Architecture
Advances in materials and design continue to expand the architect's play book with buildings that reach for the skies and connect us to the earth in imaginative and increasingly sustainable ways. New Atlas brings you the latest developments.
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Foster + Partners' new airport will focus on sustainability and luxury
Foster + Partners has been commissioned to design a new airport in Saudi Arabia. Named the Red Sea Airport, the project will serve a burgeoning luxury tourist development in the area and will be wholly powered by renewable energy sources. -
"Dream home on a budget" wins RIBA's House of the Year
House Lessans, by McGonigle McGrath, has been declared the 2019 House of the Year. Described as a dream home on a budget by RIBA, the County Down, Northern Ireland, residence is located on a former farmstead among agricultural buildings. -
Sculpted supertall skyscraper will boast energy-efficient design
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture recently unveiled its design for a new supertall skyscraper for Nanjing, China. It will feature an eye-catching sculpted form that will mitigate the effects of the wind. -
Skyscraper-like church fits into awkward city plot
Visitors to the Wesleyan House Methodist International Church will now be able to get closer to the heavens thanks to a "skyscraper church" by Rocco Design Architects. The building rises to a height of 95.8 m (311 ft) in Hong Kong. -
Zaha Hadid Architects designs futuristic train station for Estonia
ZHA, working with local firm Esplan, has been chosen to create a new rail terminal in Estonia. Assuming the finished project lives up to the early renders, it's going to be a futuristic and eye-catching addition to the northern European country. -
WAF photo awards bring beautiful buildings into focus
The World Architecture Festival has announced the 2019 Architectural Photography Awards shortlist. It consists of 24 stunning images, including a New York City viewing point, a Shenzhen skyscraper, and a Danish museum that does the twist. -
Arctic visitors center looks like part of the Norwegian landscape
Dorte Mandrup has been chosen to create a new visitors center in northern Norway. Named The Whale, the building will rise out of the landscape like a small hill and offer visitors a choice spot to watch migrating whales pass by. -
BIG's yin and yang-inspired zoo enclosure welcomes giant pandas
Bjarke Ingels Group unveiled its plan for a new Panda House for Copenhagen Zoo back in 2017. The circular enclosure is now complete and hosts two giant pandas who have settled into their yin and yang-inspired home. -
MGM Cotai named world's best new skyscraper
Macau, China's MGM Cotai has won information specialist Emporis' annual Skyscraper Award. The unusual US$3.4 billion building rises to a height of 495 ft (150 m) and contains a casino and hotel. -
Work nears completion on slim and luxurious NYC skyscraper
Work is nearing completion on a remarkably tall and slender skyscraper in NYC. Named 111 West 57th Street, the building offers luxury homes overlooking Central Park for the ultra rich and a display of engineering excellence for the rest of us. -
BIG-designed school fans out to create green-roofed terraces
BIG has had a remarkably busy year and is back yet again with a new project called The Heights. The public school, which also involved Leo A Daly as executive architect, has an unusual design that fans out to create outdoor terrace areas. -
Lego campus dips into giant toy box for bright colors, big bricks
Lego's new campus playfully riffs on the firm's own products and looks like its built from the plastic bricks. It also boasts some green cred and gets half of its required electricity from solar power.
