ORDOS 100, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China: The (X) house, designed by *multiplicities – Daniel Holguin, Issei Suma, Perla Pequeño, Joanna Park Sohn, Christopher Chan, Nicole Rodriguez, Masayuki Sono

OMA to build Taipei Performing Arts Centre
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been awarded the first prize in the design competition to build the Taipei Performing Arts Centre. The design, led by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren, was selected from over 135 entries from 24 countries by an international jury.

LOISIUM ALSACE – FRANCE by STEVEN HOLL
Sited at the edge of a forest overlooking vineyards to the east and south…

Zaha Hadid to Design New Port House in Antwerp
The future headquarters of Antwerp Port Authority will be designed by the London firm of Zaha Hadid Architects. The choice of architect was made at the Port Authority board meeting on January 13. The new Port House will occupy the site of the technical services building on quay 63.

T-Project by Y.TOHME ARCHITECTS
Within a huge existing pine forest environment, T-project is a villa…

Donnybrook Quarter by Peter Barber Architects
The Donnybrook site is located at the junction of Parnell Road and Old Ford Road, Close to the East Cross Route

Art Institute Chicago extension, by Renzo Piano
” It’s been an exciting few months over at Renzo Piano’s office. No sooner has the practice finished celebrating the completion of their San Francisco California Academy of Sciences project than they are already getting ready for a second grand opening with the Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing, scheduled to open in May.

Nathalie Crinière to Design Exhibition for Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi
Agence France-Museums, in partnership with Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), announced that the firm of Nathalie Crinière has been selected to create the exhibition design for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, one of the five major institutions being planned for Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island Cultural District. Nathalie Crinière was awarded the project through a competition among six invited design firms.

Villa Inside|Out Outside|In – ORDOS 100 BY ROCKER-LANGE
rocker-lange architects are releasing their design of a 1000 square meter Villa in Ordos Inner Mongolia, P.R. China.
The project called “Inside Out|Outside In” is part of the Ordos 100 project and discusses the relationship and fusion of interior and exterior space.

RELAXX by AKII
The newly completed sport and leisure centre RELAXX is situated on a long and narrow site in Einstein street in Bratislava.
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