Herzog and de Meuron wins Swiss hospital competition

Herzog and de Meuron has won a competition to design a children’s hospital in Zurich.The two-phase Kinderspital Zürich contest sought designs for two buildings.

Both buildings will be made from wood and feature large, plant-filled courtyards to bring natural light into the buildings and provide gardens for patients and staff.Kinderspital Zürich expects to commission the new building in 2018.

State Theatre Centre, Perth.

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New Master Plan in Shenzhen by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects

International architecture practice Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) has unveiled its master plan for the mixed-use scheme at the Shekou Network Valley in Shenzen City in Guangdong Province, China. The master plan design follows the natural pathway flowing between the Danan Mountain range in the west, through the Lizhi Park to the waterway of Shenzen Bay in the east. 

The 125,288 sq m design concept will function as an innovation cluster for high tech, Internet and web 2.0 companies. The master plan design incorporates seven buildings over three separate plots of land with individual building heights ranging from 22m to 50m. The buildings will provide office and retail space along with public open spaces.