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Skyboat // XinY Structural Consultants
Project Status: BuiltYear: 2019Size: 5000 sqft – 10,000 sqftBudget: 5M – 10M
Text description provided by the architects.
Project: SkyboatClient : Guangxi Leye Dashi Wei Tourism Development Co., LtdArchitect : Zhong Huaying Studio, Nanjing UniversityStructural Engineers : XinY & YuanlizhuCo-design : LiLi Studio & Shanghai ZhongJian Architectural DesignPrincipal Contractor : China Railway 25th Group 6th CompanyLocation : Leye, ChinaCompleted: 2019Skyboat (also called BigGoose) is a two-storey building comprising a construction area of 495m2 and covers a plan dimension of 10metres by 80metres.
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Both ends of the building cantilevers out by 34metres and 22metres respectively. The project is located in the world heritage site, Dashiwei Tiankeng Sinkhole which iswahsed by the powerful underground rivers for thousands of years and then formed a 613-metre-deep sinkhole with vertical walls on all sides. The top of the sinkhole is extremely narrow which can only accommodate a small passageway.
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BigGoose is proposed to span over the passageway and cantilever out to each side of the mountain ridge. Similar to the tumbler toys, it is proposed to lower the structure centre of gravity and utilize the minimum area (10metres by 30metres), in which way, the self-balance of the structure is therefore achieved.
An existing crack, which is circa 10cm wide and 400m long, exists at the top of the ridge indicating the site is not stable.
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Apart from grouting the existing crack, it is also proposed to have the key struts at each ends of the building inclining towards the ridge, the horizontal component forces from which then provided the embracing forces to the ridge and hence improved the stability of the site.
To avoid bearing vertical force destroyed the mountian, the rock under the shadow of the building which has the same weight as the structural self-weight has been removed.
Having the front balustrades as part of the truss structure enables the front cantilever to be as thin and light as possible.
By increasing the key strut lengths, the pre-cambering of the front cantilever structure is then achieved, which can compensate the deflections under the dead loads and some of the live loads.
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This also protects the glazings from large deformations..
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Skyboat Gallery
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Designs of the Decade: The World’s Best Architecture Visualizations From 2012 To Today
Get your work published internationally this year through the 10th Annual A+Awards! The Main Entry Deadline is December 17, 2021. Click here to start your entry today.
Models and renders are one of the most important components of a design package. The way a project is represented can be a big deciding factor while choosing which design wins a competition or a contract. Moreover, the act of visualization itself is also an important part of the development process for architectural ideas. Indeed, visualizing conceptual projects allows some studios to express revolutionary ideas for city planning, residential design and cultural hubs.
Architecture visualization has come a long way from rudimentary SketchUp models and handcrafted physical models. Computational design and 3D printing have made it possible for architects to create previously unimaginable forms, challenging the long-standing ideas of what various typologies should look like. Photorealistic renders also help imagine the true nature of spaces.
Enter the 10th Annual A+Awards
At Architizer, we celebrate architecture as a process, rather than a product. Over the past decade, we have been acknowledging unbuilt designs for their ingenuity and risk-taking efforts with A+Awards categories like Architecture +Models & Rendering. We’ve rounded up the best of these award-winning projects, allowing you to discover how much the field has changed over the past decade.
2012-13: University of Iowa School of Music: Suspended Theatroacoustic System
LMN Architects | Iowa City, Iowa
Popular Choice and Jury Winner, 2013 A+Awards, Architecture +Modeling
The 700-seat concert hall proposal sits within a six-story structure. The use of parametric modeling helped devise 946 unique panels that incorporate acoustics, lighting and mechanical design, audio and visual design and fire protection — all integrated within one unified system. A 3-axis CNC mill was used to fabricate components for testing purposes.
It is exciting to see how far architecture visualization has evolved in just a few years. Parametric design and hyperrealistic renders might seem like a norm now, but they were still not as advanced in 2013, as is seen in the overall shapes of the forms, which are angular and geometric rather than fluid. This design takes a very advanced approach to assessing complex problems and providing highly functional solutions.
2015: The Strand
Raad Studio | London, United Kingdom
Popular Choice, 2015 A+Awards, Architecture +Rendering
Raw concrete is the star of the show in the reimagination of an abandoned Brutalist edifice in Central London. The studio added a slope right in the middle of the structure to break up the parallel horizontal lines. This diagonal plane starts from the ruins of the Roman bath underground and navigates through a garden, the building lobby, circulation corridor right, going straight to the top. The surface also creates multiple public spaces within the building.
While we can see a lot more lifelike material rendering, one can still easily tell that this is a computer-generated image. But that does not take away from the nearly tangible effect of the spaces in the pictures. This structure unifies a contemporary design language with robust tones and textures that celebrate its original identity.
2016: Sanguine Lily, 1916 Centenary Chapel at Glasnevin Cemetery
Form4 Architecture | Dublin, Ireland
Jury Winner, 2016 A+Awards, Architecture +Rendering
The curved structure of this chapel, surrounded by three reflecting pools, is meant to look like a petal of an Easter lily floating on a pool of water. Large glass panels cover the north and south façades to bring in ample natural light into the space. The upper windows in these walls can be opened for natural ventilation. Furthermore, the roof is also designed to release warm air. 232 suspended glass spheres inside the building are a nod to the 232 casualties of the uprising in 1916 and create a medley of floating lights that is visible from the outside.
Over the years, we have seen the increasing use of large, column-free domes or organic forms made possible by advanced engineering and material technologies. Santiago Calatrava’s work is a great example of this style. This particular design is a very unique take on a traditional chapel. Its overall geometry is more likely to be associated with a corporate entity or a museum space than a cemetery chapel. The tones used in the renders also reflect the architectural atmosphere — one based around a melancholy experience that is rooted in the past. The chapel is meant to be a relatively quiet place meant for introspection.
2017: Peckham Hospice Care Home
Jerome Ng | London, United Kingdom
Jury Winner, 2017 A+Awards, Architecture +Models & Rendering
This artful proposal aims to improve the lives of terminally ill adults and children. It also creates awareness about the fact that people in hospice care facilities actually live longer lives. The main driver of this design is flexibility. The façade is retained to preserve the character of the neighborhood and the interior spaces have movable parts to accommodate changing social and private spaces as per the patients’ needs.
End-of-life care is a difficult subject to approach, but it is slowly becoming an important conversation — especially over the last couple of years. Unfortunately, there isn’t much awareness regarding palliative care in design education. Architects and designers have the ability to make a huge impact on patients with limited life spans by developing spaces that are not only functional but also add value to their lives. This design represents an exemplary step in that direction.
2018: Champ du Chateau, Geneva
Brick Visual | Communicating Architecture | Geneva, Switzerland
Popular Choice and Jury Winner, 2018 A+Awards, Plus – Architecture +Models & Rendering
Brick Visual created these masterful renderings for a conceptual design by Swiss architecture firm Favre+Guth. A continuous plane of glass twists and curves to create a roof, walls and canopies. Triangular metal frames help divide and support this massive form.
One can see the gradual evolution of forms in commercial or public spaces. Lineal walls, box-like forms and conventional construction materials are being pushed aside in favor of glass facades and curvilinear designs. This design has a sculptural and fluid quality to it and it pushes the boundaries of structural engineering.
2019: M50 Art Hotel
MUDA-Architects | Sichuan, China
Popular Choice Winner, 2019 A+Awards, Plus – Architecture +Models & Rendering
Given that this design is based in Pingle, Sichuan — a town whose plan is musically themed — a song became the primary inspiration for the proposal. The shape is derived from the motion of the plucked string of a guqin, a Chinese instrument, at the climax of the song “Feng Qiu Huang”. For this reason, the studio wove in local culture and lore with a futuristic design language. The dip in the curve creates the main entrance and the horizontal lines on the surface give the illusion of strings. The studio has also incorporated vegetation in the interiors.
This project was on the forefront of the of recent trend in curved white forms, which continue to grow more and more popular. However, while such designs are becoming more contemporary, many architects are still trying to tie them back to the local culture and history.
2020: 8850 Sunset Boulevard
Kilograph | Los Angeles, California
Popular Choice and Jury Winner, 2020 A+Awards, Plus – Architecture +Models & Rendering
This winning competition entry is a mixed-use project in West Hollywood’s Sunset strip. The structure comprises 115 hotel rooms, 31 condos, 10 affordable housing units, a gym and spa, a restaurant and a rooftop pool. It also features an 820 square foot (250 square meter) billboard for advertising in this prime location. The structure has two main components: a residential glass tower and an abstract white form that is connected to the tower on the top. The connecting bridge on the top houses the recreational amenities.
Like the award-winning designs in the previous years, expansive panels of glass and striking white lines dominate this design. One can also see the evolution of abstract forms and complex structural framework. There is also a focus on incorporating nature within the design by adding vegetation on vertical surfaces.
2021: Powered by Ulsteinvik
Kaleidoscope | Ulsteinvik, Norway
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Plus – Architecture +Models & Rendering
Images by KVANT-1 and Kaleidoscope
A strong example of sustainable design, this solar-powered mixed-use complex features housing, an innovation hub, recreational spaces and a garden. The studio uses photovoltaic ‘SmartPERGOLA’ modules in meeting places and photovoltaic panels in its SmartHUB to generate energy. The housing complex, also known as GrowHOUSE, features a system to harvest rainwater.
This structure represents the shift towards green architecture. Buildings of the future will not only have to consume energy efficiently but also find ways to create a self-sustaining ecosystem. Modular construction, such as the prefabricated CLT blocks proposed in this design, also makes projects more sustainable, less harmful to the environment and quicker to execute.
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Could your project complete our decade of inspirational design? Submit it for the 10th Anniversary A+Awards for a chance to take the final place in this collection! Enter your work before December 17th, 2021 to get your firm in the running for global recognition:
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Mogan Valley // line+
Project Status: BuiltYear: 2020Size: 100,000 sqft – 300,000 sqftBudget: Unknown
Text description provided by the architects.
Different from the normal community and village, we’d like to create a new rural community, which is rustic and refined. The design concept is driven by the organization of the traditional settlements and relates to the context. It is located at the eastern foot of Mogan Mountain, born between five original valleys.
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The existing farmland texture and valley view corridor shock us firstly. Organize the space by 15 buildings with small volumes to enjoy this natural view. As for the specific layout, take the buildings’ main orientations, sloping terrain, sunlight resources into account. It seems that these residential groups with courtyard are set randomly, but in fact it is a precise planning.
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Like other organic villages in China, it fits perfectly with the terrain. On the other hand, there are a lot of irregular outdoor spaces enclosed by buildings of different orientations, which is for residents’ activities. The wall is made of the local and sustainable materials – rammed earth, bamboo and wood wall panels, emphasizing the growth and locality of the buildings.
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The interior is made of the same materials of the building façade – rammed earth texture, rendering the demarcation between inside/outside ambiguous and making it different from the residential buildings in the city. Just importantly, the residents could get the rural feeling whether indoors or outdoors, which is the project aims to do.
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In addition, lawn platform in front of the book bar as a hub to be enjoyed by everyone provides universal access to the public spaces and home..
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Mogan Valley Gallery
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How Architects Can Save Time with the Latest Mobile Technology
A modern mobile device is an irreplaceable tool for busy architects. Architects spend so much of their time on the road, communicating with clients and contractors, accessing designs, doing site inspections, taking notes during meetings and more. Mobile devices can help accelerate all of these processes.
An architect’s site visit and the process of drafting site reports in Word or Excel afterward is a tedious and time-consuming process.
In the field, architects write down notes on paper, take photos and annotate printed floor plans. Then back at the office, they transfer the photos to the PC and start organizing them, spend time deciphering handwritten notes, and struggle with the layout in Word.
This task not only takes a significant amount of time, it can also lead to errors. Delays in sending accurate field reports or even skipping them, can result in costly misunderstandings, mistakes, discussions, and even lawsuits.
Enter Archisnapper, a tool that uses mobile technology to streamline site inspections, field reports, and construction collaboration. All in a fraction of the time it takes to do manually.
One Tool for All On-Site Information
ArchiSnapper is an app-based approach to creating architect’s field reports.
With an app on a smartphone or tablet, architects can access their projects and files on-site. Conditions are documented by identifying issues that need to be corrected, like a wall that needs to be painted or an incorrect fixture being installed. The item is entered into the ArchiSnapper app as an observation, and can be instantly supplemented with further details like written information for resolution, site photos that can be annotated,floor plan annotations and location pointers.
That information is captured immediately with a smartphone or tablet on-site versus spread over paper notes, markups on printed floor plans, and photos that are stored on a camera. When leaving the construction site, a professional field report will be instantly generated for further editing and distribution.
The time savings inherent in this method, which averages about two hours per site visit compared to organizing field reports manually, add up quickly, potentially saving hundreds of hours over the course of a project.
Interested in learning more and seeing the app in action? Check out this recent webinar.
“Deltek+ArchiSnapper reduces the amount of time for our site observation reports by about 50%. All of the administrative and busy work we used to do is now just handled automatically with ArchiSnapper. It lets us focus on the site visit – observing the site, documenting what’s going on – instead of worrying about managing images, organizing them in the right folders and inserting them into a reportDan Sigler, Business Technology Manager, Jordan & Skala Engineers
Professional and Branded Field Reports
Field reports generated by ArchiSnapper look clean and professional by default, and are easily adjusted with simple customization options, like setting the font type or adding your firm’s logo. Report aesthetics can be customized even further with header, titles, footer, default image size, labels, date fields, text blocks and more, allowing reports to reflect a firm’s branding guidelines.
The reports are accurate, clear, and they radiate professionalism.
Built For and With Architects
ArchiSnapper was developed in collaboration with architects, and its roots in the profession are visible in many ways.
By default, observations are grouped into categories that align with construction trades like HVAC, electrical, and mechanical, although these groups can be modified to fit any type of organization desired, such as CSI numbers.
Starting a new field report from a previous one, a hallmark practice during construction administration, is also a default feature, keeping individual observations in each new report until they’re resolved.
ArchiSnapper also lets architects easily insert the weather data into the site report as well as manage and share a Gantt planning so everyone involved gets an accurate and up to date view on the planning.
This tool also helps streamline collaboration, by assigning items to a contractor so they have a real-time view on their pending items andt updates. Contractors even have the ability to give feedback on assigned items using a free ArchiSnapper account. They can add notes and photos to assigned items, and send it for approval when resolved.
A powerful checklist functionality allows users to setup a checklist of items to review on-site, for example during punch list meetings.
Finally, Archisnapper is built to integrate easily with other software programs commonly used by architecture firms, such as Deltek Ajera and Deltek Vantagepoint, allowing contacts and other project information to be synced across multiple systems.
Ready to give Archisnapper a closer look? Click here to sign up for a 14-day free trial, and see for yourself why 10,000+ architects, engineers, and contractors are using cutting-edge technology to streamline construction administration.
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The A+List: 161 Architecture and Design Firms to Watch
Architizer’s global architectural awards program, the 10th Annual A+Awards, is now accepting submissions, with a Main Entry Deadline of December 17th this year. As well as celebrating some of the most innovative, recently-completed projects around the globe, the A+Awards also serves as an incredible indicator for which designers will be at the forefront of innovation in the coming year.
In recognition of this fact, Architizer is delighted to present the third edition of the coveted A+List, an annual run-down of every firm that scooped an A+Award and A+Firm Award in the previous season. The A+List forms a comprehensive guide to the world’s best architecture firms, and is refreshed each year based on the results of the annual A+Awards program. You can see last season’s A+List here.
The A+List is arranged alphabetically, with more information available by clicking on the link to each firm’s profile. We’ve also picked out a selection of featured firms, providing some extra background on their A+Award triumphs.
Get Your Firm On the Next A+List
To secure your position on next year’s A+List, make sure to enter the 10th Annual A+Awards before the Main Entry Deadline on December 17th. As well as featuring within this definitive directory of high quality firms, winning firms will also have their work published in Monacelli’s stunning, hardbound compendium on the World’s Best Architecture, and gain amazing publicity through our year-round global celebration of design.
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Without further ado, explore the work of each of these immensely talented firms below, and good luck with your submissions to this year’s program!
The 3rd Annual A+List
ahylo
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Ceilings
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Hall / Theater
Albertin Architekten
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Health
Alexander &CO.
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Workspace
Amir Hossein Afzali Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt – Private House (L >3000 sq ft)
ANGOSTO E IBAÑEZ ARQUITECTOS
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Preservation
anonimous
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Concrete
AQUIDOS ARCHITECTURE
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Low Cost Design
Arch-Age-Design (AAD)
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Showrooms
Archermit
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Cultural & Expo Centers
Architects 49
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Retail
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Residential Interiors (ArchSD
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Gallery & Exhibition Spaces
ArquitectonicaGEO (ArqGEO)
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Urban and Masterplan
Atelier Lina Bellovicova
Project of the Year, 2021 A+Awards
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +New Materials
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (XS
Featured Firm: Atelier Scale
The Wave by Atelier Scale, Shenzhen, China | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Landscape
Atelier Scale
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Landscape
Atelier Scale is a Los Angeles-based landscape studio that has perfected the delicate balance between macro and micro architectural and urban scales. Regardless of the project size, from large to small, their designs are realized as interactive articulations of the relationships between the whole and parts, groups and individuals. Take for instance their Restroom in the Mountains or The Wave: Both projects are organized around module systems that allow a high degree of flexibility, allowing them to be adapted to the topography of their respective sites without sacrificing the aesthetic appeal or overshadowing the surrounding context.
Atelier Sergio Rebelo
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Hospitality
Aytac Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Institutional
B² Architecture
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Branding
Ballistic Architecture Machine
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Urban Transformation
Ballman Khapalova
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Masterplan
BDP Quadrangle
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Shopping Center
Behin Ha Design Studio
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Art
Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Light
Bergmeyer
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Workspace
BKSK Architects
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Collaboration
bo.M designstudio
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Transportation
Bond Society
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Primary & High Schools
BORD Architectural Studio
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Engineering
Featured Firm: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Arkitektkontor
Vøringsfossen Waterfall Area by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk AS ARKITEKTKONTOR, Eidfjord, Norway | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Stairs | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Prefab
Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Arkitektkontor
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Prefab
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Stairs
Norwegian architect Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk founded his eponymous studio in 1990. Since then, the Oslo-based office has maintained its small size and high, independent professional standards. With a team of around just six full-time architects, their projects range from small design and interior assignments to medium-sized architecture and large-scale planning services. On top of his decorated private practice, Hølmebakk has taught at the Oslo School of Architecture and at the Rhode Island School of Design, and lectured at other schools of architecture.
Carlos Zwick Architekten BDA
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (XL >6000 sq ft)
Carvalho Araújo
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (S 1000-2000 sq ft)
Caspar Schols
Project of the Year, 2021 A+Awards
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Living Small
CCL Architects & Planners
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Kindergartens
CCY Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Façades
CHINA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN&RESEARCH GROUP
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Stadium & Arena
Christ & Gantenbein
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Mixed Use
Clayton Korte
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Bars & Wineries
CLOU architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Shopping Center
Colorado Building Workshop
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Community
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Stone
Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Private Garden
Crossboundaries
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Learning
Featured Firm: Cumulus Studio
Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre by Cumulus Studio, TAS, Australia | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Transportation Infrastructure | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Cultural & Expo Centers
Cumulus Studio
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Transportation Infrastructure
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Cultural & Expo Centers
Though Cumulus Studio is spread across four Australian offices — in Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne and Adelaide — the twenty-one designers that make up their team work as a unified practice. This distribution allows the firm to take on work that ranges in size and scope, with the flexibility to bring local, external specialist consultants into the fold when specific expertise is required. This cohesive and collaborative approach truly sets their work apart from the rest; sharing and workshopping ideas results in highly unique and effect solutions to each brief.
David Hertz Architects, Studio of Environmental Architecture
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (XL >6000 sq ft)
Davide Macullo Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Spa & Wellness
Diana Kellogg Architects
Project of the Year, 2021 A+Awards
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +For Good
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Primary & High Schools
ECG International Landscape Consultants
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Public Park
Einwiller Kuehl Inc.
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Urban Transformation
Enia architectes
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Art
Ennead Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Sustainability
ENZO EUSEBI+PARTNERS
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Factories & Warehouses
EwingCole
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Learning
FDomes
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Living Small
Featured Firm: Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners
‘Typhoon-Proof’ Shenzhen’s East Coast by Felixx Landscape, Shenzhen, China | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Water
Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Water
Founded in 2014, Felixx specializes in designing and engineering landscapes that maximize environmental impact. Their locally-embedded design solutions are aimed at addressing urgent global challenges. Taking on projects within a broad international scope, their clients include governments, NGOs and private developers, and their output varies from spatial research, landscape transformation strategies and developing masterplans, to public space and product design. Across the spectrum, their solutions seek to diversity environmental landscapes by transforming them from mono-functional places into complex hybrids that integrate vital systems with scenic experiences.
fjmtstudio
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Higher Education & Research Facilities
Fogarty Finger
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Coworking Space
Form4 Architecture
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Metal
General Architecture Collaborative
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +For Good
GOA (Group of Architects)
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Cultural
HDR
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Institutional
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Health
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Models & Rendering
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Commercial
Heatherwick Studio
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Hospitals & Healthcare Center
Henriquez Partners Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit Housing – High Rise (16+ Floors)
HES Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt – Private House (S HLW
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Office Interiors (>25,000 sq ft.)
HWCD
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Office – Low Rise (1-4 Floors)
Featured Firm: Irving Smith Architects
SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata by RTA Studio and Irving Smith Architects, Rotorua, New Zealand | Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Wood
Irving Smith Architects
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Wood
Lead by Andrew Irving and Jeremy Smith, this innovative firm is making waves for their iconic, sustainable and researched-based design practice. At present, their research is aimed at exploring the possibilities of structural timber design solutions. This is exemplified in their collaboration with RTA Studio, which resulted in the decorated SCION Innovation Hub – Te Whare Nui o Tuteata. The growing firm’s current work ranges from cultural, urban, civic and residential projects spread throughout New Zealand and, more recently, in the USA and France.
irwin kritioti architecture
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Transport Interiors
Itten+Brechbühl AG
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Office – Mid Rise (5-15 Floors)
J.C. Architecture
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Government & Civic Buildings
Jiang & Associates Creative Design
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Transport Interiors
Johnston Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (XS K-Thengono Design Studio
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Bars & Wineries
Kaleidoscope Nordic AS
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Models & Rendering
Kennedy & Violich Architecture
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +New Technology
KIENTRUC O
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Kindergartens
Killa Design
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Engineering
Kim Kiwon & Kelly Lwu / KKKL
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Public Housing
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Office – High Rise (16+ Floors)
Kokaistudios
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Gallery & Exhibition Spaces
Featured Firm: Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Flor 401 Lofts by Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Los Angeles, CA | Popular Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit House Mid Rise (5-15 Floors)
Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit Housing – Mid Rise (5-15 Floors)
From adaptive reuse to social housing, this office places social interaction at the heart of their designs — a conviction underlies their rethinking of housing, community and educational settings. Collaborative design processes are baked into their practice, which draws on the active participation of Principals Hank Koning, Julie Eizenberg, Brian Lane and Nathan Bishop to create architecture that promotes sustainable neighborhoods. Indeed, their unique approach to myriad programatic types can equally be attributed to a design and technical team who are similarly invested in humanist values and environmental agenda.
Kris Lin International Design
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Showrooms
Lagranja Design, S.L
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Office Interiors (Lamar Johnson Collaborative LLC
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Public Park
LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt – Multi-Unit Housing (L >10 Floors)
LEVER Architecture
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Public Housing
LIN architecture
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Pop-Ups & Temporary
line+
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Spa & Wellness
llLab.
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Pavilions
MAD Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit Housing – Mid Rise (5-15 Floors)
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Concrete
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Hall / Theater
Featured Firm: Mário Martins – Atelier de Arquitectura
Casa das Freiras by Mário Martins – Atelier de Arquitectura Lda., Lagos, Portugal | Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (L 4,000 – 6,000 sq ft)
Mário Martins – Atelier de Arquitectura
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (L 4000-6000 sq ft)
Mário Martins creates unforgettable residential design. Born in Lagos, Algarve and trained in Lisbon, this Portuguese architect draws on the vernacular of his birthplace to produce a contemporary and distinct residential aesthetic. From renovation work to research interests in photography and audiovisual media, his engagement with architecture is layered and multifaceted. His practice ranges in its output, from public facilities and private developments, to family homes, collective housing, tourist developments, public facilities, urban regeneration, urban planning and more.
MARS Studio
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Cultural
Marty Chou Architecture
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Apartment
MdeAS Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Office – High Rise (16+ Floors)
Mensulae | Architecture & Heritage
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Preservation
META-Project
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Metal
MIA Design Studio
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (L 4000-6000 sq ft)
Moguang Studio
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Renovation
Montalba Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Prefab
Morphogenesis Lab
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +New Technology
Morris Adjmi Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Adaptive Reuse
nARCHITECTS
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Environment
NL Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Libraries
Featured Firm: odd+architects
A House in the Andes by odd+architects, Ecuador | Popular Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Brick | Popular Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Stairs
odd+architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Brick
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Stairs
The designs of this Ecuador-based design studio are found at the intersection of architecture, landscape, urbanism and culture. Though a process akin to ecological anthropology, they study the relationships that emerge through cultural adaptation within various geographies. In this way, they strive to create architecture that is not only highly contextual, but that is also integrated with its natural surroundings. This relationship between landscape and built form is on full display at A House in the Andes, where carving access areas through the mounds exposes rammed earth walls, mimicking the ancestral ‘Chaquiñán’ – a system of trails used by the ancient Andeans.
Office of Takumi Iwasawa / AUFTAKT + Tetsuya Sekimoto Architecture
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit Housing – Low Rise (1-4 Floors)
Orange Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt – Multi-Unit Housing (L >10 Floors)
Orms
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Hotels & Resorts
Overland Partners
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Renovation
Palmyra PLLC
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Color
PARA Project
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt – Private House (L >3000 sq ft)
Parnagian Architects LLC
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt – Private House (S PBDW Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Sustainability
petrjanda / brainwork
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Sports & Recreation
Pitsou Kedem Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Apartment
Plan Architect
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Office – Mid Rise (5-15 Floors)
Plasma Studio
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Restaurants (S
Featured Firm: Populous
Carolina Panthers Rock Hill Development by Populous, Rock Hill, SC | Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Sports & Recreation
Populous
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Sports & Recreation
From stadiums and arenas to airports, Populous specializes in designing spectacular venues for memorable, shared experiences. With roots going back four decades — back to the 1980s when they were HOK Sport Venue Event and LOBB Partnership — the global design firm has continuously innovated and inspired, marking their maturation when they officially became Populous back in 2009. Since then, they have continued fusing their technical expertise with visionary design right up to the present day.
Post Company
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Restaurants (S RDH Architects (RDHA)
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Community
Redland-scape.Ltd.
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Private Garden
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit Housing – Low Rise (1-4 Floors)
RIOS
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Office Interiors (>25,000 sq ft.)
Ronald Lu & Partners
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Factories & Warehouses
Rooi Design and Research
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Pop-Ups & Temporary
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Adaptive Reuse
RSP Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Masterplan
RTA Studio
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Wood
Featured Firm: Rvad Studio
Tagh Behesht by Rvad Studio, Mashhad, Iran | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Commercial
Rvad Studio
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Commercial
This emerging design studio was co-founded in Tehran in 2020 by two young Iranian architects, Ms. Hannaneh Misaghi and Mr. Hasan Dehghanpour. Placing history and culture at the forefront of their designs, their office foregrounds the relationship between architecture and humanity. In this way, they seek to provide architectural solutions that not only anticipate the needs of future generations, but also ingeniously propose socially-focused ways for culture to evolve. Their projects range from single-family houses to residential, commercial and mixed-use large-scale complexes, to urban master plans.
Safdie Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Mixed Use
Sanzpont [arquitectura]
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt – Multi-Unit Housing (S Shanghai PTArchitects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Landscape
Shanghai United Design Group Co., Ltd.
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Religious Buildings & Memorials
SHAPE Architecture
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Light
Sharon Tzarfati Photography
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Photography & Video
Shoayb Khattab
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Photography & Video
Sinas Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Stone
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Transportation Infrastructure
Smart Design Studio
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Office Interiors (smartvoll
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Government & Civic Buildings
Steyn Studio
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Restaurants (L >1000 sq ft)
Stinessen Arkitektur
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Glass
Studio 10
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Religious Buildings & Memorials
Studio Egret West
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Coworking Space
Featured Firm: Studio Gang
One Hundred by Studio Gang, St. Louis, Missouri | Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit Housing – High Rise (16+ Floors)
Studio Gang
Jury Winner & Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Gyms & Recreation Centers
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Multi Unit Housing – High Rise (16+ Floors)
Studio Gang has produced some of the most striking architecture in America over the past decade. When it comes to innovative textural façades that add movement — even rhythm —to the urban environment, Studio Gang truly is a leader in the field. Projects such as One Hundred, Solar Carve and Aqua Tower have pushed the bounds of the skyscraper typology by rethinking the role of sunlight in façade design, tower siting and massing. Ever the versatile firm, the adaptive reuse of a former coal plant for Beloit College Powerhouse and and the geological massing of the Richard Gilder Center at New York’s Museum of Natural History further underline the eminence of this Chicago-headquartered practice.
Studio Link-Arc
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Ceilings
Studio Zhu Pei
Project of the Year, 2021 A+Awards
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Museum
Suh Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Branding
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Façades
SUP Atelier of THAD
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +New Materials
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Low Cost Design
Tadao Ando Architect and Associates
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Museum
Takeru Shoji Architects.Co.,Ltd.
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (S 1000-2000 sq ft)
Teeple Architects Inc.
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Higher Education & Research Facilities
The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Stadium & Arena
The Design Institute Of Landscape & Architecture China Academy Of Art CO.,LTD
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Libraries
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Residential Interiors (>3000 sq ft)
The Miller Hull Partnership
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (M 2000-4000 sq ft)
TROP: terrains + open space
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Urban and Masterplan
Tsimailo Lyashenko and Partners
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Unbuilt Transportation
Valentí Albareda Tiana
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Residential Interiors (Virkkunen & Co Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Brick
Featured Firm: VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects)
Stepping Park House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Project of the Year, 2021 A+Awards | Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Environment
VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects)
Project of the Year, 2021 A+Awards
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Environment
With offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects) is a leading architectural practice that is based in Vietnam and known across the globe. Indeed, their team of more than 60 international architects, engineers and staff work together on cultural, residential and commercial projects worldwide. Founded in 2006, VTN first gained international recognition for their innovative bamboo designs. Their more recent work evolves this approach by fusing a contemporary design vocabulary with a uniquely local sensibility — grounded in an urban-oriented mentality — to explore green and sustainable possibilities for the 21st century.
Weber Thompson
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Water
Will Gamble Architects
Popular Choice, 2021 A+Awards, Private House (M 2000-4000 sq ft)
Woods + Dangaran
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Residential Interiors (>3000 sq ft)
X+LIVING
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Retail
Zaha Hadid Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Hotels & Resorts
ZAV Architects
Jury Winner, 2021 A+Awards, Architecture +Color
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Qionghai Lake 17° General Hall Hotel // Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.
Project Status: BuiltYear: 2020Size: 1,000,000 +
Text description provided by the architects.
The original site was the former residence of Liu Xiangzhi, an official in the Qing Dynasty. It’s wooden and adopts column and tie construction, featured in tranquility and ancient charm. After a hundred years, it tells the history of the past in the halo and precipitation of time.The lighting design strives to create a subtle and restrained, yet prominent light environment.
© Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.
The lighting method of brightening the cavity in the ancient house highlights the unique cavity decoration design in the building structure. The color temperature is colored by warm white light, which not only restores the color texture of the building itself, but also strengthens the modeling arc of the gable part of traditional Chinese architecture.At night, you can dream of the past and present, feeling the unique Chinese architectural charm of the cornices and white walls and deva.The lighting of the extension area continues the design of the overall light environment, focusing on the facade lighting.
© Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.
The combination of various lighting methods such as dots, lines and planes will show the architectural form vividly.The promenade part is different from the traditional one, and the linear lighting of the facade is mostly used to provide functional lighting for the moving lines, so that the traditional and elegant architecture also contains a bright modern temperament.Lying late at night I heard the storm, I dreamed of the armored horse and the ice-cold river.It was late at night, and there was gurgling rain outside the window.
© Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.
Lying on the bed, I heard wind and rain outside the window and began dreaming.In my dreams, I was the general-in-chief in the armor, striding across the frozen river to fight in the battlefield.When I woke up again, the light is soft and warm, I could not help but sigh the universe, and cherish the plain warmth.The extraordinariness is showed in the ordinary thing, and ancient rhyme and modernity are combined perfectly.
© Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.
Headquarters of the general-in-chief allows you to have a dreamlike experience..
© Beijing Puri Lighting Design Co.,LTD.
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The Future of Architecture: New Building Traditions Across Africa
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Few places showcase an optimism for architecture and its potential like Africa. Cities across the continent are as diverse as its landscape, and vernacular traditions are being reimagined to envision new material languages. Long subject to colonialism, architecture and development was often designed for the benefit of colonists which, in turn, completely erased native construction techniques and the surrounding environment. Now architects and designers are working to build a new future — one that embraces contemporary life by respecting the past and reinterpreting it.
Taking a deeper dive, the following collection breaks down a monolithic and singular understanding of the continent by showcasing the diversity of individual local cultures and presenting an array of new building traditions. The designs point to a multicultural history that produced many building types and construction methods. The structures showcase building systems, programs and human experience with a wide range of traditional materials, including thatch, wood, bricks, rammed earth and stone. While materials and forms vary by region, each project is designed to bring people together.
Freedom Park by GAPP Architects and Urban Designers, Mashabane Rose Architects and MMA Design Studio, Pretoria, South Africa
The inception of the freedom park garden of remembrance followed an exhaustive consultation process with various political formations, faith-based groups, traditional healers, artists and historians. This phase consisted of developing a framework for the development of the site, initial infrastructure, a visitor’s center and the Isivivane, symbolic resting place for South Africa’s fallen heroes. The architectural and landscape challenge was to interpret and provide for the management of death and bereavement based on indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) at the level of the state. The Isivivane consists of an outdoor memorial and contemplative space where the bereaved can pay homage to those who died in struggle in various places around the country and beyond.
Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge by Michaelis Boyd, Botswana
Situated in the Okavango Delta, the Sandibe lodge is a bold new design that exists within this natural habitat. The lodge’s form was inspired by the pangolin, a small African bush animal known for its armored carapace. It creates an inviting space to observe and learn from the creatures of the delta.
Sandibe is built almost entirely of wood. Laminated pine beams give it the curvilinear shape. The building skin is formed like an inverted boat from layers of butt jointed pine scale planks; waterproofed with an acrylic membrane and covered in Canadian cedar shingles. There is no glass other than in the retail shop and library, the “glazing” such as it is, is Serge Ferrari Soltis fabric — a permeable but highly weather resistant and thermally efficient membrane.
Thread Artist Residency by Toshiko Mori Architect, Sinthian, Senegal
The Thread Artist Residency was made as a new cultural hub for Senegal. Designed with the desire to foster creativity within the village of Sinthian, the project provides a place for gatherings, learning and leisure. Funded by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the ambitious project responds to a wish to foster creativity within the remote village of Sinthian and surrounding lands, as expressed by respected local leader Dr Magueye Ba.
Named in homage to Anni Albers, Thread’s key objective is to enable the inhabitants of Sinthian and beyond to explore the infinite opportunities that art, creativity and cultural exchange can offer. Thread has invited artists from all over the world to live and work at the center.
Dennis Hurley Centre (DHC) by Ruben Reddy Architects PTY LTD, Durban, South Africa
Located in the vibrant center of Durban, a few steps from Warwick Triangle and Victoria Street Market, the Denis Hurley Centre was conceived as a contemporary facility to uplift and serve the community — a welcoming refuge to all community members regardless of background, faith or nationality.
The diverse and multifunctional character of the building reflects the complexity, vibrancy and dynamism of the context and its users. It was imagined as a catalyst to provide hope and aid to those most in need and a living memory of Archbishop Denis Hurley. Utilizing the nature of the triangular site to create interconnected spaces around a centralized atrium, the design of the building reinforces the Denis Hurley Centre’s aim for an integrated community space, open to all.
Lycée Schorge by Kéré Architecture, Burkina Faso
Located in the third most populated city in Burkina Faso, the Lycée Schorge Secondary School sets a new standard for educational excellence in the region, while providing an inspiring showcase of local building materials applied to an iconic and innovative design. The school consists of nine modules arranged radially around a courtyard, protecting the central space from wind and dust. A series of steps creates a loosely defined amphitheatre, which accommodates informal gatherings as well as assemblies and celebrations for the school and wider community.
Cheré Botha School by Wolff Architects, Bellville, South Africa
Cheré Botha is a government school for learners on the autism spectrum and with intellectual disabilities. This project is defined by a series of collective forms; shared spaces where social and educational interaction can take place, spaces appropriate for children like these who are prone to respiratory diseases, spaces that can protect from the strong wind and rain of Cape Town.
The school is divided into six sections: an administration building, four classroom blocks for learners of various age groups and one block with the hall, kitchen and workshops. Each of the classroom blocks is designed around a shared space which is expressed through a timber A-frame. These collective spaces are used in different ways, depending on the age group of the learners; from play equipment for younger kids to vocational training for the older ones. These collective forms becomes the social heart of the school.
Primary School Tanouan Ibi by LEVS architecten, Mali
Sited in the vast plain of the Dogon Country, this primary school includes three classrooms, a depot, principal’s office and a school garden. Created to house 180 pupils, the project was formed with two verandas running parallel to the classrooms that provide community gathering space for the village.
The structure of the building is unique with two verandas running parallel to the classrooms. They operate like buttresses to be able to capture the weight of the barrel vaults in the roof. With their intricate floor pattern and benches the verandas also establish a meaningful place for the village community.
Silindokuhle Preschool by Collectif Saga, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
This preschool is a shelter for children’s new experiences. The design was made to offer expansive views toward its surroundings, playing with shadows and light to reveal the reality of its construction. The community project is located in Joe Slovo West, an informal area in the suburbs of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The team has been working together with local residents on the implementation of various facilities within the precinct. The multiple spaces and the community uses are formed in the preschool pavilion’s section, which communicates both programs and construction methods.
Dakar Congress Center by Tabanlioglu Architects, Dakar, Senegal
Senegal’s new congress center first opened on November 2014, for the 15th Francophone Assembly where 75 world presidents met. Typical geography and a series of natural values were the inspiration for the project. The country’s Baobab trees live well over a thousand years, so that they have been important landmarks in Senegal’s dry savanna plain. Like being sheltered by an ancient monumental tree, the one-piece roof of the project encases the building stacks, and guards each construction dedicated to a special function against weather conditions like direct sunlight and wind.
Armadillo Crèche by Cornell University Sustainable Design, Johannesburg, South Africa
Designed as an early childhood development (ECD) center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Armadillo Crèche creates zones of different scales for various activities as it unfurls. At the heart of the ECD, center lie communal programs: a semi-outdoor dining space and a paved play area. Standing on an elevated site, the ECD center was designed to be a beacon and pavilion for education that integrates a boundary condition with the buildings and landscape. This unfurling and change in scale are experienced in section.
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Oval Villa in Honeymoon Town // Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
Project Status: ConceptSize: 25,000 sqft – 100,000 sqft
Text description provided by the architects.
At the highest position of Honeymoon Town on Dongao Island, there is a unique long land parallel to the mountains and the sea. To maximize the value of beauty between mountain and sea, the owner commissioned us to create three world-class, unique holiday villas here.Oval Villa with Three-Dimensional Panoramic ViewFrom the rotunda villas in 1552 to the luxury cruise ships of the 21st century, semicircles (or similar circles) are often used to express the dignity and nobility of the residential space.
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
Thanks to the 360° surrounding mountain and sea landscape of the site, we have the opportunity to build the project into a unique OVAL VILLA. The six ends of the building are all designed in a circular arc shape, on the one hand to open the wonderful sea view, and on the other hand to project the indoor activities into the private mountains and forests.
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
When you are in the villa, the sky, the sea and the green mountains are so close with the flowing nature surrounding. The interface of building becomes blurred, the scene becomes vivid, and finally, this space truly becomes a peaceful field for soul.Space Tango at Sunrise and SunsetUnlike residences in cities, consumers always have more visions and imaginations about island holiday villas.
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
This building needs to meet people’s traditional living and living functions, while it also needs to provide diversity and eternality. We create a architectural game of “solid” and “void”. As solid components the glass curtain wall and the floor slab is a conventional living place, whether it is a living room, a living room, a bedroom or a bathroom.
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
The overhead, platforms, and courtyards formed by the staggering, overlapping, and interaction of these entities have become void elements, which are closer to nature and contain greater energy, such as yoga, swimming, outdoor cocktail parties, and family. Art exhibitions, here all activities will become possible.Project Videohttps://vimeo.com/537077160/74f6b65055.
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
© Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron
Oval Villa in Honeymoon Town Gallery
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BRC Century Business Plaza Regeneration // Woods Bagot
Project Status: Under ConstructionSize: 500,000 sqft – 1,000,000 sqftBudget: 50M – 100M
Text description provided by the architects.
Blue RealEstate Company (BRC), a multi-industry enterprise mainly specialized in real estate and digital construction, plans to transform the Century Business Plaza, Chengdu – a retail building back to the 1990s – into a comprehensive office campus.
Located in the city center of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China, the vision of the redevelopment is to create a new prototype of an office building.
© Woods Bagot
© Woods Bagot
Originated in the 1990s, the building exterior was mixed with disharmony elements, dated materials, stick-out signages, and MEP equipment, and the indoor environment is dark, depressing, and lacks floor planning. Therefore, introduce a large open area with a natural landscape and cultural elements into the workplace become the key solution of the generation.
© Woods Bagot
© Woods Bagot
Thus create a stand-out office building within the existing site constraint, that attracts tenants and visitors with fusion and healthy experiences. Inspired by the traditional Chinese garden, the design principle is to simplify the façade to create a pure city interface with a “Chinese traditional garden” in the central atrium.
© Woods Bagot
© Woods Bagot
The design team not only introduced sufficient sunlight into the building but created a comfortable, flexible, and ecological office space for both building users and citizens.
The central garden embraces an imaginative “Peach Blossom Land” from Chinese legend to create a journey of discovery an ethereal utopia in harmony with nature.
© Woods Bagot
© Woods Bagot
The organic building entrances and the façade composed of reflective dragon scales, which naturally attract the eyes and lead people into the garden. It is like the translucent medium of the secular world and this peach blossom land.
In addition to creating a city garden for citizens, the renovation evokes the history, culture, natural beauty, and vitality that are the hallmarks of the ancient city and Sichuan province.
© Woods Bagot
© Woods Bagot
The regeneration of BRC Century Business Plaza sets a new benchmark for a future renovation project in China..
© Woods Bagot
© Woods Bagot
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175HAUSSMANN // PCA-STREAM
Project Status: BuiltYear: 2020Size: 10,000 sqft – 25,000 sqft
Text description provided by the architects.
Thanks to PCA-STREAM’s project, the complex at 173–175 Haussmann recovers urban legibility that measuring up to its exceptional location a stone’s throw away from Place de l’Étoile, magnified by a majestic entrance at the bow of the building.
© PCA-STREAM
© PCA-STREAM
Finally brought together in a coherent manner, via an overhaul of distribution, the new complex offers floors that are flexible, open, bright, and pleasant, fitted out by RF Studio with a view to addressing the challenges of tomorrow’s workspaces.
© PCA-STREAM
© PCA-STREAM
They are supplemented with outstanding common areas designed by PCASTREAM, including a triple-height atrium serving as a new village square for employees, but also a livable landscaped terrace.
© PCA-STREAM
© PCA-STREAM
A hybrid glass roof crowns the unique contemporary elevation and creates a new beacon in the Parisian cityscape, offering a new identity to 175 Haussmann, between heritage and modernity, reflecting the values upheld by the lessee, Lazard, for whom these spaces have been finely tuned..
© PCA-STREAM
© PCA-STREAM
175HAUSSMANN Gallery
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