Latest News: The Evelyn Grace Academy, London by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the prestigious £20,000 RIBA Stirling Prize 2011. It’s the second time that the London based architect has been awarded the recognition for ‘the building that has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture in the past year’, to be considered the project must be built in Britain or the architects head office must be in the UK.
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Glasgow UK: Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel designed by architect firm OMA, opened on this month on the 3 October 2011. The fundamental precept that exceptional, conscientious architecture makes people feel better underpins the design of all the Maggie’s centres. Instead of the often sterile and alienating architecture of a conventional hospital, Maggie’s centre provides individual and warm environments for cancer care for anyone affected by cancer. find out more…
recent contibutions – October 2011
location: Stockholm, Sweden
architect: Gunnar Asplund
location: Gothenburg, Sweden
architect: Gunnar Asplund
location: Stockholm, Sweden
architects: Gunnar Asplund + Sigurd Lewerentz
location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
architect: Prabhakar B Bhagwat
location: Basel, Switzerland
architect: Mario Botta
location: Basel, Switzerland
architect: Rafael Moneo
location: Tokyo, Japan
architect: Taiji Kawano
location: Basel, Switzerland
architects: SANAA
location: Basel, Switzerland
architect: Tadao Ando
location: London, UK
architect: Zaha Hadid
location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
architect: MAD
location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
architect: Isay Weinfeld
location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
architect: Paulo Mendes da Rocha
location: Glasgow, UK
architect: OMA
