Architecture

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Brand: Tengyuan Design Project Type: Exhibition Center Tag: Architecture

Guilin

Guilin is a culture and tourism exhibition center designed as a minimalist glass cube. The building covers 4021 square meters. The glass curtain wall is built with cantilever glass ribs set vertically in two densities and heights. The ribs form three levels of hill shades on the elevation, read as close, medium and distant views. Overlapping transmission, reflection and refraction between the glass layers shift with the light. A bamboo gallery follows the main route inside the showroom. The design turns the landscape of Guilin into built form.

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Brand: Takashi Izumi Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

The Stacked

The Stacked is a wooden family house completed in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. The exterior resembles boxes stacked on top of each other, giving the building a distinct form within its residential area. Because the site is very close to the neighboring property, a courtyard was created and joined to the living room, forming an open and bright space while privacy is kept. Inside, the open living room and the Japanese-style room are arranged in harmony. High airtightness, strong insulation and a fully automatic air conditioning system support comfort through the seasons.

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Brand: Enota Project Type: Swimming Pools Tag: Architecture

Termalija Family Wellness

Termalija Family Wellness is the latest in the series of projects which Enota has built at Terme Olimia in the last fifteen years and concludes the complete transformation of the spa complex. Viewed from a distance, the shape, color and scale of new clustered structure of tetrahedral volumes is a continuation of the cluster of the surrounding rural buildings, visually extending into the heart of the complex. The new roof acts as a big summer shade and doesn't usurp any of the precious exterior space.

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Brand: Tetsuya Matsumoto Project Type: Office Building Tag: Architecture

The PolyCuboid

The PolyCuboid is the new headquarter building for TIA, a company that provides insurance services. The first floor was shaped by the limits of the site and the 700mm diameter water pipe that is crossing the site underground limiting foundation space. The metallic structure dissolves into the diverse blocs of the composition. The pillars and beams vanish from the space syntax, projecting the impression of an object, while also eliminating that of a building. The volumetric design is inspired by TIA’s Logo turning the building itself into an icon representing the company.

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Brand: Qun Wen Project Type: Sales Office Tag: Architecture

Treasure Box

The architectural concept is based on the artistic supremacism that reflected the social and technological changes of the 1920s, with the intention of expressing the mutual influence and interdependence between physical and virtual space in the digital age. As a reflection of the real world, this project attempts to look beyond a single function of the sales office through improved design, so that it can enhance the quality of public life and lead people strive for a better future and make a positive contribution to the community.

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Brand: Daniel de Amorim Project Type: Commercial Building Tag: Architecture

Brickell Business

Brickell Business was inspired by the Miami neighborhood that bears the same name, Brickell. The architecture of Brickell's buildings is quite characteristic, with linear volumes that become prominent at dusk, when the lights come on. Just like there, the proposal was to bring this particularity to the city of Porto Belo. The neighborhood has a specific design, carrying large buildings and yet embracing its vegetation and the surrounding bodies of water. A perfect mix between man and nature, linked to the sophistication and refinement of this noble region of the USA, guided the project.

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Brand: Snorre Stinessen Project Type: Gondola Tag: Architecture

Narvik Top Station

Narvik Gondola Station is the mountain top station of a gondola line at a ski resort above the city of Narvik, Norway. The station offers a sheltered space where visitors and skiers board and leave the gondola, and it organises the flow of people. The building is 41 metres long and 15 to 26 metres wide, with a steel frame and reinforced concrete foundations. Matte black metal cladding refers to the local iron ore industry, while wood is used in the interiors. The shape was optimised for strong wind and heavy snow loads.

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Brand: Larissa Garbers Project Type: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

Bosque

Bosque is a residential building in Curitiba, Brazil, arranged over four floors. The ground floor holds an open-plan living area, dining room and kitchen, where sliding doors bring natural light and garden views inside. Three suites face north on the upper floor, and the rooftop contains an office, a television room and an outdoor jacuzzi. Skylights above the master bathroom and the stairs add daylight and ventilation. Precast concrete slabs with lightweight polystyrene blocks allow wide spaces without columns. Solar panels and a water cistern support daily use.

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Brand: a+ design group Project Type: Skyscraper Tag: Architecture

The Landmark

The Landmark is a mixed-use skyscraper designed for St Leonards in Sydney, Australia. Retail space is placed at ground level, above which are four floors of commercial offices and about 480 apartments with one, two or three bedrooms. A pool and a gym are included. The tall and slender form is oriented to offer views in all directions and lets shadows move quickly, which reduces overshadowing of nearby homes. Prefabricated and modular elements shorten construction. Shared vertical and horizontal gardens are placed on every level.

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Brand: Zhubo Design Project Type: Middle School Tag: Architecture

Shenzhen Xingzhi

Shenzhen Longhua Xingzhi is a middle school designed for 2,100 students in 42 classes in Longhua District, Shenzhen. The campus covers about 23,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 58,000 square meters. Openings are subtracted from the dense classroom blocks and joined by public bridges, forming a three-dimensional circulation of informal meeting spaces. Colorful stairs, platforms and small volumes fill these openings. A public steps square 25 meters wide links the sports areas at the east and west ends and can also host community activities.

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Brand: spaceworkers Project Type: Exhibition Centre Tag: Architecture

Interpretation of Romanesque

Interpretation Centre of Romanesque is an exhibition centre located in the village of Lousada, Portugal. The building consists of seven exposed concrete volumes of different heights, and each volume forms a separate exhibition space. A central hall covered with glass connects the volumes and leads to their entrances. The contrast between the bright hall and the darker exhibition rooms guides the visit. Each ceiling reinterprets a roof type from Romanesque architecture. The wood-textured concrete facades recall the stone and wood of older local buildings.

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Brand: Shahram Shir Project Type: Mix Use Building Tag: Architecture

Anahita

Anahita Factory is a mixed-use building located in an industrial town in Tehran, Iran. The building covers 2500 square meters on three floors. The ground floor holds rest areas for workers, the first floor holds offices, and the second floor holds management rooms, accommodation, a hotel and a swimming pool. A central courtyard with green space and water joins all users, while each function has a separate entrance. The form follows lines drawn from the brand and from traditional Persian architecture. Concrete was used for the roofs and the outer shell.

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