Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Designed by HMC Architects, Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal is located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The design solution is purposeful – its form emerges from various environmental and programmatic factors. The undulating skin is carefully calibrated to the path of the sun and wind in order to minimise the solar radiation, and the building envelope achieves efficient energy performance through the... 

Tags: adaptive and sustainable design solution, Cruise Terminal, energy performance, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Port, Los Angeles International Airport, radiation, Taiwan, transportation hub

Residential District in Shing Dian, Taipei, Taiwan

Residential District  that located in Shing Dian, Taipei, Taiwan, was designed by Lewis & Hickey Architects. To be named, Royal Mount, the exclusive development will also incorporate a club house and a number of leisure facilities with landscaped parklands which will all be accessed through security gates. Paul Miele, Lewis & Hickey’s group chief executive, explained: “This project win... 

Tags: Europe, group chief executive, Hickey, India, Lewis & Hickey Architects, Middle East, Paul Miele, Royal Mount, Taipei, Taiwan

Kaohsiung Port Terminal Competition in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Port Terminal Competition that located in Taiwan, was designed by Reiser + Umemoto. For this project, RUR will partner with local architects Fei and Cheng and Associates (Taipei), with whom they are also working on their first-place winning Taipei Pop Music Center project. Also on the project team is Structural Engineer Ysrael A. Seinuk, PC (New York); Reiser + Umemoto and Ysrael A. Seinuk... 

Tags: Administrative divisions of the Republic of China, Dubai, Fei and Cheng and Associates, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Port Terminal, New York City, Port Terminal Competition, RUR GROUP S.A., structural engineer, Taipei, Taipei Pop Music Center, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Ysrael A. Seinuk

Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Designed by MARTINEZ+JOHNSON ARCHITECTURE, Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center is located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Washington DC-based design practice Martinez   Johnson Architecture present their entry for the Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center (KPOP) competition in Taiwan. The basis for the competition – also featuring designs from STL – is to reinforce the city’s... 

Tags: Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung County, Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center, Martinez Johnson, Republic of China, Taiwan, Washington

Taiwan Tower in Taichung, Taiwan

That located in Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan Tower was designed by Dorin Stefan Birou Arhitectura, The competition brief stated that all entries must reach at least 300m in height and feature ‘a similar programmatic function as the Eiffel or CN Tower’. In answer to this, the winning submission combines eight observation decks capable of holding 50-80 individuals and affords views across the city of... 

Tags: Chemistry, China, CN Tower, Geography of Taiwan, Observation deck, Polytetrafluoroethylene, Stefan Birou Arhitectura, Taichung, Taichung City, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan Tower