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Competition Entry: HAO + AI Envision Bolong 3D Movie Museum and Mediatek for Tianjin

Commissioned by the Tianjin Urban Planning Bureau, Holm Architecture Office (HAO) and Archiland International (AI) have unveiled their competition proposal for the Bolong 3D Movie Museum and Mediatek in Tianjin. Envisioned as part of a new media park slated for construction in the city,… Sigue leyendo

Junky Hotel Amsterdam / Atelier Kempe Thill

Architects: Atelier Kempe Thill
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Architect In Charge: André Kempe, Oliver Thill, David van Eck
Design Team: Rafael Alencar Saraiva, Marcel Geerdink, Pauline Marcombe, Teun van der Meulen, Anja Mueller, Andrius Raguotis, Ruud Smeelen, Philip Stalbohm, Giorgio Terraneo, … Sigue leyendo

Minghu Wetland Park / Turenscape

Architects: Turenscape
Location: Liupanshui, Guizhou, China
Design Team: Bo Luan, Bin Yan, Gang Huang, Junyan Zheng, Meina Shan, Xin Fan, Shizheng Li, Lin Chen, Zhen Bai, Yu Zhang, Jianfei An, Hongkai You, Yin Liu, Yeqi Cao, Zhang Deng, Ye Yang, … Sigue leyendo

NL Architects Propose Striking Chain of Amethyst-Inspired Hotels

Cultures around the world attribute magical properties to the amethyst gem. The lustrous purple quartz is said to bring good fortune, heal illness, and calm the mind. It makes sense, then, that NL Architects… have modeled their latest hotel chain Sigue leyendo

Mayor Rejects Sou Fujimoto’s Taiwan Tower Over Fears of Soaring Cost

Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung has temporarily “pulled the plug” on Sou Fujimoto’s ambitious Taiwan Tower, saying he would rather pay a penalty for breaking the contract than spend an estimated NT$15 billion to realize the “problematic” project. The Banyan tree-inspired tower… Sigue leyendo

Examining China’s “Edifice Complex”

In an article for the Wall Street Journal, Dinny McMahon and Yang Jie visit Shenyang - a "chilly industrial town" in north eastern China which was once the country's capital (circa 1600). The city will soon be home to what's being dubbed the 'Pearl of the North', "a 111-floor office tower that will, briefly, be the seventh-largest in the world, dwarfing One World Trade Center." The tower, designed by Atkins, is "symptomatic of China’s edifice complex," McMahon notes - and the city is "just getting started." 

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MJH Gallery of iD Town / O-office Architects

Architects: O-office Architects
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Architect In Charge: Jianxiang HE, Ying JIANG
Design Team: Jingyu DONG, Thomas ODORICO, xiaolin CHEN, Guixiong Feng
Area: 2800.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Chaos.Z From the architect.… Formerly the packing workshop of Honghua Sigue leyendo

Youth Hotel of iD Town / O-office Architects

Architects: O-office Architects
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Architect In Charge: Jianxiang HE, Ying JIANG
Design Team: Mincong Deng, Jingyu DONG, xiaolin CHEN
Area: 1800.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Chaos.Z From the architect.… Youth Hotel of iD Town, on the hilltop Sigue leyendo

13 New Buildings Join the World’s 100 Tallest List in Record-Breaking Year

This past year was a record-breaking season for skyscraper construction. According to a new survey by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat… (CTBUH), 2014 saw the completion of 97 buildings that were at least 200 meters tall. Of those, Sigue leyendo

Ole Bouman Appointed Director of V&A-Backed Shekou Design Museum

Ole Bouman, former director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi), has been appointed director of the new Victoria and Albert Museum-backed Shekou Design Museum in Shenzhen, China. Set to open at the end of 2016 in a Fumihiko Maki-designed building… Sigue leyendo