September 27th, 2011
Project: Shams Laisure Park
Designed by Chapman Taylor
Location: Rehaan City, Jordan
Website: www.chapmantaylor.com
Internationally renowned and present Chapman Taylor architecture firm takes on a task of designing the massive masterplan for the Shams Leisure Park in Jordan.
international practice safdie architects has designed 'condominium at bishan central', a 38-story residential complex in the bishan district of singapore. the high density housing block satisfies the needs of the growing urban center while providing family and community spaces and amenities. lusciously planted gardens encompass the two buildings and infiltrate the connecting bridges and bountiful outdoor terraces. inhabitants have access to open-air pedestrian pathways at three different elevations with panoramic views of the surrounding tropical landscape as well as cooling breezes as they sweep through the canyon-like void between the structures. this arrangement dually provides air movement to individual units while the matrix of balconies encourages cross ventilation to pass through the interior spaces. the clustered vertical city mitigates the feeling of concentration by maximizing each dwelling's connection with nature with access to personal outdoor gardens.
the recently completed 'guangzhou south railway station' located in guangzhou, china designed by london-based practice TFP farrells has been shortlisted for an award in the transport category of this year's world architecture festival. positioned within the pearl river delta region, this addition to china's growing network of high speed railway transportation hubs will circulate 300,000 passengers on a daily basis. 28 platforms distributed on the ground level receive the arrival trains while departures are elevated to the first floor. the building is divided vertically to provide infrastructure for other modes of movement including taxis, cars, buses and connections to the metropolitan subway positioned underground.
internationally practicing london-based firm foster + partners has revealed the design for the 'kuwait international airport', an air hub for the gulf region located in kuwait. the trefoil plan will accommodate the projected increased influx of transient visitors, growing from an initial 13 million individuals to over 25 million per year with future development and eventually accommodating 50 million annual travelers. the state-of-the-art terminal building intends to provide ultimate comfort despite its positioning within the arid desert amidst one of the hottest habitable climates on earth. gates extend from a 25 meter high central atrium and are distributed between three symmetrical wings which reach a span of 1.2 kilometers. the linear arrangement contains three levels programmed for arrivals, departures and baggage claim with minimal vertical changes produces a user friendly organization.
Architects MVRDV of Rotterdam and COBE of Copenhagen and Berlin have won a competition to design a rock-music museum at a former concrete factory in Roskilde, the Netherlands.
Riviera TwinStar Square, Shanghai, China Arquitectonica completes bank HQ overlooking site of historic shipyards
A 200,000 sq m project consisting of two 49-storey office towers on a riverfront site, Riviera TwinStar Square is located at the former home to the city’s shipyards. The client gave no design mandate but there was a site with a history. The Shanghai shipyards had had an important presence on the riverfront for two centuries. The architects felt that the buildings should be a monument to its contribution to the city.
Architects MVRDV of Rotterdam and COBE of Copenhagen and Berlin have won a competition to design a rock-music museum at a former concrete factory in Roskilde, the Netherlands.
Roskilde is a Copenhagen suburb, so it's in Denmark, not in NL.
Okanagan College Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation / CEI
Architect: CEI Architecture Planning Interiors
Location: Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Nanjing Tower Block, Nanjing, China Masterplan for ten new towers planned for Nanjing inspired by windmill sails
Following their success in winning first prize in an international competition, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been commissioned to realize a tower block complex of ten buildings in Nanjing. The design by gmp is for a financial enterprise centre on a site of about 80,000 sq m in this large eastern Chinese metropolis. The above ground gross floor space of the 120m to 200m high tower blocks will be about 500,000 sq m.
the 'jesolo lido condominium', a series of residential and hotel high-rises designed by new york-based-practice richard meier architects is nearing completion in jesolo, italy. the beach-side complex consists of a low profile inland building and ten story structure closer to the coast, offering panoramic vistas of the adjacent adriatic sea. oriented for the pristine views, a spine connects the separated entities acting as a path for observation, resting and exercise along with direct water access. the program will be distributed between the cumulative area of 7,400 square meters.
Urban Forest / MAD Architects
By: Ryan Kemp | October - 11 - 2011
As the twin towers in Toronto, Canada’s Absolute World development near completion, MAD Architects look to break ground on yet another arduous skyscraper concept. Located in Chongqing, a major city in founder Yansong Ma’s home country of China, the Urban Forest proposal reiterate MAD’s design approach of syncing architecture with nature. Aesthetically evocative of the surrounding mountainous terrain, the peak-and-valley elevation is generated by the successive cantilevering of the floor plates. Abstractly curved, the floors are un-referential to what is above and below, rendering the high-rise building as a swaying tree in a forest of towers.
Designing in Lima, a city of marked eclecticism is more a provocation than a challenge. The vibrant movement of forms, heights, colors, reflections, textures and all kinds of elements competing for the leading role is a particularly interesting framework for XTe a+d‘s proposal for an exclusive, loft apartment building. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Levinson Plaza, Mission Park / Mikyoung Kim Design
Landscape Architect: Mikyoung Kim Design
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy of Mikyoung Kim Design