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ZHA to build new Harbourside Cultural District in Sanya

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A smart building management system will automatically adjust shading, lighting and ventilation for optimum comfort and efficiencies. Establishing the harbour as the heart of Sanya’s cultural life, the new district defines the city as a gateway to the tropical waters of Sanya Bay and beyond to the South China Sea.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Right: Public Farm 1, a 2008 installation on the grounds of Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 by Amale Andraos’s firm, WORKac; the museum described the installation as “a living structure made from inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at PS1”; images via MoMA PS1 and Archinect. Amale Andraos. Tatiana Bilbao.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Australia

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AND when we speak of MEMORY or even SUSTAINABILITY, when we mean more than adaptive reuse of architectural device or materiality or even a homage to style; it is a reimagining and playful restructure of the known elements that we like to call it story-in-place™. Learning and Teaching Building, Monash University , Clayton, Australia.