United States Land Port of Entry, Columbus

United States Land Port of Entry, Columbus, New Mexico building

United States Land Port of Entry, Columbus, New Mexico building design by Richter Architects: Chihuahuan Desert site and landscape design create microcosms of regional ecologies – desert grasslands, scrub, oasis, etc

New City Hall in Buenos Aires, Argentina

New City Hall in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lord Foster has attended opening celebrations in Buenos Aires today for the new Buenos Aires Ciudad Casa de Gobierno, a sustainable New City Hall for the Mayor and 1,500 staff – and the practice’s first civic project in Argentina.

VVIP Circuit House Pune Building, Maharashtra

VVIP Circuit House Pune Building

VVIP Circuit house, by Sunil Patil and Associates, is government guest house accommodating VIP, VVIP officials, ministers and many visitors. Though primarily a guest house, it also acts as a node for political meetings, government authorities’ discussions and conferences.

UN Building New York: United Nations Building

United Nations Building New York City

The U.N. is building a new tower to house its operations across the street from the under-renovation U.N. Secretariat, the only Corb building in New York. Architects are Fumihiko Maki with local partner FXFowle. The UN Tower architecture competition was only open to Pritzker Prize-winning architects.

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building

Design: Krueck + Sexton Architects with Gensler. This 375,000-sqft, highly sustainable Federal Office Building occupied by the FBI is in Miramar, Broward County, Florida. Campus buildings respond to the local climate, natural environment, and agency needs.

United States Capitol Washington DC building

U.S. Capitol Dome Restoration

U.S. Capitol building dome restoration news. After two years of meticulous repairs led by Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, along with architect-of-record Hoffman Architects, the historic landmark is now back to its former glory.

Ulju Government Complex South Korea: Samoo

Ulju Government Complex

Design: Samoo Architects & Engineers. A sustainable government complex located on a hill side: the design team focused on the concept of ‘Ulju Maru’ by creating various levels to provide comfort in access and utilization by the citizens.

New Algerian Parliament: National Assembly Building

New Algerian Parliament Building

Design: Bureau Architecture Méditerranée. The building needs to embody the idea of democracy in action, the Algeria of the future, freedom, peace, strong but deliberative power. The architecture must communicate a distinct national identity founded on universal values.

The Senate of Canada Building in Ottawa

The Senate of Canada Building in Ottawa

Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects + KWC Architects. This joint venture design to transform Ottawa’s century-old train station building to become an interim home for The Senate of Canada has been approved by the National Capital Commission.

Portcullis House London Building, Westminster

Portcullis House London Building

The atrium has been littered with scaffolding and buckets catching water ever since the building opened in 2001. MPs want to sue the architecture and engineering firms that built their £235m office block, Portcullis House, over the cracks and leaks in its atrium roof.

MI6 Building, London, SIS Offices

MI6 Building London, SIS offices

MI6 Building London: UK Government HQ on the River Thames, England, design by Terry Farrell – MI6 offices London: British Secret Intelligence Service HQ

British Council Addis Ababa, Ethiopia building

British Council Addis Ababa Ethiopia building

The British Council, the UK’s leading institution for cultural relations, has just moved into their new offices in central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a brand new 550 sqm building on part of the British Embassy compound which houses their new resource centre.

United Nations New Conference Hall in Geneva

United Nations New Conference Hall in Geneva

Internationally recognized architecture firm, Behnisch Architekten, has announced the completion of the new conference hall for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which the firm designed.

Sarpi Border Checkpoint – Georgia Building

Sarpi Border Checkpoint in Georgia

Design: J. MAYER H. Architects. The customs checkpoint is situated at the Georgian border to Turkey, at the shore of the Black Sea. With its cantilevering terraces, the tower is used as a viewing platform, with multiple levels overlooking the water and the steep part of the coastline.
The building welcomes visitors to Georgia, representing the progressive upsurge of the country