Nanjing Heritage Masterplan in Nanjing, China

Nanjing Heritage Masterplan that located in Nanjing, China, was designed by CK Designworks. Team leader, Robert Caulfield from architecture company CK Designworks said that the selection of the CKD/ERM team showed that Australian architects and planners were considered to be as good as any in the world. Apart from CK Designworks and ERM, the consortium [...]

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Hutye Civic Center a new civic centre in Pukou,Nanjing, China

Located in Pukou,Nanjing, China, Hutye Civic Center a new civic centre was designed by Ck Designworks. As part of a 20 sq km masterplan, this community, entertainment and municipal building is one of six primary focus buildings intended to engender a sense of place to six sub sectors of the overall master plan. CK Designworks [...]

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Chervon International Trading Company Headquarters in Nanjing, China

The Chervon International Trading Company Headquarters designed by Perkins + Will is located in Nanjing, China. The main reason for the new building was to provide a more appropriate facility for Chervon to entertain and explain the process and quality of their products in order to help expand their business within the tool export market [...]

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Eco-housing Development in Nanjing, China

Designed by BDP,  Eco-housing Development is located in Nanjing, China. The external expression of the building has significant elements that are integral to the green design philosophy. Apartments have full height louvered triple glazing on the balconies to the south east elevation. These balconies offer a changeable and dynamic representation of the passive design philosophy, [...]

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Nanjing Sifang Art Museum First museum in China

The Nanjing Sifang Art Museum First museum designed by Steven Holl Architects is located in China.  Over the past few months WAN has covered a plethora of concept designs in the Tier Two city of Nanjing in China, including Populous’ masterplan for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, the Nanjing City Concept by CK Designworks and [...]

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