A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
The tower skin project for UTS Broadway Tower is aimed to transform old style building into modern & sustainable building, but the main purpose is to offer a high performance ‘micro climate’ and to generate energy, thank to the tranparent…
Designed by OMA, the new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education covers 28,000 m2 of education facilities for its 4,000 students. The building features both pure geometric forms with the two slabs connected by a ‘mat’ that contains…
Designed by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU as part of the research “Walking through the History’ of the University of Perugia”, the Energy Roof Perugia serves as canopy along Via Mazzini in the center of Perugia. The roof consists of three layers: 1)…
Located at Weilburg, the Rathaus Terraces is a mixed-use development with retail, residential and park space. The 19,200 sqm project forms a sloping and terraced landscape featuring green rood as well as natural ventilation and daylighting. Designed by ACME, the…
Located in Hangzhou, China, the Raffles City Hangzhou is a 60-storey building designed by UNStudio. The mixed-use building covers retail spaces, offices, housing and a 5-star hotel with a total floor area of almost 300,000 square metres. Due for realisation…
Sited in the heart of downtown Toronto’s financial core, Bay Adelaide Centre West has been certified substantially complete since July last year. The 51-storey building was designed by WZMH Partners and built to achieve the LEED Gold standard (Leadership in…
Consisting of one tower and two wing building, the Hamburg BSU Office Building is due for completion in 2013. The project was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton with main concept of combining passive and active measures to reduce the building’s energy…
Group 41 Inc. (www.group41inc.com), a San Francisco-based design firm, has long been experimenting with shipping container design. Besides recently winning a Lifecycle award and submitting a shipping container design to the Google 10 to 100, the company is currently working…
