Architecture

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Brand: Feng Yang Project Type: residential development Tag: Architecture

Wuxi Vanke Park Avenue

Wuxi Vanke Park Avenue is a large residential development planned as a metropolitan style community. The club in the demonstration area is a centralized building with a curved form, and the club will later serve as a community center. The curved plan creates a round entrance square and supports future operation. The demonstration area provides space for shared facilities, including a community library, a kindergarten, a waste transfer station and a retail area. Further services can be added along the central axes as more residents arrive.

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Brand: Ardh Architects Project Type: A Private Fitness Center Tag: Architecture

Home Gym

Home Gym is a private fitness center located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building is divided into two main areas, a workout space and a leisure and social space, linked by a corridor with a clear view of a water pond. The facility includes a swimming pool, a sauna, a Jacuzzi, two dining lounges, a juice bar, changing rooms with lockers, and a fitness zone for twenty people. The fitness zone is sunk lower than the rest of the building to allow cross training without raising the overall height. Sandstone cladding blends the structure with the desert landscape.

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Brand: Fabio Su Project Type: Residential House Tag: Architecture

The Mountain

The establishment is built and designed under the philosophy of mountains. The outlook of the villa is an imitation of Mountain Alishan. The French casements allow you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of mountain Alishan in any season of the year and Low-e glass is used for the eco-friendly residence. The main wall in living space used the nature stone with different depths in a clear and colorful way which connects to the view of Alishan mountain.

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Brand: C&D Inc. (Wuxi Subsidiary) Project Type: Residential Architecture Tag: Architecture

Wuxi C&D He Xi

Wuxi C&D He Xi is a residential architecture project built in the Wuxi Economic Development Zone. The layout draws on the inner and outer city plan of the historic Helv City. Traditional Chinese architectural style and elements are reinterpreted with modern techniques. Columns, beams, arches, rafters, purlins and deep overhanging roofs shape the facades. Materials include stainless steel plate, aluminium alloy, stone and integrated wall panels. Courtyards and gardens link the buildings with nature and support a calm living experience.

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Brand: Bonz Or Man Lai Project Type: Place To Celebrate Life Tag: Architecture

Green Funeral Ceremony Center

Gather is a funeral ceremony center built in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. The building follows three stages of movement, named Leaving, Gathering and Connection. An exhibition space allows family and guests to view the deceased. A public atrium offers rest and reflection, with sunlight and tree shadows. A rooftop ash garden brings elements of nature to visitors. The structure combines human ashes with concrete, and recycled materials are used inside. The shapes recall two hands meeting. The intent is to ease grief and support social connection.

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Brand: DENG GUANG-HUEI Project Type: Multiple Functions Tag: Architecture

Fulgent Cityscape

Fulgent Cityscape is a mixed-use building design that combines housing with a shopping mall. The concept is based on the numbers three and five. Three horizontal plates at the front extend into five streamlined structures. The form rises from the ground and reaches toward the skyline, ending in a spiral shape. Transparent glass links the interior and the exterior without altering the original structure. Metal baking varnish and plastic boards give a clean technical appearance. The proposal is set in an older urban area and is intended as a landmark for a science park.

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Brand: Hiromoto Oki Project Type: Commercial Building Tag: Architecture

Museum

Museum is a commercial building located in Wakayama, Japan. The building is situated in a quayside area and from a boat it seems to float on the sea, and from a car, it gives the incredible impression of swaying, so that it is intimately linked with the visual qualities of the marine environment. This impression of swaying takes place because a glass wall and the inner solid wall have different design properties, and as a consequence create this unlikely but beautiful effect. The facility aims to be both a centre of culture in Tanabe and also to provide a vital area for recreation.

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Brand: keun young Shim Project Type: Naturous Residence Tag: Architecture

A House in the Landscape

A House in the Landscape is a detached private house built in Pangyo, Republic of Korea. The house is designed to form a balance with its irregular site rather than to stand apart from neighboring buildings. Large continuous windows frame the surrounding nature, following the traditional Korean idea of borrowing scenery. A corridor acts as a transitional space and creates a sequence of changing views. The structure is reinforced concrete. The exterior is finished with old white brick, zinc, western red cedar and broken stone. The reclaimed bricks give a calm and natural texture.

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Brand: Hikohito Konishi Project Type: Book Store Tag: Architecture

Ebetsu Tsutaya Books

Ebetsu Tsutaya Books is a lifestyle bookstore in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. The building is formed of three blocks, themed on mind, life and food, arranged in five zones to reduce the visual mass of a structure spanning 140 meters. The interior spaces frame views of the neighboring forest and keep a sense of unity. Raw materials create a calm atmosphere, including locally produced bricks, concrete flooring, exposed structural steel, furniture of wood and steel, and the lighting design. The bookstore also hosts events for local residents.

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

Elysium Residence

Elysium Residence, located in the south of Brazil, in the coastal city of Itapema. To promote design, the project implemented concepts and values of contemporary architecture and sought to redefine the concept of residential building, bringing experience to its users and the relation with the city. The solution holds the use of scenic lighting, innovative construction systems and the use of parametric design. All technologies and concepts applied to this project aim to transform the future building into an urban icon.

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Brand: IFTEKHAR ABDULLAH Project Type: Residential House Tag: Architecture

Sabita Residence

Memoir of Childhood Reminiscence is a residential house located on a corner site in Kogarah, Sydney, Australia. The two storey home has a basement with parking and storage, an open plan ground floor, four bedrooms on the first floor, and roof terraces with a garden. A curved external wall follows the splayed corner and is clad in terracotta. Sculptural terracotta panels recall the owner's childhood memories of fishing, kite flying and folk music. Windows and balconies are placed to capture city views, daylight and natural ventilation.

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Brand: Nidal Ammache Project Type: Tourism Tag: Architecture

The Hub

The Hub is a mixed use development designed for tourism in Healesville, Victoria, Australia. The project combines a heritage market, an epicurean center, a brewery, a hotel, a restaurant and a function center. A pedestrian link connects all uses across the six acre site. The buildings step down to follow the topography, and earth materials relate the development to the surrounding landscape. The design concept brings the outside in and opens the site to walking visitors. The intent is to support local tourism while keeping the character of the neighborhood.

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