olce Vita Tejo, Retail and Leisure in Lisbon, Portugal

The Dolce Vita Tejo, retail and leisure designed by RTKL is located in Lisbon, Portugal.  The development is the result of a shared vision by two companies, Chamartin Inmobiliaria and ING Real Estate. In a joint venture, the two companies commissioned RTKL to provide planning and architectural design services for the creation of a mixed-use [...]

Tags: architectural design services, Chamartin Inmobiliaria S.A., Dolce Vita, Europe, Geography, ING Real Estate Investment Management (USA) B.V., Lisbon, Portugal, Retail, retail destination, retail environment, retail storefronts, RTKL Associates Inc., Tejo, Vita Tejo

Stafford County Council headquarters and shops scheme in Stafford, United Kingdom

Located in Stafford, United Kingdom, Stafford County Council headquarters and shops scheme was designed by Architects 3DReid and developers Stoford have been commended by the UK Government’s leading advisory body on architecture, urban design and public space, CABE, for their mixed-use retail, leisure and office scheme to transform Stafford town centre. Stoford is awaiting planning [...]

Tags: 150 000-sq ft county council, Barwick Somerset, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, Counties of England, Geography of England, Local government in England, mixed-use retail, South Somerset, Stafford, Stafford County Council, Stafford County Council headquarters, UK Government, United Kingdom

Bothwell Plaza, tallest commercial building in Glasgow, United Kingdom

Bothwell Plaza, tallest commercial building that located in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was designed by Aedas. Conceived as a driving force of the continued regeneration of the area, the completed scheme will be the tallest commercial building in Glasgow. The 60,000 sq m, 18-storey development will comprise a mixed-use scheme including office, retail and leisure space [...]

Tags: Aedas, Bothwell Plaza, EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT CO (ABERDEEN), Glasgow, Retail, Scotland, the 2014 Commonwealth Games, United Kingdom

24 City Modern Chengdu development focuses on youth market in Chengdu, China

The 24 City Modern Chengdu development focuses on youth market designed by Callison is located in Chengdu, China. Just seven months ago 4.8 million residents in China were made homeless and more than 69,000 killed by the Sichuan earthquake which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale. Less than three months later this devastation was overshadowed [...]

Tags: Beijing, Chengdu, China, China Resources Land Limited, Environment, indoor/outdoor retail center, Natural Disaster, Sichuan, the Olympics

Jurong General Hospital in Singapore

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Jurong General Hospital is sited in Singapore. The proposed design for the Jurong General Hospital reconsiders the paradigm of a bed tower on a diagnostic and treatment platform and blurs the boundaries between building and nature. The integration of program components, the interaction between interior and exterior, and [...]

Tags: diagnostic imaging, Geography of Singapore, Jurong East, Jurong General Hospital, Jurong Lake, Jurong West, Owings, Places in Singapore, Retail, Singapore, SKIDMORE OWINGS AND MERRILL LLP, Urban planning in Singapore