Asynsis Architecture + Design, horizontal observation wheel in Hong Kong, China

Designed by Nigel Anthony Reading with Aedas and Arup, Asynsis Architecture + Design, horizontal observation wheel is located in Hong Kong, China. It is intended as an icon of sustainability because of its use of renewable wind, tidal and solar energy, and to be carbon neutral by virtue of carbon-offsetting the construction footprint through tree [...]

Tags: Action on climate change, Aedas, Arup, Carbon neutrality, Carbon offset, China, Climate change, Climatology, Eiffel Tower, Environment, Hong Kong, London, Natural Disaster, Nigel Anthony Reading, Paris, tidal and solar energy

Melbourne Recital Centre in Melbourne, Australia

The Melbourne Recital Centre designed by Ashton Raggatt McDougall is located in Melbourne, Australia. Australia’s cultural portfolio is significantly boosted this week with the official opening of the Melbourne Recital Centre. Designed as a collaboration between design architects, Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM) and acoustics experts Arup Acoustics, the project was funded by the Victorian Government [...]

Tags: Arts in Australia, Arup, Arup Acoustics, Ashton Raggatt McDougall, Australia, Australian architecture, Howard Raggatt, Melbourne, Melbourne Recital Centre, Perth Arena, Southbank UK Plc, Victorian Government

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama designed by BFLS is located in  Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.  is about to embark upon a multi-million pound development consisting of performance, rehearsal and teaching facilities. Hamiltons Architects have been appointed, as architects, for the project, along with their consultant team comprising Arup Acoustics, Equation Lighting, Mott [...]

Tags: Arup Acoustics, Cardiff, consultant, GBP, Royal Welsh College of Music, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, United Kingdom, Wales

Madrid Design Centre in Madrid, Spain

Designed by IAD (International Architecture Development), Madrid Design Centre is located in Madrid, Spain. This project has been entirely conceived and optimised in close collaboration with ARUP within a framework of sustainable design, as the developer has sought a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’ from the outset. A clear yet flexible path is punctuated by [...]

Tags: Arup, BREEAM, Building engineering, Construction, Energy conservation, Engineering, Environmental design, formal solutions, Low-energy building, Madrid, Madrid Design Centre, Spain, Sustainability, sustainable building

Dublin T2, Second terminal for Dublin Airport in Ireland

Designed by Pascall + Watson, Dublin T2, Second terminal for Dublin Airport is located in Ireland. Dublin Airport’s new second terminal is now up and running, courtesy of architecture practice Pascall+Watson, prime consultant Arup and design engineers Mace. It may be early days for the sleek new building, but it has already scooped a Structural [...]

Tags: Arup, Dublin, Dublin Airport, GBP, Geography of Europe, Geography of Ireland, less energy, Pascall, prime consultant, Provinces of Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Second terminal