President’s Park South in Washington, United States

Located in Washington, United States, President’s Park South was designed by Rogers Marvel Architects. Rogers Marvel Architect’s design defines the edge of the Ellipse by adding a seating wall with integrated pedestrian lighting, while subtly raising the grade of the Ellipse. This establishes a security feature, reinforces the Ellipse as an event space, and minimises [...]

Tags: Conic sections, Ellipse, Geography of the United States, Marvel Architect, Marvel Architects, President, President's Park, Rogers, South Lawn, United States, Washington, Washington D.C., White House

Durham Region Courthouse in Oshawa, Canada

Designed by WZMH Architects, Durham Region Courthouse is located in Oshawa, Canada. A large outdoor public space, Courthouse Square, acts as the forecourt to the building entrance and creates opportunities for civic engagement. The scale of the main entrance pavilion on the square establishes a sense of dignity, appropriate for the front door of a [...]

Tags: Canada, Courthouse Square, Courtroom, Durham Region Courthouse, Frit, Oshawa, Rooms

‘PAROS’ Sentosa Cove in Singapore, Singapore

The ‘PAROS’ Sentosa Cove designed by Design Collective Architects is located in Singapore, Singapore.  In a context where each house tries to out-do the previous with newer technology, materials and exotic finishes, the philosophy of PAROS was to undo all of the above. PAROS was to provide the break in the monotony of what was [...]

Tags: Asia, Geography, Military history of Singapore, Paros, Political geography, Roof garden, Sentosa, Singapore, Southern Islands

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

Iringan Hjau, New Residential Development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Iringan Hjau, New Residential Development that located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was designed by Eric Parry Architects. The project consists of a 3-storey residential development of 26 units on a 2 acre site. The site is located within a low rise residential area close to the traditional ambassadorial area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The units [...]

Tags: acre site, daylit car park, Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Political geography