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Cheap, dull, unattractive and unpleasant spaces – that’s the reputation of school ‘relocatables’. They’re the decades old, utilitarian solution to changing school demographics, remote community needs and disasters such as fires, floods and cyclones. But a new plan by the Laboratory For Visionary Architecture [LAVA] turns these unpleasant spaces into smart buildings, the design an education in itself.
Designed by Asadov Architecure Studio for the Aerostatic Architecture Competition in 2010, the project envisions a universal system of modules capable of clustering and separating at great heights. The design has various functions
Daniel Libeskind’s first residential development in Asia, opens in Singapore. Prominently situated at the entrance to Singapore’s historic Keppel Harbor, the project is the architect’s largest such development to date.
Builders in China completed a 170,000 square foot, 30-story prefabricated hotel in just 15 days. It can reportedly withstand an 9.0-magnitude earthquake.
The theme of the 2012 International Exposition in Yeosu, South Korea, is “The Living Ocean and Coast”. As a response, architects at MVRDV have designed a pavilion that will contribute to raising awareness of the fragility of ocean ecosystems. The building is a kind of aquarium, a glass structure made of water basins that surround the central void.
The Water Building Resort not only addresses issues of sustainability through futuristic technological experiments, but also explores financial profitability of those concepts. Its associative form (inspired by the shape of a water drop) suggests its programmatic purpose.
Marina Bay Sands, the most expensive casino in the world located in Singapore will soon open the world’s first ArtScience Museum. The concept of the “Welcoming Hand of Singapore” features 10 “fingers” of the museum anchored by a unique round base in the middle of the composition.
The Tena Tower is a massive 640'000 square meter development project for the town of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Designed by Paris based architect Manuelle Gauntrand, the Tena Tower project is meant to be an entirely energy self-sufficient oasis to draw in foreign and internal investments to Burkina Faso.
Dubai Pearl is a new residential and commercial development in Dubai situated in the newest part of the city with magnificent views to the Gulf, the Palm Island, and the Burj Al Arab.
Here’s another entry in the “architecture as a natural but inanimate object” category: The new “Cybertecture Egg” has been designed as a poultry-inspired office building for Mumbai, India. The 32'000 square meter building was designed by James Law Cybertecture International firm.
Recently, Asymptote architectural groupe has finished the Hotel Yas that houses up to 500 rooms at a surface of 85 000 square meters. This luxurious hotel is one of the most significant buildings of an ambitious 36 billion harbor Yas located near-by the F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The new office for the Qatar Minister of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture (MMAA) is one that speaks creatively and directly to the location and the office’s subject matter: it’s shaped like a giant cactus.
Bangkok firm Aesthetic Architecture has designed a modern, glass succulent for the MMAA, using the cactus as design inspiration both in how the building looks and functions.
Kubota & Bachmann Architects won a honorable mention for the Maritime Culture & Pop Music Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Color is joy, color is love and color is Pop! Joy is the pleasure of living in front of the sea. Love is the meeting of two programs on a single site. Pop is the new symbol of Kaohsiung’s port.
Serving as a monument and memorial to the UAE’s founding President Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Zayed National Museum will be a focal point of the emerging Saadiyat Island Cultural District. All aspects of the Museum, from architectural design to museum exhibit themes were conceived to reflect the life and values of the late Sheikh Zayed.
The urban night club designed by Tiffany Dahlen and Virginia Melnyk responds to the vibrant and eclectic youth culture of Harajuku and balances the high fashion of Omontesando.
The urban club consists of a large meet and greet entry area, sushi restaurant, sake bar, music lounge and two VIP lounges.
Norwegian architectural studio Jagnefält Milton Architecture came up with a unique idea how to liven up the small town of Åndalsnes. The architects designed a hotel that rolls on the train tracks that connect the town to the outside.
MAD architects took the long lived Chinese principle of architecture mimicking or responding to nature to counterpoint the modern monolithic residential building trend by using local hill formations as a reference.
The Helix Bridge designed by Cox Rayner Architects is one of the few, if any, bridges in the world to be named after its structure.
The Bubble Skyscraper was designed by Iranian architects Farzad Mirshafiei, Amin Aghagholizade, Farzin Misami and Peyman Ali. The exterior shell was designed based on the aerodynamic properties of bubbles against cross-wind deflection during strong ocean winds.
Perched amid the rooftops of London, between the Thames River and the sky above, a sphere of clear polycarbonate designed by Julian King Architect, 7 m in diameter, encases a room of 42 s.m.
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