Twin-Bricks Glass Block House Design by Yasuhiro Yamashita

Twin-Bricks, consists of two wings – the five rental dwelling units and the owner’s two-family house is located in a quiet residential area, just 20 minutes by train from Tokyo. In order to secure some space for the owner’s car collections, the Owner wing (RC Wing) stands nearer to the road than the Rental wing (S Wing). The Rental wing partly has ALC panels as well as glass blocks. This …

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Plaza Las Lilas by Rodrigo Searle and Marcela Puga

This project arose from the charge to develop a real estate project on a site of approximately 1000m2. The first task consisted of defining the product. To achieve this, the varying conditions aon the borders of the site were noted: three limits towards the interior of the block opposite to the end of the site, that opens onto an extensive plaza. The western orientation is highlighted for its …

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Contemporary Crystal Brick house, Japan

The major request from the client is the space both for two family should be sunny and bright like the various crystals which gathered by the client as their hobby. We had intended to make architecture which wall is made of glass blocks which works as the structure itself considering the request from the client from the beginning. We collaborated with structural engineers, manufacturing …

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Freestanding Stylish Home

Follow the boardwalk through this creative drought-free garden & find state-of-the-art standalone style in this 3 bedroom home. Showcasing an elite Euro appliance kitchen & 2 frameless screened bathrooms including a vast ensuite, this cutting-edge home has dining stepping down to a light-filled lounge & out through glass doors to a room-sized deck in a silver-birch hedged courtyard. …

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Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects

The location of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at the northern Edge of the Michigan State University Campus is infl uenced by a set of movements adjacent to and across it. The vital street life on the northern side of Grand River Avenue and the historic heart of the university campus at the south side generate a network of paths and visual connections.This highly frequented interface …

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The Middle East Centre of St. Antony’s College by Zaha Hadid Architects

The Middle East Centre of St. Antony’s College is the University of Oxford’s centre for interdisciplinary study of the Modern Middle East. The centre was founded in 1957 and it is focused on research on humanities and social sciences with a wide reference to the Arab World and its geographic adjacencies. The Centre research core is a specialized library and substantial paper and photographic …

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Yuxi Opera House, China

Yuxi is the birthplace of the famous Chinese composer, Nie’Er, amongst whose works is the Chinese National Anthem. With the completion of the Master Plan for the City of Yuxi, BTA was again commissioned by the City for the new Yuxi Opera Theatre. The main design challenge for this project is to cope with changes in architectural expression, as Yuxi is rapidly transforming from traditional town …

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ING Renault F1 Team Sustainable Computational Aerodynamics Research Centre

Work began on site in the autumn of 2007. As site preparation and foundations were prepared ABM began casting and curing the segments. Site assembly began in December 2007 and was complete in just six working days, ahead of schedule. The entire structure has been waterproofed, backfilled with graded materials, earthed over and landscaped. To complete the construction the main contractor has …

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Torre Mare Nostrum by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue

This building is designed by the prestigious architect from Barcelona Enric Miralles and by Benedetta Tagliabue, who won the call for ideas for the Gas Natural Group’s new head office. The proposal by the EMBT studio is characterised by a spectacular 20-storey glass tower which, given its sinuous, modern architecture has already become a landmark on the skyline of Barcelona. A horizontal …

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Temple Har Shalom Combines Art, Architecture, Judaism and Skiing

Put together a world-renown Japanese ceramic artist, a world-class German architect, 35 acres of pristine land in the mountains of Utah, a quest for spirituality, and the result is probably not what you would expect. After 14 years of rented office space converted into sanctuaries and classrooms, the Jewish community of Park City, Utah has opened the doors to its first synagogue, Temple Har …

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