Archive for the ‘Architects/Designers’ Category

Wangjing Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects

by DD, September 6th, 2011, viewed 1407 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid Architects have released new renders of a 200-metre-high commercial complex designed for Beijing. Read More »

Martin Luther Church by Coop Himmelb(l)au

by DD, August 23rd, 2011, viewed 1722 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Coop Himmelb(l)au

Coop Himmelb(l)au Architects have finished a church with a steel whirlpools spiral into skylights in the roof in Austria. Read More »

Apple Campus 2 by Foster + Partners

by DD, August 19th, 2011, viewed 1461 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners Architects have unveiled the Apple campus, a project which will be built in Cupertino, California. Read More »

Universiade 2011 Sports Centre by GMP Architekte

by DD, August 18th, 2011, viewed 1162 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, GMP Architekte

Faceted glass triangles create glowing crowns around a trio of stadiums for the World University Games currently taking place in Shenzhen.

The three Universiade stadiums were designed by German studio GMP Architekten and surround an artificial lake. Read More »

The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre by Daniel Libeskind

by DD, July 26th, 2011, viewed 1567 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Daniel Libeskind

American architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a media centre for the City University of Hong Kong. Read More »

Museum of Contemporary Art in Milan by Daniel Libeskind

by DD, July 21st, 2011, viewed 989 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Daniel Libeskind

Plans have been approved for Daniel Libeskind‘s new museum of contemporary art to be located within the citylife plan on the former fiera grounds in Milan, Italy. Five square floor plates rotate with each successive level generating a fluid geometry. Influenced by Leonardo da Vinci’s proportions of the vitruvian man, the twisting form promotes the visionary design, fashion and furniture work that has become internalized within the milanese lifestyle. Planned public transportation stops intend to link the cultural center with the city’s thriving core. Read More »

Semi-Rigid Car by Emergent

by DD, July 14th, 2011, viewed 719 time(s)
Posted in Emergent, Transportation

This concept car by Los Angeles architects Emergent is made of cartilage and makes its own fuel from algae. Read More »

Riverside Museum by Zaha Hadid

by DD, June 29th, 2011, viewed 1037 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Riverside Museum in Glasgow with a zig-zagging, zinc-clad roof. Read More »

Beijing National Hotel by Emergent

by DD, June 19th, 2011, viewed 1133 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Emergent

At 1,500 rooms, this hotel will be the largest hotel in Beijing. It is located near the Beijing International Airport in the 5th Ring, and will be used to host international conferences. The building is 303 meters long and is intended to become a major landmark, visible to landing aircraft. Read More »

TWIRL by Zaha Hadid Architects

by DD, June 12th, 2011, viewed 1077 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Zaha Hadid

This project is a contemporary interpretation of the architecture of the 16th-century courtyard of the State University of Milan, translated and transformed from rigid Cartesian geometries into the linear fluidity of dynamic space. Read More »

Hangzhou Gateway winning design by JDS Architects

by DD, May 29th, 2011, viewed 739 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, JDS

Internationally-recognized practice JDS Architects has won first prize in the design competition for the ‘Hangzhou Gateway’ in the Gongshu district of China. The 15 storey tower aims to stand as a new icon for the urban transformation of the old industrial neighborhood. Read More »

Cultural Complex Longgang District by Mecanoo

by DD, May 23rd, 2011, viewed 1379 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Mecanoo

Dutch architects Mecanoo have won a competition to design a cultural centre in Shenzhen with this design composed of a row of overhanging red volumes. Read More »

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