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Nature Canvas Sales Center

HSIN HUNG WU Sales Center Architecture

Nature Canvas

Nature Canvas is a sales center in Taichung with a total area of 495.86 square meters. The design is inspired by Uluru in Australia and by the cave dwellings of ancient times. The building forms a large stone-like volume clad with fiber cement board and painted with ceramic paint, which imitates a rough rock surface and adds weather and stain resistance. The white volume acts as a canvas for sunlight and shadow. Hexagonal openings with inlaid metal frames and a rhombus lattice, modularized by digital die cutting, shift in appearance with the changing light.

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Xerolithi Residence

George Sinas Residence Architecture

Xerolithi

A house that blends in its natural environment. Steep rough slopes, scattered thorny bushes, along with short stone retaining walls, locally called xerolithies created a long time ago for land cultivation purposes. The main facades of the house are formed as xerolithies. These walls that have a lightness like ribbons in the air and seem to be moving gently closer and away of the slope and independently from one another, forming living spaces in between them. The roof covered with dirt and vegetation imitates the natural landscape, making the house almost invisible.

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Villa K Residential Project

Ruud van der Koelen Residential Project Architecture

Villa K

Villa K is a contemporary private residence on the sloping south flank of the Holterberg in Holten, the Netherlands. The house is spacious, with a building volume of 6,500 cubic meters and a gross floor area of 1,850 square meters. A glass mosaic facade, refined detailing and sliding doors with five meter triple glazed sashes shape the exterior. Villa K is a self-sufficient smart home that requires little maintenance. The design integrates the building into the surrounding landscape as one coherent whole.

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CR Land Luyang MiXC Retail

Aico Ltd Retail Architecture

CR Land Luyang MiXC

CR Land Luyang MiXC is a shopping mall in Hefei, China. The building holds more than 220 tenants within a gross floor area of 76,115 square metres. A looped retail circulation route is arranged inside the 75 metre depth of the floor plan, giving visitors a varied shopping route. A sky sports park sits on the roof, with a cantilevered running track built from a long span steel structure and a transparent floor above the track. Green spaces are placed on every level to link indoor and outdoor areas. Metal fins cover the main curved facade.

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Daihatsu Auto Repair Shop

SHUNSUKE OHE Auto Repair Shop Architecture

Daihatsu

The outline of the building has no edges and is designed with a futuristic and dynamism, pursuing a curvaceous beauty. The exterior and interior are both white for the base color, with wood and gray accents, and the number of colors has been reduced to the bare minimum, with the red and white brand logo effectively placed there. The main character of the building is the car, and the design is intended to make the car stand out. The building has two uses, one is a maintenance shop and another is a showroom for displaying cars.

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Soki Atami Hotel

Daisuke Takamiya Hotel Architecture

Soki Atami

Soki Atami is a hot spring luxury hotel located in Atami, a coastal resort town in Shizuoka, known as one of the earliest hot spring retreats in Japan. This project aims to revise the way of hot springs accommodation in a Ryokan more adaptable for the current lifestyle and to rediscover the charm of the region by creating connections between guests and local’s rich nature, culture, and people. All rooms come complete with a personal hot spring, while other facilities include a public onsen, a restaurant with a garden, and a top floor Tea Salon & Bar overlooking Atami Bay.

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Equi Temple Equestrian Arena

Polina Nozdracheva Equestrian Arena Architecture

Equi Temple

Goal is creation expressive architectural and spatial image, operating of technologically limited. Use of rhythm, drawing of details, silhouette of massive wooden structures creates building volume. Arena in equestrian complex combines sports and technology, recreation and representative functions. Rectangular parallelepiped resembles the ancient monument. Arc-shaped lines of constructional elements from glued wood define basic rhythmic space concept. Glazed facades perimeter integrate interior with exterior and pitched roof with far-projecting eaves hovers above field on mighty wooden frame.

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House in sinjyo Residential Building

Kiyoshi Sugimoto Residential Building Architecture

House in sinjyo

House in Sinjyo is a single-story residential building in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. The site sits below a busy national highway bypass, so the house has no openings on the outer walls, which protects the privacy of the couple who live there. A square plan fills the small flat area of the sloping site. A light court on the south side brings in light and air, and is shared by the living room and the bathroom. The court is set two steps above the living room. A wall that stops below the ceiling divides the living area from the water area. The structure is wooden.

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The Inhabited Roccolo Private House

Edoardo Milesi Private House Architecture

The Inhabited Roccolo

The Inhabited Roccolo is a private house set in the landscape of the Lombard Alps. The design reinterprets the roccolo, a traditional bird catcher hut, in a contemporary form. The house covers a ground area of 112.32 square meters and offers a residential area of 332.13 square meters over four levels. The structure is made of reinforced concrete and wood, while the coverings use natural wood, corten steel and titanium zinc. The facades combine projecting volumes and openings that change with each material. Simple forms and natural materials keep attention on the surrounding nature.

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Ju Long Plaza SCPG Incity Mixed Use

Aico Ltd Mixed Use Architecture

Ju Long Plaza SCPG Incity

Hong Hai Ju Plaza and SCPG Incity is a mixed-use urban complex in the city center of Ji'nan, China. The development combines a shopping center, an outdoor lifestyle district, offices, a hotel and apartments on a site of 59,100 square meters. The northeast corner is opened as a cultural plaza, facing the Hongjialou Cathedral, a historical landmark of the city. At the center of the plaza stands the renovated Sister House, which is one hundred years old and marks the entry point. The outdoor district connects to the indoor mall on several levels.

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SHINE ESTUARY Community Center

Quincy Li Community Center Architecture

SHINE ESTUARY

Shine Estuary is a community center located in the Oujiang New District of Wenzhou, China. The building is formed by three offset ellipsoid volumes that are superimposed upon each other, and a shared space connects the three volumes and links the whole building. The curved shapes recall the ripples made by fishing boats on the Oujiang River. Panels of ultra-white glass, measuring up to 2 by 6.15 meters, open the facade toward the water. Meeting rooms are placed on the third floor, which offers the best view of the river.

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Vanke Metropolis Seasons Sales Center

Feng Yang Sales Center Architecture

Vanke Metropolis Seasons

Vanke is a sales center covering 1600 square meters. The building responds to a site shaped by a canal, a wetland park and nearby elevated roads. Modern door frames are stacked in layers, and their sequence is adjusted by mathematical parameters to create a gradual transition. The frames extend inside and are reshaped into an arc-like lobby, which is completed by hanging acrylic panels and public installations. Brushed copper-like stainless steel, dual-layered insulating Low-E glass and golden limestone form the main interface. A garden with a swirl-shaped layout closes the route.

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