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Huangpi Dong Combat Site / West-line Studio

February 3, 2021 Collin Chen 0

The Huangpi Dong combat site, located in Tiantai Town, 12km from Chishui City, is a well renowned “red tourism” spot in south-west China. At the very top of the mountain, reachable by a steep route through a bamboo forest, the concrete monument stands surrounded by a stunning view.

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Tavish House / Dreamscape Architects

February 3, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

Located in a rather quiet suburban area of Ahmedabad, our recent project Taavish sits in the middle of a gated community that exudes serenity. Housing a family of five, along with a pet dog and an African Gray parrot, the client’s brief stated that the residential space should be as serene as the community itself. Well connected with nature, they insisted upon having open, yet private, spaces throughout the house and wanted to ensure a completely relaxing atmosphere for everyone who takes a step inside it. Lastly, building a structure that could withstand the dry and arid heat of Ahmedabad was also required.

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Socially distanced Winter Stations 2021 beach pavilion designs revealed

February 3, 2021 India Block 0
Winter Stations 2021 winners

A bright pink arch and a giant seashell are among the winning designs for Toronto’s annual Winter Stations programme of temporary beach pavilions. For this year’s competition designers were asked to include social distancing measures, while the construction timetable has been pushed back due to the pandemic. Other winning designs for Winter Stations 2021 include

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Rocky Knob Sauna / GriD Architects

February 3, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

On a remote mountain farm, a series of rudimentary saunas had been constructed since the late 1970s, each iteration advancing in relative permanence. Unfortunately, the last utilitarian iteration burned to ashes a quarter-century after the first. For 15 years the site lay dormant, setting the stage for another generation to resurrect the spiritual sanctuary. This time the project was reimagined as research is driven design/build; blending students, professionals, and craftsmen, exploring time-tested construction techniques as well as new methodologies.

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Spiralling glass Amazon HQ2 building “inspired by the poop emoji”

February 3, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Amazon HQ2 poop emoji

Social media users have lined up to compare Amazon’s future headquarters in Arlington, Virginia to ice cream, a Christmas tree and a cartoon turd. Named The Helix and unveiled this week, the centrepiece of the Amazon HQ2 office complex designed by architect NBBJ will have a distinctive spiral shape. “I was wondering how long it would

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Perkins and Will redesigns earthquake-damaged Alaska office to evoke glacier

February 3, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A visual of an angular office in Alaska by Perkins and Will

Architecture firm Perkins and Will plans to revive a vacant 1970s office building in Alaska by stripping it back and re-cladding it with an angular, glazed facade that mimics a glacier. The overhaul of the nine-storey Key Bank Plaza office, located in Downtown Anchorage, follows the abandonment of the building. In 2018 a 7.1-magnitude earthquake

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Tree House / RA+TR arquitectos

February 3, 2021 Pilar Caballero 0

The objective was to build a tree house that affords a view of the sea. A house made of wood. However, it became clear on our visit to the site that the existing trees were not large enough to build the house as desired: with an open plan living and kitchen space, a bathroom and a space for sleeping.