Shanghai Design Center in Shanghai, China
The Shanghai Design Center designed by Studio Twist is located in Shanghai, China. The design challenges the convention of linear segregated spaces for furniture showrooms by introducing vertical spatial variations, creating a fluid and interconnected showcase space within an existing unused concrete factory building. The interior was designed as a series of inter-related 3-dimensional spaces, resulting...
Portico, Prospect Bay Beach, St James in Barbados
The Portico, Prospect Bay Beach, St James designed by Roldano Bellori is located in Barbados. Portico, which is opening its doors this year, is ideally located on the west coast of Barbados and draws attention from the outside by its sleek glass-curtain wall. On entrance once comes to a glass bridge above a reflecting pool, where water and stone organically merge with concrete and glass, replicating...
Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, Mexico
Museo Soumaya that located in Mexico City, Mexico, was designed by LAR / FERNANDO ROMERO. Due to the repetitive nature of these modules, the building has been compared to the Benoy-designed Bullring in Birmingham, UK whose chainmail-effect facade has become iconic in the commercial sector. The majority of the 6,200 artworks housed within the building are European pieces from the 15th to the 20th century,...
A diverse range of urban projects represent the work of this emerging Mumbai-based practice in Mumbai, India
Designed by OPOLIS architects, A diverse range of urban projects represent the work of this emerging Mumbai-based practice is located in Mumbai, India. House on the Ridge (completed 2005) is unique in its siting, material usage, orientation (vis-a-vis the rainfall and sun movement) and more importantly the magic of catching and framing the views around it. The use of bamboo as an alternative building...
Housing design that draws on the subtleties of human relationships in Tokyo, Japan
The Housing design that draws on the subtleties of human relationships designed by kimizuka architects is located in Tokyo, Japan. Recreating a community by obscuring the definition of ‘house’: Azamino SoHo in Yokohama (2011), a family house and work space, aims to re-think the notion of a house as part of the community, rather than as a closed box which is separate from society. While...
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