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WHY Hotel / WEI architects/ELEVATION WORKSHOP

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Beijing, China

Beijing Hutong House Renovation / ARCHSTUDIO

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Beijing, China
  • Architects: ARCHSTUDIO
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  160

Lanshi Xidi Clubhouse / WANG, CAI & ASSOCIATES

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Jingyuan No.22 Transformation / C+ Architects

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  • Architects: C+ Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  600
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

Penda Continues to Push Bamboo with Rising Canes at Beijing Design Week

Text description provided by the architects. Following up a year of development, Penda has unveiled their installation for Beijing Design Week (BJDW) 2015 – Rising Canes, a structural system made entirely of bamboo and ropes. Meant to be a speculation system for larger developments, the installation is fully modular, ecological and easy to expand in every direction. Bamboo was chosen as the main construction material for its long traditional roots in China and fantastic structural capability, as well as part of a desire to fight its current obscurity as a construction material.

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Family Box Qingdao / Crossboundaries

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  • Architects: Crossboundaries
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  4400
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

Crossboundaries' New Office / Crossboundaries

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Seashore Library / Vector Architects

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Qinhuangdao Shi, China
  • Architects: Vector Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  450
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

AD Round-Up: 9 Projects That Make Creative Use Of Cor-Ten Steel

One of the most interesting trends in architectural materials of recent years is the increase in use of weathering steel - more commonly referred to by its trademark name, Cor-Ten. Thought the material has been around for decades, first being used for architectural purposes in the Eero Saarinen-designed John Deere Headquarters in 1964, the material has seen a surge in popularity in the last decade or so, being used in everything from individual houses and tiny kiosks, to SHoP's design for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which used a staggering 12,000 weathering steel panels.

To celebrate this material we've rounded up nine of the most innovative and striking uses of weathering steel from recent years: Haworth Tompkins' tiny Dovecote Studio; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios' offices and student housing at Broadcasting Place; the perforated facade of IGC Tremp by Oikosvia Arquitectura; the rusted ribbons of Ron Arad's Design Museum Holon; vertical striations on The Corten House by DMOA Architecten; Tony Hobba Architects' Third Wave Kiosk and its corrugated Cor-Ten walls; striking patterned facades in Santiago's Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center by Cristian Fernandez Arquitectos, Lateral Arquitectura & Diseño; weathered facades and louvers in Guillermo Hevia's Ferreteria O´Higgins; and finally the folding garage-style doors of Origin Architect's Refurbishment of the Offset Printing Factory.

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An Interview With Chen Yifeng, Deshaus

An Interview With Chen Yifeng, Deshaus - Featured Image
Long Museum West Bund / Atelier Deshaus. Image © Xia Zhi

“We use two aspects to express architecture: Qing [emotion], Jing [pattern]. Jing is the architectural pattern that we apply, to certify the living and working style, to consider what our architecture can bring. Another thing is the relationship between architecture and the site, the city and nature. Ancient Chinese dwellings are usually enclosed by walls, creating an introverted space. This is the second aspect Qing, more related to traditional customs, aesthetics, and our attitude towards the environment and nature. The enclosed space originates from our interpretation of Qing. What we have captured about the ancient spirit of aesthetics is a kind of uncertainty, a kind of blurry and ambiguous feeling.”
- Chen Yifeng, Shanghai, 2013

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The Soundwave / penda

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  • Interior Designers: penda
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

The Power Of The Plan: Drones And Architectural Photography

What is the draw of the aerial view? Whereas architects and designers often find solace in this particular spatial perspective there is a more inclusive, universal appeal to this way of seeing. The ease of access to online mapping services has increased our collective reliance on understanding our world from above.

Maps condense the planet into a little world inside our pocket, the commodification of which has universalised the ‘plan-view’ photograph. The question of whether or not their ubiquitous availability, having now been assimilated into our collective consciousness, is a positive step for the status of the plan is a discussion ongoing. Yet, in the face of this dilemma, architectural photographers are pushing the boundaries of drone technology in order to find new meaning.

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Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus / OPEN Architecture

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Long Museum West Bund / Atelier Deshaus

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Shanghai, China

Refurbishment of the Offset Printing Factory / Origin Architect

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Hongkun Art Gallery / penda

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  • Interior Designers: penda
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

Office Renovation in Hangzhou / Daipu Architects

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  • Architects: Daipu Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  640
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

Gehua Youth and Cultural Center / Open Architecture

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Qinhuangdao, China
  • Architects: OPEN Architecture
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2700
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012