Innovative Bamboo Bridge School in China
Located in a rural Chinese village, bamboo Bridge School in Xiashi, China has rejuvenated the entire community by providing a place for children to learn, a means to cross the town’s river, and a public gathering space. Li Xiaodong designed and built the little two room schoolhouse as a multi purpose facility for the whole [...]
Renovation Project at Bushwick Warehouses
Two Bushwick warehouses are joined together in this renovation project, called the Wycoff Exchange, that includes a live music and performance venue along with an organic market and boutique wine shop. Manhattan based AKA is also designing the interior of the bar venue, called Radio Bushwick, which will be completes by the year’s end. The [...]
Dress Code : Modern elementary school for Switzerland
Designed by French architectural firm Complex City in Fréchy, Dress Code is a delightful elementary school in Switzerland which surrounded by farming areas and beautiful hills. The focal point of the project is the outer skin inspired by local patterns of embroidery. Olivier Brouillard, the principal at Complex City, studied solar and wind exposures to [...]
Fascinating Nested Skyscraper Design in Tokyo
The Nested Skyscraper adapts to climatic, urban, and programmatic conditions with the use of advanced materials and robotic construction. Its form and building method derive from the carbon sleeves and fiber laced concrete performance. It is a composition of multiple layers of louvers which thicken and rotate according to solar and wind exposure. The resulting [...]
Modern Urban Landscape for The Middle East
Klingmann Architects and Brand Consultant’s recent work in the Middle East illustrates solutions for New York City’s densely packed urban landscape. There are six functions within the master plan. The exchange district incorporates office buildings and public transportation. With a leisure district that includes a plaza, themed gardens, restaurants and retail, and water feature. Within [...]
Sustainable Habitation Wadi Hanifa Wetlands
Located in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is the Wadi Hanifa watershed, a 4,000 square kilometer drainage that has become key to the capital’s environmental sustainability. After many years of neglect, a long term reclamation plan was put underway, and is now being recognized worldwide for its size and aesthetic. The safe use of [...]
Fascinating Ocean City by Gyre
Designed by Gyre, now they made Ocean City as new class of eco tourism by bringing scientists and vacationers together to understand the least known environment of our planet. As much as a skyscraper is an economical method of reducing footprint on land, Gyre goes a step further by juxtaposing those footprints to the ocean. [...]
Modern Contemporary Art Museum in Bahrain
Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the new museum of contemporary art for the Kingdom of Bahrain will house exhibition spaces for permanent and temporary collections, multi-event auditorium, education facilities, studios for artists at residence, and retail areas. The project is estimated to be completed by 2012 and was funded by the Cultural and National Heritage [...]
New Urban Project by Neil Denari
Designed by Neil Denari, the urban project for Weifang, China, is the world’s most important city for kite flying and the history of kites. The Kite City located on the Bailang River in the heart of Weifang. The Bailang river has become over the last few years a vital place for the interaction of people [...]
New Museum of Image and Sound in Rio de Janeiro
Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the new Museum of Image and Sound in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to be completed in 2011. The architecture of the museum takes Copacabana Beach as its inspiration. The coastline, mountains, and distinctive beach promenade designed by Roberto Burle Marx. The building is conceived as an extension of the [...]
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