Architecture

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Designer: THAD Work: Hospital Classification: Architecture

Connection

Reconstruction in Pudong Shanghai is the reconstruction and expansion of an outpatient and emergency medical technology complex at a public hospital in Shanghai, China. The design joins new construction with the complexity of rebuilding an active site. The work is divided into four stages: demolition, transition, reconstruction and restoration. Temporary and converted existing buildings keep medical services running during the transition stage. The facade uses white aluminum panels, with wood grain aluminum panels at the corners, and floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Designer: Parti Architecture Architecture Office Work: Residential House Classification: Architecture

Nus

Nus is a residential house located in Crete, Greece. A U shaped main volume is combined with an underground guest house. Both volumes maximize southeast exposure and respond to the changing angle of the sun through the seasons. Two solar spaces, one with fixed shading and one with rotating blinds and a mass wall, allow natural heating and cooling. A green roof, water surfaces, a ventilation shaft and controlled roof openings improve thermal comfort. Photovoltaic panels, solar water heaters and a geothermal system reduce the energy footprint.

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Designer: WATARU OMAMEUDA Work: Hotel Classification: Architecture

Bay Tokyo Hamamatucho

This is the hybrid hotel which has capsule beds and guest rooms for various accommodation styles in Tokyo. You can stay here not just for business trips but sightseeing and foreign tourists visiting Japan too. All guest rooms have big window to feel opened and look out over the town. Enjoy relaxing, cooking, eating, daydreaming at common spaces of kitchen and rooftop and so on.

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Designer: THAD Work: Campus Coffee Shop and Study Room Classification: Architecture

Lakeshore Learning Center

Lakeshore Learning Center is a campus coffee shop and study room in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The project renovated two unfinished buildings that had stood in the center of a valley campus for decades. The existing structures were preserved and clad with light-colored ceramic panels and glass curtain walls. Roof overhangs and double skins form a sunshade system that improves the indoor environment. Existing vegetation was kept, and steep lakeshore slopes were turned into small plazas. The building area is 899 square meters.

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Designer: TZOKAS architects Work: Private Residence Classification: Architecture

Twist House

Twist House is a private residence located in an olive grove in the southwest Peloponnese, with a direct view towards the castle of Methoni. The three level house follows the evolution of human dwelling. The excavated ground forms the basement, stone shapes the ground floor volumes, and a lighter plaster volume rests above them. Floor to ceiling openings and floor tiles that extend outwards join the interior and exterior spaces. The total area is 485 square meters. Materials taken from the site were reused to limit the impact on nature and to preserve the existing trees.

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Designer: Wang Jingjing Work: Mix Use Classification: Architecture

The Mountain View

The Mountain View is a mixed-use cultural complex created by renovating an existing building in Shenzhen, China. The complex covers 6,000 square meters and brings together a store, a restaurant, an art gallery, a theater and workspaces. An open-air veranda surrounds the central courtyard and links the different areas. Rectangular steel pillars, arranged in a matrix, support the veranda. Materials include self-leveling cement, weathering steel, laminated bamboo, ultra-clear glass and glass brick. The building offers a calm space for cultural events and social contact with nature and art.

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Designer: Rodrigo Kirck Work: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

135 Jardins

The 135 Jardins Project was designed to be an emblematic residential and commercial enterprise - to become an icon and a landmark among so many buildings already built in the city of Balneario Camboriu (Brazil). Designed in a pure prism, it was designed to be asymmetrical, in which the apartment tower interconnects with its base and retail area; bringing the concept of green areas in all shared use spaces.

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Designer: Vu Hoang Kha Work: Homestay Classification: Architecture

Nha Nhim

Nha Nhim is a homestay building in Da Lat, Viet Nam. The narrow site is about 8 metres wide and much longer, with uneven terrain and weak soil. All elements are lifted to widen the living space and to open views toward the valley. Waste materials from the area are collected and reused throughout the building. Bark, branches and test concrete blocks are given a new life, and offcuts from local textile factories are recycled into different parts. A large sloping roof blocks cold night wind and lets cool breezes pass during the day.

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Designer: SUIADR Work: Welfare Center Classification: Architecture

Shenzhen Social

Shenzhen Social Welfare Center is a comprehensive care complex in Longhua District, Shenzhen. The complex houses a children's home and an old people's home on a site of 32,269 square meters. The two residences are independent yet share resources, and are linked by corridors. A medical building sits at the center and is easily reached from both homes. The multi-story buildings face south for daylight and good ventilation. Courtyards and red brick follow the Lingnan tradition. The design aims to control cost and to create a bright, spacious and warm environment.

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Designer: Manuela Hardy Work: Appartments Classification: Architecture

Gateway to Lofoten

Gateway to Lofoten is an apartment building designed for Roest in Lofoten. The form is inspired by traditional fishing houses and by the long local history of cod fishing and stockfish production. Local building customs guide the shape and the choice of materials, while a modern twist is added through mirrored gabled roofs on the lower part of the building. The lower structure is light and hangs from the same concrete slab that supports the upper levels. The building is 38 meters wide, 7.7 meters deep and three stories high. It contains studio apartments and larger apartments.

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Designer: javad davoodi Work: Apartment Classification: Architecture

Larma

Larma is an apartment building located in Royan, in the north of Iran. The building has six floors and twelve units. A gable roof answers the rainfall of Mazandaran in autumn and winter and follows the local building tradition. Brick, a material long used in Iranian architecture, forms the main surfaces. Colored glass set in wooden window frames brings tinted light into the corridors and stair areas. Shrubs and green plants on the facade recall the forests of Mazandaran, while large green terraces recall the yards of the region.

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Designer: Geoffrey Morrison Work: Retail Architecture Classification: Architecture

Citystars Heliopolis

Citystars Heliopolis is a mixed-use retail complex in Egypt, first opened in 2004. The complex is under renovation, with a gross floor area of 250,000 square meters. The renovation covers architecture, interiors, lighting, wayfinding, landscape and sustainability within one integrated approach. Eight levels extend across a city block. The curved form refers to the flow of the Nile. Four atriums, named Orion, Eclipse, Solaris and Starport, shape the interior. Shade structures, a lake, trees and planting help to cool the site.

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