Category: Architecture
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Going BIG – Bjarke Ingels presents at The Tunnel in Milan, Italy

Bjarke Ingels of BIG Architects presents his visionary projects at The Tunnel in Milan, Italy.
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Venice Architecture Biennale
Highlights of the 2012 Architecture Venice Biennale. 13th Architecture Venice Biennale from Richelle Sibolboro on Vimeo.
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Arum by Zaha Hadid
Inspired by Russian Suprematism, Zaha Hadid Architects’ pays homage to the historical lineages of collective research that has led to the major works of today’s contemporary architecture
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Common Ground?
Between 1967 and 1977, architect Bernard Tshumi, FAIA, unveiled his Advertisements for Architecture. These postcard-sized manifestos paired words with images—using classic advertising tactics—to “confront the dissociation between the immediacy of spatial experience and the analytical definition of theoretical concepts,” according to the architect.
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Experimentarium Centre
The facade serves as a dual purpose as they both maintains the original shell while providing a new and distinctive visual identity to the institution.
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Urban Morphology
The project offers both collective housing as well as nearly individual dwelling-type units.
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Toll Zone
The team set to design a functional city and urban space that would leave an impact on the city skyline.
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Lit at Night
At the building’s entrance is a cluster of strategically placed steel reinforcement bars which creates a path leading to the interior.
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Collecting Change
An island booth to seat people who collect a fee, with a canopy for weather protection, an office and a tunnel to connect the islets with the management blocks.
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Platform Housing
The structure is made of shipping containers which are positioned on the ground level to lift the upper floors.
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Containing Education
Eight shipping containers are stacked and cut along a 45-degree angle to create a fishbone pattern generating an arrow-like volume that is lifted three meters above the landscape.
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Facades and Facilities
The project consists of the renovation of the building existing 10,402m² surface area, the redesign of the facade taking into account the overall structure, the repair of the technical premises, and the optimizing of office surface space.
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Water World
The design comes from a concept which dates back to ancient times of the mountain-water worship.
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Holistic, Healthy, Metropolis

KPF’s design for the Meixi Lake a paradigm of living in balance with nature.
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Building Simple
Highlighting the use of natural resources in construction, encouraging a move towards more green applications and cost efficient forms of production, expressing the impact that humble architecture has.
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Limiting Conditions
To create an architectural language that expresses an undulating sense of peripheral density, the team set rules for the exterior spaces.
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Childhood Center
The development draws from the urban setting to mark the two different buildings with specific signage to indicate the interior programs.
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Coffee Culture
The previously restored warehouse showcases an exhibition area and open space suitable for events and gatherings centered around the culture of the roasted drink.
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Perched Paradise
The luxury boutique getaway is the first of its kind in this area offering uninterrupted views of the sea from every point in the resort.
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Fruit Towers
The space features a doubt height communal area which overlooks the lower basin which is the heart and focus of the workspace.
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Transparent Greenery
The university will be completely open to the city containing elements of transparency and greenery.
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By converting half of this space into a studio with independent external access, the built area is increased as well as the actual use of the open space that now creates a passage to the kitchen and to this new room.
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Fire Stoves
Using one of Wuhan’s folk-customs called ‘bamboo bed array’ a new system can be developed and integrated into the city.
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Hillside Identity
The revitalization plan looks into the current condition and reassess the use of plant resources with a focus on renewable energy sources.
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Lighting Logistics
Environmentally friendly, low-energy sculptures showcasing its operational efficiency and infrastructure systems.
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A Warriors Stage
The centerpiece will feature 333 000 square feet open green spaces with close proximity to public transportation, ferry terminals and the bay bridge.
