Designed by Hanoi-based architecture firm iplus Architecture, the 670-square-metre office space was designed for Giao Hang Tiet Kiem., JSC, a grown start-up delivery company found in 2012, with core values as "fast, flexible and friendly". Called 0219 GHTK Interior Office, the project’s scope covers interiors design and accomplishment on a given rough building with b...
This strange apparition is part of the renovation of a century-old courtyard building in central Beijing by local practice MAD Architects as well as a visionary proposal for the revitalization of the city’s historic urban fabric. Originally unveiled as part of their post-2008-Olympic-Games vision for Beijing in 2006 at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the ‘Future of Hut...
Envisioned as a completely self-sufficient settlement, the utopian city promises “healthier lifestyles” for the vertical city-building’s residents. The thought experiment was recently presented for the first time at the Knowledge Summit 2019 in Dubai last month.The Vertical City proposal comprises a super-tall, mixed-use residential building at its core surrounded by and...
10 DESIGN (10) has created the ultimate in island living for Bluewaters Residences. It is built on a new man-made island off the coast of Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai. To maximise this distinctive location, 10 has integrated a series of private landscape gardens elevated above sea level throughout the residential development, offering a unique viewing gallery to the...
rail baltic’ is a planned 870 km (540 mile) electrified railway from tallinn in estonia to the lithuanian-polish border. the terminal will be the starting point of the rail baltic line connecting tallinn, riga, and vilnius with the european high-speed rail network. ZHA, working alongside local firm esplan, designed the ‘ülemiste terminal’ as a connecting public bridge...
embedded within the chinese city’s densely developed yuzhong district, the mixed-use complex combines office, residential, hotel, retail, and recreational facilities across a 22.7 acre site. situated at the confluence of the yangtze and jialing rivers, the historically significant site was once home to the city’s most important gateway and the official imperial entrance ...
designed by lorcan o’herlihy architects, the 35,000 square foot, 54-unit housing unit and adjacent paseo is organized along the spine of broadway street as a series of sixteen staggered boxes. it is situated on a 19,814 square-foot triangular site uniting a traffic island and a former railroad right of way. each unit is compact and efficient, with an open plan and an ...
named ‘the portico’, BIG’s design has been conceived as a new gateway to the city — comprising two individual buildings connected by a 140-meter-long (459 ft) hanging roof structure. designed for citylife’s two remaining plots, the 53,500 square meter scheme will contain workspaces as well as public amenities. while the brief called for a fourth tower on...
ODA proposes and formalizes a tower where most dwelling units are a corner apartment in response to the traditional extruded typology which creates an inherent hierarchy — with the four corners being most desirable. characterized by a cluster of volumes clad in full height glazing, the project is situated along the brooklyn waterfront and offers each unit sweeping views ...
The reconfiguration of the open spaces comprises the renaturation of the unique inner-city springs and river courses as well as the creation of new vantage points amidst the central Paderquellen. By opening up the green spaces and improving the routes through the source region, the river landscape is made more perceptible and the spatial connections are strengthened. ...
The winning design is from the pen of Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond from the Netherlands and is to be implemented by 2019. The project team relies on our expertise for execution planning and structural planning.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has identified ten strategic sites within the extensive redevelopment project and invited architects from Korea and abroad, who are renown for the most recent influential contributions to urban design and architecture in Seoul, including Kwangsoo Kim (Studio K Works), Taekbin Kim (Escape) and Yong-Soon Chang (Hongik University), Kyong-Ch...
The entire site is surrounded by farm houses, tourism projects and the first stage project of the exhibition pavilion area. The layout of the new venues needs to consider the continuity of the space and functions of the existing venues. As the core area of the summit, it also needs to consider the possibility that the entire area will be led by the world's leading Intern...
Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto, which enlisted the Alphabet subsidiary to oversee the development, released new details of the conditions for the scheme yesterday. The update follows a mandate placed on Sidewalk Labs to address concerns that the public and stakeholders had with its Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP), which was released earlier this ye...
Probably, this is one of the most dramatic statements in the early history of atmospheric science. Not only, this is a dramatic statement for architecture, too. Indeed, following Torricelli discovery, we are “submerged” in an element that has properties. Most important, these properties –that we call climatic- can influence the way we inhabit. So, since today we can arti...
On reopening in May 2018 after a major five year restoration programme with Donald Insall Associates as the conservation architects, the Victorian glasshouse will continue to fascinate researchers and visitors alike. Its collection of 10 000 plants from around the world, including many rare and threatened species, will also be better cared for in a building where the env...
The project teams completed the expansion project near the end of 2017 in a collaborative effort of design and engineering that contains an enjoyable landscape courtyard with a relaxing amphitheater and experiential boardwalk that brings visitors into a vibrant F&B commercial space and through interactive landscape features within a comfortable micro-climate. The microcl...
Chinese folk wisdom about construction is, more often than not, hidden in some seemingly “heretical” ancient books including Guanzi. Diyuan Chapter, The Book of Burial, The Book on Agriculture and Exploitation of the Works of Nature. The history of traditional rural settlements in China demonstrates how Chinese agricultural techniques have evolved. These traditional rura...
studio fuksas has designed the winning project for the competition to construct the new gelendzhik airport in russia. the new airport will provide connections to eleven domestic destinations, including moscow, st. petersburg, kazan and yekaterinburg, and is set to become a new landmark for the area. as the city’s new gateway, it is designed to guarantee the best quality ...
spanish photographer andrés gallardo captures the sweeping gestures of MAD architects’ famed opera house. the sinuous theater is sited in harbin, the capital of china’s northernmost province. harbin is historically nicknamed ‘ice city’ in reference to its status as the coldest city in china, with temperatures as low as -38 degrees celsius in winter. more recently, harbin...
global architecture practice kohn pedersen fox (KPF) has designed the mixed-use complex, ‘huamu lot 10’, for a site in shanghai, china. the design aims to create a sustainable urban environment that welcomes visitors to experience nature and art in an active setting, establishing a new form of urbanism. the design principal, jeffery a. kenoff, defines the project as ‘an ...
It has risen from the shores of Victoria Harbour like a beetle emerging from the ground, and now the finishing touches are being put on West Kowloon Station. When it opens at the end of 2018, it is expected to serve more than 109,000 passengers a day, making their way to the mainland on a fleet of new high-speed trains. By now, almost everyone in Hong Kong has heard of t...
This new development is in fact located at the juncture of beautiful Haussmannian buildings aligned around Square des Batignolles and the new Parc Martin Luther King. Fully aware of the break in scale imposed on the new ZAC (joint development zone), one of the aims of this project was to ensure a gradual transition between these two centuries through a modulation of volu...
KCAP + Felixx developed the ‘Triple dike strategy’, a multifaceted dike system that allows for an integrated approach towards the climate adaptive reorganization of the shore. Water safety strategies are connected to eco-development and nature restoration. This creates a resilient framework for social and economic growth. For 32 kilometers of coastline, KCAP + Felixx is ...
The team’s winning project for “Jardin Mécano” (“Mechanical Garden”) creates a new urban ecosystem by preserving the site’s remarkable industrial heritage while adding an abundance of green, nature-based public spaces and carbon neutral architecture, creating a socially sustainable urban development for the heart of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The programming o...
Developed as a kit of parts, the AmeniTREES are designed for easy transportation, assembly, customization and maintenance. Each curved, steel-framed pavilion will be clad in hot-formed metal panels and glass and then topped with a native green roof with a tree system add-on. To tap into cost-saving opportunities, the pavilions feature an integrated digital screen protect...
Developer Brandywine Realty Trust recently unveiled designs for the pair of towers — dubbed the East and West Towers — designed by global architecture firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU). The glass-enveloped buildings will combine modern design elements with historical references, from color palettes inspired by the traditional materials common in the area ...
In addition to careful site placement and building massing, the architects will add shading elements and an abundance of greenery to create a cool microclimate to encourage use of outdoor space and community building. The project, which has yet to be built, was recently selected as the 2019 Architizer A+ Awards Popular Choice Winner in the Residential Multi-Unit Housing ...
passed in 2014, singapore’s landscape replacement policy requires that any greenery lost due to development must be replaced with publicly accessible greenery in equal area within the new building. this obligation, coupled with the constrained, V-shaped site defined by market street and robinson road, directly influenced the architects’ approach. designed by KPF in coll...
receiving honorable mention in the evolo 2019 skyscraper competition, the modular, prefabricated waste-management and waste-to-energy megastructure proposes a solution to the global environmental and energy crisis.to achieve the goal of cleaning up our oceans while also providing a green source of energy, honglin li has designed the FILTRATION skyscraper to contain sever...
located within the heart of the xuanwu district, ‘nanjing galaxy world’ is formed with a U-shaped layout. comprising of 7 ‘containers’, each one is created as a living space for the kids and provides for a variety of activities. with a vast site area of 58,125 ft2 (5400 m2), the architect‘s goal was to create a city in miniature for the children, one which stimulated ...
commissioned to develop an urban study outlining a holistic concept that would incorporate landscape, infrastructure and housing, the basel-based firm proposes to transform the historically listed 19,000 sqm landmark building from the 1960s into an urban, inner-city quarter with a mix of housing, business premises and spaces for social and cultural activities. unveile...
the project, which boeri designed with local partner shimaa shalash and landscape expert laura gatti, will see the realization of three ‘green cubes’ in egypt’s new administrative capital city — currently under construction in south east cairo. according to boeri and SBA partner francesca cesa bianchi cairo can ‘become the first northern-african metropolis to face the b...
as the name suggests, the house is designed for a rural location, with grass covering parts of the walls and roof structure, seamlessly blending into the countryside context. the conceptual project also makes reference to deconstructivism, much like ‘pentahouse‘ – the previous work from wamhouse studio.greenhouse is designed by wamhouse studio with a total usable area of...
the proposal for the seoul maru competition 2019, personifies a typical korean garden, by giving it a new meaning and function. the colors and shapes evoke associations with plants, stones, and hills, which form the basis of the theory of harmony in the traditional gardens. however, this garden is unusual, sknypl transformed it under the influence of new qualities def...
the development, which is characterized by a ‘carved’ void in its center, is the late architect’s first project in dubai and is located in the city’s burj khalifa district. new images of the opus, taken by photographer laurian ghinitoiu, illustrate the scale of the scheme. linked by a ground level atrium and an asymmetric three-storey bridge at its upper levels, the ...
