Nanjing Heritage Masterplan in Nanjing, China

Nanjing Heritage Masterplan that located in Nanjing, China, was designed by CK Designworks. Team leader, Robert Caulfield from architecture company CK Designworks said that the selection of the CKD/ERM team showed that Australian architects and planners were considered to be as good as any in the world. Apart from CK Designworks and ERM, the consortium consists of Nanjing University’s Faculty of... 

Tags: China, CK Designworks, Jiangsu, Nanjing, Nanjing University, Nanjing University’s Faculty of Antiquities and Heritage, Robert Caulfield, Shanghai, Team leader, Treaty of Nanking, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Yangtze River Delta

Peace Bird Gate, Peace Park in Hanoi, Vietnam

The Peace Bird Gate at Peace Park in Hanoi, Vietnam, was designed by HighEnd Architecture to celebrate Hanoi’s Millennium. Inaugurated by the Hanoi’s People Committee for the celebration on 8th October, the structure resembles the traditional Vietnamese bird the Lac Viet bird and symbolises ‘a flying modern bird like the new modern and dynamic Vietnam’. Hanoi has been recognised... 

Tags: Geography of Vietnam, Hanoi, Hanoi's People Committee, Military, Nobai International Airport, Politics, Red River Delta, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Vietnam, West Lake

French Institute of Mauritius in Ebene, Mauritius

French Institute of Mauritius that located in Ebene, Mauritius, was designed by  Lampotang & Siew Architects,  When Lampotang & Siew Architects started this competition design, France had just presented the motion on cultural diversity at UNESCO in October of 2005. Mauritius is a melting pot and a laboratory of cultures. The new Institute was seen by the architects as a cultural meeting platform... 

Tags: Agora, animation, Earth, Ebene, energy-saving building, Environment, France, French Institute of Mauritius, Geography, Geology, Mauritius, Republics, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, vernacular architecture

Quatermile Phase 1 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Quatermile Phase 1 that located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, was designed by Foster   Partners. The Quartermile development is one of the largest and most comprehensive regeneration schemes in Scotland. Formerly the home of the historic Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, the 8-hectare site is located within a conservation area on Edinburgh’s Victorian fringes and includes nine listed buildings. It falls... 

Tags: Areas of Edinburgh, Economy of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Infill towers Q12, Quartermile, Rainscreen, Retail, Scotland, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

Davies Alpine House by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, United Kingdom

Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Davies Alpine House is high-tech glasshouses of Kew in the tradition of the innovative that provides a balanced, sustainable design, energy-efficient growing environment for a world-renowned Kew’s collection of alpine plants. The Davies Alpine House that conceived as two back-to-back arched shape is both the landmark and a welcoming gesture towards visitors... 

Tags: Botanical garden, energy-efficient growing environment, glasshouse, Greenhouses, heritage site, high-tech glasshouses, Kew Gardens, London architecture, United Kingdom architecture, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization