AOC Long Beach Courts Building in Long Beach, United States

Designed by Perkins+Will, AOC Long Beach Courts Building is located in Long Beach, United States. Dictated by context and solar orientation, it opens itself to the City and simultaneously embraces those arriving. The Court Building rises from an office podium of fluted concrete panels, while eight courtrooms per floor are organised in a ‘V’ configuration [...]

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Chu Hai College Design Competition in Hong Kong

Chu Hai College Design Competition that located in Hong Kong, was designed by  Ronald Lu & Partne, The new campus is planned in response to the picturesque natural setting. Nowhere in Hong Kong and very rarely in the world is a university so close to the beach and in combination with such a green natural [...]

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Southern Cross University ‘Building A’ in Gold Coast, Australia

The Southern Cross University ‘Building A’ designed by Woodhead is located in Gold Coast, Australia. Building A is the ‘foundation’ building for Southern Cross University’s Gold Coast Campus with a contract value of $18m (AUD). The new campus has been master-planned to sit within the Gold Coast Airport Development Park with the first stage ready [...]

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Whale Beach House in Sydney, Australia

Designed by  ARQEON architecture, Whale Beach House  is located in Sydney, Australia. A beautiful site at Whale Beach, overlooking the Pacific ocean an hours drive North of Sydney, Australia giving a dress circle view over the ocean in all its moods, with the added bonus of migrating whales and dolphin pods almost on the doorstep. [...]

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The Salt House by Alison Brooks Architects, United Kingdom

The Salt House  was designed by Alison Brooks Architects is located in Essex, United Kingdom. The Salt House is a rare example of a sea contemporary UK home side. Built as a weekend and future retirement home for the owners, Salt House resumed the modernist tradition of the experimental house “beach” as a vehicle to [...]

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