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The Spira Silva, in Williamsburg's redeveloped waterfront, envisions a vibrant, eco conscious future by integrating nature with urbanism. Unlike traditional timber buildings, the project utilizes twisted CLT panels for both aesthetics and efficiency. Interior spaces vary across floors, offering flexible configurations and adaptable layouts. The Spira Silva challenges conventional skyscraper design, fostering a welcoming atmosphere and promoting sustainable urban living.
Dissolving Corbin Building is a mixed-use building design based on the adaptive reuse of the historic Corbin Building in Lower Manhattan, New York. The vertical complex rises about 55 metres over 15 floors and combines housing, communal kitchens, a public food court, a food market and vertical farming. A new steel frame carries prefabricated modular units with articulated brick and terracotta cladding. Rooftop gardens and a rooftop bar above the adjacent Fulton Center extend a public route that begins at the subway. Shared cooking and dining are treated as community spaces.
Pingjiang Times is a mixed-use urban complex that combines a hotel, a retail center, serviced apartments and office space. The design is inspired by the movement and flow of water. Overlapping curves shape the building form and the facade system, and the same circular geometry continues through the landscape platforms across the site. The building functions are arranged in a layered X shape, so hotel rooms face the lake, while an internal retail street runs below the tower. A landscape platform above an existing pump station links the site to the waterfront.
CR Land Shijiazhuang MiXC is a mixed-use development in Shijiazhuang, China. The complex combines a retail podium with office and apartment towers. A large setback at the northwest corner of the site creates an urban plaza at street level and a sunken plaza linked to the subway. The transfer hall of Metro Lines 1 and 3 connects to the two basement levels of the shopping mall through the sunken plaza and a pedestrian walkway. Mall entrances are placed at three street corners. The entrance facade uses double glazed curtain walls with a special lighting design.
Kohan Ceram Central Office Building is the headquarters of a brick manufacturing company in Tehran. The building contains a showroom, a sales office and a guest unit. A special brick block was developed for the project, combining industrial brick with cast glass. Each block is 19 centimetres thick and holds a thermal insulation layer between two brick layers. The block serves as masonry, finish and insulation at the same time. The same block forms the exterior facade and shapes the interior spaces, bringing daylight inside while protecting privacy.
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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.
Xi An Vanke Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 is a mixed use development in Xi An, China. The project combines a shopping mall of about 100,000 square meters with an office tower of about 34,000 square meters. The office tower is 126 meters high, and the mall has seven floors above ground and two below. The facade uses mild waves and pleats that recall silk and the history of the city on the Silk Road. A double layered curtain wall and low emissivity glass support energy efficiency. Entrances at several heights suit the sloping site and serve families.
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.
Ascendas Plaza Renovation is a mixed use building in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. The project combines corporate offices, co-working space and retail within a thirty-story tower and a five-story podium. Glass curtain walls form the facade. An ordered frame curtain wall defines the office block, while transparent glass ribs open the entrance lobby and the co-working areas to the street. Mirror stainless steel on the podium reflects the urban green corridor, and vertical setbacks add depth to the facade.
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Next Hub is a mixed use complex in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that combines hospitality, administration, entertainment, retail, food and beverage and recreational zones. The composition explores the relation between solid and void. Building volumes enclose a central open plaza, recalling traditional markets and creating an urban experience with social interaction. Internal courts bring natural ventilation and daylight into the hotel and administration buildings. Finishes include honed travertine stone, black steel and double glazed glass.
Honghua Airport District Masterplan is a mixed use urban plan for a site in Nanjing, China. The site measures about 649 by 590 metres and is crossed by an old airport runway 62 metres wide. A linked activity bar joins the north and south parts of the site along the runway park. A performance centre anchors the plan and activates the runway. Offices, a hotel and retail spaces are arranged around independent courtyards. Building volumes are broken into smaller stacked boxes with varied facades. LED glass canopies light the street level and support public events.
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CR Land Linyi MiXC is a mixed-use complex located in the historical district of Linyi, China. The project includes a retail podium with five floors above ground, an office tower and six apartment towers. A three dimensional park stretches across the blocks, unifying the surrounding urban landscape with nearby cultural spaces. The facade pattern is inspired by the local culture of kite flying and uses a collage of diamond shapes. Green materials improve the thermal performance of the building envelope, and the landscape follows sponge city planning requirements.