Dutch practice Mecanoo has created a new skyscraper design for the Hengli Group Headquarters in Shenzhen, China. In the city's dense urban context, the design will host the world's largest weaving enterprise in two volumes above a commercial plinth. Inspired by the Hengli Group’s textile tradition, a bronze metal grid wraps the transparent volumes like threads on a loom. As a Shenzhen Bay landmark, the project was designed to display the company’s culture and embrace new urban design strategies.
Mecanoo Designs Bronze Skyscraper for World's Largest Weaving Enterprise in Shenzhen
Tsimailo Lyashenko and Partners Design Arching Residential Building in Moscow
Architectural bureau Tsimailo Lyashenko and Partners have unveiled their concept for "Brodsky", a new residential building on a high-density plot in the central district of Moscow. Situated along a river embankment, the scheme seeks to create a strong functional and visual connection between itself and the surrounding context.
The 14-story scheme named after the famous Russin poet seeks to enhance the public realm by creating a courtyard with a pedestrian alley, weaving around the scheme’s arch façade to connect with the embankment. The positioning of the courtyard alley also establishes a new visual experience not currently realized: a two-point perspective from the courtyard to the river.
Audisan House / em-estudio
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Architects: em-estudio
- Area: 620 m²
- Year: 2018
3XN Designs the Tallest Timber Office Building in North America
3XN has released details of its plans for T3 Bayside, the first office building in Toronto’s emerging Bayside community, and the tallest timber office building in North America. Located on the shores of Lake Ontario, the structure stands at 42 meters in height and serves as part of the 2,000-acre revitalization initiative to transform Toronto’s waterfront.
The scheme is designed to reflect and emphasize the emerging neighborhood in which it sits, intertwining principals of life, work, and play. A continuously-activated ground level is abundant with retail opportunities, bleeding into a central plaza, exhibition spaces, flexible office spaces, and coworking facilities.
Daniel Libeskind to Design the Regional Museum of Iquique in Northern Chile
“The Dragon of Tarapacá,” a new project for Museo Antropológico Regional de Iquique (Regional Museum of Iquique) that will overlook Playa Huayquique, is moving forward with the design presented by Daniel Libeskind. The proposal comes after extensive work that began in December of last year, when the American-born architect visited Chile to familiarize himself with the the project, originally proposed by Mauricio Soria Macchiavello, the local mayor.
The first inklings of the project started almost 30 years ago, as the city sought to optimize the spaces along the coastline, allowing residents better access to the sea and optimizing the community's public spaces.
World Architecture Festival announces Jury for its 2019 Awards
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced some of the most influential names in international architecture as the members of the jury for its 12th awards programme, which is to be held in Amsterdam from 4-6 December 2019.
Interior DR / Didonè Comacchio Architects
Mariam Kamara: 'architecture itself can not make a more equitable world but we can contribute with specific actions'
Mariam Kamara is the founder and director of Atelier Masōmī in Niamey, Niger, an architecture firm whose interests lie in designing solutions relevant to spatial problems inherent in the developing world, in a cultural, historical and climatic way. She is a founding member of the united4design collaborative office in Seattle, where she worked on two major projects in West Africa. Her tenure as Associate Associate Professor of Urban Studies at Brown University began in the spring of 2017.
Villa Morabeza / OsArq
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Architects: OsArq
Space Encounters Builds Temporary Museum for Milan Design Week
Design studio Space Encounters has partnered with Creative Holland to build a temporary museum for Milan Design Week. The installation is made to combine room for art and design, with atmospheres that promote relaxation, contemplation and focus amidst the pace of the Salone di Mobile. The Museum was designed as a journey through different spaces in which visitors constantly interact with Dutch creativity.
Dodi Moss Team Designs an Ethereal Italian Pavilion for Expo Dubai 2020 Competition
Responding to the theme of Expo 2020 Dubai, “Beauty Unites People,” a team led by Dodi Moss imagined a multi-layered architectural experience evoking Italy’s history and identity. The design pulls apart the pieces that make up architectural space, separating the building into its structural volume and its tactile, material components. The proposal won third place in Invitalia’s competition to design the Italian Pavilion at the Expo, behind carlorattiassociati and Gianluca Peluffa & Partners.
House in Kapuvár / László Papp - plémühely
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Architects: László Papp - plémühely
- Area: 134 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, Baumit, Bramac, INTERNORM, ROCKWOOL, +1
Studio Malmö / SHL
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Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
- Area: 22000 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Tyréns, Skanska Teknikk
Two Family House / Hajnoczky.Zanchetta Architekten + Angela Waibel
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Architects: Angela Waibel, Hajnoczky.Zanchetta Architekten
- Area: 260 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Falu Vapen
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Professionals: Caesar Macchi Ingenieur
House 49 / Atelier Waterside
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Architects: Atelier Waterside
- Area: 27 m²
- Year: 2018
House in a Grove / STO.M.P
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Architects: STO.M.P
- Area: 365 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, Bangalore tile company, Blum, Century Plywood, Hettich, +2
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Professionals: STO.M.P Engineering, Unitec Engineering
Guiyang Zhongshuge Bookstore / X+Living
Crescent House / Matthew Woodward Architecture
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Architects: Matthew Woodward Architecture
- Area: 439 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: FritsJurgens, Vitrocsa, Graham day, Halliday+Baillie, Viabizzuno
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Professionals: AGA Project Control, Builtform