Architecture

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Brand: GOA (Group of Architects) Design Type: Hotel Category: Architecture

Alila Wuzhen

Alila Wuzhen is a hotel inspired by the water towns south of the Yangtze River. The overall plan takes traditional villages of the region as its prototype, and retains their spatial forms, basic elements, building scales and color relations. Direct decorative elements are avoided, and fine materials, simple structures and quiet modern colors are used instead. Wide glass surfaces, large door leaves and deep overhanging eaves form a continuous and orderly frame. Streets, lanes and courtyards are given new functions. The hotel covers 25000 square meters.

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Brand: Zhang Jinyu Design Type: Chapel Category: Architecture

Coast Whale

The bionic form of the whale became the language of this chapel. A whale stranded on the coast of Iceland. A person can enter its body through a low fishtail and experience the perspective of a whale looking at the ocean where is easier for humans to reflect on the neglect of environmental degradation. The supporting structure falls on the beach to ensure minimal damage to the natural environment. Natural and environmentally friendly materials make this project a tourist destination that calls for environmental protection.

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Brand: Tengyuan Design Design Type: Public Welfare Architecture Category: Architecture

We Share

We Share Micro Nest is a pair of small public welfare buildings created as shared city furniture in Qingdao. The Reading House uses a rotated square timber frame, where native wood forms both the structure and the outer skin, and has a building area of 16.8 square meters. The rest station for sanitation workers is based on a cube with two panels that open inward and outward, and the shell is clad in colorful aluminum plate. Both structures make public resources easier to share and invite residents to take part in community life.

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Brand: Ziye Wu Design Type: Renovation Category: Architecture

Sun Shed

Sun Shed is the renovation of an agricultural shed into a banquet hall on an ecological farm in Jiangsu, China. The layout replaces the common middle-axis plan with a circular arrangement that radiates from a central stage, so guests are seated without primary and secondary positions. Twelve tree-shaped columns woven from yellow-brown bamboo hide the original steel pillars and form a forest within the hall. Yew seedlings grown on the farm surround the space. The renovated hall also hosts meetings, performances and other social events.

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Brand: Corey Papadopoli Design Type: Private House Category: Architecture

Old Yacht Club

An abandoned Yacht Club, poised at the edge of the bay, sat derelict for years, all while bearing witness to the relentless coastal climate of Maine. Built in 1919, it endured a series of interventions after the Club relocated in 1946. It would require the right temperament and commitment to restore its historical memory while modernizing the early 20th century structure.

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Brand: Satoshi Fujinaka Design Type: House Category: Architecture

Shade

Shade is a house built in a dense residential area in Iwakuni, Japan. A tall wall and a lower wall were placed along the neighbouring boundary to block direct views, and each wall was folded over to form a roof that shelters the living space. The dining room sits one metre below the entrance, with a low ceiling and soft light. The living room is one metre higher, with a high ceiling and a large opening. The change in scale guides attention to the sky between the two roofs. The buried lower part is concrete, while the upper structure is wood.

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Brand: YI JIAN ARCHITECTS Design Type: Nursing Center Category: Architecture

Renewal of the 12th Mine Hospital

The 12th Mine Hospital in this city was built in 1985, and as the city's coal mining industry has shrunk, this miner's hospital has remained unused. Faced with a growing elderly population in the city, the owner wanted to update the hospital into a medical and nursing care facility. The overall strategy was to let the 12th Mine Hospital to integrated into the natural park. As the history of hospital, the architect wanted to respect the layout of the existing buildings and increase their attractiveness by updating the facade and renewing the function.

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Brand: Mo Zheng Design Type: Wedding Art Center Category: Architecture

Wenzhou Christine

Wenzhou Christine is a wedding art center located in Wenzhou, China. The project renovates a half-circular hotel building from the 1990s. The existing facade is clad with perforated laser-cut aluminum panels that form patterns inspired by the lace and embroidery of wedding dresses. The 9.7 meter tall facade resembles a wedding dress moved by wind, and lighting reveals the patterns at night. The 700 square meter interior contains a display lounge and a wedding ceremony hall. The design also aims to renew an older city center neighborhood.

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Brand: Seiji Takahashi Design Type: Private Home Category: Architecture

Villa K

Villa K is a private house built in Toyota City, Japan. Villa K stands next to an existing traditional Japanese wooden house and forms a contrast with the older structure. The building is a single continuous space of 5.4 metres in width and about 100 metres in length, surrounded by concrete walls 380 millimetres thick. The heat storage of the concrete keeps the interior cool in summer and warm in winter. The house contains an atelier and gallery for painting and pottery, a pool, a billiards area and a garage. Large rocks removed from the riverbed are used in the landscape design.

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Brand: Colega Architects Design Type: Single Family Home Category: Architecture

Crestridge Residence

Crestridge Residence is a single family home created through the full remodel of a dated tract house. The new layout stays within the existing footprint of 2100 square feet on a down-sloping lot of 21,000 square feet. A vertical louver system in natural iron wood with black oxide hardware gives privacy along the front elevation. A vaulted great room and large windows open to a view of the Los Angeles basin. Two private wings at opposite ends of the house allow family and guests to live together with privacy.

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Brand: Ya-Yuan Design, Shanghefa Development Design Type: Reception Center Category: Architecture

Miscellaneous Woods

Miscellaneous Woods is a reception center completed in Taiwan. The one-story building covers 1,342.1 square meters on a base of 4,175.2 square meters. The exterior is made of natural materials, including cypress, paint and architectural concrete. Slender wooden elements form a large digital grille that recalls tree branches and a forest path. The long rectangular volume is visually dismantled, and the roof is opened to create layered transitions. Natural light enters the interior, which is kept simple with little decoration.

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Brand: Tang, Jie Design Type: Mobile Architecture Category: Architecture

Infinity

Infinity is a mobile housing unit designed for living in natural settings. Each unit measures 6.7 by 6.7 by 4.3 meters. The retractable metal skeleton is compact during transport and can be adjusted to suit different terrains, so the unit is not fixed to one location. Aircraft grade aluminium panels allow use in temperatures from minus 5 to 40 degrees Celsius. Lightweight secondary structures allow assembly without heavy machinery. Floor to ceiling windows and decking components link the interior with the surrounding landscape.

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