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Journey of Nature Sales Center

Chao Yen Chen Sales Center Architecture

Journey of Nature

Journey of Nature is a sales center completed in 2019 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The property covers 2426 square meters. The main space uses cultural references, while three model houses present contemporary, modern flat and neoclassical styles. Facilities include a meeting area with five tables, a coffee table area, two VIP rooms and a parent-child playground. A shallow water pond and grassland border a long hallway made of wood-plastic composite. The exterior layers stone balls, vermiculite, gray marble tiles, blackened steel and natural timber bark.

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Firm Hall Banquet and Community Centre

Vigneswar Vasulingam Sivanesan Banquet and Community Centre Architecture

Firm Hall

Firm Hall is a banquet and community centre in Chennai, India. The project is an adaptive reuse of an existing residential bungalow at a busy intersection. The outer walls were kept intact, while internal walls were altered to form one large event space on each floor. The ground floor holds a family hall, the first floor a hall with tele-conferencing, and the terrace a semi-open pavilion with a landscaped garden. The facade combines a textured brown mass below and a white mass with screen patterns cut from aluminium sheets and lit from behind.

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MareNostrum Residential Building

Aaron Leppanen Residential Building Architecture

MareNostrum

MareNostrum is an eight story residential building in Quito, Ecuador. The name refers to the Latin term for our sea, and the facade reinterprets the movement of the oars of Roman fleets. The curved facade forms large balconies that extend the interior space to the exterior. Cutout corners span two levels, give shade from the sun and create places where neighbours can meet. The building holds suites, two bedroom and three bedroom apartments and lofts, with a lounge and green areas on the terrace. Passive strategies provide natural light and ventilation.

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U Shaped Residential House

Yusuke Tanaka Residential House Architecture

U Shaped

U Shaped is a residential house built in Tottori, Japan in 2020. The parts facing the road are closed as walls, and the windows there are placed in a high position to block views from outside. The living room sits at the center of the plan, with an open ceiling and a large glass wall that opens to a courtyard. The kitchen, dining room, bedroom and children's room are arranged around the living room, so family members can sense each other. The exterior combines wood, tiles and plastered surfaces. The wooden structure follows a passive design with improved insulation.

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Santos House

Fernando Abelleyro House Architecture

Santos

Using wood as the main constructive element, the house displaces its two levels in section, generating a glazed roof to integrate with the context and allow natural light to enter. The double height space articulates that relationship between the ground floor, the upper floor and the landscape. A metal roof over the skylight flies, protecting it from the incidence of the western sun and formally rebuilding the volume, framing the vision of the natural environment. The program is articulated by locating public uses on the ground floor and private uses on the upper floor.

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Stair House

William Price House Architecture

Stair

This project challenges the residential design status quo, emphasizing the incorporation of environmental and cultural sustainability into its core principles. Through the reinterpretation of an existing typology, it expands the boundaries of what is possible within a narrow urban infill lot. The use of sustainable materials, deep planter guard rails, and covered outdoor patios encourage a connection with nature and cross-ventilation. The house is a reflection of how the relationship with nature and one another is evolving in the context of urban living.

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Mindelo Detached House

Sheila Moura Azevedo Detached House Architecture

Mindelo

The inspiration came from the client's needs and preferences, from the location just by the beach, and from the kind of favorite lifestyle. From an old 80's construction, a new house was born. Fully reconstructed, updated, and modernized, both outside and inside suffered full renovation in a modern style though respected and inspired by the house's age and character. The renovation transformed a 40-year-old house into a modern though classical beach house with all the comforts of modern life.

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Core Residential House

Michihiro Matsuo Residential House Architecture

Core

The planned site is located in the back of a quiet residential area, and houses are densely built around it. A high fence was installed around the site, exterior windows were kept to a minimum, and each area was divided into layers of different heights centered on a central light well. Inside this house, where privacy is protected, a moderate sense of distance in the space visually connects the residents, creating an interior space that spreads diagonally. As for the design, it has a simple structure, and although it is closed, it creates an open space for the residents.

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SV Villa Residential House

Jofre Roca Calaf Residential House Architecture

SV Villa

The SV Villa premise is to live in a city with the privileges of the countryside as well as contemporary design. The site, with incomparable views of the city of Barcelona, Montjuic Mountain and the Mediterranean Sea in the background, creates unusual lighting conditions. The house focuses on local materials and traditional production methods while maintaining a very high level of aesthetics. It is a house that has sensitivity and respect for its site

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Nippo Junction Head Office

Takahiro Ichimaru,Tetsuya Tatenami Head Office Architecture

Nippo Junction

Nippo Head Office is built over a multilayered intersection of urban infrastructure, a traffic artery, an expressway, and a park. Nippo is a leading company in road construction. They define "Michi", which means "street" in Japanese, as the basis of their design concept as "what connects a variety of components". Michi connects the building with the urban context and also connect individual workspaces with each other. Michi was enhanced to forge "creative connections" and to realize the "Junction Place", a unique workplace possible only here at Nippo.

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Haishang Plaza Mixed-use Architecture

Luoya Tu Mixed-use Architecture Architecture

Haishang Plaza

Haishang Plaza is a mixed-use building complex located in an old residential district of Zhengzhou city. The project combines Soho and Loft towers, an indoor shopping mall and a large outdoor lifestyle plaza. The terraced massing steps back at the corners, creating clear entrances and bringing the facade down to a human scale. Green boxes are placed between the towers and the pedestrian corridors as shared and display spaces. Materials include glass fiber reinforced gypsum and concrete, aluminum panels and curtain wall glazing. A green roof system is also included.

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Campus 90 Students Dormitory and Hotel

E-Arch Studio Students Dormitory and Hotel Architecture

Campus 90

Campus 90 combines the functions of a student dormitory, hotel and conference center. The building is located next to the roundabout between two main boulevards in the city of Varna. This is the largest private investment in such a building in the city and responds to the increasing interest of students to the universities. The investor's concept is to provide not only excellent living conditions, but also to create numerous prerequisites for communication and teamwork between students.

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