Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans’ Plaza in Silver Spring, United States

The Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans’ Plaza designed by Machado and Silvetti Associates is located in Silver Spring, United States .  This MSA project treats the civic building as the terminus of an important pedestrian axis that links the building and Veterans’ Plaza – via the town’s newly developed main shopping street, Ellsworth Drive [...]

Tags: Alcantara Machado Feiras de Negocios Limitada, Geography of the United States, Maryland, Sidewalk, Silver Spring, Silver Spring Maryland, Silver Spring Civic Building, Silvetti Associates, transportation station, United States, Veterans' Plaza, Walkway

Shanghai Museum of Glass in Shanghai, China

Designed by logon, Shanghai Museum of Glass is located in Shanghai, China. Externally the mass of the building is formed of dark U-shaped glass imported from Germany, which has been delicately sand blasted and enamelled to create a number of transparent glass-related words in a wide variety of languages. During the evening, the building volume [...]

Tags: China, City, Dielectrics, Geography of China, Germany, Glass, Glass art, Materials science, Shanghai, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Visual arts

Student Residence, Communal spaces provide a buffer between intimate hideaways at new student residence in Paris, France

The Student Residence, Communal spaces provide a buffer between intimate hideaways at new student residence designed by LAN Architecture is located in Paris, France. The external facades facing the busy street are clad in dark, slate-coloured brickwork, whilst the plaza area is clad in lark planning with folding louvred shutters. All surfaces in the courtyard [...]

Tags: Bathing, Bathroom, France, LAN, Paris, Restrooms, Rooms

Bothwell Plaza, tallest commercial building in Glasgow, United Kingdom

Bothwell Plaza, tallest commercial building that located in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was designed by Aedas. Conceived as a driving force of the continued regeneration of the area, the completed scheme will be the tallest commercial building in Glasgow. The 60,000 sq m, 18-storey development will comprise a mixed-use scheme including office, retail and leisure space [...]

Tags: Aedas, Bothwell Plaza, EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT CO (ABERDEEN), Glasgow, Retail, Scotland, the 2014 Commonwealth Games, United Kingdom

New Amsterdam Plein in New York, United States

Designed by UNStudio, New Amsterdam Plein is located in New York, United States. New Yorkers got a real Dutch treat this week with the opening of The New Amsterdam Plein and Pavilion on May 12th. The windmill shaped pavilion, which was gifted to New York from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, celebrates the city’s Dutch [...]

Tags: Agriculture, Amsterdam, Buro Happold, Engineering, Happold, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Lower Manhattan’s Peter Minuit Plaza, New Amsterdam, New York City, Structural engineering, United States, UNStudio, Windmill