Architecture in 2012, Buildings of the Year, Architects, Designs, Images
Building Designs of 2012 : Architecture of the Year
e-architect Selection of Key Architecture from 2012
Major Buildings from 2012
e-architect have selected some key buildings and designs from 2012.
Our parameters? Architecture that stimulates, buildings that question, designs that show innovation.
We aren’t saying these are the ‘best’ building designs of 2012, simply they are a selection of ones that have interested us at e-architect.
We asked a selection of architecture critics to pick out the key buildings of the year but we’re deliberately not considering the complex task of selecting ‘winners’.
Adrian Welch, e-architect editor
Buildings of 2012 – Part 1
Building Designs of 2012 – Part 2:
Menis Arquitectos, Canary Islands
Sacred Museum & Plaza, Adeje
photo ® Simona Rota
Casa Syntes Pinto, Madrid, Spain
Design: dosmasuno arquitectos
photograph : Miguel de Guzmán
MAAVC, Portugal
Design: Camilo Rebelo and Tiago Pimentel
photo © Cláudio Reis
Easter Sculpture Museum, Albacete, Spain
Design: Exit Architects
photograph : Fernando Guerra
University Senate Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Design: Chyutin Architects
photograph : Ardon Bar Hama
Iglesia de la Consolacion Cordoba, Spain
Vicens + Ramos, Architects
photo : Vicens + Ramos
Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Norway
ALA Architects with SMS Arkitekter
picture : Tuomas Uusheimo
Spira Performing Arts Center, Sweden
Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
photograph : Ulf Celander
City Hall Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
3XN Architects
image © Adam Mørk
Victoria Tower, Kista, Sweden
Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
photograph : Tord-Rickard Söderström
Mestia Buildings, Georgia
J. MAYER H. Architects
photo from architects
Sandworm, Wenduine coastline, Belgium
Marco Casagrande / C-Laboratory
photograph : Nikita Wu
The Scarab Building, France
SAREA Alain Sarfati Architecture
photo © Philippe Ruault
La Maison Hermès Dosan Park Seoul, Korea
RDAI
picture © Masao Nishikawa
Olive Oil Factory Marmelo Mill, Portugal
Ricardo Bak Gordon
FG + SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Vila Tugendhat Renovation, Czech Republic
originally Mies van der Rohe
image : Colin Eaton
Hatert Tower, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
24H>architecture
photograph © Boris Zeisser
New York by Gehry, NYC, USA
Frank Gehry
picture : dbox
House in Juso, Portugal
ARX Portugal + Stefano Riva
photograph : Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
OASIS voestalpine, Linz, Austria
xarchitekten
photo : David Schreyer
Sumatrakontor, Hamburg, Germany
Erick van Egeraat
photo : J Collingridge
Military History Museum, Dresden, Germany
Daniel Libeskind
photo © Hufton+Crow Photography
Hansar Bangkok, Thailand
WOHA
photograph © Patrick Bingham-Hall
Jameson House, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Foster + Partners
photograph : Nigel Young, Foster + Partners
Origami Building, Paris, France
Manuelle Gautrand
© photoVincent Fillon
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW)
© Nic Lehoux / Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Timmelsjoch Experience, Austria
Werner Tscholl
photo : Alexa Rainer
Oshikamo House, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
photograph : Toshiyuki Yano
Natural History Museum of Utah, USA
Ennead Architects, LLP with GSBS
photograph © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
Roca London Gallery, England
Zaha Hadid Architects
image from architects
London 2012 Velodrome, England
Hopkins Architects
photo from fd
Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Stanton Williams
photo © Hufton+Crow
Busan Cinema Centre, South Korea
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
photo © Woochang Choi Korea
Evelyn Grace Academy, south London
Zaha Hadid Architects
picture : Luke Hayes
Museum of Liverpool, England
3XN Architects
photo © Philip Handforth
Universiade in Shenzhen, China
von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)
photo © Christan Gahl
Hotel Lone, Rovinj, Croatia
3LHD architects
photo : 3LHD
Porta Fira Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
Toyo Ito & Associates / b720 Fermín Vázquez
photo from FCC
Riverside Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
Zaha Hadid Architects
photograph © Tom Manley Photography
Cais das Artes Project, Brazil
Paulo Mendes da Rocha + Metro Arquitetos
picture : Metro Arquitetos
The Hepworth, Wakefield, UK
David Chipperfield Architects
photograph © Iwan Baan
Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland
Henning Larsen Architects + Olafur Eliasson
picture Courtesy of Harpa © Hörður Sveinsson
Museo Soumaya, Mexico
FREE | Fernando Romero EnterprisE
photograph : Adam Wiseman
Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam
AREP Architects
image : AREP Architects
One Hyde Park, London, England
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
picture © mattchungphoto.com
Guangzhou Opera House, China
Zaha Hadid Architects
photograph : Virgile Simon Bertrand
Las Arenas Barcelona, Spain
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
picture : Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Future Buildings
One World Trade Center, NY, USA
SOM Architects
photo : Wrightstyle
Peruri 88 Jakarta, Indonesia
Design: MVRDV / Jerde / Arup
image from architects
Kasumigaoka National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
Zaha Hadid Architects
© Zaha Hadid Architects
Sliced Porosity Block, Chengdu, China
Design: Steven Holl Architects
image : Steven Holl Architects
425 Park Avenue, New York, USA – news
Designs by the four shortlisted Architects
image from architects
House for Naomi Campbell, Moscow, Russia
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
picture from architects
PHTV International Media Center, Beijing
BIAD UFo
photo from architects
Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Hamburg, Germany
Herzog and de Meuron
© José Campos josecamposmoreira(at)gmail.com
Cross Towers Seoul, Korea
BIG
image : MIR
Scotts Tower, Singapore
UNStudio
picture © UNStudio
Duo Towers, Paris, France
Jean Nouvel
image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel
V&A Exhibition Road Project, London, UK
AL_A
render © Amanda Levete Architects
Stonehenge Visitor Centre, England
Denton Corker Marshall Architects
image from architects
Copenhagen Arena, Denmark
Architects: 3XN
image © 3XN
Addis Ababa Stadium, Ethiopia
LAVA with JDAW
picture from architect
Diagonal Tower, Seoul, South Korea
SOM
image © SOM/Crystal CG
MÉCA Bordeaux, France
BIG + FREAKS freearchitects
image from architects
Mineirão Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
BCMF Arquitetos
image : BCMF Arquitetos
Design Museum, London, UK
John Pawson / Rem Koolhaas
photo © Luke Hayes
Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA
Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler
image from architects
Musée des Beaux-arts Rheims, France
David Chipperfield Architects
image © David Chipperfield Architects
Yongsan Tower Building, South Korea
REX
image : Luxigon
The Leadenhall Building, London
RSH+P
image : Cityscape
Birmingham Library, England
Mecanoo
courtesy BCC
SFMOMA Expansion, San Francisco, USA
Snøhetta – news
image © Snøhetta
Vejle Harbour development, Denmark
Studio Olafur Eliasson + others
image © Olafur Eliasson
Yingkou Convention and Exposition Center
2DEFINE Architecture
picture from architects
Angkasa Raya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ole Scheeren
image © Buro-OS
Emmen Theatre and Zoo, The Netherlands
Henning Larsen Architects
picture from architects
Chicago Navy Pier Competition, USA
James Corner Field Operations
photograph Courtesy Navy Pier, Inc.
Expo Yeosu Pavilion, Korea
soma architecture
image from architect
Yuan Ze University Buildings, Taiwan
Santiago Calatrava
rendering courtesy of Santiago Calatrava, LLC
Hôtel de Police Charleroi, Belgium
Ateliers Jean Nouvel / MDW Architecture
© Ateliers Jean Nouvel / MDW ARCHITECTURE
Museum of Bihar, Patna, India
Maki and Associates
image from competition organisers
Dancing Dragons, Seoul, South Korea
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
image © AS+GG
Scitech Redevelopment Beijing, China
UNStudio
image : UNStudio
Green Climate Fund Bonn, Germany
Design: LAVA
image : MIR
The Blade, Seoul, South Korea
Dominique Perrault Architecture
image : 2012 © Luxigon / DPA / Adagp
Beach and Howe Tower, Vancouver, Canada
BIG
picture from architects
Union Station Masterplan, Los Angeles, USA
UNStudio + EE&K
image : UNStudio
Dancing Towers, Seoul, South Korea
Studio Daniel Libeskind
picture © Crystal
Harmony Tower, Seoul, South Korea
Studio Daniel Libeskind
picture © Crystal
VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, VA, USA
Design: Steven Holl Architects
image courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
Datong Art Museum, China
Foster + Partners
image : Foster + Partners
Kingdom Tower, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
image © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Velo Towers Seoul, South Korea
Asymptote Architecture
picture © Asymptote Architecture
Maggie’s Centre in Aberdeen – building news
Design: Snøhetta, Architects
picture from architects
The Rock Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Design: MZ Architects
image from LA
DUO Towers Singapore
Ole Scheeren – building news
image © Buro-OS
International Music & Dance Centre, NL
Neuteling Riedijk Architects
© Neutelings Riedijk Architects
Neubau FOM Hochschule Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf
Design: J. MAYER H.
image from architects
Buildings of 2012 – Part 1
Architecture News – current global building news highlights
World Architectural News
Architectural News is added on the site daily. We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the globe. High profile buildings + projects appear on this page. Additions and comments welcome.
Key Architectural Links – Major International Architects
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