This week saw London studio dRMM crowned the winners of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2017, while Snøhetta's planned overhaul of Philip Johnson's postmodern AT&T Building in New York sparked protest campaigns.
Stirling Prize 2017 awarded to dRMM for "masterpiece of regeneration" at Hastings Pier
Architecture firm dRMM won the UK's biggest architecture accolade for their work on the revival of a century-old seaside pier in Hastings. RIBA president and jury chair Ben Derbyshire called the work of the studio, led by architects Alex de Rijke, Philip Marsh and Sadie Morgan, a "masterpiece of regeneration and inspiration."
Snøhetta reimagines Philip Johnson's postmodern New York skyscraper
Meanwhile, Snøhetta's plans to give the iconic AT&T Building a scalloped glass frontage were met with a fierce backlash. A small crowd of architects and preservationists protested outside the skyscraper on Friday, with placards that read "Hands off my Johnson". Peter Zumthor releases latest LACMA renderings after $150 million funding boost
Peter Zumthor produced updated renderings of this LACMA expansion, following a $150 million donation to the project from American business magnate and philanthropist David Geffen.
Herzog & de Meuron reveals design for new £108 million RCA campus
Herzog & de Meuron unveiled two new projects ? a residential tower surrounded by landscaped gardens on the site of a former gasworks in Stockholm, and plans for a new £10...