Complex

Explore 4 award-winning designs tagged Complex on Architecture Today.

Designer: Peng Architects Inc. Design Type: Complex Category: Architecture

NamKwong Diehu Center

Nam Kwong Diehu Center is a mixed-use complex designed for Qidong, Jiangsu, China. The site lies in the central business district, next to Diehu Lake. The design is divided into three plots. One plot holds the working and commercial areas, and two plots hold the residential areas. The form of the twin towers is inspired by the shape of a butterfly, following the local name of Diehu Lake. The complex covers a total area of 304,000 square meters. Ecological residences and fitness parks support a healthy community.

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Designer: Mitsuhiro Shinohara Design Type: Complex Category: Interior

United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu

United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu is a cinema complex built for the city of Chichibu, which had been without a movie theatre for 29 years. The complex holds seven screens and 650 seats within 2,490 square metres. Most screens seat fewer than 100 people, which allows a wide variety of films to be shown for a small population. A curtain wall facade and a bright lobby finished with slate stone and wood welcome passers-by as well as film-goers. The design works as a living room for the city, where visitors of all ages can meet. All theatres use laser projectors and a digital signage system.

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Designer: Akira Koyama Design Type: Complex Category: Architecture

Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids

Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids is a five-storey apartment complex of 14 units in Tokyo. The building stands on a deep parcel with tight frontage, measuring 17 metres to the back and 8 metres in width. The four corners of each volume are notched to form six vertical voids that bring daylight into the units. The complex is arranged as two volumes, front and rear, separated by open corridors with stairs to all floors. The corridors connect the six voids and act as paths for natural ventilation. The street facade is a structural wall with a water-jet chipped finish that protects privacy.

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Designer: Quark Studio Architects Design Type: Complex Category: Interior

Dijlah Village

Located in the heart of Baghdad, Iraq, The Dijlah Village Complex with its 12.000 sqm facility area is designed as a mixed-use commercial complex to answer the relevant need in the growing neighborhood. In order to answer the market requests, a Fitness Area, a Spa, and an Indoor Swimming Pool were included in the facilities. The design process developed around the idea of blending European’s modernism with the orientalism as a contrast. In the resulting synthesis, has been concluded a product that answers the quest for Baghdad.

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