Designer Thomas Heatherwick has won planning permission to convert a Victorian coal yard in London’s King’s Cross into a canal-side shopping destination. Located next to Regent’s Canal, Coal Drops Yard will include approximately 65…
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has unveiled its design for a new library in Christchurch, New Zealand, to replace the building left wrecked after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes (+ slideshow). The Danish firm is…
Snøhetta has finally unveiled its competition-winning design to create a new public library wrapping around a functioning railway line in the Canadian city of Calgary (+ slideshow). Working in partnership with Calgary firm Dialog, Snøhetta saw…
BIG’s Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant, which is currently under construction in Copenhagen, will blow rings of smoke and feature a 31,000-square-metre ski slope on its roof. “One of the things…
In order to serve its rapidly expanding population of more than five million, the ArRiyadh Development Authority has commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to construct the new King Abdullah Financial District…
New on the architectural scene is the passenger terminal of Franjo Tudman Zagreb Airport, now impressively inaugurated in the finale to the big international competition of 2008 that attracted 17 entries, including…
PES-Architects’ West Terminal 2 (Länsiterminaali 2), completed in February 2017, is situated in Helsinki’s West Harbour on a narrow plot of reclaimed land at the southern tip of the new…
Zutphen (The Netherlands) recently gained a new, one-of-a-kind park + ride car park. The building is located adjacent to the town’s train station in the Noorderhaven district. The design is…
Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world’s…
Paris-based architecture and engineering firm Marc Mimram has been appointed to design a new TGV station in Montpellier, France. To be completed in late 2017, the station is intended to serve up to 3.5 million passengers…