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Designed by the Oval Partnership Limited, the 2,600 square-meter (28,000 square feet) Integer ‘INN’ eco-hotel (also referred as Innhouse hotel) is one of the representatives of green architectural movement in Kunming. The hotel is set on a forested hill with sweeping views of a green valley and the Kunming cityscape…

Rural Urban Framework, which is a research and design platform of Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, have a number of attention-grabbing sustainable projects featured on their website. One of them is the Shija Village House, designed as a showcase project intended, according to the architect John Lin, to “change the preconception of Chinese traditional village housing” by being completely self-sufficient…

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)’s design for the renovation of the five-story, 110,000-square-foot (10,000-square-meter) Centra office building generates a strong horizontal composition of dark grey and clear glass.The project’s unique structure utilizes an asymmetrical tree-column and truss to support an extended fourth floor, providing a signature element for the project…

Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, the building rises like waves from a five-acre park that neighbors both the Crossroads Arts District and the Sprint Center arena. The maritime forms, clad in bead-blasted stainless steel, contain two acoustically isolated venues: the Muriel Kauffman Theatre (named for the late local arts patron) and Helzberg Hall, home to the Kansas City Symphony…

This 440m tower by Wilkinson Eyre in Guangzhou is one of China’s tallest buildings. With 103 storeys, the 247,000sqm tower has a mixture of uses including office space, a luxury hotel and a top floor sightseeing area. At ground level, the tower will connect with a substantial podium complex containing a retail mall, conference centre and high quality serviced apartments…

The Cité du Surf et de l’Ocean Museum intends to raise awareness of oceanic issues and explore educational and scientific Aspects of the surf and sea and Their role upon our leisure, science, and ecology. The project, designed in collaboration with Solange Fabião, is comprised of a museum building, exhibition areas, and a plaza, Within A larger master plan. The building form dérives from the spatial concept “Under the Sky” / “under the sea”…

Here is a coffee shop that is available in Chicago, Illinois designed by Norsman Architects. This is the Caffe Streets which provides a hub of social well-designed for the environment. And their version of the social means no wifi. Located on Wicker Park’s vibrant Division Street, Caffe Streets balances a “social” coffee house atmosphere with a highly functional Masters Barista bar designed for craft coffee making…

The Hepworth Wakefield is Yorkshire’s inspiring new art gallery, celebrating the area’s unique artistic legacy and exploring the work of major contemporary artists. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, ten superb gallery spaces make this one of the UK’s largest purpose-built galleries outside London…

Wilkinson Eyre Architects have come up with the Basketball Arena, creating a temporary venue that plays within the range of one of the vastest there is for Paralympics or Olympic Games. It is also the third venue in terms of size within the Olympic Park. The construction is on the higher ground by the site’s north end and can be seen from a number of vantage points within the area of the Olympic Park…

The London Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects is an indoor facility with two 50-metre (160-foot) swimming pools and a 25-metre (82-foot) diving pool in Olympic Park at Stratford, London, it will be one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The centre will be used for the swimming, diving and synchronised swimming…