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Foster + Partners Design Open-Air Office Tower for Taipei

February 26, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Foster + Partners revealed their design for a new mixed-use office tower in Taipei. Created for the Goldsun Group, the headquarters building recently received planning approval from city councill The high-rise office block will replace the existing Goldsun factory and create a new mixed-use typology for the city. The tower was formed with a series of blocks around a central courtyard that becomes the heart of the open-air concept.

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AY House / nabil gholam architects

February 26, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Sheltered behind a basalt wall, this horizontal box of a house unfolds in a processional transition from the busy outer world to the serenity of the main garden, with its views of the mountains beyond. The clients’ requirements were specific, with a detailed brief.

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TTC Elite Ben Tre Kindergarten / KIENTRUC O

February 26, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

We always have a strong regard for context as an important influencer in the process of building creation, and that in return, a built project will have an impactful contribution to the built environment it inhabits. The peaceful atmosphere realized at TTC Elite Ben Tre kindergarten is a positive contribution to the value of architecture integrating people, nature, and the generous culture of Ben Tre. Bao peninsula is characterized by a temperate climate, and is one of the alluvial plain of the beautiful Cuu Long River.

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Open Call for Proposals: Contrei live land art festival

February 26, 2019 Rene Submissions 0

Open Call for Proposals
Artists, (environmental) Architects, Designers & Makers

In 2020, Contrei live is set to become an art trail of land art and artistic interventions at the intersection between art, design, architecture and landscape. It highlights the region’s landscape in an extraordinary manner, using water as the guiding principle. The project seeks to question, to amaze and create connections between locations, between generations, between art and landscape, between dream and action.

This call for proposal is an open call to artists, (landscape) architects, designers or creators to submit a first draft proposal before April 17th. More information about the

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Xiafu Farmers’ Market / Bengo Studio

February 26, 2019 舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang 0

The project is located in Xiafu Village, Diankou. The original market was first built by the local government in 2003, covering an area of 700 m2. The market was the starting point for the villagers’ daily life and the place for trade and communication. Every day from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., the villagers gathered here to trade crops and livestock, and exchanged goods. The market was also the largest and the most important public building in the village.

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Villa Lepic Boutique Hotel / Paola Bagna

February 25, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Nestled between palm trees and tropical plants, this Le Corbusier inspired diamond in the rough had retained its appeal despite waterproofing and conservation problems. Paola Bagna directed a renovation of the home, transforming it into a boutique hotel of 17 rooms including a reception area, restaurant, meeting rooms/event space, bar, wellness area, indoor and outdoor lounges, and a swimming pool.

OMA designs renovation of Sotheby’s New York galleries

February 25, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Sotheby's renovation and expansion by OMA

Architecture firm OMA has revealed plans to reconfigure and update the New York galleries of auction house Sotheby’s. OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu is leading renovation and expansion of the international house’s headquarters on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The overhaul will increase the gallery space from 67,000 to over 90,000 square feet (20,421 to 27,432 square metres) and

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