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UNStudio has won a competition to design a new mixed-use development in Düsseldorf, Germany.UNStudio’s proposal was selected by die developer, the state capital Düsseldorf (LHD) and the competition jury last week unanimously as the winner in which the two-stage competition featured ten renowned international architectural firms. 3XN, BIG, Büro Ole Scheeren, C. F. Moller Architects, David Chipperfield Architects and MVRDV Germany were among the participating offices in the competition. Called New Heart on the Block, the new complex, envisioned Düsseldorf’s northern city centre, will consist of two highly sustainable, mixed-use towers with heights of up to 120 metres, surrounding a low-rise community…

International firm AECOM has revealed plans for a new equestrian village featuring low-lying and sand-colored units in the AlUla desert in Saudi Arabia.Dubbed as a “world-class equestrian village”, the project, commissioned by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), will be built as a comprehensive and sustainable equestrian village as part of RCU’s strategy to develop an equestrian sector for AlUla County in north-west Saudi Arabia.The development life cycle of the project will be led under RCU Assets Planning & Development department led by Vice President Ashraf S Mahmoud along with Ken Flook and Ali Khachab. The project, called AlMuatadil Equestrian Village, is led by…

What if your workplace was a showroom, an event space, and an art gallery? Flexibility is a benefit for nearly all design typologies, but the new home for Milan-based creative company Spazio Pesca required several purpose-built spaces at once. Founder Benedetta Gambino had a vision for a multifunctional office that could truly do it all, providing a productive environment for her team of designers, developers, new media experts, and their clients while also opening itself up as a host for its community of local creatives. Acid green defines the various purpose-built sections of the studio (Nicolò Panzeri) Cevenini chose the…

San Francisco-based architecture studio Mork-Ulnes Architects has designed a new house in collaboration with local interior design practice Alison Damonte who designed interiors of the house. Named Silver Lining House, the 152-square-metre house is located in Bernal Heights, a residential neighborhood in San Francisco, at the southern edge of the Missionvalley. According to the architects, this district survived the 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco, thanks to the hill’s bedrock foundation. And in fact it bloomed after the disaster, as there was plentiful land to build houses for those displaced by the fires that ravaged the city.Mork-Ulnes Architects…

What if your workplace was a showroom, an event space, and an art gallery? Flexibility is a benefit for nearly all design typologies, but the new home for Milan-based creative company Studio Pesca required several purpose-built spaces at once. Founder Benedetta Gambino had a vision for a multifunctional office that could truly do it all, providing a productive environment for her team of designers, developers, new media experts, and their clients while also opening itself up as a host for its community of local creatives. Acid green defines the various purpose-built sections of the studio (Nicolò Panzeri) Cevenini chose the…

Rotterdam-based architecture firms IND [Inter.National.Design] and Powerhouse Company have opened Çanakkale Antenna Tower in Çanakkale, Turkey. The 100-metre-tall structure challenges to the traditional typologies of a broadcast tower with its “iconic” design. Perched atop a scenic hill in Çanakkale, the meandering tower offers panoramic views of the Dardanelles.Image © Sebastian van DammeIND [Inter.National.Design] and Powerhouse Company envisioned the design of the tower to leave the maximum visual impact and minimum ecological impact in the environment. Çanakkale Antenna Tower is enriched with a public park, viewing platforms, a visitor center, and a restaurant.Çanakkale Antenna Tower has opened its doors to the public in March…

The picturesque landscape of Manipur belies a simmering tension between different ethnic communities in the state. This ongoing clash between the Meiteis and Kukis, marked by violence, mistrust, and socio-political tensions, demands a nuanced understanding. Beneath the surface, a complex web of internecine conflict and a deadly trifecta of militancy, narcotics, and illegal infiltration paints a troubling picture that poses significant threats to India’s national security. The historical underpinnings of engineered fractures between the Meiteis, Nagas, and Kukis could be traced to British colonial policies that sowed the seeds of division. Manipur’s annexation by the British in 1891 and the…

Italian architecture practice ELASTICOFarm has built a residence made of an assemblage of corrugated aluminium-clad volumes within a spacious private park in Cambiano, in the province of Turin, in Northern Italy.The project, named The Hole with the House Around, was designed for a young chef and originated from the renovation of a residential building built in the 1970s.The house is comprised of a group of volumes that rise above the original building, partially leaning on it. The rooms of the house, like treetops in a forest, are elevated from the ground and raised on orange tree-like metal stilts. The rooms are arranged…

A concrete private house designed by Italian architecture firm Didonè Comacchio Architects is softened with wooden slats on the outskirts of Bassano del Grappa (VI) in Italy.Named House NF, the 220-square-metre house, located at the foot of the Alps, is a low-rise concrete home featuring wooden slats in the front street, creating a curiosity towards inside. Image © Simone BossiDidonè Comacchio Architects created a house that has an interesting view to the north of the entrance to the Valsugana, between the western slope of Monte Grappa – recently a UNESCO heritage site – and the eastern slope of the Asiago plateau. On…

Entries for WA Awards 10+5+X close in only 10 days! You have still have a chance to submit your projects to the prestigious WA Awards 10+5+X 45th Cycle.If you’d like to be crowned with WA Awards, send your architecture, interior design and student projects to the WA Awards 45th Cycle to get globally recognized. The time is running – and if you’re not a WAC member yet, start your entry today.You can submit your entries until 20 September 2023 at midnight 23:59 GMT+0. WA Awards 10+5+X is accepting entries from architects, architecture offices, interior designers, interior design offices, architecture and interior design…