Sûreté du Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters in Mascouche, Canada

The Sûreté du Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters designed by Services intégrés Lemay et associés is located in Mascouche, Canada. The distribution in a cross shape, slightly off-centred, allowed the public entrance to be moved away from the secured entrances. The architects  proposed a compact volumetry, reducing the building’s footprint and envelope, maximising interior / [...]

Tags: Architecture, Building engineering, Building envelope, Canada, Construction, Engineering, Environment, Environmental design, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Low-energy building, Mascouche, Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters, sustainable building, Ventilation

North Tyneside Area Command in Newcastle, United Kingdom

Designed by Ryder Architecture, North Tyneside Area Command is located in Newcastle, United Kingdom. A new building was required to replace the existing North Tyneside Area Command, and the Wallsend Sector Station. This is First new police station built for Northumbria Police in 10 years. The brief put community policing at the heart of the [...]

Tags: Metropolitan boroughs, Newcastle, North Tyneside, North Tyneside Area Command, Northumbria Police, Police, Tyne and Wear, Tyneside, United Kingdom, Wallsend, Wallsend Sector Station

Corby Cube New Civic Hub in Corby, United Kingdom

The Corby Cube New Civic Hub designed by Hawkins/Brown is located in Corby, United Kingdom. HawkinsBrown’s innovative response combined these two briefs into a single building. This proposal provided multiple benefits in terms of sharing facilities and infrastructure to realise savings in capital and running costs, fostering synergetic relationships between users and the creation of [...]

Tags: Architecture, BREEAM, Brief, Chief Executive, Corby, Environmental design, Low-energy building, Mac OS X, Spaces, sustainable building, United Kingdom

Miami Beach City Hall Annex in Miami Beach, United States

The Miami Beach City Hall Annex designed by Perkins + Will is located in Beach, United States. Inspired by its unique tropical location, The Miami Beach City Hall Annex manipulates light and shadow to mimic the flow of the beach’s gentle tropical breeze. This is accomplished via a sophisticated surface of undulating metal blades that [...]

Tags: Beach, Coastal geography, Geography, Human behavior, metal blades, Miami, Outdoor recreation, Physical geography, public services, United States

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