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Cool Design News

Cool Design News featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Ideareve Ikegami

Ideareve Ikegami was designed in collaboration with the local community, conducting research and focus groups to ensure that every aspect met the needs of musicians. Designers wanted to reflect the beauty of the surrounding hills and created communal spaces for musicians to gather, socialize, and build relationships. Their goal was to create a hub of creativity and community, where musicians could thrive and grow. They believe that music has the power to transform lives, and they're proud to have created a space that reflects this belief.

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Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking

The project's design concept derives from natural landscape and cultural elements of water exclusive to Wuhan. The architects selected the modular surface with rhythmic change to build the facade, which could not only satisfy the use of every unit in the kindergarten, but also create a playful architectural surface. The designers builds the spaces that change rhythmically, and exquisitely creates the scenery that varies while visitors walking so as to make a demonstration area where visitors could have unique experiences.

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The Rossmore

The Rossmore is a contemporary luxury apartment building. It is inspired by the concepts of Art Deco Design and adapted to today’s world. This has been reflected in the material selection, the sculptural elements and the building facade. The Rossmore will use concrete cladding and timber to allow for sustainable design and cost effective construction.

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Oriental Movie Metropolis

Embedded within Starry Island's bay, the Oriental Movie Metropolis Grand Theatre was designed to present the force and spirit of the coastal city. Appearing as if sculpted by nature, the building seamlessly blends in with the symbol of a transfusion of Qingdao culture. With the aid of symbolic representation, the theatre deepens the emotional connection between the visitors and environment. The architecture is consequently theatrical in both its performance of narrative spaces and its context within the landscape.

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Sunbay Park

The complex includes one five-star hotel, two condotels, water parks, numerous commercial and public facilities, which would enrich the living experience of both travelers and local city-dwellers. The modern design of this project aims to create some iconic urban shapes for the city, but to integrate softly with surrounding spaces and ensure urban ventilation as well as sea views for backside areas. The usage of Champa patterns and colors evokes the traditional spirit in a contemporary design.

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MOME

The main goal of this design was to create such a learning and working environment which revolutionizes the 21st century academic art practice. To accomplish this goal the architects were working hand in hand with the university staff while coming up with the plans, inventing inner spaces that serve as a transformable, stimulating background for creative activities. The suspended structure of Base maximizes the freedom to use different floors, and the horizontal and vertical transparency of building A encourages interdisciplinary dialogue, while UP provides a constantly changing revelation.

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