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Re-framed Initiative – Study of Retrofit Schematic Designs

Westeck News

> Minimizing on-site construction and disturbance to occupants. > > Optimizing on-site solar PV electricity generation and storage. > Enjoy our latest line of energy efficient windows and doors designed to enhance modern and contemporary architecture. > Enabling the addition of new floor(s) and/or unit(s). >

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Steven Holl's 'intersecting spheres' scheme for Taipei necropolis gets green light

BD+C

The schematic design has been approved for the 50 000-sm Arrival Hall and Oceanic Pavilion for the Taiwan ChinPaoSan Necropolis. Set on an ocean-view site 40 minutes from Taipei, the arrival hall and pavilion will serve the historic complex, which has more than 10,000 existing burial sites. Body Image: read more.

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Desert modernism for the 21st century

Habitus Living

The owners were really keen to preserve that kind of idea, and you get this taste of how good the site is from well before arrival,” says Project Architect Oskar Booth, from Tim Ditchfield Architects. A concrete roof captures the main, while rain events are celebrated via by smaller falls cascading freely, feature spitters and chain drops.

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The National Speed Skating Oval or the Ice Ribbon by Populous

aasarchitecture

The 12,000 seat venue will host the speed skating events and will award 14 gold medals. In the lead up to, and during the Games, NSSO will be the home of training for speed skating events and Olympic competition. Ltd Site Area: 17 hectares Gross Floor Area: ? Source by Populous. Photo Courtesy of Populous.

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2022 Projects in the Pipeline

SW Oregon Architect

LCC Health Professions Building - Schematic Design Phase rendering It’s my pleasure to currently work with Tom on the new Health Professions Building project. Robertson/Sherwood/Architects is the architect-of-record, and our frequent collaborator, Mahlum Architects , is providing design leadership.

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Back to the Garden

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The beat goes on at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Upstate New York, the site of the legendary 1969 Woodstock music festival. The Museum at Bethel Woods, devoted to documenting and memorializing the event, had summoned the archaeologists to an area where large-scale artworks had been installed for the festival and camping took place.

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Singapore’s new Science Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects

aasarchitecture

The centre is composed as five interlocking rectangular volumes housing a variety of exhibition galleries, interactive labs and event spaces in addition to ancillary facilities for visitors, administrative offices, archives and service areas. Image © Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA).