This article originally appeared in the Chinese edition of Architectural Record. Image courtesy Woods Bagot China Southern Airlines, the largest carrier in Asia, plans to build not just a new corporate campus, but an entire small city as its headquarters on the outskirts of Guangzhou. Named China Southern Airport City, the project is scheduled to begin rising on a 988-acre site about four miles from Guangzhou’s Baiyun International Airport as early as the end of this year. The international architecture practice Woods Bagot is designing the master plan, after winning a competition that included Paul Andreu and Zaha Hadid. The

Image courtesy Abruzzo Bodziak Architects Emily Abruzzo, of Brooklyn’s Abruzzo Bodziak Architects, worked with Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) and New York Sun Works to design an educational greenhouse for an empty lot. Image courtesy Vamos Architects Evan Bennett, a principal at Vamos Architects, helped conceive Destination Nostrand, a proposal to transform an avenue in Brooklyn peppered with shuttered storefronts into an appealing destination through temporary street furniture, creative window displays, and porch-like spaces in front of vacant shops. Ask desigNYC executive director Laetitia Wolff about her organization’s mission, and she’ll give you a straightforward answer: “To improve the

Village Health Works. Click on the slide show button to view additional images. Related Links: Rwanda: Butaro Hospital by MASS Design Group Burkina Faso: Secondary School by Francis K'r' Profile: Luyanda Mpahlwa of MMA Architects South Africa's Golden BowlsSpecial Coverage: Humanitarian Design In Kigutu, Burundi, New York architect Louise Braverman is helping bring modern health services to an impoverished area. Working with the nonprofit organization Village Health Works, Braverman has designed a master plan for an existing 40-acre medical campus, in which she plans to add a number of facilities, including a staff residential unit and women’s health pavilion. The

Photo courtesy Hsieh Ying-Chun, Rural Architecture Studio and Atelier 3 Hsieh Ying-Chun explaining his wood structure building, Beijing. Related Links: Curry Stone Design Prize Curry Stone Foundation Three Finalists Vie for 2010 Curry Stone Prize 2008 Finalists for Curry Stone Prize Announced Hsieh Ying-Chun, a Taiwanese architect who helps communities rebuild after natural disasters, has won the 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize. The $100,000 annual award, which aims to champion designers as a force of social change, is bestowed by the Curry Stone Foundation, an Oregon-based charitable group. Two additional firms will receive $10,000 awards – Paris-based Atelier d’Architecture Autogérée,

Photo ' Michel Denanc' Related Links: Piano's Plans for Corbu Landmark Spark Debate Journalists, officials, and curious locals gathered last week at Le Corbusier’s chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, to celebrate the opening of a quiet new visitors’ center and convent designed by Renzo Piano—a project that incited fierce debate when it was first announced in 2008. Opponents feared the addition would distract from the power of Corbusier's sculptural masterpiece.   Piano, who attended the inauguration ceremony, which stretched from September 8–11, told RECORD that he has enhanced the 4.9-acre property by creating facilities that support

Image courtesy Silverstein Properties Photo ' Joe Woolhead Related Links: Death and Life of a Great American City New York After 9/11 On Wednesday, September 7, just days before the opening of the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, master planner Daniel Libeskind, developer Larry Silverstein, and a host of other officials gathered at 7 World Trade Center to report on construction progress at the site. Almost a decade after the terrorist attacks, Silverstein was visibly pleased to tell a room filled with international press that, after many starts and stops, “every part of

Going up against an icon, Steven Holl has released his plans for a new building that will rise directly across from the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art.

After more than 40 years with Arup, the famed structural engineer Cecil Balmond is launching his own practice. Renowned structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond is leaving Arup, the UK-based engineering firm where he has worked for more than 40 years. “I’m stepping out to set up my own practice,” says Balmond, who is credited with making possible some of the most audacious structures in recent decades, including the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France, by Shigeru Ban. Renowned structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond is leaving Arup, the

For its new virtual museum, Adobe wanted more than a website designer: It wanted a forward-thinking architect who could make the space feel "physical." It turned to Filippo Innocenti, co-founder of Spin+ and an associate architect at Zaha Hadid Architects. Image courtesy Adobe Museum of Digital Media The Adobe Museum of Digital Media, located at www.adobemuseum.com, will present work by leading multimedia artists. At midnight this evening, software maker Adobe will open the new Adobe Museum of Digital Media, which will present work by leading digital artists. Like many institutions, the California-based company hired a forward-thinking architect to design a

The founding partners of Pugh + Scarpa, the Santa Monica-based studio that won the 2010 AIA Architecture Firm Award, announced this week that they have parted ways. While breakups can be laden with conflict, Lawrence Scarpa emphasizes that their split has been cordial. “It has not been a nasty divorce, so to speak,” he says. “We’ve done it amicably.”  Photo © Joe Woolhead From left: Lawrence Scarpa, Gwynne Pugh, Angela Brooks Related Links: 2010 Firm Award: Pugh + Scarpa Pugh + Scarpa Launch Affordable Housing Conference Redelco House Euclid Residence Gwynne Pugh officially left the 22-year-old firm on September 1