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Snøhetta and Asak Miljøstein create hexagonal pavement system to aid water management

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Named Asak Flyt, the permeable concrete paver system consists of three hexagonal interlocking unit types that can be combined to “provide landscape architects with another powerful tool for nature-based water management.” Diagram credit: Snøhetta “Permeable surfaces are part of the increasingly nee.

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Shenzhen Zhuxi Building by Aedas

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‘The design is a low-carbon live-work environment that integrates art and nature, which is slated to be a new urban landmark for the city.’ The retail element is designed in the low zone to enable a convenient access to the community, while the office is designed in the middle zone to create a workplace embraced by nature. Kelvin says.

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

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Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The basement level contains an underground parking facility. It traverses the building's three storeys and is illuminated by skylights.

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Targeting Net Zero: The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center

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With this in mind, in 2020 nARCHITECTS completed a pioneering facility that effectively visualizes how energy consumption shapes both architectural form and the natural environment. Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center © nARCHITECTS. The final budget, including the landscape and exhibitions, was roughly $30 million.

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FILTER by CLB Architects

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Designed as both a monumental object and an ephemeral experience, the pavilion establishes a new node in the heart of New York City’s urban fabric – reorienting that experience toward the natural, rather than the man-made. Eric Logan, Partn.

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The Spiral Gallery by Protoscapes

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An integral landmark within the Dawei Village Revitalization Masterplan, the Spiral Gallery transforms a former farmhouse site into the first art institution in Hefei dedicated to Mother Nature. Within the gallery, the walls of the central space diverge tangentially towards the east and northward horizon.

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NEXT archtects delivers Pavilion in Korea

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Enclosing a part of the surrounding green the pavilion creates a whole new perspective on the landscape and the function of a vantage point. Photo © Yongbeak Lee On the contrary, looking from inside to outside, a new perspective on the landscape has been given. It’s part of the NEXT architects design philosophy.

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