Architecture

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Designer: Edoardo Milesi Work: Private House Tag: Architecture

The Inhabited Roccolo

The Inhabited Roccolo is a private house set in the landscape of the Lombard Alps. The design reinterprets the roccolo, a traditional bird catcher hut, in a contemporary form. The house covers a ground area of 112.32 square meters and offers a residential area of 332.13 square meters over four levels. The structure is made of reinforced concrete and wood, while the coverings use natural wood, corten steel and titanium zinc. The facades combine projecting volumes and openings that change with each material. Simple forms and natural materials keep attention on the surrounding nature.

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Designer: Aico Ltd Work: Mixed Use Tag: Architecture

Ju Long Plaza SCPG Incity

Hong Hai Ju Plaza and SCPG Incity is a mixed-use urban complex in the city center of Ji'nan, China. The development combines a shopping center, an outdoor lifestyle district, offices, a hotel and apartments on a site of 59,100 square meters. The northeast corner is opened as a cultural plaza, facing the Hongjialou Cathedral, a historical landmark of the city. At the center of the plaza stands the renovated Sister House, which is one hundred years old and marks the entry point. The outdoor district connects to the indoor mall on several levels.

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Designer: Feng Yang Work: Sales Center Tag: Architecture

Vanke Metropolis Seasons

Vanke is a sales center covering 1600 square meters. The building responds to a site shaped by a canal, a wetland park and nearby elevated roads. Modern door frames are stacked in layers, and their sequence is adjusted by mathematical parameters to create a gradual transition. The frames extend inside and are reshaped into an arc-like lobby, which is completed by hanging acrylic panels and public installations. Brushed copper-like stainless steel, dual-layered insulating Low-E glass and golden limestone form the main interface. A garden with a swirl-shaped layout closes the route.

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Designer: Quincy Li Work: Community Center Tag: Architecture

SHINE ESTUARY

Shine Estuary is a community center located in the Oujiang New District of Wenzhou, China. The building is formed by three offset ellipsoid volumes that are superimposed upon each other, and a shared space connects the three volumes and links the whole building. The curved shapes recall the ripples made by fishing boats on the Oujiang River. Panels of ultra-white glass, measuring up to 2 by 6.15 meters, open the facade toward the water. Meeting rooms are placed on the third floor, which offers the best view of the river.

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Designer: Kiyoshi Sugimoto Work: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

House in sinjyo

House in Sinjyo is a single-story residential building in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. The site sits below a busy national highway bypass, so the house has no openings on the outer walls, which protects the privacy of the couple who live there. A square plan fills the small flat area of the sloping site. A light court on the south side brings in light and air, and is shared by the living room and the bathroom. The court is set two steps above the living room. A wall that stops below the ceiling divides the living area from the water area. The structure is wooden.

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Designer: Polina Nozdracheva Work: Equestrian Arena Tag: Architecture

Equi Temple

Goal is creation expressive architectural and spatial image, operating of technologically limited. Use of rhythm, drawing of details, silhouette of massive wooden structures creates building volume. Arena in equestrian complex combines sports and technology, recreation and representative functions. Rectangular parallelepiped resembles the ancient monument. Arc-shaped lines of constructional elements from glued wood define basic rhythmic space concept. Glazed facades perimeter integrate interior with exterior and pitched roof with far-projecting eaves hovers above field on mighty wooden frame.

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Designer: Shamsudin Kerimov Work: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

House in Okolitsa

House in Okolitsa is a residential building located in the Okolitsa villa community in the Moscow region, Russia. The house has a total area of 1500 square meters. The rhythmic architecture is defined by the complex topography of the wooded site. Each volume is separated by atriums, which protect the privacy of individual zones and link the interior with the landscape. The atriums contain planted trees and stones and form buffer zones. The materials include hand-formed clinker bricks, roof tiles, wood decking, stone and plaster.

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Designer: Chester WL Goh Work: House Tag: Architecture

Rachel

Rachel is a four-storey villa built around a central water courtyard in Zhongshan City, China. The ground floor spaces open onto the courtyard and support family interaction, while the bedrooms on the upper floors remain private. Staggered bedroom blocks form the clean and modern facade and frame views of the landscaped garden. The cantilevered balconies also act as shading overhangs for the ground floor terraces. Earth-colored wood is combined with natural grey granite. Large floor to ceiling windows assist the ventilation of the interior spaces.

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Designer: Jun Jun Zhu Work: Financial Center Tag: Architecture

Hua Qi

Hua Qi is a financial center located in the Huadu district of Guangzhou, China. The building covers a planned area of 53000 square meters and contains grade A office space, shopping areas and dining venues. Simplified geometry shapes the form, combining points, smooth lines and extended surfaces into a sculptural volume. The facade is inspired by the form of a cut diamond and uses reflective glass curtain walls. Smooth wood grain softens the cool character of concrete. The outdoor setting follows a water theme, with ripples mirrored on the glass.

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Designer: Bluetown Architects Co., Ltd. Work: Residential Tag: Architecture

Peach Blossom Future Villa

Peach Blossom Future Villa is a group of 56 single family houses set in a mountain scenic area in Anji, Zhejiang, China. The design follows the idea of uniting heaven, earth and humanity. Inspired by the traditional Chinese stilt house, each villa rests on three steel columns, which limit changes to the steep terrain and give a light appearance. Large glass walls form the enclosure and stress the horizontal extension, so the houses appear as glass boxes floating within the alpine landscape. Steel, glass and board finish concrete weather gracefully on the site.

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Designer: Yukihiro Nakagawa Work: House Tag: Architecture

The Sliced

The Sliced is a compact house built in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The design removes wasted space and increases family and storage space. The living room sits at the centre of the plan and is visible from the front door, so the children's rooms are reached through the living room. Direct access is also given to the dining room, the kitchen and the bathroom. The first floor is cut at an angle from two directions, and reinforcing wood keeps the wooden structure strong during earthquakes. Windows frame views of nature and bring in daylight.

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Designer: LnP Architects Work: Mixed Use Tag: Architecture

Yoyo City

Yoyo City is a mixed-use development located in Yinchuan, China. The complex combines a five-storey shopping mall, a two-storey retail street and a fourteen-storey service apartment building. The site lies between a natural wetland park and a main expressway. Floating islands seen in the wetland inspired the flowing facade, which is clad in granite stone panels, linear aluminium fins and glass. Pedestrian routes are placed at ground level, while vehicles and the main drop-off area are set in the basement. Interior gardens link the mall to its natural setting.

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