TEXO®, Versatile panel system proves effective across a wide range of applications in United Kingdom

Designed by Tensoforma, TEXO®, Versatile panel system proves effective across a wide range of applications  is located in United Kingdom. TEXO® consists of an aluminium extrusion frame system which can be clad with a huge variety of solid and mesh fabric types. An elastomeric strip attached to the fabric performs like a spring and ensures [...]

Tags: Earthquake engineering, Engineering, Extrusion, Lightbox, Roofs, Structural engineering, Structural system, Tensile architecture, Tensile structure, United Kingdom

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, [...]

Tags: annual energy consumption, Architecture, building materials, Construction, Durham, energy efficient envelope, fiber-cement lap siding, Freemasonry, Gomes, Masonry, North Carolina, Plaster, Roof, Siding, Structural system, United States

Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia

Located in Melbourne, Australia, Chadstone Shopping Centre was designed by RTKL + The Buchan Group. Over the years, Chadstone has undergone a series of visionary renovations reflecting cutting-edge developments in both design and retail planning. Chadstone’s first expansion began in 1983 with the enclosure of the original, open-air mall which nearly doubled its size and [...]

Tags: Australia, Chadstone Victoria, Chadstone Shopping Centre, Melbourne, Retail, The Buchan Group

Seongbuk Gate Hills in Seoul, South Korea

Designed by Haeahn Architecture + Joel Sanders Architect, Seongbuk Gate Hills is located in Seoul, South Korea. The project’s design updates the ancient principle of the ‘borrowed view’, which merges the private gardens in the foreground with natural features in the distance. The staggered arrangement of L-shaped dwellings ensures that each unit enjoys unobstructed open [...]

Tags: Biology, Environment, Geography, Green roof, Land management, Sedum, Seongbuk Gate Hills, Seoul, South Korea

Shadowboxx New Home in San Juan Islands, United States

The San Juan Islands, United States designed by Olson Kundig Architects is located in San Juan Islands, United States.  The building purposely confuses the traditional boundaries between a built structure and its surroundings. Its masses are modeled by winds off the water, exterior cladding is allowed to weather and rust, and shifting doors, shutters, walls [...]

Tags: San Juan, Shutter, steel clad doors, United States