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• Architects

  AUM Pierre Minassian

• Location

  Lyon, France

• Category

  Institutional buildings

• Area

  510.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Erick Saillet

I. Project Overview
1.1 International Consulting on the Urban Design of Unit 8 & 10 of Qianhai
1.2 Host: Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen
Organizer: Shenzhen Qianhai Development Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.
1.3 Project Location: Qianwan Area, Qianhai, Shenzhen

1.4 Project Background
The strategic positioning of Qianhai in urban planning has experienced several upgrades and changes. In 2017, it was determined that Qianhai shall function as a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Cooperation Demonstrative Zone and a new city center. Combined with this positioning, “Plan of Qianhai Urban New Center” and “Comprehensive Plan of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone --- Shenzhen Qianhai & Shekou Area and Areas Surrounding Dananshan & Xiaonanshan” (FTZ Comprehensive Plan” was already approved by Shenzhen Municipal Government and implemented after printout.

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• Architects

  WOWOWA Architects

• Location

  Balwyn, Australia

• Category

  Renovation

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Martina Gemmola

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• Architects

  KTX archiLAB

• Location

  Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Chapel

• Head Architect Designer

  Tetsuya Matsumoto

• Team

  Motoaki Takeuchi, Farid Ziani

• Client

  117 Group

• Area

  245.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Stirling Elmendorf

• Architects

  LUO studio

• Location

  Beijing, China

• Category

  Pavillion

• Designers

  Yujie Luo, Zhuojian Lu

• Area

  3.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Weiqi Jin

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• Architects

  AZL Architects

• Location

  Haining, Zhejiang, China

• Category

  Factory

• Lead Architects

  Lei Zhang, Wei Qi

• Architectural Design

  Junming Liu, Huairui Jing

• Interior Design

  Yue Du, Haiyi Ma, Ping Liu, Ji Li, Wenjian Zhu, Sirui Pu

• Landscape Design

  Junjun Chen, Min Zhao, Zhiyuan Jiang

• Cooperator of Construction Drawings Design

  Zhejiang Huaheng Architectural Design

• Area

  26800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Li Yao

+ 21

• Architects

  Inbetween Architecture

• Location

  Melbourne, Australia

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  470.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Tatjana Plitt

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• Architects

  Kéré Architecture

• Location

  Indio, CA, United States

• Category

  Temporal installations

• Architect in Charge

  Francis Kéré

• Design Team

  Johanna Lehmann, Kinan Deeb, Andrea Zaia, Andrea Maretto, Kéré Architecture

• Area

  200.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Iwan Baan

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• Architects

  Morris Adjmi Architects

• Location

  837 Washington St, New York, NY 10014, United States

• Category

  Office buildings

• Area

  52000.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Timothy Schenck

+ 15

• Architects

  Studio YUDA

• Location

  Nashville, United States

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  4817.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

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• Architects

  Gustavo Penna Arquiteto e Associados

• Location

  Nova Lima - MG, 34000-000, Brazil

• Category

  Restaurant

• Team of Architects

  Gustavo Penna, Norberto Bambozzi, Laura Penna, Letícia Carneiro, Alice Leite Flores, Fernanda Tolentino, Henrique Neves, Gabriel de Souza, Eduardo Magalhães, Julia Lins, Ada Penna, Larissa Freire, Sávio de Oliveira, Rodrigo Gomes

• Trainees

  Gustavo Monteiro, Wesley Gonzaga, Caio Vieira, Mariana Carvalho, Rafaela Renno, Felipe Franco

• Area

  508.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Jomar Bragança

Foster + Partners have joined a series of design offices that will enter the international competition to design a replacement spire for Notre Dame Cathedral. As reported by The Times, Foster has proposed a glass and steel replacement that will be “light and airy” for the cathedral’s ruined roof. After the fire partially destroyed the iconic cathedral, France now aims to move forward with plans to renovate the iconic structure.

• Architects

  Biourban Arquitectos

• Location

  La Reina, Chile

• Category

  Sustainability

• Architects in Charge

  Manuel Novoa Tonda, Michelle Pavez Orellana, Natalie Mollenhauer Yakovleff

• Area

  308.36 m2

• Prjoect Year

  2017

• Photography

  Aryeh Kornfeld

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced plans to introduce a bill banning the construction of glass skyscrapers, forming part of efforts to reduce citywide greenhouse emissions by 30 percent. Unveiling the plans, he described all-glass façade skyscrapers as “incredibly inefficient” because of heat loss, according to NBC New York.

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• Architects

  Solo Arquitetos

• Location

  Brazil

• Category

  Houses

• Architect in charge

  Arthur Brizola

• Project Team

  Franco Luiz Faust, Gabriel Zem Schneider, João Gabriel Küster Cordeiro, Lucas Aguillera e Shinyashiki, Thiago Augustus

• Area

  250.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Eduardo Macarios

Steven Holl Architects has won a competition for the design of the headquarters for iCarbonX, a genome machine intelligence company in Shenzhen. The scheme comprises of two towers, with the first tower “Body A” forming a residential component, and the second tower, “Body B” containing offices, labs, and public reception spaces. The form of the towers is inspired by the study of genes and DNA.

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• Architects

  HUB

• Location

  Zegelstraat - Turnhoutsebaan, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

• Category

  Buildings

• Lead Architects

  HUB

• Design Team

  Bureau Bouwtechniek, Bas, Atlas building engineering, daidalos peutz

• Clients

  AG Vespa, Mr. S. Decloedt

• Area

  1500.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Luca Beel, David Jacobs, Daniëlle Raymaekers

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• Architects

  MarcuzziArch

• Location

  Córdoba, Argentina

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architect

  María Gabriela Marcuzzi

• Construction

  MarcuzziArch

• Area

  178.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Gonzalo Viramonte