Architecture

Arup and Foster + Partners chosen to design stations for California high-speed railway Images courtesy of Foster + Partners A joint venture between UK consulting engineer Arup and architect Foster + Partners has been selected to design four stations for the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed railway. The planning, architecture and engineering of Merced, Fresno, Kings/Tulare and Bakersfield stations will act as templates for the other stops on the 800km route. The joint venture’s management and design contracts are part of the first “notice to proceed”, which is expected to last 30 months. There is an option to progress to the...

HERZOG & DE MEURON Pérez Art Museum Miami Photo by Iwan Baan Add to collection An open structure The new Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is located in Museum Park, part of the redeveloping downtown waterfront on Biscayne Bay. Its direct neighbours are the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science and a major freeway, connecting mainland Miami with Miami Beach. Simultaneously oriented towards the park, the water and the city, the new PAMM is an open and inviting structure from all sides alike. Photo by Iwan Baan Add to collection Miami is known for its iconic art deco district,...

Bernard Tschumi Architects School Of Architecture Photos by Peter Mauss/ESTO Bernard Tschumi Architects Add to collection Florida International University is located in the largest and fastest-growing metropolis in the southeastern United States, a city that combines glamour with commerce and is situated at the epicenter of a zone of influence that extends into the Caribbean and South America. Bernard Tschumi Architects approached the design for a new building for the School of Architecture and the College of Urban and Public Affairs both as an opportunity to expand a young school, and as a forum for exchange between vibrant cultures in...

HERZOG & DE MEURON 1111 Lincoln Road Photos by Nelson Garrido Nelson Garrido Add to collection "Like a contemporary reinterpretation of a classical temple, the new building by Herzog & de Meuron, known as Eleven Eleven on Lincoln Road, property of "MBEACH1,LLLP", subverts the nature of car parks as we know them today and it is claimed as being the new provocation of the city of Miami. This car parking, is not an ordinary parking and without effort we can imagine it being a luxury loft building on the city skyline. Actually it is not just a building but a...

LAB5 architects Trendo11 Photos by Zsolt Batar, György Palkó Zsolt Batar Add to collection The design area is on the border of different urban zones, and the building is visible from many points of the city. There are 15-stories residential towers standing on the North side of the plot, lower 3-4 stories houses on the South side, and a wide open area above the metro-depot that occupies the space on the West side. The aim of the design is to interact with these differences of scales by creating a transition between them, so this way the proposed building can show...