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DGS New Natural Resources Headquarters // AC Martin

Location: Sacramento, California, USA. Architect: AC Martin. The Natural Resources Agency Headquarters for the California Department of General Services is a 20-story, 838,000 SF office tower with 10,000 SF of ground-level retail space, a multi-vendor food court, and a pedestrian plaza. Conceptually inspired by the California Delta and the State’s significant natural icons, the building […]

Magnaura Palace Tower Remains Renovation // Tabanlioglu Architects

Location: Istanbul, Turkey. Architect: Tabanlioglu Architects. In Constantinople, close to the Hagia Sophia and next to the Chalke gate of the Great Palace is Magnaura, a part of the Byzantium Grand Palace. This is a brick-paved, interior vaulted stone building that connects the building units to each other with tunnels and ramps. The Staircase (ramp) […]

CEMENTE’D // art & architecture associates

Location: Vadodara, India. Architect: art & architecture associates. The client of this project is a cement dealer in Gujarat who purchased an old 40-year-old residential building with the intention of converting it into an office. The ground plus two-storey structure has a long, narrow footprint measuring 50 feet x 12 feet, covering a total area […]

Hangzhou East Station // Original Design Uncut

Location: Hangzhou, China. Architect: Original Design Uncut Co. Ltd + NEWS-D LIMITED. Hangzhou East Station Mix C is a commercial precinct complex designed to reinterpret the local heritage, and integrate nature into modernity. It consists of two clusters of 18m tall precincts, divided by a 40m wide sunken pedestrian plaza. The roof structure from abstracted […]

September Forest Residential // Beijing Sunshine Landscape

Location: Nanjing, China. Architect: Beijing Sunshine Landscape CO. LTD. The project continues the sense of ritual and decorum of Jinling culture, creating a sense of solemn and etiquette space sequence. It is intended to evoke people’s long-lost Oriental spirituality, enrich the experience of eastern culture, and increase information density and inner feelings. The site retains […]

Foshan Super High-Rise Apartment // GOA

Location: Foshan, Guandong, China. Architect: GOA (Group of Architects). With an abundance of urban park scenery, the Foshan Super High-Rise Apartment is well situated in the centre of Chencun Town, Foshan City. The design incorporates the idea of “urban landscape, vertical settlement” with a tower 200 metres high on the north side and a tower […]

Yuyuan Station // Xing Design

Location: Shanghai, China. Architect: Xing Design. The deepest metro stop in Shanghai has undergone a significant renovation. Xing Design redesigned the Metro Line 14 stop at Yuyuan Garden. The firm used the Huangpu River, which runs above the railroad, as inspiration for the spectacular ceiling architecture of the station. It is constructed from tens of […]

Coal Drops Yard // Heatherwick Studio

Location: London, England. Architect: Heatherwick Studio. The linear two-story buildings, which are part of the King’s Cross development, were constructed in 1850 to handle coal and afterwards used for light industrial, storage, and nightclubs until the late 1990s when they were abandoned. The company was hired to design two bridges to connect the two structures, […]

Fuchun New Century Wonderland Resort of Hangzhou // The Design Institute

Location: Hangzhou, China. Architect: The Design Institute Of Landscape & Architecture China Academy Of Art CO.LTD. The site’s topography, hydrology, soil, and vegetation are all sensitive to environmental factors because it is situated in an alluvial fan with a catchment lake in the centre. The resort’s location, which is the most open area along the […]

Christchurch Hospital – Outpatients Building // Jacobs + CCM Architects

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand. Architect: Jacobs in collaboration with CCM Architects. The first of three large earthquakes that struck New Zealand’s South Island in September 2010 severely damaged the facilities of the Canterbury District Health Board and had a big influence on planning and procedures for facilities. In order to immediately accommodate services affected by […]

House N-DP // Graux & Baeyens architecten

Location: Mechelen, Belgium. Architect: Graux & Baeyens architecten. This house was constructed on a deep, narrow lot with close neighbours, but it also had a wide-open view of the canal and the fields behind it. In order to give the residents privacy and a sense of security, each story has been superimposed at a slightly […]

Cultural Center La Tuilerie // Ferrier Marchetti Studio

Location: Limoux, France. Architect: Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Through the expansion and renovation of the old site of the tile factory, the cultural complex known as “La Tuilerie” transforms Limoux’s right bank. It’s intended to serve as a significant hub for the département and beyond. The site, which is now accessible to all thanks to this […]

The City Port Urban Renewal of Tianjin Shipyard // TONTSEN Architects

Location: Tianjin, China. Architect: TONTSEN Architects. Tianjin, a port city, has long been a booming centre for maritime trade. It has produced a storied history of trade and manufacturing since its founding in modern times. Tianjin New Port has left a space for social transformation and the replacement of old and new buildings on the […]

Dong Teng // Shang Yih Interior Design Co.ltd

Location: Taipai, Taiwan. Architect: Shang Yih Interior Design Co.ltd. A sizable portion of this construction project receives natural light through the windows. With the windows’ elongation, it is believed that there will be more interaction between how the space is used and the windows. As a result, a lengthy couch is constructed in front of […]

Hexaware Campus // RSP Design Consultants (India) Pvt Ltd

Location: Pune, India. Architect: RSP Design Consultants (India) Pvt Ltd. The campus is located adjacent to the Mumbai-Pune Bypass and is stretched out on a 23.8 Acre land piece in MIDC Phase 3 Hinjewadi, Pune. This campus will contain office space for 15,000 IT professionals as well as support amenities like a training centre, food […]

Attabotics Headquarters // Modern Office of Design + Architecture

Location: Calgary, Canada. Architect: Modern Office of Design + Architecture. The robotics company that commissioned this building, emphasised clearly what they didn’t want: a boring box. Using this as a starting point, the design addressed three major design challenges: a) reconciling the seemingly at-odds manufacturing and office space programmes’ scalar and programmatic requirements, b) navigating […]

SonnenparkPLUS Wetzikon // arento AG and ertex solartechnik GmbH and Felix & Co. AG

Location: Wetzikon, Switzerland. Architect: arento AG, ertex solartechnik GmbH, Felix & Co. AG. What appears to be a seemingly typical family home is actually a tiny, independent power plant. The Swiss business arento AG’s architects had a vision for an all-encompassing, energy-self-sufficient, and ecological dwelling, and the end result is unique. The structure offers ten […]

Parc Glòries Office Building // Batlle i Roig Arquitectura

Location: Barcelona, Spain. Architect: Batlle i Roig Arquitectura. A 30,733 square metre office building is available for lease in Barcelona’s 22@ technical sector. It is now the tallest building of its sort in the neighbourhood, standing 17 stories high. A longitudinal feature that provides an elevation towards the street is the ground floor. Moreover, it […]

338 housing units, Paris XIX // PETITDIDIERPRIOUX Architectes

Location: Paris, France. Archutect: PETITDIDIERPRIOUX Architectes. The goals of this project included one building that brings order and stability to the area and three programmes (student housing, investor housing, and home ownership). The project’s location is in Paris’ 19th arrondissement. It takes place in the centre of the Flandres neighbourhood, which is easily recognised due […]