From Rem Koolhaas’s iconic CCTV to Herzog & de Meuron’s barn-inspired Parrish Art Museum, here are our favourite architectural moments from the past 12 months.
By Catherine Osborne |
December 20, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Cultural, Green Design, Landscape
White Cube, Green Maze, an exhibit at the Heinz Architectural Center, looks at some of the best international examples of contemporary exhibition space, including Ryue Nishizawa’s Teshima Art Museum.
By David Dick-Agnew |
October 30, 2012
Section: Design
Tags: Exhibition, Landscape
One of Canada’s most renowned firms, gh3, has received a Merit of Excellence from the city of Mississauga for its Scholars’ Green Park, an outdoor plaza defined by walkways that crisscross in so many directions there is no need to wander off route.
By Catherine Osborne |
October 25, 2012
Section: Architecture
Oxford Properties has unveiled a $3-billion plan, designed by Foster + Partners, for a mixed-use development that would transform nearly 70 hectares of the city’s core.
By David Dick-Agnew |
October 15, 2012
Section: Architecture
With hundreds of events and activities taking place throughout London, now until September 23, it might be wise to purchase a pair of these comfortable GPS shoes by London designer Dominic Wilcox. Here are five must-see exhibits worth the trek during LDF 2012.
By Catherine Osborne |
September 18, 2012
Section: Design
Tags: Event, Landscape, Product Design
A new exhibit conjures the Low Line, a plan to turn a massive and abandoned trolley terminal in the Lower East Side into an underground green space illuminated entirely by a solar canopy.
By Catherine Osborne |
September 13, 2012
Section: Design
Tags: Exhibition, Green Design, Landscape
The auto company’s swooping structure, by HENN Architekten, stretches out over the lagoon at the Autostadt theme park in Wolfsburg, Germany.
By Nina Boccia |
August 21, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Landscape
It’s only 1.05 hectares in size, but Underpass Park in Toronto is making big waves for its innovative use of a patch of derelict land beneath one of the city’s elevated streets near the lakeshore.
By Catherine Osborne |
August 7, 2012
Section: Architecture
Highlights from the 300 buildings vying for the title of World Building of the Year.
By Nina Boccia |
July 30, 2012
Section: Architecture
Rotterdam’s West 8 revitalizes the once-neglected gardens on London’s Southbank.
By Diane Chan |
July 23, 2012
Section: Architecture
Tags: Green Design, Landscape
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