Architectural Observer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The majority of them are imposing structures of style and substance. It’s one of the reasons I like to post about modest and obscure structures that better reflect the less celebrated, but still influential, aspects of our collective history; the famous places aren’t lacking for recognition.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In a groundbreaking initiative, Mecanoo, introduces a innovative social housing project in Kaohsiung, marking a significant milestone as the city’s inaugural venture into communal living solutions. Commercial spaces on the perimeter of the ground floor generate street life and activate the public spaces around the building.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 27, 2024

As a focal point of Beijing urban development, Zhangjiawan is well-connected with transportation system Aedas has masterplanned the whole depot and carried out architectural design for the retail podium and hotel nearby. ” Global Design Principal Christine Lam says.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 4, 2022

Patch-City Pavilion The project is located in Guangzhou Tianhebei District. The school moved away many years ago as a result of the urban modernization, and the disappearing of the traditional market place cultures in nearby communities. Patch-City Pavilion is a project of cultural renaissance for old buildings.

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2024

The first case study in our Social Housing Revival series looks at a housing block in Vienna organised around a central "common heart" that harks back to the city's golden age of municipal construction.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The judges praised the project for its diverse spatial elements and its departure from the conventional structure of educational institutions in China. Originally a heavy oil power plant, the building had been officially retired due to environmental protection and urban development and became an industrial relic.

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Building Masterplanning Education Civil Engineering 116

aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter’s winning proposal for Parkveien 27-31, a precise architectural operation in an urban city block behind the Royal Palace in Oslo’s Lille Uranienborg quarter, has revived an important project that had been embroiled in controversy.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The Rotterdam City Council confirmed the zoning plan for Schiekadeblok, expressing their compliments for a planning development in such a “complicated area”. With the Luchtsingel and Schiestraat as structural routes and the urban development ensemble Schieblock and Delfstestraat and their users as a basis.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

ZOZO Headquarters, Chiba, Japan, Commercial Interior Design, Building, New Japanese Architecture Images. That way, employees become ideal sources of feedback for the company’s core business in the course of building a relationship with the city and local residents. Structure: S+RC. Structure design: KAP, Takenaka Corporation.

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Roofing Cities Commercial Urban Development 82

The Architecture Designs

JANUARY 30, 2023

The project explores the use of recycled materials and sustainable construction techniques by using 3D printing technology to generate full-scale building components and structures. The plant’s inner fibers can be used to create a strong and durable material known as hempcrete, which is used as an insulation and structural material.

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Architecture Sustainability Technology Technology 104

aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Manhave and building developer VORM have unveiled the new design for the Lumière Tower in the city centre of Rotterdam. Image © KAAN Architecten The Lumière Passage The Lumière Passage, nestled between the City House and the base of Lumière Tower, will connect Lijnbaan with Karel Doormanstraat and Kruiskade.

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e-architect

MARCH 22, 2023

In the face of the upgrading of urban development, we have designed the Pulo Market , which integrates a variety of living functions to promote community interaction and interaction. The interior roof is made of purlins and rafters, which are located in the same plane, and the exposed wooden frame reflects the structural beauty.

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Architecture Ideas

MAY 15, 2023

Whether it is a house, a big corporate office, or a small office building, every structure needs to design well. It takes the creativity of an Expert Interior Design And Commercial Fitout Specialist to build a sensible building that defines their purpose. In today’s competitive business, world commercial building stands out as well.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 4, 2022

ODA is converting a decaying parking structure into a public park and Class A office building, replacing the concrete shell with cafés, restaurants, retail, an open-air promenade, offices and a sheltered parking lot. For this reason, the goal is to transform the three-story building into a “multi purpose development.”. Image © ODA.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If any architect jumps to mind in the period covered by the book, it is Mies, who reshaped Chicago through his glass-and-steel towers but also, through the replicable nature of their designs, reshaped cities around the world. All three of the books were in my roundup of holiday gift books a couple of weeks ago.

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Finances Glass Technology Technology 72

aasarchitecture

MARCH 23, 2023

With the current development of urban society, the concept of “community” is being mentioned more and more frequently, and has become a new place for new urbanites to reside and create memories.

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e-architect

MARCH 21, 2023

Hyde Park will become a popular residential area in the Amsterdam region, due to its central location and MVRDV’s vision introducing high quality housing and commercial facilities. ‘Hyde Park will become an attractive place for meeting and staying, a welcoming entrance to the city centre.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 11, 2023

Program The new complex will include the impressive Back of House which is necessary for large-scale productions: rehearsal spaces, workshops to produce stage sets, offices, storage for props and scenery and much more, arranged over three city blocks. The Wagenhallenplatz as an urban antechamber.

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ArchiDiaries

JUNE 29, 2022

Chengdu City Ecological Park · Agricultural Science Popularization and Education Base are located in the second phase of Chengdu Qinglong Lake Wetland Park. In 2018, Chengdu’s “park city” proposed new ideas and a new urban development model. Chengdu rearranged the city space around the Chengdu beltway.

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Site Education Renovation Cities 68

e-architect

JULY 29, 2023

These structures are contained in a glass cylinder surrounded by green spaces with waterfalls and ponds, forming part of the hydrological circuit. Experience allows the firm to attract a wide variety of projects: urban development, buildings, homes, week-end houses, restaurants, commercial stores, offices, and remodeling projects.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 4, 2022

Throughout history, the cities in which humans live have either actively shaped, or been passively altered by, people’s lifestyles. Cities change every day, and urban renewal is a constantly ongoing process. It is bordered by three protected areas: People’s Square, the Bund and the Old City. Image © Benoy. Image © Benoy.

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Architecture Ideas

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Technological developments triggered the acceptance of aluminum in structural applications. Aluminum is broadly used in household dwellings and commercial constructions as it’s the second-best choice after steel. Metal was used in every basic structure of the building and interior spaces.

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Utilities Modern Construction Construction 61

Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

Also included is a commercial hub that captures Lancashire 's manufacturing history and a public commons in Manchester designed for inclusivity. Making our cities more inclusive has never been more urgent. Yunqi Zhang was concerned with traumatic urban conditions such as 'the bystander affect'. "By

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Deezen

JULY 1, 2023

The Food, Building, Performance: Architectures of Productive Urbanism studio involves the design of a complex urban building intended to advance the idea of the city as a place of cultural and/or economic production – as opposed to only a place of consumption. Each student will choose among several options for their program.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In Hong Kong , a subtropical high-density city, commercial buildings currently take up the highest percentage of electricity use and this is exacerbated by its ageing building stock which is significantly holding back the city’s transition to carbon neutrality by 2050. Hunan OCT Caoqiao Cultural Commercial Street.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 18, 2021

From the Centre Pompidou in Paris to New York City’s post–September 11 skyline, the work of Richard Rogers, Hon. Rogers’ commitment to our cities, environment, and humanity has resulted in a wealth of honors, while cementing his place in architectural history. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development.

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Architect Architecture Masterplanning Urban Development 52

Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This multifaceted approach is evident in projects such as Kia Lab, which take a holistic view of the programmatic brief, embedding the building’s function with the broader urban and cultural environment.

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Architizer

APRIL 21, 2023

Named the World City of Asia, Hong Kong is home to a diverse population that resides within a densely populated land mass. Pre-colonial structures, such as stilt houses and walled villages, are extant (although a substantial amount of its Cantonese architecture was lost during the Second World War). Launched in 2009, via.

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Architizer

MAY 9, 2024

Few cities combine history, culture and innovation like Melbourne. As the “cultural capital” of Australia, the city’s buildings are iconic landmarks. From its historic structures to its contemporary skyscrapers, Melbourne’s architecture blends building techniques and modern design approaches.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From functionalism and neoplasticism to structuralism and deconstructivism, to the “international” character of the contemporary global context, designers from the Netherlands have been realizing daringly dynamic constructions for over a century. Many of the architectural firms on this list are rooted in this city.

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Bustler

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Fuxi River Seven Bridges Conceptual Design International Competition is one of the important starting projects of Moganshan Fuxi Water Street Commercial Complex. This competition, co-organized by Deqing County Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Project Introduction. Design should comply with relative design rules in China.

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Architizer

MARCH 9, 2023

Traversing the nation, one will encounter a similar historic program to other European capitals — Romanesque churches, Renaissance monuments, and more — blended with functionalist and modernist structures. Early twenty-first-century Germany brought forth the booming Bauhaus.

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Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Client 101

Community Architect

APRIL 20, 2024

What does it tell us about private-public partnerships, water in the city, the role of race and power in urban planning? In 1981 the developer Jim Rouse made it on the title of Time Magazine with the slogan "Cities Are Fun". Time celebrated Baltimore's HarborPlace developer James Rouse as master planner.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Adept across diverse scales and geographies, from private gardens to city parks and municipal masterplans, the practice delivers enduring, legacy spaces that forge meaningful connections with the organic world and the wider community.

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Architizer

MAY 13, 2024

It also casts in sharp relief a historic oversight on the part of everyone involved in urban development and the built environment. Although estimates vary widely, the metropolitan region is now believed to be home to more than 17 million people, making this an extreme primate city — far dwarfing all others in the country.

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Landscape Architect Regulation Environment 98

aasarchitecture

JUNE 30, 2023

With a premium location in the heart of Lisbon, and with housing as the main focus, these buildings of 20.000 m2 will also offer commercial areas, and two generous public spaces open to the city. The interior layout showcases a modular structural design, offering a range of housing options from one to four-bedroom units.

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Space Housing Diagram Residential 97

Deezen

MARCH 15, 2023

Described by Blue Crow Media as "the first cohesive study of Brutalist architecture in Paris", the book's photographs and essays detail some of the city's more celebrated brutalist structures, as well as ones that have been abandoned and demolished. Its demise is largely a result of inflated land values in this area of Paris.

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Building Zoning Commercial Cities 144