Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its first New York City commission: a residential block of ’boutique apartments’. Founder, Zaha Hadid, who designed the London 2012 Aquatics Centre, has created an 11-storey structure for developers, Related Companies, which will be situated in Hudson Yards at 520 West 28th Street. Image source Courtesy of Related Companies and […]

Work has begun on a mixed-use development in Copenhagen which will house the Danish Architecture Centre, dezeen.com reports. Parts of the 27,000-square-metre Bryghusprojecktet will be used by the organisation to ‘spread knowledge about architecture and the built environment’. It will feature exhibition centres, conference rooms, a bookshop, café and auditorium. Image source via OMA Due […]

Twenty-two local people responded to an appeal to help build a bridge across a canal in Little Lever, made from scaled up Meccano, theboltonnews.co.uk reports. Artist Liam Curtin designed a metalwork bridge comprised of giant pieces of the much-loved children’s building toy, Meccano. The bridge passes over the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal using pieces […]

The designer behind Belfast’s new Titanic building has hailed it his “swan song”, midulstermail.co.uk reports. Image source Image source Award-winning designer, Alan Grimason has previously worked on the Kensington Oval cricket ground in Barbados, the British Airways building at Heathrow and Etihad Stadium, home to Manchester City Football Club. However, it was the Titanic contract […]