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Rethinking Manhattan Skyline: The Hybrid
The master thesis project by Gabriel Mihalea, done at University of Architecture and Urban Planning “Ion Mincu” in Bucharest, Romania, deals with the existing situation in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, as...
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When Buildings Blush
Blush is the final thesis project by Viola Ago, done at SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) and it advocates intensification the expressiveness of the face of a building by...
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Off On A Tangent: Exploring Implications Of Tangential Space
This thesis project by Carmelia Chiang explored the implications of tangential space – the condition caused by two surfaces, either physical or implied, approaching to touch at a single point. The...
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Shenzhen Energy Mansion / BIG
Shenzhen Energy Mansion – SEM is BIG’s proposal for an invited competition, organized by Shenzhen Energy Company. The skyscraper proposal is the result of the successful synergy between Bjarke Ingels...
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Parramatta Square Design Competition Winner Revealed
Parramatta design competition has finally got its winner – twin towers by Sydney-based firm Johnson Pilton Walker were unanimously chosen by a jury of industry experts, to transform Parramatta’s...
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National Center For Contemporary Arts Moscow
Dublin-based practice Heneghan Peng Architects has recently won an international competition to design a new National Center for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) in Moscow, Russia. Their proposal was chosen...
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Hybios: Hybrid BIOStructures / Re-exploring Concrete
Hybios: Hybrid BIOStructures is thesis project by Rizad Joucka and Jack Chandy Francis, and it explores the fluidity of concrete as a material, coupled with the flexible workability of its forming...
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Headquarters For The Budapest Bank / Asymptote Architecture
Budapest’s got an icon – architectural statement in Vaci Street, in the very center of the city. Asymptote’s design for the new HQ for the Budapest Bank consists of two interconnected towers along the...
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Birds House / Cost-Saving Response To Warm Climate Habitation
GRAFT, German office for architecture is eager to explore territories of design offered by a new awareness of and open-mindednes to sustainable design, converting energy-saving requirements into...
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Zhengzhou Commercial Office Towers By Asymptote Architecture
Commercial Office Towers for Zhengzhou, China, is one of the most recent projects by Asymptote Architecture. These two towers aim to have a powerful presence and stature in the overall master plan as...
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Breadcrumb: Complexity And Curation – Intricacy And The Individual
Breadcrumb is the title of master thesis by Ryan Tyler Martinez, done at SCI-Arc – Southern California Institute of Architecture, and it mostly deals with Complexity and Curation, Intricacy and the...
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Highly Adaptable Student Campus
Code [9] is situated within Patrik Schumacher’s agenda for a Semiological Campus. Due to that fact, the architecture is seen as a frame to order and adapt society, while pursuing architectural...
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The Sultanahmet Jewelers Academy / Ross Stuart Couper
The Sultanahmet Jewellers Academy is a project– reaction to recent pressures on the jewelry sector of Istanbul, Turkey, mainly focused on the lack of apprentice jewelers taking up the craft and the...
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The Showroom For Nanotechnology / Henn Architects
The Showroom for Nanotechnology is part of HENN’s Nanopolis Masterplan in Suzhou, China. Visitors and employees to the Technology Park can explore the different areas of application of nanotechnology...
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Mathematic Of Space – Aiming For A Prototype / GSD Harvard
Mathematics of Space – Writing Form is the final thesis done at GSD Harvard, by Arash Adel Ahmadian. The aim of the project is to design a building – prototype and not a specific form of building...
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The Haikou Towers
The Haikou Towers by Henn Architects are designed to become the heart of the new Central Business District of Haikou, the capital city of Hainan. The master plan comprises an ensemble of 10 towers...
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Elevating Manhattan / Vertical Central Park
Jeffrey Lee, Rui Liu, and Tina Qiu are authors of Vertical Central Park. As they state, Manhattan is filled with skyscrapers and the only significant green area on the island is Central Park, situated...
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Trigonometric Functions To Trace Systematic Architectural Paths
Loop_3 is a project conceived and realized by Loop_3 design team, a group of students form Architectural Design 3 course at the Faculty of Engineering, Università di Bologna, for an installation on...
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Form-Finding / The Breathing Shelter
The Breathing Shelter, by Rhina Portillo and Matthias Urschler was done at Vienna University of Applied Arts, Energy and Design Strategies Department. The designed structure is a pavilion designed to...
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Beyond The Street / GSAPP
As the city grows, land values increase, often resulting in urban sprawl. Rethinking the street as potential build-able space allows the traditional urban fabric to be redirected. Rem Koolhaas argued...
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