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Tower of Light and Wall of Energy / Tonkin Liu

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 02:00:00 +0000

The Tower of Light is a 40-metre tall tower supporting and enclosing flues for a new low-carbon energy centre in Manchester’s city centre. The biomimetic structure has built on the decade- long innovation and research, Shell Lace Structure, pioneered by Tonkin Liu and developed in collaboration with engineers at Arup. Learning from geometries in nature, the tower’s form is its strength. The super-light, super-thin single-surface structure uses the least material to achieve the most.

Castle Acre Water Tower / Tonkin Liu

Alexandria Bramley — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 03:00:00 +0000

By the ruins of a Castle, a Priory, a city gate, rises one modern anomaly, steadfast against all elements, a relic from the industrial age. A found object, a disused landmark, towering out of shielding trees, loved and unloved by the village of Castle Acre. Restored and reused on a shoe-string budget, Rusty tank a panelled Tudor hall, Hung timber rooms a timber spiral stair. Minimal intervention, purity of structure, Ivy growing, wind blowing a field of barley, Nature returns for the romantic industrial ruin

Sun Rain Room / Tonkin Liu

Daniel Tapia — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 17:00:00 +0000

The Sun Rain Rooms is a two-storey extension and restoration of a Grade-II Listed Georgian townhouse. The extension re-frames the rear of the building by amplifying the characteristics found within its fabric. Designed and constructed by Tonkin Liu in collaboration with local craftspeople, it serves as both a studio for the practice and a home for the partners’ family. The perimeter walls of the rear courtyard support a plywood roof, curved in plan and section to allow maximum light into a patio garden.

“AI: More than Human” Exhibition / Tonkin Liu

Daniel Tapia — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 03:00:00 +0000

To visit an exhibition is to make a journey through a landscape of new information and experiences. The aim of the exhibition is to inform and inspire with an unfolding story through ideas over time. Opened in May 2019, the Barbican’s major new exhibition has been designed by Architects Tonkin Liu. AI: More than Human is an unprecedented survey of creative and scientific developments in Artificial Intelligence, exploring the evolution of the relationship between humans and technology. Part of the Barbican’s 2019 Life Rewired season exploring what it means to be human when technology is changing everything, the exhibition tells the rapidly developing story of AI.

Old Shed New House / Tonkin Liu

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 06:00:00 +0000

‘Old Shed New House’ is a home nestled within the agricultural landscape of North Yorkshire. The client sought a high quality, energy-efficient and low-cost building to serve as a house, library and gallery.

Ness Point House / Tonkin Liu Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 01 May 2017 17:00:00 +0000

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