Gemdale Community Centre // Woods Bagot
Location: Suzhou, China. Architect: Woods Bagot. The 114,600 square metres development, located in Suzhou’s historic centre, Gemdale Community Centre, references the ancient city’s classical gardens, ornate bridges and world-renowned waterways to create a culturally enriching new entertainment landmark. It leverages history and garden elements to create a new lifestyle destination with a unique leisure experience […]
Changchun Eco Plaza // Aedas
Location: Jilin Province, China. Architect: Aedas. Changchun Eco Plaza is a mixed-use development in Jilin Province, China, with office, serviced apartments, hotel, retail, and ancillary facilities. The overall building mass straddles the northern edge of the site providing breathing space and a community park square. Permeability at the ground levels facilitates cross-connectivity between the two […]
The Petroleum Tower // PREDIOS
Location: Accra, Ghana. Architect: PREDIOS. The proposed GNPC New Corporate edifice affectionately nicked named, the “Petroleum Tower” is a symbol of newfound natural wealth and aspiration for the people of Ghana. It takes its inspiration from the layers of life traversed before the precious black gold is found, with a silhouette of glass behind the […]
Cultural center of Beicheng Central Park // Shenzhen Huahui Design
Location: Hefei, China. Architect: Shenzhen Huahui Design Co.,Ltd. The Beicheng Academy project in Hefei seeks to create a new relationship between building and community by creating a Multi-purpose boundary, its architects claim. Benefiting from the future cultural and educational function of the project, it is endowed with open and cultural characteristics and deduces the function […]
Qatar University College of Medicine & Health Sciences // HDR Inc.
Location: Doha, Qatar. Architect: HDR Inc. Qatar University has commissioned the design of two new colleges, the College of Medicine and the College of Health Sciences, to be integrated into the QU Health Campus site. HDR was appointed to lead the architecture, educational specialist planning, laboratory planning and interior design. Their approach was to apply […]
1-2 Broadgate // Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Location: London, England. Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. 1-2 Broadgate is a landmark mixed-use development that will provide flexible accommodation for office, retail, leisure and food and beverage uses. It maintains the principles and geometry of the original Broadgate masterplan, with covered retail arcades and 45,000 square feet of amenity and green space. The building […]
Cloud of Luster // KTX archiLAB
Location: Himeji, Japan. Architect: KTX archiLAB. The Aile-Blanche Chapel, part of La-Vienna Wedding Ceremony Hall in Himeji, Japan, was replaced by a new one that translates the importance and significance of the wedding day into physical space. Dreams and light were depicted as curves and glass, and a cloud-shaped space for the chapel was enveloped […]
Waterfront Art Gallery // Lacime Architects
Location: Nanchang, China. Architect: Lacime Architects. The Waterfront Art Gallery in Nanchang City is an important entryway into the city’s green zone but is bounded by multilane highways. To mitigate the presence of these highways, Architects conceived of the gallery’s main structure as a narrow rectangular volume whose longest sides overlook the river to the […]
Mashhad C.E.O.Headquarter // NextOffice
Location: Mashhad, Iran. Architect: “NextOffice” Studio of architectural research and design. Mashhad Construction Engineering is a place where engineers can gather and communicate with each other. Two main spaces have more importance than others: the public hall for certifications and the Amphitheater for seminars, conferences and events. The spatial organization type of these two large-scale […]
Amos Rex // JKMM Architects
Location: Helsinki, Finland. Architect: JKMM Architects. Amos Rex Art Museum is located in the heart of Helsinki, with a 6,230 square metre building designed below Lasipalatsi Square due to the historically sensitive context of the 19th century neo-classical barracks. The roof lights create a new topography, creating an urban park in keeping with the integrity […]
Nanshan Foreign Language School // Studio Link-Arc
Location: Shenzhen, China. Architect: Studio Link-Arc. The Nanshan Foreign Language School (NSFL) is a 54,000 m² elementary and middle school campus in Shenzhen’s DaChong neighbourhood. Studio Link-Arc’s design breaks the distinction between building and open space by creating a low-rise linear hybrid of closed, semi-enclosed, and green, open spaces. The design uses a three-story bar […]
EQ House // Takenaka Corporation
Location: Tokyo, Japan. Architect: Takenaka Corporation. EQ House with Artificial Intelligence is an experimental house designed to become a life-like architecture to which an owner is attached. It is connected to environmental status and the owner’s feedback through MQTT protocol, and its artificial intelligence engine generates variable status integrated with the natural environment to acquire […]
Chongqing Tiandi Art Gallery // Shenzhen Huahui Design
Location: Chongqing, China. Architect: Shenzhen Huahui Design Co.,Ltd. Tiandi Art Gallery is located on the south bank of the Jialingjiang River, close to the lake by Tiandi property. It was designed to merge the new building into a complex environment and form a dialogue between the interior space experience and the surroundings. The layout complied […]
Exhibition Center of Shimao Shenzhen // SHUISHI
Location: Shenzhen, China. Architect: SHUISHI. Shimao Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Center is located in the eastern CBD of Longgang, Shenzhen, with its exhibition centre looking towards Longgang Universiade Green Park, its east side facing the future super-high-rise main tower, its north side close to the central green space, and its west side echoing with the landscape […]
Melbourne Jet Base // COX Architecture
Location: Melbourne International Airport, Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia. Architect: COX Architecture. Melbourne Jet Base is a 24-hour facility in the Fixed Base of Operations airline industry internationally that provides a luxury facility to meet the specific needs of clientele in the private jet market. It provides uninterrupted access to full-length runways enabling the arrival and departure […]
Nationalmuseum // Wingårdhs and Wikerstål Architects
Location: Stockholm, Sweden. Architect: Wingårdhs and Wikerstål Architects. Wingårdh Architects and Wikerstål Architects were jointly commissioned to plan the comprehensive renovation of the Nationalmuseum in 2012. The project brief was to create an enduringly functional museum by reclaiming opportunities for daylight and views to the exterior, reclaiming for public use several areas that had previously […]
Oslo Airport City // Nordic + Haptic Architects
Location: Oslo, Norway. Architect: Nordic — Office of Architecture and Haptic Architects. Oslo Airport City is a 370-hectare site beside Oslo Airport that aims to be the first energy-positive airport city in the world. It will be powered entirely by renewable energy and have the capacity to sell surplus energy to surrounding buildings, communities and […]
Tibetan Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum // Shenzhen Huahui Design
Location: Tibet, China. Architect: Shenzhen Huahui Design Co.,Ltd. Tibet is known for its strong religion identity, art culture and architectural heritage, and its unique promenade, Heaven Road, is at the core of its design. This path integrates the grandness of Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka, creating a colourful grand-spectacle about the life lived on […]
77 Market Street // fjmt
Location: Sydney, Australia. Architect: fjmt. The proposed development comprises a 32-storey mixed-use development, including repurposing existing vehicular access and basement levels for shared car parking and services, conservation, refurbishment and fit out of the existing 10-storey heritage building for retail and commercial office uses, construction of a 22-storey tower above the heritage item, communal facilities […]
119 Great North Road // Warren and Mahoney Architects
Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Architect: Warren and Mahoney Architects. The Giltrap Group needed a mixed-use space to showcase Bentley, Lamborghini and Aston Martin’s ‘star-cars’ in a full-service corporate, warehouse, servicing and showroom build. The design of this retail space responds to difficult and unique challenges, such as the cohabitation of three strong brands with potentially […]