Architecture

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Brand: Eitaro Satake Project Type: Crematorium and Temple Tag: Architecture

Inage Ryouen

Inage Ryouen is a memorial building that combines a temple and a mechanical ossuary near Tokyo. Urbanization and changing family structures have created a shortage of graves in cities. Inage Ryouen answers this need with an indoor cemetery that is easy to visit. In conventional mechanical cemeteries the remains are kept in small niches, while here the remains are stored in the basement under a tombstone, as in a traditional grave. Stone, wood and paper were used in the construction. A lounge, a temple, a worship room and a rooftop garden are arranged on three floors.

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Brand: Fuki Sato Project Type: Factory Tag: Architecture

Innovation and Production Center

Innovation and Production Center is a combined research and manufacturing facility for a gas detector manufacturer in an industrial area on the outskirts of Tokyo. The complex has six floors and a total area of 24,800 square meters. Two buildings are joined by a bridge that links the development and production departments. Slits, fins and louvers give the facades a precise and refined appearance. Green terraces placed at the same height on both buildings form a green skyline. The design aims to support collaboration between departments and to increase intellectual productivity.

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Brand: Public Architectural Design Institute Project Type: Residence Tag: Architecture

Cang Ma Mountain

Cang Ma Mountain is a residential complex built in Qingdao, China. The project provides resettlement housing for more than 1,300 households from four nearby villages. The site covers about 130,000 square meters and holds residential buildings of four to eight storeys and commercial buildings of two to three storeys. The sloping terrain is divided into separate platforms that follow the original form of the hills. Red tiles, fences, stone mills, tea fields and an ancient well recall rural life and local culture.

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Brand: Nima Keivani Project Type: Residenial Tag: Architecture

Pardis Kahneh

The 9 stories building, inspired of Persian historical vertical gardens. The facade is a combination of a simple surface that completely encloses a volume by making diagonal section cut. Surface is a wooden lattice by pattern deign inspired by the metaphorically the cedar, the dynamic lattice is so flexible that can be opened or closed by users to adjust privacy. While the other surface is totally covered by turquoise stone, is a small garden in the lobby and back yard which is like a sunken courtyard and there is a roof garden with trees.

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Brand: Nie Jian Ping Project Type: Restaurant Tag: Architecture

Floating

Floating is a restaurant located in farmland in Guangdong Province, China. The building is surrounded by water and rests on columns set at irregular spacings. The design takes inspiration from the traditional Hakka houses of rural China. An undulating roof form echoes the movement of water waves. Local materials are used throughout the structure. Inside, fish-shaped decorations are placed to complement the surrounding waterscape. The aim is a calm dining space that blends into the rural landscape.

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Brand: Akira Koyama Project Type: Complex Tag: Architecture

Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids

Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids is a five-storey apartment complex of 14 units in Tokyo. The building stands on a deep parcel with tight frontage, measuring 17 metres to the back and 8 metres in width. The four corners of each volume are notched to form six vertical voids that bring daylight into the units. The complex is arranged as two volumes, front and rear, separated by open corridors with stairs to all floors. The corridors connect the six voids and act as paths for natural ventilation. The street facade is a structural wall with a water-jet chipped finish that protects privacy.

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Brand: Marco Guido Savorelli Project Type: Residential Complex Tag: Architecture

Milano Living Green

Milano Living Green is a residential complex designed for a former industrial area in Milan. The project reuses the volume of the existing construction and follows the concept of floating gardens. Two buildings hold 51 apartments of mixed sizes, each with balconies and private double height gardens. Shared spaces include an entrance hall, indoor and outdoor lounges, an indoor swimming pool and large green areas planted with trees. The apartments meet high energy class standards, which reduces the environmental impact of the complex.

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Brand: B5 Design Project Type: Urban Home Tag: Architecture

Horizon

Horizon is a two story house designed as a family retreat on a private farm, away from the crowded city. The modern contemporary building uses light colours, wide terraces and biophilic elements to open the interior to the surrounding landscape. The ground floor holds an open kitchen and large living rooms that overlook the swimming pool area. The first floor holds the master bedroom and three children bedrooms, linked by a private terrace. Stone, wood and concrete are combined to give a solid and calm character.

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Brand: Peng Architects Inc. Project Type: Factory Tag: Architecture

Aurotek Technology

Aurotek Technology is a factory building located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. The 10344 square meter plant houses a mechanical assembly workshop, a clean room and supporting offices. The exterior is built from locally produced concrete hollow bricks and glass, arranged to form a breathable skin that provides natural lighting and self-shading. Buoyant ventilation windows increase natural air convection, and a green atrium moderates the indoor microclimate. Computational fluid dynamics was used to study ventilation. The design follows the three-star Chinese green building standard.

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Brand: LnP Architects Project Type: Shopping Mall Tag: Architecture

JF Modern

Yinchuan Jianfa Modern City is a shopping mall renovation in Yinchuan, China. The project updates a commercial building that has operated for ten years, following the concept of urban regeneration. The facade is formed with aluminum plates in a hyperboloid shape, inspired by pyramid forms shaped by wind and sand. Low emissivity glass is used to improve energy efficiency. A vertical facade system follows the rhythm of the original structure. A courtyard, a skylight and a roof garden guide pedestrian flow from the main street to the upper level.

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Brand: Tomomi Omachi Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Nestled in the Green

Nestled in the Green is a house located in Tajiri, Hiroshima, Japan. The site stands in a typical Japanese residential area, with small mountains to the north and the Seto Inland Sea to the south. The house was built on the plot of a former European-style vacation home, which was demolished while the garden was kept and tended. The position of the house and the size of the windows were studied so that the garden and the mountains can be seen from many directions. Open windows bring in the sound of leaves and birds. The site area is 713.24 square meters.

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Brand: Michihiro Matsuo Project Type: Residential House Tag: Architecture

St

A villa built on a site with a good view. Some limited grounds, indoor and outdoor are designed to be integral. On the first floor, the view of the fusion of the city and the sea moves through the pool in the center. View also looks second floor in the same direction to close the outside of the field of view, it is devised that can benefit only from this space.

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