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Culture The Renovation of Tianbao Cave District of Erlang Town / Jiakun Architects

Collin Chen — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Background. The project site is located in Erlang Town, Gulin County in Luzhou City, next to Chishui River basin that is naturally perfect for making good liquors. It is in the middle part of the cliff under Tianbao Peak. There are Tianbao Cave, Dibao Cave, and Renhe Cave, which are the largest natural liquor-storage caves in the world.

Huawei Nanjing Research & Development Center / AECOM

Collin Chen — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:00:00 +0000

Huawei Nanjing Research & Development Center is one of the important institutions of Huawei, the world's top technology innovation company. It took multi-disciplinary groups from AECOM 6 years to complete the whole design period of the project’s integrated design (architecture, landscape, interior design).

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine / WEISS/MANFREDI

Paula Pintos — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is an internationally recognized leader in veterinary education, research, diagnostics, animal care, and biomedical science. The design transforms the original complex—an ad-hoc collection of individual buildings—into a cohesive campus through strategic demolition of nonadaptable structures, renovation of existing buildings, and new construction. It signals the importance of the College and enables the school to advance research while offering innovative curriculum for training future practitioners and researchers. Through outreach that ranges from Ebola virus prevention to healthy pet clinics, and research ranging from invasive diseases to species tracking, the College works to support communities across the world by leading in research on animal health and infectious disease prevention.

Bailian Group Fashion Center YanQingLi / Stefano Boeri Architetti

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:00:00 +0000

"Preservation and restoration of excellent historical buildings should give consideration to both protection and utilization. On the premise of protecting the value of excellent historical buildings, reasonable use of their architectural functions should be made to explore their social value and realize sustainable utilization. “Said Stefano Boeri, founder architect of Stefano Boeri Architetti.

China Resources Headquarters / KPF

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000

The China Resources Headquarters tower anchors the burgeoning Houhai District with a design distinguished by its innovative structure and geometric purity, relaying a cultural message about the company’s history and growth. Inspired by the winter bamboo shoot, the 400-meter tower features a light, stable and fast-to-erect tube and diagrid system that is expressed in its tapered, sculptural form. Rendered in a pre-fabricated column and steel units, the system affords column-free interiors, in turn allowing greater expression of the tower’s radial symmetry and more boutique floorplates as it rises.

Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre / Zaha Hadid Architects

María Francisca González — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:58:00 +0000

The Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre is located on the river in Hexi New Town; Nanjing’s new central business district (CBD). The project includes a 106,500 m2 conference centre, two towers totaling 258,500 m2 , 100,000 m2 of basement areas and the plaza that terminates the CBDs main axis on the riverfront.

Barnard College, The Milstein Center / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:00:00 +0000

For more than 125 years, Barnard College has been known for its distinctive academic culture—dedicated to women of intellect, ambition, and vision, devoted to the integration of teaching and scholarship, embracing its relationship with Columbia University, and imbued with the vibrancy of New York City. To carry its mission into the future, the College has constructed a new place of interdisciplinary scholarship at the heart of its campus. When it opens for the Fall 2018 semester, The Cheryl and Philip Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning will become the hub of academic and intellectual life at Barnard and reinforce its commitment to sustainability and climate action.

Lycée Français de New York / Ennead Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Ennead has worked with Lycée Français de New York for over 15 years, beginning with the design of the Main Building in 2003, which unified the school which was once housed in six separate buildings into a single location. Since then, Ennead has worked with Lycée Français de New York every year to respond to the school’s curricular evolution. Most recently, Ennead expanded the school to accommodate for their transformed curriculum while providing a new dignified presence on York Avenue.

U.S. Air Force Academy Center for Character & Leadership Development / SOM

Fernanda Castro — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 08:00:00 +0000

The Center for Character & Leadership Development (CCLD) will serve as an education and research center, supporting the Air Force Academy’s mission to integrate character and leadership development into all aspects of the Cadet experience while also serving as a think tank for leadership and character development initiatives nationwide.

McCann Residence / Weiss/Manfredi

Florencia Mena — Tue, 31 May 2016 08:00:00 +0000

The McCann Residence is located on a former hunting-and-fishing preserve oriented around three glacial lakes and distinguished by a number of estates designed by prominent architects at the turn of the 19th century. Dense forests and rocky outcroppings characterize this landscape in the Ramapo Mountains.

Sina Plaza Beijing / Aedas

Zhang Bo Xuan 张博轩 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:00:00 +0000

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Westmoreland Museum of American Art / Ennead Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 09:00:00 +0000

The transformation of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art reinforces the importance of the Arts and the Museum’s vital role in the Greensburg community and the region. The result is an architecturally dynamic building marrying old and new with an expansion that stands as a striking counterpoint to the original neo-Georgian structure. The design strengthens and renews the Museum’s identity and experience while extending its legacy into the future.

The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground / SOM

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +0000

The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground is the first net zero energy school in New York City and one of the first of its kind worldwide. The 68,000-square-foot, two-story school serves 444 pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students. The cutting-edge building harvests as much energy from renewable on-site sources as it uses on an annual basis.

Novartis Campus / Weiss/Manfredi

Igor Fracalossi — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

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The New School University Center / SOM

Karen Valenzuela — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

For nearly a century, The New School has been at the forefront of progressive education, with design and social research driving approaches to studying the issues of our time, from democracy and urbanization, to technology, sustainability, and globalization.

Weill Cornell Medical College Belfer Research Building / Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The new Belfer Research Building provides Weill Cornell Medical College with a cutting-edge medical research facility in close proximity to the institution’s existing clinical, research and academic buildings, reinforcing its mission as an urban academic biomedical center and world leader in its field.

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Terminal 2 / SOM

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Ten years ago, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport welcomed six million passengers per year through its gates; today it serves nearly five times that number. With the city’s emergence as India’s financial capital and the country’s rapidly expanding and economically mobile middle class, the existing airport infrastructure proved unable to support the growing volume of domestic and global traffic, resulting in frequent delays. By orchestrating the complex web of passengers and planes into a design that feels intuitive and responds to the region’s rocketing growth, the new Terminal 2 asserts the airport’s place as a preeminent gateway to India.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center / Weiss/Manfredi

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Honored by the NYC Design Commission with an Award for Excellence in Design in 2008 for integration of form, function and sustain- able practice, the new visitor center to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden establishes a visionary public interface between the city and the garden. The landscape’s central feature is the building’s living roof design, conceived as a seamless, inhabitable extension of the Garden that mergers landscape and architecture and redefines physical and philosophical relationships between visitor and garden, exhibition and movement, culture and cultivation.