Visiondivision’s latest entry for the Taiwan Pop Music Center competition aims to “transcend its visitors into a total escapism of pop.” With different districts that use the effect of the main tower and specific angles of light, the whole building expands dramatically in appearance, from a rather low key building in the distance to a spectacular body of light once approached.
More about the project including images and a further project description after the break. read more »
Architect: Studiobase Architects | Ming-Wei Huang
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Project team: Hao-Min Hsu, Nelson Lin, Chao-Yu Chen,Yin-Yin Cheng, Chien-Nun Sun, Chih-Jen Wang, Can Ho
Site area: 3,270 sqm
Total floor area: 2,943 sqm
Budget: USD $1.41 million
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Wei-Ming Yuan, Jeffrey Hsu
Architects: C-Laboratory
Location: Sanjhih, Taipei County, Taiwan
Project and Construction team: Marco Casagrande, Frank Chen, Shi-Ding Chen, Nikita Wu, Shu-Gi Bai
Local Knowledge: Missis Lee
Site Area: 3,890 sqm
Building foot print: 138 sqm
Interior space: 62.5 sqm
Materials: mahogany, concrete
Completed: 2008
Photographs: C-Lab
Construction is finished for Japanese architect Toyo Ito’s Solar Powered Stadium in Taiwan. The stadium’s roof is covered by 8,844 solar panels. The stadium is located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and it was built to coincide with the opening of the World Games, to be held this July.
The “World Games Stadium” holds 55,000 spectators and it cost $150 million to build. The stadium will hold the record for largest solar-powered stadium in the world with it’s 14,155m2 roof. It could potentially generate 1.14 gigawatt hours of electricity every year, enough to power up to 80% of the sorrounding neighbourhood.
Seen at deputydog. More images, after the break. read more »
Architect: tec Design Studio
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Partners in Charge: Sebastian Knorr, Heiko Ostmann
Project Managers: Samson Chua, Shawn Keltner
Constructed Area: 26,900 sqm
Project Year: 2004
Photographs: © Hisao Suzuki
Our friends from San Juan/New York based RSVP architects shared with us their proposal for the competition to design the Taiwan Center for Disease Control Complex. Architect’s proposal and more images, as follow. read more »
After an international design competition and nearly two years of design, the high-profile, 2.5-million-square-foot Chinatrust Bank headquarters has broken ground in Taiwan. Designed by the Los Angeles office of NBBJ, in cooperation with the local firm Fei & Cheng Associates, the project is slated to reach completion in 2012.
The Chinatrust Bank development will consist of a 30-story headquarters building, a 21-story commercial office building, a 10-story hotel, and a four-level retail center. The project is designed to accommodate the bank’s growth, while supporting its status as the “Best Bank in Taiwan,” as named in Asiamoney, Euromoney, and FinanceAsia publications.
More images, after the break read more »
The two-phase international competition for the new Performing Arts Centre in Taipei included more than 100 offices from around the world. The competition was won by OMA, and generated an intense discussion on ArchDaily.
Now we bring you a proposal from the 2nd phase by spanish architects Ábalos + Sentkiewicz. We´ll try to get more projects so you can have the whole picture on this competition.
UPDATE: You can read Architect’s description after the break.
Architects: Malone Chang Architects
Project Team: Malone Chang (architect), Yi-Heng Hsu (project architect), Tz-Tzen Huang (design team)
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Structural Engineer: Tien-Hun Engineering Consultant Inc.
Constructed Area: Approximately 60,000 sqm
Project year: 02/2006 – 11/2007
Photographs: Guei-Shiang Ke, Habou Chen
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