Architecture

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Designer: Torres Arquitetos Design Type: Building Category: Architecture

Aimbere Residence

Aimbere Residence is a residential building with fifteen floors, located in Guarapuava, a municipality in the state of Paraná, in the interior of southern Brazil. Aimbere in Tupi-Guarani, the language of the Indians of the southern region of Brazil, means one who squirms (turns). the building seeks to reflect this dynamism and the movement of Nature, with a contemporary architecture. The choice for a differentiated residential product has been a conviction of the developer and the architectural firm since their first studies.

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Designer: Muhammed El Sepaey Design Type: Medical Center Category: Architecture

Almana

The design aims to reduce patients' anxiety and stress, accelerate recovery, shorten hospitalizations, reduce medication use, lessen pain, and promote a sense of well being by creating a well designed healing environment. Spaces are designed to be nurturing and therapeutic. On the organizational level, the design helps to enhance staff satisfaction, productivity and retention. Form of the building allows for the natural flow of space, air and light. The design combines advanced practices for lighting, day lighting, HVAC and water treatment systems that use significantly less energy.

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Designer: Clement Tung Jeun Cheng Design Type: Residence Category: Architecture

Virtual Scenery

Virtual Scenery is a residence in Macau with a floor area of 485 square meters. The design takes the changing surface of Sai Van Lake as its main theme. The colors of water and waves are shown through different densities and angles, and the same theme is used for both the exterior and the interior. Wood finishes and a patterned wood floor add warmth to the living areas. Different depths of color separate the functional zones. The stairs combine black metal bars with champagne handrails. Materials of low chroma reduce visual pressure and support a calm atmosphere.

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Designer: Elisabeth Rüthnick Design Type: Administration Building Category: Architecture

Jobcenter Berlin

Jobcenter Berlin is an administration building in Berlin, Germany, created by converting the Bornemann High-rise, a 1960s extension of the town hall. The listed building was updated to current structural, energy and fire protection standards, and the floor plans were adapted to the needs of the new users. The washed concrete slabs and window elements were renewed following the original design, in agreement with the monument protection authority. Exposed masonry walls in the hallways were repaired and cleaned. A new color concept guides the public areas and corridors.

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Designer: Andrea Brunazzi Design Type: Single Family Villa Category: Architecture

Casa Della Quercia

Casa Della Quercia is a single family villa built on a panoramic hillside site with a centuries-old oak tree. The single above-ground floor covers 105 square meters and holds two bedrooms, a kitchen, a large living room and two bathrooms. The swimming pool sits in a sheltered rear patio with a microclimate suitable for mid-season, so the front lawn stays open. A central shaft brings light and air to the basement rooms. Walls are 53 centimeters thick with 16 centimeters of insulation, and a heat pump serves underfloor heating and cooling. The flat roof simplifies maintenance.

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Designer: Chrysi Vrantsi Design Type: Cultural Center Category: Architecture

Argo

Argo cultural center is located by the lake Kati in the heart of the mountain Olympus in Greece.The building is named after the ship Argo. The purpose of the building is to make a connection between Man, Art and Nature. Argo makes use of the resources of the natural environment. The structure is a combination of steel frame and reinforced concrete. The objectives of the research are to create a building which is sustainable and uses materials in a futuristic design.The project is influenced by the geographical features, the social features as well as the history of the site.

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Designer: sanzpont [arquitectura] Design Type: Villas Category: Architecture

Living the Gardens

Living the Gardens is a residential complex of nine villas in Cancun, Mexico, built on a site of 2,373 square meters. Each villa has three levels and covers 216 to 275 square meters. The ground floor holds a living room, dining room, kitchen, terrace, half bathroom and an interior garden. The upper floor holds a master bedroom and two secondary bedrooms. Each villa also has a roof garden. Local materials and passive bioclimatic design reduce energy use, while wooden louvers and native vegetation give solar protection.

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Designer: William Price Design Type: Residential House Category: Architecture

Shotgun Over and Under

Shotgun Over and Under is located in the Lower Heights neighborhood of Downtown Houston, Texas. The site is bound by an industrial zone to the south and the first African American cemetery in the Houston city limits. The project references Houston's Shotgun Houses located in Freedman's Town in the Fourth Ward which are long narrow one-story houses with rooms placed end-to-end. Shotgun Over and Under is a deviation from the theme of Shotgun House and is conceived as two Shotgun houses stacked atop of one another, one private and one public.

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Designer: Ghiath Al Masri Design Type: Residential Home Category: Architecture

Abstract House

The residence utilizes a modern aesthetic while retaining a central courtyard, which evokes the traditional Kuwaiti practice in the building of houses. Here the residence is allowed to acknowledge both past and present, without clashing. The water feature at the steps of the main door sweeps outwards, the floor to ceiling glass helps keep the spaces more open, allowing the users to go between outside and inside, past and present, effortlessly.

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Designer: James Lai Design Type: Hall Category: Architecture

Boyue Wedding

Boyue Wedding is a wedding venue building complex in Shangrao, China. The complex has a building area of 8000 square meters and is composed of three independent buildings. A wing-shaped installation forms the entrance lobby and connects the three buildings. The design concept is inspired by Greek mythology and represents a pair of wings of time. The shape also resembles the letter W, the initial of the word wedding. The main materials are aluminum plate, iron, flower art and crystal lamps. The complex contains a church, a lobby, a banquet hall and themed wedding halls.

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Designer: Geoffrey Morrison Design Type: Retail Architecture Category: Architecture

Citystars Heliopolis

Citystars Heliopolis is a mixed-use retail complex in Egypt, first opened in 2004. The complex is under renovation, with a gross floor area of 250,000 square meters. The renovation covers architecture, interiors, lighting, wayfinding, landscape and sustainability within one integrated approach. Eight levels extend across a city block. The curved form refers to the flow of the Nile. Four atriums, named Orion, Eclipse, Solaris and Starport, shape the interior. Shade structures, a lake, trees and planting help to cool the site.

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Designer: javad davoodi Design Type: Apartment Category: Architecture

Larma

Larma is an apartment building located in Royan, in the north of Iran. The building has six floors and twelve units. A gable roof answers the rainfall of Mazandaran in autumn and winter and follows the local building tradition. Brick, a material long used in Iranian architecture, forms the main surfaces. Colored glass set in wooden window frames brings tinted light into the corridors and stair areas. Shrubs and green plants on the facade recall the forests of Mazandaran, while large green terraces recall the yards of the region.

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