hadid Architects has won the Admiral Serebryakov Embankment competition, an international masterplanning contest...
Henning Larsen to revitalize Brussels region with rooftop farming and co-housing
A post-industrial region in Brussels will find a new lease on life thanks to the vision of Henning Larsen Architects....
Winding “boulevard in the sky” to snake through Shenzhen
An elevated mile-long park has been unveiled for Shenzhen, China. Envisioned as a “meandering skydeck,” this...
UNStudio’s striking Paris cultural center contorts for optimal daylight
UNStudio has unveiled competition-winning designs for Centre Culturel DédiéAu 7è Art, a new cultural center...
Thousands of tomato-sauce jars to turn into “tomato architecture” at Mutti
An endless red waterfall of tomatoes will wow visitors at the new headquarters for Mutti - one of the world’s...
Amsterdam is transforming a prison into a green energy-generating neighborhood
A brighter, solar-powered future is coming to Bijlmerbajes, a former prison complex in Amsterdam. The Dutch government...
Zaha Hadid Architects wins bid for the Port of Tallinn Masterplan
Zaha Hadid Architects just won an international competition to redevelop one of Europe's fastest growing ports...
MVRDV to upgrade historic French city with modern, ecological design
France’s historic Bordeaux World Heritage Site is getting a modern ecological refresh thanks to prolific Rotterdam-based...
New Feyenoord sports center has a perforated facade made from weathered steel
A perforated weathered steel envelope shelters the interior of the new Feynoord Training Complex in Rotterdam,...
China plans its first “Forest City” to fight air pollution
Just weeks after Stefano Boeri announced plans for China's first vertical forest, the Italian architect unveiled...
Flowing home in Portugal challenges the rectangular architecture of its neighbors
With its bold curved walls and inner courtyard focus, this minimalist house in Portugal creates a strong sense...
This smog-fighting music academy will have an air purifier as effective as 33,000 trees
The Polish city of Krakow has some of the worst air pollution in the world. In hopes of improving the city’s...
Futuristic green city design runs like a real rainforest in Malaysia
If money were no object, what would the ideal city of the future look like? Laboratory for Visionary Architecture...
Vincent Callebaut envisions Belgium’s industrial zone as an amazing energy-generating community
Designer Vincent Callebaut presents an amazing green facelift to the century-old warehouses at Belgium’s former...
Former industrial district in Finland to be transformed into an eco-friendly innovation hub
The Finnish city of Tampere just declared Schauman & Norgren Architects and Mandaworks the winners of an international...
UNStudio and Heerim unveil lush, garden-filled development for Seoul
The existing 32-tower site comprises over a million square meters with 4,424 apartments. UNStudio and Heerim will...
SOM designs pedestrian-friendly revamp for the heart of Philadelphia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTtsmrT7y6k SOM’s masterplan for Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station Precinct...
Zaha Hadid Architects to transform a brownfield site in Prague
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) unveiled plans to redevelop a brownfield site in Prague. Commissioned by the investment...
MAD completes undulating Harbin Opera House in China
MAD won the international open competition for Harbin Cultural Island in 2010, with the opera house masterplan...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects unveil a pedestrian-friendly masterplan for Oslo’s Eureka Kvarteret
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects unveiled their winning competition proposal to design the area of Skøyen in central...
UN Studio’s undulating Arnhem station in the Netherlands opens today after 20 years of development
The new scheme connects the station with the surrounding public spaces, creating a traffic flow echoed by the...
Central China’s most populous city gets New Urban redesign by Foster + Partners
Central China’s most populous city will soon be home to a highly walkable and livable urban paradise. Foster...
Benoy Unveils Designs for Park-Centered Mixed-Use Development in the Heart of Chengdu
The Greenland GIC mixed-use masterplan design includes five residential towers, three commercial towers, serviced...
KAMJZ Carves Terraced Outdoor Balconies into Mixed-Use Towers in Shenzhen Bay Super City Masterplan
"The aim of our proposal is not [to] compete to create another symbolic icon, but rather a structure that will...
Dom Aquitectura Unveils Green Master Plan to Clean Air and Reduce Pollution in Huizhou, China
With respect to the practice of feng shui, the neighborhood is laid out to coincide with energy and air flow. After...
OOIIO’s Patchwork City Encourages Residents to Customize Their Buildings
Designed by OOIIO Architecture, the Patchwork City Masterplan focuses on organizing the future growth of Linkoping,...
Nanjing, China Master Plan Could Be Largest Green Development In the World
The new city is set to be built on a combination of greenfields and existing industrial low lands. It has been...
Foster + Partners Selected to Design Carbon Neutral Park for West Kowloon Cultural District
The architecture news of the day is that Foster + Partners has been selected by the board of the West Kowloon Cultural...
Populous Unveils Glowing Green Master Plan for 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China
Populous announced this week that its master plan for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China has taken...