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Cool Design News

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

 

Cobogos House

The design proposes pure and simple shapes, right angles, and some materials that providing thermal comfort, durability, and functionality. The Cobogos, decorative concrete blocks, are the highlight of the facade, allowing free movement of the wind in its empty spaces. These elements, combined with reinforced concrete and wood pattern aluminum slats provide the personality to the house. The outdoor leisure area, comprising a large swimming pool and landscaping that mixes tropical foliages and a century-old olive tree, creating an inviting and welcoming atmosphere.

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Longfor Hefei Paradise Walk

Longfor Hefei Paradise walk is a regional shopping center in Hefei. The project takes advantage of TOD comprehensive development. It connects the underground level of Metro line2 in the west, and the ground level of terminal bus station in the east. In the interior, the project circulates through three main theme atriums of Ferry, River Valley and Harbor. In the exterior, the project creates three roof gardens on different floors. It has become a brand new city landmark in Hefei.

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Qianhai MCC Technology Building

The project is located in shenzhen, China. Inspired by elegant curves of fancy carp, the designers abstract the smooth curves into tall and straight lines to build the facade of tower building. Independent of the tower building, the podium building integrates commercial and office spaces. Moreover, it has a commercial display space with terrace on the top.

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Beyond 100 Years

The main concept of Beyond 100 Years is the pursue of beauty. Beauty includes the beauty of nature, of traditional arts, of culture, and people learn the beauty through five senses. The designer adds in the sixth element, individual, to show the beauty of spirits in traditional Japanese garden. As for the site selection, Asia New Bay Area centers the power of culture, which adds in the power of value to create extraordinary quality.

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Bzj

The second facade covers the upper part of the factory, giving the heavy concrete structure a certain lightness. While uncovered structural elements and exposed infrastructure in the lofty spaces remind its occupants of the industrial environment, the mid-century modern furniture and playful graphic artworks create an almost lofty atmosphere. The perforated facade is refracting the light at different angles according to the position of the sun, blocking out the heat while adding dynamics to the space and offering the occupants privacy from the outside.

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Greenland Harper

The project stands at the core area of Wuhan's Yangtze River main axis region. The district has a total land area of about 134 hectares and is planned to construct more than 30 super high-rise buildings with the height of over 150 m along the river. Considering the architecture should harmonize with the city, the design adopts a simple and majestic facade to echo the urban surface of the area and improve the urban taste. Harper Riverside introduces an advanced mode of multi house types, an innovative frame-core tube structure and the concept of sustainable residence.

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