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Studio Gang’s Solar Carve Tower, a 10 Story Commercial Building in New York City Has Opened to Public. Studio Gang’s Solar Carve Tower, a 10 story commercial building in New York City has opened to public late in july 2019. Sculpted by the angles of the sun, Solar Carve (40 Tenth Ave) explores how shaping architecture in response to solar access and other site-specific criteria can expand its potential to have a positive impact on its environment. Located at the edge of Manhattan between the High Line park and the Hudson River, the building takes its unique form from the…
The PortHole, is an ephemeral anamorphic pavilion that TOMA! made for the Festival des Architectures Vives in 2015.
Opus, Carved Cube of Zaha Hadid Architects in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Opus, is a new mixed use building by Zaha Hadid Architects in Dubai, with a giant atrium and a three story connecting bridge. New photographs of the Opus, taken by the architectural photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu demonstrates the scale of the project. Located within Burj Khalifa district of Dubai, the Opus is designed as two separate towers that coalesce into a singular whole—taking the form of a cube. The cube is then ‘carved’, creating a central void that is an important volume within the building in its own right— providing…
Made From a Bioplastic Containing Over 90 Percent Renewable Materials, The spiky Modules Used to Build This Curving Pavilion in Stuttgart, Germany Made from a bioplastic containing Over 90 percent renewable materials, the spiky modules used to build this curving pavilion in Stuttgart, Germany. Students and professors from Stuttgart University’s ITKE (Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design) designed the freeform facade to demonstrate the structural properties of a new bioplastic developed specially for use in the construction industry. The bioplastics facade mock-up was created within the framework of Research Project Bioplastic Facade, a project supported by EFRE (Europäischer Fonds…
Lindis Lodge by Architecture Workshop Overlooks Ahuriri River in the Southern Alps of New Zealand The beautiful new five-bedroom luxury chalet, The Lindis Lodgem, sits amongst the rolling topography of the remote Ahuriri valley and overlooks the glimmering Ahuriri River. Architecture Workshop Ltd a Wellington based architecture firm, designed The Lindis Lodge with their consultants; Dunning Thornton, Ecubed and Holmes Fire. The Project was constructed by Brosnan Construction. With its remote location — three hours inland and nestled in the grandeur of the glacial valley, the lodge was designed to afford maximum luxury and ambience, while also to complement the…
Hajizadeh & Associates designed Tokyo Music Hall by inspiring from traditional Japanese architecture. Tehran based architecture studio, Hajizadeh & Associates designed Tokyo Music Hall by inspiring from traditional Japanese architecture. Tokyo Music Hall is an award -winning design that caters to all people in the city by transforming its roof into a space of contemplation and leisure. Considering important natural points of the site and important surrounding buildings on one hand and considering Japanese culture and history especially in architectural spaces on the other hand will take into consideration a special typology not only in the form but also in…
Rock House 3 is a Fictional Architecture Project Designed by Amey Kandalgaonkar’s on Top of the Desert Rocks Rock House 3 is a fictional architecture project designed by Amey Kandalgaonkar’s on top of the desert rocks. Shanghai based architect reveals his designs on Instagram as a single post with seven images. Amey Kandalgaonkar continues his investigatory series of fictional architecture characterized by its radical relationship with its context. While his ‘house within a rock’ explored an invasive subtractive method of conditioning the landscape’s natural organic geometries, the architect takes a more sensitive approach to the desertous site of the sculptural…
Kengo Kuma and Associates Used Extruded Aluminum Materials to Build Xiangcheng Yangcheng Lake Tourist Transportation Center Kengo Kuma and Associates used extruded aluminum materials to build Xiangcheng Yangcheng Lake Tourist Transportation Center. This is a port terminal for the lake called Yangcheng, known for the production of Shanghai crabs. The Japanese architecture firm aimed to build a topographic structure as a large hill by randomly placing aluminum extruded materials with single-sized sections. Inside is designed as the assemblage of slanted floors, in order to maintain the same landform both in inside and outside that create some random yet ambiguous state.…
Studio Gang Created The Aqua Tower With a Vertical Topography in The Facade in Chicago, Illinois At 82 stories, reaching a height of 876 feet, Studio Gang’s Aqua Tower Chicago, Illinois is one of few tall buildings to create a community on its facade. Designed by american architecture studio, the Aqua Tower, when viewed obliquely the highrise transforms into a slender rectangle from a far distance. Generic Cialis http://valleyofthesunpharmacy.com/cialis/ Vertical topography of the facade is created by the outdoor terraces which change in the plan gradually over the length of the building. The towers sculptural form allows for solar shading…
UNIC, MAD Architects’ first built project in Europe, is nearing completion. Led by Ma Yansong, MAD was awarded the project in 2012 through an international design competition in collaboration with local French firm Biecher Architects. The projects located in Paris, France. Located in Paris’ 17th arrondissement, Clichy-Batignolles is a newly developing area of the city. ‘UNIC’ emerges as part of the mixed-use masterplan envisioned adjacent to the Martin Luther King Park – a 10-hectare green space. Unlike the static Haussmann apartment blocks that define Paris, MAD’s project is characterised by its interaction with nature in the urban environment. Its undulating floor…