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Shams Sale Center by X-Architects

From the X-Architects: The proposed sales center provides a sensitive approach to the local ecology and landscape, especially to the fast depleting mangrove reserves of AbuDhabi. Extending and hovering above the existing mangroves and integrating them into its design, the…

Rolex Learning Center by SANAA

The design of Rolex Learning Center was proposed by SANAA for a competition in 2004. And the construction of the building has been completed and scheduled to open for operation next week. Aimed to be the main point of entry…

Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer, Italy

Designed by Oscar Niemeyer ten years ago, the Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer sited on difficult landscape in Ravello, Salerno, Italy. The project covers 1,500 sq m space includes an auditorium, a semicircular stage, a recording studio, and a rehearsal room. There…

CCEP Masterplan Waterlot by MCM Architects

To complete the VCCEP Masterplan Waterlot, a new marina in Vancouver BC, is scheduled following the 2010 Olympic Games. This marina will consist of four floating buildings; the new seaplane terminal, a maintenance workshop, a commercial and marina office. This…

Vancouver Convention Centre West Gets LEED Platinum Rating

Designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects, in collaboration with Vancouver-based MCM and DA, the Vancouver Convention Centre West (VCC) has just been awarded LEED® Canada Platinum certification, the first convention centre project in the world to earn what is the program’s…