With a mission to provide tools and inspiration to improve the quality of life in our built environment, ArchDaily curators constantly track and share with our audience the best "built projects" in the world. In order to celebrate these achievements and thank our readers for actively participating in our community, we selected the 50 best architectural works published during 2019.
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People spend hours at work every day. Offices still fail to recognise the difference lighting can make to their workspaces. Lighting is an important matter when talking about visual comfort and productivity. Optimized lighting can help to improve performance and there are determined practice guidelines on which lighting systems work best for your work environment.
When architecture has been evolving within the context of “Chinese characteristics”, Shanghai as one of the national creative centers provides us with a glimpse of the transformations and the prospects of Chinese contemporary architecture. Based in Shanghai, architect Liu Yuyang, who was born in Taiwan and grew up in America, has conceived his personal architectural approach with the multicultural background and shared his visions with others by a number of built projects. In the following excerpt from a conversation between Liu Yuyang and the author, he talks about his design philosophy, origins of the practice, the attitude to the profession, and more.
This week we’ve selected the best chapels previously published on our site. They reveal different ways of designing a small and sacred space. For inspiration on how to create these atmospheres, integrate different materials, and make proper use of light, we present 32 remarkable examples.
.jpg?1574420833 "Hotel View from Village. Image © Shengliang Su")
.jpg?1574420856 "Swimming Pool and Wharf. Image © Shengliang Su")
.jpg?1574422088 "Sunken Plaza. Image © Hao Chen")
.jpg?1574420920 "Cave Space. Image © Shengliang Su")
.jpg?1572350108 "street view from northwest. Image © Hao Chen")
.jpg?1572349739 "north facade. Image © Hao Chen")
.jpg?1572349535 "terrace. Image © Hao Chen")
.jpg?1572349253 "west facade. Image © Hao Chen")
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.jpg?1563797563 "A Close-up of the Waffle Beams and Skylight. Image © Shengliang Su")
.jpg?1563797419 "space under roof. Image © Shengliang Su")
.jpg?1563797299 "aerial veiw. Image © Shengliang Su")
.jpg?1563797738 "A Close-up of Waffle Beams. Image © Shengliang Su")
.jpg?1551785904 "© Hao Chen")
.jpg?1551785867 "© Hao Chen")
