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Brit Insurance Design Award 2010

Designed by Editorial, Brit Insurance Design Award 2010. Thirteen projects have been shortlisted in the Brit Insurance Design Award for 2010 under the architecture category. The projects which cover an international spectrum range from Tony Fretton’s British Embassy in Warsaw to Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI in Rome. Prolific modern artist Antony Gormley will now chair the high profile design jury... 

Shanghai Museum of Glass in Shanghai, China

Designed by logon, Shanghai Museum of Glass is located in Shanghai, China. Externally the mass of the building is formed of dark U-shaped glass imported from Germany, which has been delicately sand blasted and enamelled to create a number of transparent glass-related words in a wide variety of languages. During the evening, the building volume glows from within, illuminating this text with an LED backlight... 

Long House by Keith Williams Architects, London

The Long House was designed by Keith Williams Architects has been conceived as a “secret dwelling”, screened from the outside world. Much of it is single storey, in sharp contrast to typical, vertically stacked 4 or 5 storey London houses. Its flank to the outside world is formed by the rebuilt, single storey boundary wall. Above, a clerestorey glazed strip and zinc vault form the garden wing over... 

Pachacamac House in Lima, Peru

Designed by LONGHI ARCHITECTS, Pachacamac House is located in Lima, Peru. The response to this site was to bury the house inside the hill. The succession of unexpected circumstances marked the materialisation of ideas as the natural response to transcendental issues brought up and understood during the design and construction of the Pachacamac house. The site lies 40 km south of Lima at an undeveloped... 

The School of Science and Technology (SST) in Singapore

The School of Science and Technology (SST), designed by SURBANA INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS PTE LTD, located in Singapore, is a premier institution that offers an innovative and vibrant learning experience for top students aged between 13-16. SST aims to nurture bright students to becoming successful entrepreneurs and captains of the industry. The project team’s challenge was to design a purpose built...