This week on Dezeen, Foster + Partners revealed its plans for a 305-metre-tall tower in London, while photos emerged showing Frank Gehry's Luma Arles taking shape in the French city.
Foster + Partners has submitted a planning application for The Tulip, a viewing tower complete with rotating gondolas. If approved, it will become the tallest structure in the City of London.
Proposed to sit alongside the Gherkin, its bulbous form is intended to resemble a flower atop a thin stem.
Frank Gehry's aluminium-clad Luma Arles tower takes shape in FranceMeanwhile in France, Frank Gehry's sculptural tower for the Luma Arles arts centre is starting to take form.
The tower boasts an aluminium facade intended to echo local rock formations, but locals have reportedly dismissed it for resembling a crumpled drinks can. It is due to complete in 2020. Foster + Partners releases photos of Apple's Steve Jobs Theater PavilionFoster + Partners also made the headlines this week for unveiling an Apple Store on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, topped by a kaleidoscopic solar roof, and for releasing photographs of its Steve Jobs Theater Pavilion at the Apple Park campus, which hosts the "largest carbon-fibre roof in the world".
Children Village in Brazilian rainforest named world's best new building by RIBAThe RIBA International Prize was awarded to Children Village, a project by architecture studios Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum. Located on the edge ...