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How Ice Cubes by Zone of Utopia + Mathieu Forest Architecte is Changing the Skyline of Northern China

Architizer

The client imagined a flat building, we proposed a tower: to conquer the sky, mark the territory and put the whole commercial district in tension with the future ski slope on the other side. We are starting from a virgin site with only fields and sky as the landscape. In this commercial environment, our cultural center says “I am here!

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Fondation Louis Vuitton: Frank Gehry Reflects on the Making of an Architectural Icon in Paris

Architizer

Completed in 2014, Gehry’s landmark building is undoubtedly an architectural icon, but manages to retain a reference for both its site in the heart of Paris’s beloved park and for the city as a whole. When I walked the site for the first time, I cried imagining the history of the Jardin de Climitation.

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Architecture is Awesome: #35 Problem Solving

SW Oregon Architect

With each project, they must understand their client’s needs, contextualize the project within its environment, and identify constraints before embarking on a journey of creative exploration. For example, architects will exhaustively study the subject site, investigating its history, topography, regulatory framework, and cultural context.

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A4 Guide: The Six Phases of the Architectural Design Process

A4 Architects

This includes the selection of the architect and a feasibility study analysis of the site. Proposed Site Plan (555 Ocean Ave, Newport, RI) If there is an existing building, even if that building is to be demolished, a careful survey of the structure is generally undertaken.

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10 Design wins competition for Dongguan University of Technology in China

aasarchitecture

10 Design, part of Egis Group and in collaboration with local architect BIAD, has won an international competition to design a new campus for the International Co-operation Innovation Zone (phase 1) at Dongguan University of Technology in China. Image © 10 Design. Source by 10 Design. Image © 10 Design.

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Line by Line

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The East Dareen Beach Neighborhood Park site in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, is a serious place: Bounded by a missile silo to the north, its double shore of coast and island form results from a dredge-ravaged coastline—and it is a major part of the city’s treated sewage effluent (TSE) program. By Jessica Bridger. Image courtesy Michael Blier, FASLA.

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Cangzhou Mingzhu International Clothing Industry Characteristic Town’s Service Community | y.ad Studio

ArchiDiaries

This project is located in the Mingzhu International Clothing Industry Characteristic Town of Cangdong Economic Development Zone. Cangdong Development Zone has obvious advantages in this process because there is a lot of unused and undeveloped saline land and it has very convenient transportation. Site location. Site conditions.