The Cactus Tower by Eric Owen Moss architects, functions as an urban garden and focal point for the Waffle. A renovated warehouse adjoins the two. The Cactus Tower is a 60-year-old steel-frame structure that once held an industrial press. With the removal of the press and the sheet-metal cladding, the steel frame remains…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Analysis / Solution / System,Architecture Award,Circulation,Deck / Terrace / Plaza,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landmark,Landscape Element,Lanscape Lighting,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,OUTDOOR SPACE,Park,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Public Facilities,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,USABILITY,Vertical Garden,Waterfront,World's Best Places to VisitAugust 18, 2012
Gardens by the Bay is a park spanning 101 hectares (250 acres) of reclaimed land in central Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. Gardens by the Bay is an integral part of a strategy by the Singapore government to transform Singapore from a “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden”. The stated aim is to raise the quality of life by enhancing greenery and flora in the city…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Architecture Award,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Hotel,MATERIALS USED,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,USABILITY,Vertical GardenMarch 21, 2012
The 583-bedroom hotel, Bennetts Associates’ second London hotel for Mint Hotel (formerly City Inn) re-establishes medieval street edges and an ivy-clad courtyard links the glazed foyer with the external roof terraces…
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