Tung Chung Swimming Pool in Hong Kong

Located in Hong Kong, Tung Chung Swimming Pool was designed by Ronald Lu & Partners. Reflecting its coastal locality and function of an aquatic sports venue, the design takes the concept of a sea shell resting on the shore and shaped in an organic and aerodynamic profile using a double-layer PTFE tensioned membrane over a [...]

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Trinity School Enrichment Center in Menlo Park, United States

The Trinity School Enrichment Center designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates is located in Menlo Park, United States. Beyond providing much-desired program space, the project provides two covered terraces that knit the addition into the existing campus. The terraces and a monumental stair create a new formal gathering space for the community of students and teachers [...]

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Administrative Centre in Bonheiden, Antwerp, Belgium

Designed by VBM Architecten, Hallam University Building is located in Sheffield, United Kingdom . The two buildings are organised around a central square next to the existing cultural centre. In opposition to that centre, they appear as smooth volumes, covered with an articulated and semitransparent skin of pivoting mesh panels – open buildings, clearly readable [...]

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Passivhaus for social housing in United Kingdom

Designed by bere:architects, Passivhaus for social housing that located in United Kingdom, The first Passivhaus homes in Wales for social housing, including the UK’s first zero carbon Passive House, have just been completed during summer 2010. Designed by bere:architects, the two progressive houses are the central features of Future Homes, a demonstration centre for sustainable [...]

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Dalian Shide Football Stadium in Dalian, China

Dalian Shide Football Stadium, located in Dalian, China, designed by UNstudio has won the limited competition for a 40,000 spectator football stadium for the most successful club in the Chinese Super League: Dalian Shide FC. The stadium will be built in the club’s hometown of the city of Dalian, on the southern tip of Liaodong [...]

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