The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University by Stanton Williams, United Kingdom

This building is located in Cambridge, United Kingdom, precisely sited within the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Built for University of Cambridge’s Botanic Garden, an 11,000 sq m building of plant science research center which named The Sainsbury Laboratory was designed by Stanton Williams, architectural practice based at London. The design unifies complex scientific program requirements [...]

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Voyager New Zealand National Maritime Museum in Auckland, New Zealand

Designed by Pete Bossley Architects, Voyager New Zealand National Maritime Museum is located in Auckland, New Zealand. The alteration expands the building outwards and upwards, in a series of planes which explode the traditional form of the sheds. To the east an extension pushes over the sea, housing a series of beautiful yachts portraying the [...]

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Corby Cube New Civic Hub in Corby, United Kingdom

The Corby Cube New Civic Hub designed by Hawkins/Brown is located in Corby, United Kingdom. HawkinsBrown’s innovative response combined these two briefs into a single building. This proposal provided multiple benefits in terms of sharing facilities and infrastructure to realise savings in capital and running costs, fostering synergetic relationships between users and the creation of [...]

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Miami Beach City Hall Annex in Miami Beach, United States

The Miami Beach City Hall Annex designed by Perkins + Will is located in Beach, United States. Inspired by its unique tropical location, The Miami Beach City Hall Annex manipulates light and shadow to mimic the flow of the beach’s gentle tropical breeze. This is accomplished via a sophisticated surface of undulating metal blades that [...]

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Chen House New home in Durham, United States

Designed by Gomes + Staub, Chen House New home is located in Durham, United States. Designed for a sloped lot with a limited construction budget, the house adopts the efficient vernacular building forms of the North Carolina landscape as well as the cost-effective exterior materials of conventional North American home construction, including fiber-cement lap siding, [...]

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