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Shenzhen Qianhai Towers, Shenzhen, China

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The plot in the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong urban development area, near the Qianhai Bay, is crossed by a wide green axis. They offer a connection to the green space, to the neighboring buildings, and to the adjoining bus station to the east, which has been covered by an elevated park also designed by gmp.

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Building Bridges: How Architects Are Ripping Up the Rulebook on Water Treatment Facility Architecture

Architizer

This departure involves incorporating green spaces, employing architectural features for visual enhancement, embracing eco-friendly technologies and challenging the conventional perception of these constructions. They envisioned a space surrounded by a large artificial lake and a wetland park on the perimeter.

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DESMAN Hangzhou Headquarters Project, China

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Site location Our design breaks the conventional closed layout, optimising the natural topography to create a smart commercial space which integrates the multi-dimensional urban context and inherits the corporate spirit. It is slated to resonate with the sustainable urban development and ecological system in the vicinity.

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Copenhagen addresses global warming with climate-resilient architecture

Deezen

Voted the world's most sustainable city by TimeOut in 2021 , the Danish capital features buildings and public spaces designed to be both eco-conscious and climate-resilient. For more information about sustainability and architecture in Copenhagen, visit the Visitcopenhagen website.

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Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist Washington DC offices reimagined as Affordable Housing by Brooks + Scarpa

aasarchitecture

Brooks + Scarpa proposes a contemporary re-imagination of the Robert C. Serving as the headquarters of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), this ten-story, 700,000 square-foot office building has been a symbol of federal authority since its completion in 1968.

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The Apple House, Krakow, Poland property

e-architect

photo © Rafał Barnaś In order to fully exploit the investment potential of this difficult-to-develop plot surrounded by intensive urban development, we decided to design a house that would make maximum use of the cubic capacity, insolation conditions and viewing axes permitted by law.

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Honghu Park Water Purification Station, Shenzhen

e-architect

Eventually, the architects went beyond engineering logic to create an aesthetically-pleasing and community-friendly public space. Honghu Park Water Purification Station in Shenzhen, China – Building Information Design Team: NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) – [link] Design time: 2017.Nov-2021.Mar