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Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos propose to transform the citizen into a client, for a new type of hospital which, in addition to assisting the proven effectiveness of the healthcare system, he can feel at all times to be the centre of all care and all attention. The concept is based on demographic, socio-economic structures and formulas for effective care, management and organisation…

An impressive lakeside vista in New York’s Adirondack Mountains is preserved by spliitting this retreat into two volumes, each tucked into the hillside and covered with grass. One building groups the garage and master suite about a courtyard, while the larger structure situates a gym, pool, and living areas around another courtyard. Most of the spaces open themselves towards the nearby lake…

Discover the Dunes, the Atlantic at your feet… feel the PURE Breeze…Comfort & Warmth… Tranquility & Charm…Room with a Soul, at a candlelit, 18 rooms – Beachfront location – Eco-friendly hotel – Individually designed rooms – Luxury spa – Gourmet restaurant – Natural setting – Intimate atmosphere. Less than an hour away from Lisbon sits Areias Do Seixo Charm Hotel & Residences, a hotel that respects its natural surroundings while treating guests to a luxuriously sustainable experience…

The Horizontal Skyscraper, designed by Steven Holl Architects and completed in 2009, is a mixed-use building that includes offices for the Vanke Co., a conference center, restaurant, an auditorium, a hotel, apartments and a large public park. By raising the 1,296,459 sf building on eight cores — as far as 50 meters apart and positioning the building right under the 35-meter high limit of the area…

Rafael Viñoly Architects’ Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building at UCSF Completed, Located on a steeply sloping hill at the foot of Mount Sutro, the Regeneration Medicine Building presented the design team a unique challenge: executing a horizontal structure on an uneven site. RVA responded by creating a beautifully sinuous, serpentine building that fits that makes use of every foot of available space…

The second section of the High Line was opened on June 2011, revealing green lawn, unique lounging spots and a less industrial feel to the Section 1. The second section of the High Line runs from West 20th Street to West 30th Street, connecting the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by James Corner Field Operations, project lead, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Piet Oudolf…

NEO Bankside’s tranquil, tree-lined gardens blend private green spaces, seasonal fruit trees, bee hives and a well-stocked herb garden with linear groves of aspen and birch to form a public realm linking Bankside to Tate Modern during the daytime. The landscape design, designed by Gillespies, helps to define public routes through the development…

The Pinnacle @ Duxton redefines by ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism, high-rise high-density living and challenges the conventions of public housing as an architectural typology. The project addresses pragmatic, financial, social issues, and responds sensitively to a myriad of planning constraints. It boldly demonstrates a sustainable and liveable urban high-rise high-density living and initiates an innovative typology of public communal spaces that are metaphorically reclaimed from the air…

The New Deutsche Bank put high goals, not only in the financial sector. In 2005, the company has developed for itself a climate strategy in which it promises to design from 2013 to its operational processes carbon neutral, this of course includes the existing buildings. Ambitious introduction to this topic, the bank ventured same with its corporate headquarters, the German bank towers in Frankfurt…

Paraguayan architect – Bauen presents two wonderfully modern adjacent single-family homes and communal centerpiece. Locate on hillside in Luque, a town in south-western Paraguay, which sit opposite each other, divided by a triangular pool, mixing with their landscape. Ground floor spaces are exposed to sunlight through a double-height curtain wall…