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Saturday, 27 June 2026

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.

Torres Arquitetos

Residential Bulding

Friday, 26 June 2026

Borgio Verezzi

Borgio Verezzi is a residential building located in Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil. The building has twenty-two floors, with one apartment per floor. Each apartment offers 280 square meters of private area and four suites. The form is a vertical monolith with volumes removed at the corners, where large balconies are placed. The balconies are extended to improve the view and the sunlight on each floor. Ceramic tiles, granite, exposed concrete and double glazing are used on the facades. Energy efficiency and water saving solutions are also applied.

Snorre Stinessen

Gondola

Thursday, 25 June 2026

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.

MadeMake Architects

Public Space

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Starry Town

Starry Town of Fuxian Lake is a visitor center and public space built on the bank of Fuxian Lake. The building is shaped like a white leaf resting quietly beside the water. Each leaf roof covers about 1200 square meters and provides the shading required by the local climate. Two flowing white walls of aluminum plates connect the spaces, together with a curved ribbon bridge that extends 145 meters. The canopy over the entrance is formed from triangular mirror-finished stainless steel panels. Wide glazing on the ground floor keeps the lake visible from the site.

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Secondary School

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Nankai LiangJiang

Nankai LiangJiang is a secondary school built in Chongqing, China. The campus is planned around a ten-minute idea, so students can move between spaces within ten minutes during a compact daily schedule. The main building is a circular structure measuring 200 meters in diameter and is made with a pre-fabricated steel structure. Classrooms, offices, a library, a science hall, a theatre and a school museum are arranged within. Perforated aluminum panels reduce glare, and a parametric steel lattice forms an undulating roof that moderates sunlight and rain.

FENG CHENG

Commercial Architecture

Monday, 22 June 2026

Taizhou Mansion

Taizhou Mansion is a commercial building located in an old town area of Taizhou, China. The design references the traditional Chinese garden. Zigzag walls and winding paths separate the site from the noisy surroundings and frame selected views. A main courtyard is placed at the center, and the functional spaces are arranged around the courtyard to form a circular route. Smaller courtyards are linked by the winding paths. White sandstone, metallic aluminium sheet, glass and metal grids are used. Standardized module design is applied throughout.

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