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Architects: LYCS Architecture
- Area: 27394 m²
- Year: 2017
Shengliang Su
Shanghai Baoye Center / LYCS Architecture
Qiandao Lake Cable Car Station / Archi-Union Architects
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Architects: Archi-Union Architects
- Area: 3600 m²
- Year: 2016
Liberal Arts Building No.2, Northeastern University / THAD
23 Examples of Impressive Museum Architecture
Designing a museum is always an exciting architectural challenge. Museums often come with their own unique needs and constraints--from the art museum that needs specialist spaces for preserving works, to the huge collection that requires extensive archive space, and even the respected institution whose existing heritage building presents a challenge for any new extension. In honor of International Museum Day, we’ve selected 23 stand-out museums from our database, with each ArchDaily editor explaining what makes these buildings some of the best examples of museum architecture out there.
Deep³ Courtyard / Atelier Lai
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Architects: Atelier Lai
- Area: 650 m²
- Year: 2015
10 Young Chinese Architecture Firms To Watch Out For
2016 has been a momentous year for Chinese architecture. From the completion of the Harbin Opera house by MAD to the Aga Khan Awards recognizing Zhang Ke of Standard Architecture for his micro-scale design of the Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre in Beijing. It seems the general perception of Chinese architecture has finally moved beyond the big, weird and ugly.
Since we’ve started to branch out into China, the ArchDaily China team has been able to discover the rich layers beyond just these rising Chinese stars. As part of the country's large-scale urbanization process, last year, we posted some of the large-scale projects designed by China’s (largely unknown) Design & Research institutions such as train stations and cultural centers.
In addition, we’ve also come across a series of smaller, lesser known, younger practices that focuses more on small-scale experimental work. Here are our top ten favorites:
Wu Ji Academy / Wutopia Lab
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Architects: Wutopia Lab
Chi She / Archi-Union Architects
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Architects: Archi-Union Architects
- Area: 200 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Fab-Union, Xiaoming Chen Construction Equipment
A Garden by the Side of a Wetland—Xixi International / gad
The R&D and innovative port of Anting International Automobile City, Site D / Atelier Deshaus
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Architects: Atelier Deshaus
- Area: 36600 m²
- Year: 2015
“Reporting from the Front” in China: A Talk with Zhang Ke of ZAO/standardarchitecture
As an architect, no matter how much support you have got, you always feel you are fighting by yourself. – Zhang Ke
The recent turning point experienced by the Chinese economy will probably be treated in future studies as the sign of a new coming era in China. The slowest growth rate in 25 years has already caused profound echoes in the architectural field. As one of the three Chinese participants in the central exhibition, “Reporting from the Front,” at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, in this interview architect Zhang Ke discusses his insight into the architectural front line in China, reflecting on architects’ social responsibilities and his vision of tomorrow’s Chinese architecture.
De Fu Junior High School / Atelier GOM
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Architects: Atelier GOM
- Area: 12783 ft²
- Year: 2016
Fernando Guerra Wins Arcaid Award for World's Best Building Image
Fernando Guerra's stunning image of Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés' EPFL Quartier Nord in Ecublens, Switzerland, has won the Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Award. Announced at the ongoing World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore, the image was selected by a panel of judges for its ability to "translate the sophistication of architecture into a readable and understandable two dimensions."
"The architecture itself is the focus and the image regarded only as the medium. The Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Award aims to put the focus onto the skill and creativity of the photographer," said the Award's organizers.
Each shortlisted image was judged on the merits of the photography for composition, sense of place, atmosphere and use of scale; Guerra had the highest scoring image overall.
"The high level of photography has made it a very difficult the task to choose the winners. The most important thing for us has been the concept and atmosphere of the images. How they have been perceived and expressed through the creativity and inspiration of the photographer," said architects and jury members Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga.
The runners up included...
Housing L / in:Flux architecture
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Architects: in:Flux architecture
- Area: 15000 m²
- Year: 2015
Chongqing Taoyuanju Community Center / Vector Architects
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Architects: Vector Architects
- Area: 10000 m²
- Year: 2015
Fab-Union Space On The West Bund / Archi-Union Architects
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Architects: Archi-Union Architects
- Area: 368 m²
- Year: 2015
Yun House Boutique Eco-Resort / Ares Partners + Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
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Architects: Ares Partners, Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
- Area: 3000 m²
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Professionals: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
Micro-Yuan’er / ZAO/standardarchitecture
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Architects: ZAO/standardarchitecture
- Area: 17 m²
- Year: 2013