Miami Beach City Hall Annex in Miami Beach, United States

The Miami Beach City Hall Annex designed by Perkins + Will is located in Beach, United States. Inspired by its unique tropical location, The Miami Beach City Hall Annex manipulates light and shadow to mimic the flow of the beach’s gentle tropical breeze. This is accomplished via a sophisticated surface of undulating metal blades that veils 7 levels of parking and public services. A sense of gentle... 

Tags: Beach, Coastal geography, Geography, Human behavior, metal blades, Miami, Outdoor recreation, Physical geography, public services, United States

HtO is a play on the formula for water, H2O in Toronto, Canada

Designed by Janet Rosenberg + Associates, HtO is a play on the formula for water, H2O  is located in Toronto, Canada. As visitors enter HtO they walk uphill through green dunes planted with willow trees and silver maples, then they descend down towards an expanse of sand peppered with tall yellow umbrellas, reaching a wooden boardwalk at the water’s edge. Whatever lace  at in the park, whether... 

Tags: Boardwalk, Canada, Coastal geography, Dune, Erg, Geography, Geology, Janet Rosenberg, Physical geography, Rosenberg, Sand, Sedimentology, Toronto

Longitude 131° in Ayers Rock, Australia

Designed by COX RICHARDSON, located in Ayers Rock, Australia, Longitude 131° is a luxury, self-contained boutique hotel two kilometres to the south-west of Ayers Rock Resort. The 15 hotel rooms and central facility are located on a remote, crescent-shaped dune with uninterrupted views of Uluru. Environmental protection of the dune flora and fauna during both construction and occupation led to important... 

Tags: Australia, Coastal geography, Dune, Freemasonry, Geography, Geology, metal deck roof, Physical geography, Sedimentology, steel piles, Uluru, Yulara Northern Territory

Scarborough Beach Urban Renewal Stage 1 by Blackwell & Associates, Australia

Located in Perth, Australia and was designed by Blackwell & Associates, Australia’s Scarborough Beach gets design overhaul with public amphitheatre. The primary intent of the Scarborough Beach Urban Design Master Plan that prepared by Blackwell and Associates was to reinvigorate the badly run-down infrastructure at this popular coastal tourist node. The trigger to proceed with Stage 1 of... 

Tags: amphitheatre design, Australia, Australia architecture, Beach, Blackwell & Associates, Coastal geography, long-term sustainable solution, Outdoor recreation, Perth, run-down infrastructure, Scarborough Beach, stainless steel furniture