Architecture

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Brand: Rodrigo Kirck Project Type: Apartment Building Tag: Architecture

Atma

Atma is an apartment building designed for a coastal site in Itapema, Brazil. The building rises 19 floors to a height of 65 meters and contains 39 seasonal apartments within 6,919.19 square meters of built area. The structure is made of reinforced concrete, while the facade combines parametric panels with high technology frames and finishes. A triangular plan creates a prismatic volume that appears to change when seen from different angles. Flexible unit layouts allow each resident to adapt the interior space to personal needs.

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Brand: Ardh Architects Project Type: Residential Tag: Architecture

Al Azra Home

Al Azra Home is a single storey residential building in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The house was designed as a quiet retreat for a retired lady, on the plot where her family home once stood. Two bedrooms, an office, an open plan living and dining area, a semi open kitchen with a breakfast island and a maid's room are arranged around an inner courtyard. Stone cladding with a ventilation gap and triple glazing reduce heat, dust and noise. Porcelain floors are set on one level for easy movement. Native trees and plants provide privacy and a sense of calm.

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Brand: Summer Chang Hin Cheong Project Type: Villa House Tag: Architecture

Heart By Tree

Heart by Tree is a villa house located in Gunung Pulai, Malaysia. The villa is formed by four building blocks arranged around a central courtyard. Lawn and willow plants cover the bedroom roofs and improve heat insulation. Two tall ancestral trees were transplanted onto the site as a token of gratitude to the owner. Zinc and fiber form the chassis of the lawn roof, suited to the hot climate. Ceramic tiles, granite and glass discarded by factories were reused in the decoration. The layout follows the traditional courtyard house concept.

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Brand: Xin Wu Project Type: Residential House Tag: Architecture

Longfor Dwell Realm

Longfor Dwell Realm is a residential building complex in Chongqing, China. The layout places the living room, dining room and bedrooms around a semi-open courtyard that forms a double-height space of 6.2 meters. Each home gains an outdoor area of more than 30 square meters and improved ventilation in the adjoining rooms. Windows are omitted on the second floor of the courtyard to protect privacy. The facade weaves horizontal white aluminum plates with vertical elements and glass curtain walls. Soil at least 600 millimeters deep above the concrete roof slabs supports private sky gardens.

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Brand: Shun Ming Chang Project Type: Office Building Tag: Architecture

Flow

Flow is an office building located in Yunlin City, Taiwan, completed in July 2019. The property covers 7546 square meters. Staggered high and low volumes form an inlaid composition of solid and open parts. Changes in the angles of the volumes widen the field of vision. Glass surfaces bring in views of the surrounding greenery and let light and wind pass through the interior. The raised indoor lobby increases the vertical dimension of the space. The intent is an open, bright and comfortable place to work.

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Brand: Joaquín Project Type: Family Housing Tag: Architecture

Montecarmelo Townhouses

Montecarmelo Townhouses is a family housing project in Madrid, Spain. The design responds to a neighbourhood of terraced houses with a repetitive and aligned appearance. The facades are covered with rough brick screens that shade the interiors from the sun. The idea comes from traditional sun protection systems, such as the esparto blinds found in the vernacular architecture of southern and eastern Spain. The bricks are larger than the standard size and are laid vertically. The built area is 586.4 square metres. The work was carried out between October 2017 and March 2019.

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Brand: Tengyuan Design Project Type: Residential Area Tag: Architecture

Fengxi Linquan

Vanke Fengxi Linquan is a residential complex built in a core urban area of Qingdao. The design gives priority to ecological living and to the urban image of the district. Each floor holds two homes of about 200 to 220 square meters, joined by a fully lit elevator hall. A shared garden appears every third floor, measuring 6.9 meters in width, 7.2 meters in depth and three floors in height, and serves six homes as a rest and meeting space. A nano thermal blanket and an eggshell insulation system protect plant roots during the cold winters and allow trees to grow on the raised soil.

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Brand: Yun Lu Project Type: Landscape Residence Tag: Architecture

Shandong Dongping

Shandong Dongping is a residential community in Dongping, Shandong Province, China. The plan is inspired by the movement of fish swarms. Surrounding landscape and buildings converge in a central landscape, forming a continuous shared space. All residential blocks face south to receive maximum sunlight. Large glass curtain walls on the south facade provide light and open views. Horizontal aluminium louvres on the north corridor facade form a partly opening surface. Staggered floor slabs create local diamond patterns. The design opens the ground level and sky gardens to shared use.

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Brand: Teng Guo Yan Jiao Project Type: Club Tag: Architecture

Automotive Social

Automotive Social Club is a building designed as a social space for car enthusiasts. The L-shaped structure stands on a triangular site between two railway tracks and covers 410 square meters. One part is a single story building with a repair shop, a cleaning workshop and a detailing workshop. The other part has two floors with a bar, sales and display areas, offices, a kitchen, a dining area and a terrace. Large interior steps separate the inner and outer zones. The facade is made of red and black pressed steel plates.

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Brand: DC Alliance Project Type: Archives Tag: Architecture

Urban Construction

Ningbo Urban Construction Archives is an archive building located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. The design interprets the history of the city as a history of construction. Buildings are understood as assemblies of blocks, so the archive is composed of stacked blocks that combine the properties of space and material. The blocks are grouped into three types: transparent, solid and special. The site area is 6567 square meters, with 17190 square meters of floor area on eleven levels above ground and 6405 square meters on two levels below ground.

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Brand: Vigneswar Vasulingam Sivanesan Project Type: Social Housing Complex Tag: Architecture

Radiance Iris

Radiance Iris is a social housing complex located in Bangalore, India. The project contains 77 row-houses arranged along a central spine path with ten branches. Each branch forms a courtyard shared by six homes. Six unit types range from 160 to 250 square meters. A semi-open clubhouse of 1400 square meters stands at the entrance, and an open park with an amphitheatre closes the other end. Ninety percent of the existing trees were preserved. Each home receives natural light and ventilation while privacy is maintained.

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Brand: Maiko Minami Project Type: Accommodation Tag: Architecture

Private Villa Juge

The rental villa is located on a famed tourism spot in Higashiyama Kyoto. A Japanese architect Maiko Minami designs the villa to establish new value by creation a modern architecture incorporating Japanese ethos. With a fresh sensibility by reinterpretation of traditional method, the two story wooden villa is composed of three individual gardens, various glazed windows, Japanese Washi Papers reflecting the changing sunlight, and materials finished by bright tone. Those elements provide a seasonal atmosphere animatedly in its limited small property.

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