Miami, United States
Developers have released images of a 57-storey residential tower designed by Herzog & de Meuron for Miami. The Jade Signature tower’s parallelogram-shaped plan will angle the apartments towards the southern sun and floor-to-ceiling windows will provide views of the ocean.
Courtesy Dezeen
Billund, Denmark
The design for BIG’s LEGO House “experience centre” has been revealed. The 7,600 square-metre building resembles large LEGO bricks that are stacked in a systematic, creative way to produce an imaginative experience for the 250,000 visitors it is expected to attract annually.
Courtesy Archinect
New York, United States of America
Facebook has announced plans to once again commission the Los Angeles-based starchitect Frank Gehry, to design a new office for their New York City team. By early 2014, Gehry is expected to refurbish an existing 100,000 square-foot, two-story office space – nearly twice the size of their current work space.
Courtesy Arch Daily
London, England
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto's 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London is set to officially open to the public. Fujimoto designed the steel beam, cloud-like structure to allow visitors to feel as though they were in nature even while protected inside the Kensignton Gardens pavilion.
Courtesy In Habitat
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's government has spent 2 million pounds painting fake shop fronts and covering derelict buildings with huge billboards to hide the economic hardship being felt in towns near the golf resort where G8 leaders will meet this month.
Courtesy Reuters
