Results 1 - 5 of about 10 news and pictures for the tag: Government.

Cosmopolitan New residential tower reinvigorates in San Juan, Puerto Rico

June 27, 2011 Filed Under: House, Residential
Cosmopolitan New residential tower reinvigorates in San Juan, Puerto Rico

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... 

The Park Hyatt Maçka Palace in Istanbul, Turke

May 19, 2011 Filed Under: Commercial Building, Hotel
The Park Hyatt Maçka Palace in Istanbul, Turke

Designed by Gerner, Kronick and Valcarcel Architects, The Park Hyatt Macka Palace is located in Istanbul, Turke. Charged with creating a state-of-the-art hotel in a historic building that formerly served as housing for the Italian consulate, the firm designed a modern glass and steel building called Petit Palace to serve as the entry and house all of the public spaces.  This created a tangible homage... 

Naypyidaw, New ‘Orwellian’ capital built on foundations of famine and poverty in Naypyidaw, Burma

April 12, 2011 Filed Under: Apartment, Residential
Naypyidaw, New ‘Orwellian’ capital built on foundations of famine and poverty in Naypyidaw, Burma

Naypyidaw, New ‘Orwellian’ capital built on foundations of famine and poverty  is located in Naypyidaw, Burma. Burma is building a new capital. While millions of its inhabitants are still reeling from the after effects of Cyclone Nargis and the ensuing massive rise in food prices, the military government, led by dictator Than Shwe, is building a vast new city. But all is not as it seems. As you... 

Bahia House in Salvador, Brazil

December 26, 2010 Filed Under: House, Residential
Bahia House in Salvador, Brazil

Bahia House that located in Salvador, Brazil, was designed by Studio MK27. These Bahian houses have roofs of clay – a banal material made in a rustic manner – and wooden ceilings. The openings have large panels of wooden Mashrabiyas brought to Brazil by the Portuguese colonial architecture since the first centuries of its occupation of the American territories, and its origin is of an Arabian... 

Moon Island, a ‘breathing space’ in Tianjin, China

December 1, 2010 Filed Under: Cultural, Public Buildings
Moon Island, a 'breathing space' in Tianjin, China

Designed by Cuikai Studio,china architecture design & research group, Moon Island, a ‘breathing space’ The project is located in Tanggu, a new urban area near Tianjin, Cina. This area features a large-scale Central Business District (CBD) located in a natural bay formed by the Haihe river. The Moon Island project is located at the north of the bay, at the extremity of the urban axis... 

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