Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Cozy,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,HIP,Landscape Element,Lanscape Lighting,Leisure Centre,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Modern Tropical Style,NATURAL VENTILATION,Open,Ornaments & Details,OUTDOOR SPACE,Plant Materials Used,Pool / Pond,Refreshing,Relax,Resort,Resort Interior,Resort Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,SPA Interior,SUSTAINABILITY,Thatch,Travel,USABILITY,Warm,Waterfall,WoodenSeptember 4, 2012
The I resort designed by a21 Studio is built to meet the increasing demand for mud bath. The combination of traditional architecture and innovation in space/structures gives tourists a new experience. By using wood, rock and local coconut leaf, lively material I resort is filled with harmony and native feelings, in addition to the lotus ponds, gourd and flower gardens have softened typical sun in this tropical city…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Amusement park / Water park,Architecture Award,DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,FUNCTIONAL,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Leisure Centre,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,NATURAL VENTILATION,Ornaments & Details,Pavilion,Prefabricated elements,Public Facilities,Public Space,Steel,Travel,USABILITYAugust 8, 2012
Designed by Jean Nouvel, the pavilion is a 72’ x 72’ steel frame structure with fixed acrylic panels on the North and South facades and operable industrial-grade folding doors on the East and West. It incorporates four 70’ by 25’ recessed screens that will drop down after sunset, projecting illuminated mages of the carousel horses onto the pavilion’s transparent skin that will be visible from across the waterfront…
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The Won Dharma Center, USA, is a 32,000 square foot recreational and spiritual retreat in Claverack, New York for the Won Buddhists, a Korean organization that emphasizes balance in one’s daily life and relationship to nature…
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