This week David and Marina describe what it's like going to Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Broad Museum and discuss Arturo Sandoval's Christmas concert, the joy of high notes, trumpet playing, crazy audience members, offensive holiday cards and more. Enjoy! iTunes Spotify Leave a... View full entry »
LWK & Partners (HK) Ltd. (“LWK” or the “Company”) is proud to announce that the Company has placed 36th world-wide in World Architect 100 (“WA100”) 2019, an annual ranking coordinated by Building Design (“BD”). The Company has placed 10th in the Pacific Rim, while by sector, it... View full entry »
Aedas-designed Lè Architecture in Taipei, Taiwan, won an Award of Excellence under the Best Tall Buildings under 100 Meters category at CTBUH 2019 Annual Awards. It will compete to become the overall Category Winner and Best Tall Building Worldwide at the 2019 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference... View full entry »
The New Historic - from visionary masterplan to renewed public life In Danish market town Aabenraa, ADEPT and Topotek1 have recently completed a transformation of the historic city that creates strong links between the visionary urban master plan, won by the team in 2014, and redesigned public... View full entry »
Tomorrow in Shanghai!I will be presenting tomorrow at AIA Shanghai Monthly networking event / Happy hour at 819 Shaanxi North Road | 陕西北路819号#AIAShangahi #AIAMiddleEast #AIAInternational#AIA #Architects #networking #Shanghai #rayaani View full entry »
Back in 2014! The first parametric design workshop I did as part of D-NAT with Zayad Motlib and Andrea Graziano from Co-de-iT is getting published in Moscow in the Russian magazine Tall Buildings! #parametricdesign #dnat #Dubainetwork #workshops #adpativetowers #parametricworkshops #dNat #raayani... View full entry »
This new Bel-Air residence has flown onto the market for $56 million with its unique three-wing propeller design and luxurious amenities that include a home theater, a poolside deck overlooking the city, and a 1,000 bottle wine cellar! Developer Duangpatra Bodiratnangkura spent four years on the... View full entry »
Oculus is pleased to find out that not one, but two of our projects are 2018 Winners awarded by the ICSC, the International Council of Shopping Centers. The ICSC U.S. Design and Development Awards are stated to “honor and recognize the premier design and development trends of retail projects... View full entry »
This week David and Marina are joined by Architect Takashi Yanai, Partner at Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects, to discuss architectural styles, office lineage, becoming a partner, dropping out of architecture school to become an architect, translating interviews of starchitects for GA... View full entry »
Invited as a Visiting Critic today and tomorrow at XJTLU Department of Architecture / Architecture Final Reviews - Autumn 2018 with XJTLU Architecture and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University #rayaani #rawnycarchitects #XJTLU #XJTLDepartmentofArchitecture #china View full entry »
#Suzhou #China #rayaani #Shanghai#rawnycarchitects #BusinessDevelopment#architecture #urbandesign View full entry »
Words modern and contemporary architecture is regularly used interchangeably and thought of as the same. However, it’s a myth, as there are elements that differentiate one from another. Real estate market off lately is using the terms "modern" and "contemporary" a lot for descriptions of various... View full entry »
This Friday in Shanghai Raya Ani will be speaking at College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China The lecture is open to the Public Topic: EMPOWERMENT through ARCHITECTURE Date: 14th December 2018 Time : 19:00 Place: Bell Hall Theater, CAUP, Tongji University... View full entry »
Dear Supporters, Our recent project in New York City were first Longlisted "With over 1000 submissions from all corners of the world" and now it is in the final round for the prestigious #frameawards2019. Make your voice heard! FRAME Awards have People's Vote! If you believe our project deserves... View full entry »