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The Renovation of Ankang Library Building

United Units Architects (UUA) Building Architecture Friday, 15 August 2025

The Renovation of Ankang Library

The original Ankang Library was opened in 1984, and it’s facilities had fallen behind the information age before the renovation. The renovation project has rejuvenated the old library into a new, open and welcoming community space, highlighting and creating a strong contrast with its existing context. Since opening, the new library has reactivated the cultural life of the local community, and the number of daily visitors has increased from 10 people to 3,000 people.

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Next Hub Mixed Use

Ahmed Habib Mixed Use Architecture Thursday, 14 August 2025

Next Hub

Next Hub is a mixed use complex in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that combines hospitality, administration, entertainment, retail, food and beverage and recreational zones. The composition explores the relation between solid and void. Building volumes enclose a central open plaza, recalling traditional markets and creating an urban experience with social interaction. Internal courts bring natural ventilation and daylight into the hotel and administration buildings. Finishes include honed travertine stone, black steel and double glazed glass.

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Royal Time Residence Display Center

Quincy Li Display Center Architecture Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Royal Time Residence

Royal Time Residence is a display center in Suzhou, China. The project consists of three separate buildings of different shapes and sizes, placed around an open inner courtyard. Transitional spaces and rain corridors connect the buildings and form a modern courtyard for rest and social contact. The showroom, the fitness club with a children center, and the book bar all open toward the courtyard. Large U-profile glass panels, rose-gold aluminum panels and local clay bricks form the facades. The layout recalls the fluid circulation of the classical gardens of Suzhou.

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Laguna 182 Residential Building

Thaisa Nascimento Correa Residential Building Architecture Tuesday, 12 August 2025

Laguna 182

Laguna 182 is a residential building in Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The tower has twenty-nine floors and forty-one apartments arranged in fourteen different floor plans, with two apartments per floor. Curved and sinuous lines shape the facade. Cantilevered concrete terraces change position on each floor, so every apartment has a private garden. Natural vegetation grows across the building. Materials include concrete, glass, ceramic, galvanized steel, aluminum composite material and certified wood. The design aims to reduce environmental impact and support a sense of community.

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Open and Wild Greenway

NATSUKI MORIBA Greenway Landscape Design Monday, 11 August 2025

Open and Wild

Open and Wild is a public greenway section in Wuhan, China, and forms part of the first phase of the East Lake greenway. The section covers about 310 hectares with Moshan Park at its core. The planning concept, Making the City Quiet, guides a route that leads from the lake to the forest and offers changing spatial experiences. Existing landscape features and roads of Moshan are preserved to retain historical memory. Buildings, lighting, signs, rest facilities and paving are designed in detail. The revetment design protects the water environment and the natural vegetation.

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Mercury Hotel Garden

Peyman Kiani Falavarjani Hotel Garden Landscape Design Sunday, 10 August 2025

Mercury

Mercury is a hotel garden designed for the entrance area of a hotel on the coral coast of Kish Island, beside the Persian Gulf. The garden covers 1200 square meters. The forms are taken from the underwater world, in particular the corals and fish seen along the coast. Different lighting is applied on each side and angle to create contrast. At night, the illuminated coral garden recalls the bioluminescent coastal creatures of the Persian Gulf. The aim is to bring a sense of sea calm into the space of the hotel.

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