Architecture

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Designer: Guowei Zhang Design Type: Garage Tag: Architecture

Dongguan CBD Parking Building

Dongguan Garage Building is a multi-storey parking structure in Dongguan, China. The design is inspired by the meandering water bodies of the city and by the central location of the site. Two major streets are extended as flowing ribbons that spiral upward and intertwine, forming an image similar to an urban sculpture. A white ribbon facade made of glass fibre reinforced concrete wraps the volume. A spiral ramp with sloping floors raises parking efficiency, and a central atrium improves natural ventilation. The aim is to reform disordered parking conditions nearby.

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Designer: Maryam Alansari Design Type: Sports Museum Tag: Architecture

House Of Victory

House of Victory is a sports museum in Bahrain. The complex combines exhibition spaces with a stable for retired champion horses. Central courtyards and a cycling track shape the layout and offer open views. The museum presents Bahrain's sporting achievements, with sections on triathlon, cycling and padel and a main focus on equestrian sports. The main building uses a concrete frame with glass to allow natural light, while the stable uses a concrete frame for durability. The landscape area covers 15,000 square meters and the built area 3,000 square meters.

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Designer: WATARU OMAMEUDA Design Type: Residential Complex Tag: Architecture

Tokyo Apartment

The view of the rows of ginkgo trees from this location is so comfortable that the window openings were chosen to reflect this comfort. It is a little different from what has been done before by fusing the design essence of the hotel with solving social issues such as living after the coronavirus pandemic, efforts to extend the lifespan of buildings and sustainable structures, and communities in apartment complex. It provides a spatial experience of an extraordinary lifestyle. The combination of simple, sturdy and unconventional materials gives it a calm and peaceful appearance in the city.

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Designer: Jian Wu Design Type: Sport Venue Tag: Architecture

Qingdao Pingdu Olympic Center

Qingdao Pingdu Olympic Center is a sports complex built in Pingdu, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. The complex holds a stadium with 15,000 seats, a basketball hall with 7,000 seats and a natatorium with 1,500 seats. The basketball hall and the swimming pool are combined into one building, which reduces the difference in scale between the volumes and saves land for squares and internal roads. Core spaces and auxiliary spaces are separated, so structural spans are shorter and construction is simpler. The plan also supports flexible daily use after events.

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Designer: Ling Chen Design Type: Exhibition Center Tag: Architecture

Yida Creation City

Yida Creation City is an urban exhibition center built as the first project of a science and technology new town base in Zhengzhou, China. The design concept is floating polysilicon, expressed as a simple polyhedron form that refers to the information technology industry. The floating volume is wrapped in a milky white U-shaped glass curtain wall. The first floor holds exhibition and reception space, the second floor a conference and roadshow hall, and the third floor shared offices. The floating volume also links the central park and the civic park into one park system.

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Designer: gad Design Type: Hotel Tag: Architecture

Banyan Tree Xianju Resort

Banyan Tree Xianju Resort is a hotel located at the east foot of Wujia Mountain in Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China. The design follows the complex terrain of the former Lishan Village site. Public areas are placed in the lower zone beside an old stone wall, and guest rooms are set above them in the form of a small settlement. An all-glass facade opens the public spaces to the surrounding landscape. Stones from the old parapet of the former village were reused as a finish for the base. The buildings combine traditional mountain village forms with modern elements.

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Designer: Boguslaw Barnas Design Type: Residential Tag: Architecture

Eco House

This project of sustainable house is located in the protected landscape area Nature 2000, surrounded by beech and oak forests, horse riding meadows and agricultural lands. Number of analysis defined the final shape of the house, among them: analysis of functional plan, division into day, night, technical and working zones; analysis of solar radiation; to optimize solar gain and to create interiors with proper natural light.

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Designer: Rado Iliev Design Type: Residence Tag: Architecture

Orchard Stone House

Orchard Stone House is a residence built as temporary accommodation for workers on a fruit orchard in eastern Bulgaria. The house provides living areas and work space within a setting of natural beauty. Long distance views reach the Stara Planina Mountain to the north, while a lake to the east is home to many wild birds. A large orchard lies to the southwest. The design follows the structure of a nut, with a robust pair of stone walls enclosing the interior. The concrete structure is faced with stone quarried on the site. The habitable area covers 300 square meters.

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Designer: Guangdong Urban Rural Planning And Design Institute CO,.LTD. Design Type: Rural Library Tag: Architecture

Liru and Guo Dali

Liru and Guo Dali is a rural library complex located in Xitang Village, Guangdong Province, China. The complex is composed of two book houses and landscape structures that enclose them. Overlapped double-layer enclosure structures shade the interiors from sun and rain and reduce energy use in a hot and rainy region. The outer facade is made of traditional pottery tiles and Chinese fir strips, while fair-faced concrete and glass are used within. Almost all materials come from the local area. The buildings offer space for exhibitions, reading and rest.

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Designer: Ahmed Habib Design Type: Private House Tag: Architecture

The Cube

To create a quality living experience and redefine the image of a residential building in Kuwait while maintaining the climate requirements and privacy needs dictated by the Arab culture, were the main challenges facing the designer. The Cube House is a four story concrete/steel structure building based on addition and subtraction within a cube creating a dynamic experience between internal and external spaces to enjoy natural light and landscape view all throughout the year.

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Designer: Cao Xiaomao Design Type: Landscape Pavilion Tag: Architecture

Qinglong Ting

This project showcases the transformative potential of architecture to reimagine the relationship with the natural world. The designers' recognition of the inherent contrast between the pavilion and its site, and their embrace of this juxtaposition as a catalyst for forging a novel relationship, highlight a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between the constructed form and its natural context.

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Designer: PRASHANT PARMAR ARCHITECT Design Type: Individual Residential Home Tag: Architecture

The Shaded House

A multitude of massive frames at various levels, spacious semi-covered green terraces at all floor levels getting animated with play of light as it permeates through the geometrically patterned MS trellis at the top of the largest frame and a unique experience of varying volumes right from the entry. All this sum's up very briefly the spatial experience of The Shaded House. Continuing the stark of minimalistic style of modern architecture, the Shaded House incorporates the Indian-Modern aesthetics replete with modern amenities.

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