Bryn Athyn College – Brickman Center in Pennsylvania, United States

located in Pennsylvania, United States, Bryn Athyn College – Brickman Center was designed by Spillman Farmer Architects, The two-story, 31,500 sq ft building is nestled into the natural grade of the landscape and appears, when approached from the west, to be a single storey. The plan is organised in an L shape, with one wing [...]

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Nelson Mandela Bay Arena in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

The Nelson Mandela Bay Arena is located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.  It is sad that the beautiful sweep of Algoa Bay and the nostalgic High Victorian seaside terraces of Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth, have been largely lost among poorly-planned Apartheid-era townships and freeways and an unsightly industrial sprawl. Set to change this is the [...]

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Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre in Central Queensland, Australia

Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre that located in Central Queensland, Australia, was designed by Cox Rayner Architects. Having designed several major convention and exhibition centres such as those in Brisbane, Sydney, cairns and the Singapore EXPO – each based upon highly structural solutions typical worldwide – Cox Rayner Architects sought in Mackay to generate a [...]

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Chiswick House Gardens in London, United Kingdom

Chiswick House Gardens  is located in London, United Kingdom. Recently reopened to the public, Chiswick House Gardens is an immensely popular summer venue with local communities and tourists alike. Once inside the garden walls, visitors are blissfully distracted from the distant sound of traffic rumbling to and from the Hogarth roundabout by the hidden treasure [...]

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El Porvenir Kindergarten in Bogotá, Colombia

Designed by Giancarlo Mazzanti, El Porvenir Kindergarten is located On the outskirts of the Colombian capital of Bogotá, where unplanned settlements are in their plenty, Giancarlo Mazzanti has designed a new kindergarten for local children. Deep in the bleak and desolate landscape of breeze-block houses, the crisp and clean contours of Mazzanti’s building strike a [...]

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