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Naves: Temporary Pavilion for the City of Mons, Capital of Culture in 2015
Naves, the proposal for a temporary pavilion for the city of Mons, Capital of Culture in 2015, addresses a contextual relationship to the gothic surroundings as an exploration on lightness and...
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New York’s Increased Demand for Public Space / SOM’s vision for Grand Central...
Skidmore, Owings & Merill was invited to re-imagine New York’s iconic Grand Central Terminal, in honor of its 100th birthday. Led by partners Roger Duffy, FAIA and T.J. Gottesdiener, FAIA, SOM’s...
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Environmental Conference Center for Latin America as an Urban Flooding...
Rui Liu | L-U-D Studio’s design for UN Environmental Conference Center for Latin America, in architect’s own words, highlights the negative outcome of the rapid urbanization throughout fast growing...
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Lascaux IV Winners Announced: Casson Mann, Duncan Lewis and Snohetta to...
Winners of the international competition for the visitor complex at the Paleolithic cave paintings were recently announced – Casson Mann, Duncan Lewis and Snøhetta are the authors of the awarded entry...
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Barcelona Active Gallery / No Energy Active Facade
This seductive and vibrant, active, no energy façade is a prototype, developed by young Catalan architects Adrià Escolano and Maria Ubach, and is the outcome of their investigation on the...
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SFMOMA Expansion Construction to Start Soon / Snøhetta
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | SFMOMA’s expansion works commence this summer – the new 235,000-square-foot building is designed by Norway based practice Snøhetta. The expansion will...
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Chongqing Mountain and City Sales Office / One Plus Partnership
Ajax Law Ling Kit and Virginia Lung of Hong Kong based practice One Plus Partnership designed Chongqing Mountain & City Sales Office for Chongqing Nanshan District, China. Slanted walls and marble...
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ARENA 92 / New Stadium for the French Rugby Union club Racing 92
The design for the new Stadium for the French Rugby Union Club Racing 92 is conceived in a successful collaboration between Sériès et Sériès Architects, Agence Search Architects and Van Santen&...
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Case Study in Efficiency / Diagonal Tower by SOM
SOM’s Diagonal Tower in Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea, is a case study in efficiency – 343 meter tall tower successfully minimizes wind loads, reduces construction...
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Volcano Skyscraper Harnesses Clean Energy from Active Volcanoes
Honorable Mention 2013 Skyscraper Competition Jing Hao, Zhanou Zhang, Xingyue Chen, Jiangyue Han, Shuo Zhou China From the suffocation of Pompeii to the air traffic gridlock suffered in Iceland in...
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Nomad: Terraforming Mars
Honorable Mention 2013 Skyscraper Competition Antonio Ares Sainz, Joaquin Rodriguez Nuñez, Konstantino Tousidonis Rial Spain The global increase in population, its concentration in cities, and the...
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Skinscape: Morphing Contiguous Skyscrapers
Honorable Mention 2013 Skyscraper Competition Woongyeun Park, Jaegeun Lim, Haejun Jung, Karam Kim United States The Skinscape project was inspired from the idea that the natural environment modifies...
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PH Conditioner Skyscraper
Honorable Mention 2013 Skyscraper Competition Hao Tian, Huang Haiyang, Shi Jianwei China The outbreak of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, since 1750, unavoidably brought severe environmental...
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Stratosphere Network of Skyscrapers
Honorable Mention 2013 Skyscraper Competition Mingxuan Dong, Yuchen Xiang, Aiwen Xie, Xu Han China As technological innovative and higher latest skyscrapers can be, they still need to rely on the...
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Soundscraper Captures Sound Kinetic Energy while Reducing Noise Pollution
Honorable Mention 2013 Skyscraper Competition Julien Bourgeois, Olivier Colliez, Savinien de Pizzol, Cédric Dounval, Romain Grouselle France Energy is one of the major concerns of our current society....
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Light Park Floating Skyscraper
Third Place 2013 Skyscraper Competition Ting Xu, Yiming Chen China The rapid increase of population within the major cities around the world has led to poor development and serious urban design...
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Phobia Skyscraper Revitalizes Paris Suburbs
Second Place 2013 Skyscraper Competition Darius Maïkoff, Elodie Godo France The Phobia Skyscraper is a new form of modular suburban residential development for Paris, France. It is located over the...
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Polar Umbrella Buoyant Skyscraper Protects and Regenerates the Polar Ice Caps
First Place 2013 Skyscraper Competition Derek Pirozzi United States During the last decades of global warming, the polar ice caps have experienced a severe rise in temperature causing the northern and...
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Winners eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Skyscraper Competition. The award was established in 2006 to recognize outstanding ideas for vertical living. Since then, the publication...
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Three-Dimensionally Curved Roof of Martin Luther’s Church in Hainburg / Coop...
In less than one year, Martin Luther Church by Coop Himelb(l)au, together with a sanctuary, church hall and supplementary spaces was built in center of Hainburg, Austria. Its shape is inspired by a...
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