The Shanghai International Design Center designed by Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos, Nanda Eskes Arquitetura & Architecture for Humanity is located in Yangpu, China. The new complex consists of a structure divided into green superimposed terraces, which will host, amongst others things: a hotel, a museum, a library, commercial and office spaces. The landmark building is represented by the grand entrance...
Located in Rozemaai, Antwerp, Belgium , Apartment Blocks was designed by Atelier Kempe Thill. The site, located next to the nature park ‘de Oude Landen’, calls for an intensification of the relationship with the environment on the one hand, on the other hand to deal with the noise from the highway and the harbour. By creating a new glazed gallery and by closing the open-air areas by using a full...
The Tripoli Congress Center a wooden and metalic designed by Tabanlioglu is located in Tripoli, Libya. Surrounded by the woods, the rectangular two-storey ‘block’ is nested in a semi-transparent metal envelop as a “shield” that opens up to the external landscape with a wide portico that defines the main entrance. Between the mesh and the inner glass walls a semi-open shady circulation...
The Cosmopolitan New residential tower reinvigorates designed by RTKL is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The design team’s innovative two-core structural system, a new approach in Puerto Rican residential design, enabled the creation of the tower’s floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall exterior glass façade. This approach also provided units direct elevator access, exclusive entryways, open floor...
Located in Tbilisi, Georgia, Mirza Shafi, light at the end of the tunnel was designed by Spparc Architecture. The world is slowly waking up to the trials faced by the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. A resilient city, Tbilisi’s turbulent history stretches back to 500AD when heir to a Georgian King began to fold a handful of churches into a basic masterplan, many of which still stand to this day. Over...