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Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China

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Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China property, Modern Chinese landscape architecture photos Asian Games Masterplan in Hangzhou, China 16 September 2023 Architects: Archi-Tectonics Location: Hangzhou, China Photos by Shao Feng Photography Shanghai Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China Archi-Tectonics NYC and !Melk

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Amstel Design District Masterplan, Amsterdam, Holland

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Located between highway and metro line, the project responds to site constraints concerning noise pollution and logistics. The building setbacks extend the public realm spatially to create intimate and iconic public roof destinations. Green roofs provide water retention and water buffering while enhancing biodiversity.

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

Deezen

It is clad in untreated green English oak and features pitched roofs that were informed by Oxford's river boathouses and traditional wooden barns. A temporary exhibition space was topped with a saw-tooth roof. Its mono-pitched roofs mean water can drain easily and quickly.

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Planning persmission secured for one of London’s largest new hotels

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Working with Elliott Wood, Applied Energy, Phil Allen Design, DP9 and Gardner Theobold, the design which retains part of the existing structure on site, is sustainability and biodiversity led. The scalloped facia to the upper floor façades brings a sense of movement and creates a dynamic roofscape.

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Birchgrove Acquires Historic Ayrton House, London

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For over 80 years the historic art deco National Institute for Medical Research, designed by the original Wembley Stadium architect Max Ayrton, was located on the site; the new development pays testament to Ayrton’s original design both in name and by reproducing the original building’s iconic green copper roof.

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Vanke Coastal City by CLOU architects

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Showcasing the future potential of diversified regional development, the Qingdao Vanke Coastal City combines work and living spaces in an accumulative contextual setting that builds on the natural environment and panoramic views of the site.

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David Chipperfield completes theatre and hotels in Jingdezhen cultural district

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David Chipperfield Architects has built a theatre and hotel complex in Jingdezhen, China, as part of a masterplan to revive a former porcelain factory district. The London-based studio's Berlin office developed the Ceramic Art Avenue Taoxichuan masterplan for the city known as China's porcelain capital.