Global practice Grimshaw Architects has a new chairman. Andrew Whalley takes over the leadership reins from Nicholas Grimshaw, who founded the practice in 1980.
Designed by Japanese studio Nendo, the Yokohama Ekimae building, an 11-story office tower located in the Kojimachi neighborhood in central Tokyo, Japan, creates a more physical experience to the outdoors with its Kojimachi Terrace or ‘Sky Forest.’
The Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects with engineering firm Aecom, incorporates cultural references to the city in an abstract manner and combines them with practical responses to the climate, context, and the functional requirements of a football stadium.
The first look has been revealed for Rose Hill, a 183-m (600-ft) condo tower in Manhattan, New York, designed by global architecture firm CetraRuddy. Located in the NoMad neighborhood, the building pays homage to its surroundings and the city’s history of skyscraper architecture.
