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Gospel Church

Shi Zhe Lo Church Architecture

Gospel

Gospel is a church located in a coastal city in Yunlin County, Taiwan. The exterior is shaped like a Chinese screen, and twelve pillars respond to strong wind while symbolizing the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The building covers 496 square meters. For safety, the concrete weight and the rebar thickness were increased, and the raft foundation was deepened and widened. The building form guides wind into the interior, which reduces the use of air conditioning, and LED lighting lowers energy use. A dedicated area stores up to 20 tons of water.

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Mui Dinh South Resort

NDA GROUP Resort Architecture

Mui Dinh South

Mui Dinh South is a beach resort located at Bai Trang beach in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam. The design joins light tropical architecture, references to ancient Champa culture and traditional Vietnamese building forms on a contemporary base. The hotel stands on flat land in front of the beach, while villas and smaller facilities are spread at low density across the irregular terrain. Every villa and hotel room is set with a direct sea view. The resort covers 63.96 hectares and offers 756 keys. A resource reduction plan limits construction impact.

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Skgarden Villas Residential Development

Quark Studio Architects Residential Development Architecture

Skgarden Villas

Commissioned by Lebanese developer Can Do Contractors, Skygarden Villas are nestled on a cliff of Yalıkavak. While searching for architectural conception, the aim was to create simple and rational structure from the functionality, construction and exploitation point of view. Homes feature balconies, floor-to-ceiling windows and terraces providing panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea. The building’s interiors were made to organically flow from indoor to outdoor living while keeping a strong sense on the privacy as well.

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TCNK Car Showroom and Garage

Tetsuo Kawabe Car Showroom and Garage Architecture

TCNK

TCNK is a car showroom and garage located in Niigata prefecture, Japan. The building stands at the entrance of a new development area and is intended as a landmark. TCNK combines a glass showroom with two upper volumes that appear to float above the ground. A five meter cantilever and a suspension structure make the volumes seem to rest on a single line of columns. The final design was selected from more than ten proposals prepared after a study of the site. Construction started in November 2006 and was completed in October 2009.

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W Horse Stud Villa

Fahad Alhumaidi Villa Architecture

W Horse Stud

W Horse Stud is a vacation house designed for a 10000 square metre site in the Wafra agricultural area of Kuwait. The house is raised 140 centimetres above the ground to open views over the surrounding horse paddocks. The plan is divided into two axes. One axis holds the horse stable. The other holds the bedrooms, dining area and large living area facing the swimming pool. A 40 metre terrace is shaded by a 3 metre cantilevered roof for protection from the sun and sand. Construction uses insulated lightweight blocks, glass, a concrete structure and a lightweight steel roof.

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Villas Alba Residential

Mercurio Design Lab S.r.l. Residential Architecture

Villas Alba

Villas Alba is a pair of twin villas located on the island of Sentosa in Singapore, facing the sea and an adjacent golf course. The name Alba means sunrise in Italian, and the semi-circular form recalls the sun rising on the horizon. A terracotta roof in red and orange hues and a travertine facade give the villas warm tones. Inside, the color palette follows a gradation of sunrise tones. Extensive glazing and a timber pool deck link the living and dining space to the landscape. An attic sitting room overlooks an elevated courtyard.

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W One Residential Space

Full Wang International Development Co., Ltd Residential Space Architecture

W One

W One is a residential building located in Taichung, Taiwan. The design responds to the local character of Taiwan Boulevard and Maple Garden. The roof form acts as a landmark and reflects the aim of a technological and sustainable green city. The first floor is connected with the surrounding open space. A roof garden with a large pergola serves as a shared living room for the residents. The open and green layout suits the subtropical climate. The lot size is 1707.5 square meters and the total floor area is 20805.2 square meters.

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The Nature Gradation Private House

Yasuyuki Kitamura Private House Architecture

The Nature Gradation

A private house for a young couple, located on the northern hill of Minoh City, within Osaka, Japan. Despite the fact that the area is fast developing and known for its rich natural environment, the houses have little to do with the local character. The project aims to highlight the relationship between humans and the nature, while acknowledging the natural qualities of the surroundings.

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Haus M private house

Gronych + Dollega Architekten private house Architecture

Haus M

Haus M is a private house in Tiefenbach, Germany, completed in 2012. The asymmetric shape of the interior recalls the image of a mine. The main room measures 10 meters by 8 meters and is 6 meters high. A sculpturally shaped gallery layer is suspended within the main room and divides its height. The main building uses a prefabricated wood frame of glued wooden beams, from which the gallery is hung. The basement and the ceiling above it are made of in-situ concrete, and the roof cladding is an aluminium alloy. The large frontal terrace adds depth to the main room.

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Ike House

Hatsuo Morimoto House Architecture

Ike

Ike is a three-story house with a penthouse, built in a densely populated urban area of Nagoya, Japan. The reinforced concrete building has a site area of 365 square meters and a floor area of 602 square meters. The outer walls are finished in wood grained concrete, made by lining the formwork with cedar boards before the concrete is poured. Wood garage doors, curtain wall glass and stone fence blocks complete the exterior. Three pocket gardens bring indirect light, air and greenery into the rooms. The upper floors are offset so that sunlight still reaches the neighboring houses.

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Simple but Elegant Leisure Complex Center

Chunli Zhang Leisure Complex Center Architecture

Simple but Elegant

Simple but Elegant is a leisure complex center in Weihai City, Shandong Province, China. The design covers 4522 square meters of buildings and 39478 square meters of landscape. Courtyard spaces are formed by plain white walls, following the traditional Chinese garden pattern of vestibule and backyard. The buildings are linked by corridors, and mirror steel plates on the corridor tops reflect the surrounding scenery. A coffee shop, a book bar, an exhibition hall, offices and meeting rooms are included. A lakeside park offers rest to the staff of the industrial park.

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Pardis Kahneh Residenial

Nima Keivani Residenial Architecture

Pardis Kahneh

The 9 stories building, inspired of Persian historical vertical gardens. The facade is a combination of a simple surface that completely encloses a volume by making diagonal section cut. Surface is a wooden lattice by pattern deign inspired by the metaphorically the cedar, the dynamic lattice is so flexible that can be opened or closed by users to adjust privacy. While the other surface is totally covered by turquoise stone, is a small garden in the lobby and back yard which is like a sunken courtyard and there is a roof garden with trees.

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