Architecture

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Designer: Aico Ltd Design Type: Bookstore Category: Architecture

Pingjiang Wonder

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore is a bookstore in Suzhou, China, with a gross built area of 1800 square meters. The building is shaped as a delicately cut crystal and is divided horizontally into two parts. The upper part is faceted, and the sliced facades are tilted by a vertical angle of 4 to 6 degrees towards the sky. The transparent lower part is set at the human scale for better integration into the surrounding streets. High reflective glass panels of 5 by 1.8 meters form the external framed curtain wall.

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Designer: Enrique Leal Design Type: Residential Category: Architecture

House of Tubes

The project is the fusion of two buildings, an abandoned one from the 70's with the building from the current era and the element that was designed to unite them is the pool. It is a project that has two main uses, the 1st as a residence for a family of 5 members, the 2nd as an art museum, with wide areas and high walls to receive more than 300 people. The design copies the back mountain shape, the city's iconic mountain. Only 3 finishes with light tones are used in the project to make the spaces shine through the natural light that is projected on the walls, floors and ceilings.

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Designer: FTA Group Design Type: Living Center Category: Architecture

Handan Zarsion

Handan Zarsion is a living center built on the site of a former oxygen generator factory in Handan, China. The chamfered corners of the building form an urban square that remains open to the street. Residents use the square to chat, play chess, take a walk and walk dogs. A long strip layout follows the narrow shape of the corner site. On the second floor, 18 metal shuttle-shaped louvers are set at regular intervals, each rotated by ten degrees. Sunlight on the louvers creates changing patterns of light and shadow across the facade.

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Designer: SHUNSUKE OHE Design Type: Auto Repair Shop Category: Architecture

Daihatsu

The outline of the building has no edges and is designed with a futuristic and dynamism, pursuing a curvaceous beauty. The exterior and interior are both white for the base color, with wood and gray accents, and the number of colors has been reduced to the bare minimum, with the red and white brand logo effectively placed there. The main character of the building is the car, and the design is intended to make the car stand out. The building has two uses, one is a maintenance shop and another is a showroom for displaying cars.

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Designer: Daisuke Takamiya Design Type: Hotel Category: Architecture

Soki Atami

Soki Atami is a hot spring luxury hotel located in Atami, a coastal resort town in Shizuoka, known as one of the earliest hot spring retreats in Japan. This project aims to revise the way of hot springs accommodation in a Ryokan more adaptable for the current lifestyle and to rediscover the charm of the region by creating connections between guests and local’s rich nature, culture, and people. All rooms come complete with a personal hot spring, while other facilities include a public onsen, a restaurant with a garden, and a top floor Tea Salon & Bar overlooking Atami Bay.

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Designer: Aico Ltd Design Type: Retail Category: Architecture

CR Land Luyang MiXC

CR Land Luyang MiXC is a shopping mall in Hefei, China. The building holds more than 220 tenants within a gross floor area of 76,115 square metres. A looped retail circulation route is arranged inside the 75 metre depth of the floor plan, giving visitors a varied shopping route. A sky sports park sits on the roof, with a cantilevered running track built from a long span steel structure and a transparent floor above the track. Green spaces are placed on every level to link indoor and outdoor areas. Metal fins cover the main curved facade.

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Designer: Ruud van der Koelen Design Type: Residential Project Category: Architecture

Villa K

Villa K is a contemporary private residence on the sloping south flank of the Holterberg in Holten, the Netherlands. The house is spacious, with a building volume of 6,500 cubic meters and a gross floor area of 1,850 square meters. A glass mosaic facade, refined detailing and sliding doors with five meter triple glazed sashes shape the exterior. Villa K is a self-sufficient smart home that requires little maintenance. The design integrates the building into the surrounding landscape as one coherent whole.

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Designer: George Sinas Design Type: Residence Category: Architecture

Xerolithi

A house that blends in its natural environment. Steep rough slopes, scattered thorny bushes, along with short stone retaining walls, locally called xerolithies created a long time ago for land cultivation purposes. The main facades of the house are formed as xerolithies. These walls that have a lightness like ribbons in the air and seem to be moving gently closer and away of the slope and independently from one another, forming living spaces in between them. The roof covered with dirt and vegetation imitates the natural landscape, making the house almost invisible.

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Designer: HSIN HUNG WU Design Type: Sales Center Category: Architecture

Nature Canvas

Nature Canvas is a sales center in Taichung with a total area of 495.86 square meters. The design is inspired by Uluru in Australia and by the cave dwellings of ancient times. The building forms a large stone-like volume clad with fiber cement board and painted with ceramic paint, which imitates a rough rock surface and adds weather and stain resistance. The white volume acts as a canvas for sunlight and shadow. Hexagonal openings with inlaid metal frames and a rhombus lattice, modularized by digital die cutting, shift in appearance with the changing light.

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Designer: Filippo Caprioglio Design Type: Residential House Category: Architecture

Home PE3

Home PE3 is a residential house located in Cittadella, Padua, Italy. The design responds to the brick fortified walls of the historic medieval city. Two large walls clad in exposed brick define the form of the building and protect the interior toward the garden. A custom version of the MAAX brick was produced with a historic brick company and installed with a ventilation air gap, creating a breathing wall. The footprint is about 500 square meters, with a ground floor, a first floor and a basement for garage and cellar. The interior spaces are flexible and can change as the family grows.

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Designer: gad Design Type: Sales Center Category: Architecture

Phoenix Mansion

Phoenix Mansion is a sales center in Chengdu, China. The building covers 200 square meters and is built with aluminum panels, glass and stone. The entrance is placed at a corner, where a long overhang forms a horizontal transitional space that invites visitors inside. Landscape elements in the front yard refer to classic Chinese gardens. Courtyards planted with bamboo are set on the east and west sides. The white central space has a sloped roof that reflects sunlight. French windows connect the interior and exterior spaces.

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Designer: KEREM Akin Design Type: Textile Factory Category: Architecture

Bzj

Bzj is a textile factory in Bursa, Turkey, with a total floor area of 8000 square meters. Production, distribution and administrative functions are combined under one roof. A double facade wraps the building. Glass curtain walls and windows form the inner layer, and perforated aluminum panels form the outer layer. The perforated panels control natural light and heat through the day and the seasons. A prefabricated concrete structure was used for speed and economy. Structural, electrical and mechanical systems are left visible in the administration area.

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