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Paykar Bonyan, a Production Plant Is an Attempt to Change Traditional Construction System
Paykar Bonyan, a Production Plant Is an Attempt to Change Traditional Construction System
Posted on 1/15/2009
Arad architect designs a production plant, Paykar Boyan panel which spreads on 3700 sq. m. area in Iran. It is situated in industrial city for non-polluting factories, 35 kilometers away from Tehran. The official building with luxurious facilities and reception are connected to main building with a bridge. An additional building with 200 sq. m area has separate site. The factory includes a prefabricated building system production plant with an office and ancillary building. The plant was ai ...
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Hearst Headquarters Tower Is Designed To Consume 25 Percent less Energy
Hearst Headquarters Tower Is Designed To Consume 25 Percent less Energy
Posted on 1/13/2009
The Hearst Headquarters Tower in New York has been designed to consume considerably less energy than a conventional building. The forty two storey tower is a model of sustainable office design and provides almost one million square feet of office space. The tower rises above the old building, associated with transparent skirt of glazing that maximizes the space below with natural lighting and gives the impression of tower floating lightly above the base. The lobby occupies entire floor plate, ri ...
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Old Telephone Exchange Redesigned as First City Building by RRP in London
Old Telephone Exchange Redesigned as First City Building by RRP in London
Posted on 1/12/2009
88 Wood Street, the first city building with three linked blocks of office accommodation and eight storeys in London is spread on 33000 square meter area. The use of brilliant color increases air intakes and extracts at street level are also brightly colored. The design of building reflects 8 meter high spacious entrance lobby, granite floor as an extension to external landscaping. The building, 88 Wood Street includes several inventive constituents. The reception area has 54 meter long wal ...
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Old Power Station Turns into a Residential Building by ALA Architects
Old Power Station Turns into a Residential Building by ALA Architects
Posted on 1/7/2009
Finnish architects ALA designs a residential house, “Tropaion” which consists of five perimeter blocks of varying heights covered with roof terraces of upper apartments on the site of former Hanasaari power station in Helsinki, Finland. The building forms an enormous bowl shape with crossing sea views from all terraces and gives a sense of community and togetherness for people. The courtyards of the building will create semi-private spaces and public streets with shops and services at street. ...
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Revolving, Solar-Powered Residential Tower in Dubai
Revolving, Solar-Powered Residential Tower in Dubai
Posted on 1/6/2009
An Italian company, Dynamic Architecture has intended for a revolving skyscraper for Dubai; which is powered by wind turbines placed between the floors. Each floor of the building which consists of 59 storey revolves separately i.e. the shape of the structure that has 58 turbines will continue to change. The architects have calculated that the tower will generate surplus electricity to power further five skyscrapers of same size. The building changing constantly its shape will generate ele ...
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C42- A Retail Showroom Built With Glass Façade, Latticework and Chevrons
C42- A Retail Showroom Built With Glass Façade, Latticework and Chevrons
Posted on 1/2/2009
A contemporary landmark, the C42 was constructed as the first new building on Champs-Élysées in Paris. It took more than 30 years to be completed and is rated as one of the most beautiful buildings of France. The building consists of innovative architecture, compelling style and a bold approach to design. The C42 is meant for Citroen building number i.e. C for Citroen while 42 is the number of building. The building stands 30m high and the striking glass latticework exterior is covered by soari ...
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Rio Architects Designed UK
Rio Architects Designed UK's Greenest Building in Leeds
Posted on 12/30/2008
Innovate Green Office designed by Rio Architects in Leeds is called the UK's greenest building as it achieved the highest ever BREEAM rating of 87.5 percent last year. The project includes even a single renewable technology and exemplifies what a passive design can achieve, ranging from first principles – orientation, exploitation of thermal mass, optimization of plan depth and building section to maximize daylight, and a heavily insulated covering. Author Hattie Hartman says………… To m ...
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130-Year Old House Turned into Vinegar Cafe by Tokyo Based Architect
130-Year Old House Turned into Vinegar Cafe by Tokyo Based Architect
Posted on 12/29/2008
Tokyo architect Shinichiro Himematsu has designed a ‘Vinegar Café’ adjacent to a vinegar factory in Fukuoka, Japan. A 130-year old private house is to be renovated and turned into a café which serves dishes using vinegar from the factory. The café consists of blue bumpy surface composed of tables, chairs shelves and a counter that creates the effect of “Slice”. The following is from Himematsu Architecture: This project is to renovate a 130-year old private house into a café and factory in ...
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Århus- A living city quarter by JDS and CEBRA
Århus- A living city quarter by JDS and CEBRA
Posted on 12/24/2008
Architects, Julien de Smedt and CEBRA in collaboration with Louis Paillard and SeArch have won a competition to build a housing complex named “Iceberg Project” at Aarhus docklands development in Denmark. The project will be constructed on 25,000 sqm areas and is expected to be complete by 2010. The development will consist of 200 apartments in buildings whose jaggedy roofs resemble icebergs. The building is being designed for living city quarter, consisted of multitude of cultural and soci ...
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Honeycomb Structure by MAD
Honeycomb Structure by MAD
Posted on 12/19/2008
Sinosteel International Plaza, consisting of 358 meters-high office tower and adjacent hotel at 88 meters has been designed by Beijing-based architects MAD. The building is under construction and is expected to be complete by 2012 in Tinajin, China. It will be an external honeycomb structure, incorporating hexagonal windows in five different sizes, arranged according to wind and solar direction on the site in order to regulate internal temperature of the towers. The honeycomb structure will be e ...
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