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The project is located in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River and carries the culture of the water town. Inspired by the famous Jichang Garden in Wuxi, the traditional garden technique is integrated into the building to maximize the use of the site. Introduce the Chinese-style courtyard living concept, based on Chinese architectural styles and elements, and use buildings to carry the Chinese academy culture and create an oriental elegance.
Continue readingThe design of Huaqi Financial Center adopts a fashionable, artistic and modern expression, integrating geometric thinking into the aesthetic design to stimulate the visual senses of visitors. The overall design is modern and minimalist, mainly using gray, white and textured materials. In addition, the interior design adopts Italian gray stone, wood grain aluminum plate finish, the building is mainly curtain wall, the landscape is mainly water features, sesame black stone material, greenery embellishment, to create a natural and warm atmosphere.
Continue readingOn the sloping south flank of the Holterberg, Van der Jeugd Architecten has designed a contemporary villa with very spacious dimensions. Thanks to the carefully designed integration into the beautiful landscape, a materialization that matches the stature of the villa, and sophisticated detailing, the design approaches that of a "Gezamtkunstwerk". All the more because the house requires little maintenance and is self-sufficient, you can rightly speak of a "sustainable beauty".
Continue readingDon Majestic is a new hotel in Punta del Este, designed by Guevara Ottonello Architects. In the Design of the building, the main objective was to create a sculptural and unique architectural shape, an innovative design, an Icon. Looking for that moment when architecture transcend itself. Trying to express poetic in architecture. Light and transparency, as a pure and curved shape, are main aspects of the project. In Don Majestic Hotel, the main objetive and challenge was to design with poetic, with courage and with passion, the sculptural shape of a Punta del Este Architectural Icon.
Continue readingThe harmonious integration into the surrounding landscape guided the formal and functional choices of this project, designed to accommodate the morphology and topography of the site, that takes quality and ecological commitment into high consideration. The two housing units, that share the common service areas on the ground floor, propose different ways of living, as they are developed differently to the local countryside. Materials and the dry-type construction, are in line with the eco-sustainable design to respond to the desire to live in a house in the green without wasting natural space.
Continue readingSituated adjacent to natural wetland and right next to primary access expressway, Yoyo City stands as the new city gateway that stitch between urban and nature. Inspired by its surroundings, Yoyo City extends its energy into the green spaces of the shopping mall. The floating islands concept from the wetland becomes the key element that integrates the whole development linking the boutique apartment, shopping street and shopping mall. Yoyo City offers a garden mall experience to the people of Yinchuan.
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