Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,COLOR,Concrete,Condominium,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Roof,NATURAL VENTILATION,Skyscraper,SUSTAINABILITY,VOIDMay 22, 2013
The Met designed by WOHA & Tandem Architects, currently Thailand’s fourth tallest building at 228 meters in height, demonstrates creative ideas for high-rise, high-density living in the tropics. The project explores how aspects of low-rise tropical housing can be adapted to provide high amenity through indoor-outdoor spaces in the sky…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Apartment,Architecture Award,Exotic Idea,Housing,Marble,MASS & SHAPE,NATURAL VENTILATION,SOLUTION,USABILITY,VOIDMay 4, 2013
JDS Architects, Danish studio CEBRA, together with the Dutch firm SeARCH and French architect Louis Paillard are currently completing the Iceberg housing complex in the new Aarhus Docklands development area in Aarhus, Denmark…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,Concrete,Condominium,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,MASS & SHAPE,SCALE & SIZE,Skyscraper,SOLUTION,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITYMarch 1, 2013
Designed by Beijing-based MAD Architects, These two 56- and 50-storey towers feature elliptical-shaped slabs that are twisted around a central vertical axis resulting in a curvaceous shape that has prompted the Marilyn Monroe nickname. The rotating slabs presented two key structural challenges. The rotation of every floor meant that the engineers had to calculate the maximum load on every structural element…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,Concrete,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Roof,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Housing,MASS & SHAPE,Mixed Use,OUTDOOR SPACE,Roof Garden,SCALE & SIZE,Skyscraper,STRUCTURAL,Structural Award,USABILITYJanuary 25, 2013
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…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Apartment,Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,DAYLIGHTING,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,glass facade,GREEN AREA,Housing,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,Prefabricated elements,SOLUTION,Steel,STRUCTURAL,Structural Award,USABILITYJanuary 16, 2013
Designed by the international, award-winning architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. An innovative, award winning and iconic new residential development located next to Tate Modern on the cultural South Bank of the River Thames, and just a short walk to the City of London via the Millennium Bridge…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 5. Large House - (more than 650 sqm),Door / Windows,Editor's Picks,GREEN AREA,Hill House,Holiday House,House's Level,Housing,Indoor / Outdoor : Garden,Interior Space,INTERIORs SPACE,Luxury House,Modern House,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry House,Swimming Pool,Terrace / Deck,Ventilation,ViewsJanuary 15, 2013
Bodrum Houses, designed by the world renowned architect Richard Meier is located in Yalıkavak, one of the premium residental areas of the Bodrum Peninsula. Land size is 155.000 sqm. Project consists of 23 houses, each set within a 5.000 sqm plot overlooking the Yalıkavak Bay and Marina. Construction permits for the Project have been secured and show house has been completed…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),ATMOSPHERE,Building on the water,Exterior Cladding Materials,Famous / Popular / Great / World : House,Featured,Floating House,FUNCTIONAL,Green & Sustainable House,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,House Award,House's Structural,Housing,Lake House,Prefab House,Prefabricated elements,Site Environment,SOLUTION,Steel,Steel House,SUSTAINABILITY,Terrace / Deck,USABILITY,VentilationDecember 30, 2012
Dutch architects Marlies Rohmer designed for Water Neighborhood West IJburg, A clear design aesthetic that reflects a new way of life. The houseboats have an interesting composition that clearly refers to the structure and design of the Amsterdam canals. Despite the fact that these are new types fit the history of Amsterdam…
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