Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,Cozy,Editor's Picks,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Lodge & Tented Camp,Lodge & Tented Camp Interior,MATERIALS USED,Modern Tropical Style,OUTDOOR SPACE,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Relax,Resort,Resort Space,Romantic,SUSTAINABILITY,WoodenMay 13, 2013
Nine private casitas comprise Nicaragua´s most upscale nature resort, located on a private island in Lake Nicaragua. A short boat ride from the colonial town of Granada, the lodge offers spectacular views of the Mombacho Volcano across the lake…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Editor's Picks,Green Project,Landscape Award,Landscape Element,Park,Pavement / pattern,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Public Space,TravelMay 10, 2013
The Australian Garden is Australia’s Botanic Garden and is located 30km south of Melbourne at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne. It is a garden that displays Australian flora in creative, interactive and educative ways…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,COLOR,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Green Roof,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Landform / Contour / Lawn,LEED,MASS & SHAPE,Mixed Use,NATURAL VENTILATION,Office Space,OUTDOOR SPACE,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,SCALE & SIZE,SOLUTION,Steel,SUSTAINABILITYMarch 6, 2013
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…
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Podčetrtek Traffic Circle was designed by Ljubljana-based architectural firm Enota and completed in 2012. The Traffic Circle marks the entrance to dark monolithic volume of municipal sport hall on one and the thermal spa complex on the other side of the regional road. Its design suggests a tectonic shift have caused the road surface to bloat and belched out the massive blocks. In combination with the water…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Featured,Footbridge,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape Award,Park,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,Travel,WaterfrontSeptember 17, 2012
Singaporean studio LOOK Architects has created a landscaped park and promenade overlooking a beach in north-east Singapore, where 400 Chinese civilians were murdered during World War II. Named Punggol Point, the national heritage site has been commemorated with a small park at one end of the three-mile timber pathway, featuring lily ponds, playgrounds and a viewing platform over the beach…
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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 Building on the water,CANTILEVERED,Exotic Idea,FUNCTIONAL,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,OUTDOOR SPACE,Pavilion,Pool / Pond,Prefabricated elements,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,Steel,Step / Stair,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITYSeptember 3, 2012
The new Porsche Pavilion, designed by HENN Architekten, is meant to capture the importance of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG within the Volkswagen group family. “The structure captures the dynamic flow of driving with a seamless building skin,” explained the architects. Curving lines and organic bends make their way over the man-made pond…
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