Month: May 2021

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Atelier Right Hub replaces corners with curves in cavernous Hangzhou spa

May 30, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Soul Realm SPA House by Atelier Right Hub

Chinese studio Atelier Right Hub created a cave-like spa in Hangzhou, China, with a network of interconnected, circular rooms and walls finished in white clay. Located on the 13th floor of a commercial building by the Qiantang river in downtown Hangzhou, the Soul Realm Spa offers spaces for massage and meditation. Local studio Atelier Right

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Let There be Light! 12 Projects that Show the Impact Lighting can Make to an Interior Space

May 30, 2021 Dima Stouhi 0

Light is a key feature in architecture. Centuries ago, the sun and fire were the only sources of illumination, but in today’s technology-driven world, artificial lighting and cutting-edge optical technologies have found ways to mimic the qualities of natural light, making it possible to have a naturally-lit-looking space within four walls. LED technologies have even made it possible to embed lighting in furniture, interior surfaces, and facades, altering with their intensities and hues to make light a main feature in the architecture’s storytelling.

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BUDA Hotel / ARCHETYPE

May 30, 2021 Collin Chen 0

As the south extension of the city, the traffic of Yizhou Avenue is efficient. In this district, identical buildings and roads form the so-called new urban landscape, however, decrease the warmth and narrative of the traditional Chengdu lifestyle. This project locates miles away from downtown, away from hustle and bustle of the city. How would this new hotel develop with a busy street just next door while an old community on the other side? Even as a temporary residence, this place could definitely release the fatigue of travelers. Visual design is in second place here, and the living experience is significant improved by the consideration of functional settings. Thereby the spatial design can give new birth to ordinary daily life.

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Pit Art Space / TJAD Original Design Studio

May 29, 2021 Collin Chen 0

Pit Art Space is located in the Relic Garden of Yangshupu Power Plant, No. 2800 Yangshupu Road, Shanghai. The garden was originally the Yangshupu Power Plant built in 1913 by British investors. It is an important industrial heritage composed of chimneys, crane cranes, coal trestle, conveyor belt, clean pond, wet ash storage tank, dry ash storage tank and other operation facilities. Since the launch of the Huangpu River Public Space Project in 2015, this area has gradually transformed from a closed “no-entry” production shoreline to a living waterfront open space for cultural and ecological sharing.

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Shibori Office / The Grid Architects

May 29, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

This is a site office of a real estate development where visitors can familiarise themselves with the salient features of the premium Apartment scheme. Therefore, it became more than just a workspace — it also carried the responsibility of demonstrating some of the core concepts of the upcoming scheme — which were attention to context, an out-of-the-box articulation, and the harnessing of natural resources integrating the core philosophy of biophilia.

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Balhannah House / Mountford Williamson Architecture

May 29, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

This house in the Adelaide Hills is designed to respond to its context and to maximize the great rural views. Three linked pavilions splay around the curve of the hillside, with each pavilion housing a different function. The more public Living areas are housed in the central pavilion with the more intimate areas in separate pavilions at both ends.

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Key Operation clads Kannai Blade Residence with narrow concrete fins

May 29, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The building has a gridded exterior

Tokyo studio Key Operation has completed an apartment building in Yokohama covered with thin concrete panels that create a random pattern of light and shadow across the facades. Key Operation designed the Kannai Blade Residence to replace a four-storey office block on a corner site close to Yokohama’s Kannai Station. The 11-storey building contains 94

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Constitución Public Library / Sebastián Irarrazaval

May 29, 2021 Florencia Mena 0

The Public Library is part of a public-private initiative taken to rebuild the city of Constitución after the 8.8 degrees earthquake and tsunami that devastated the town during the year 2010. It is a small settlement situated in the very core of one of the biggest clusters of wood production in Chile. This situation gives identity to the town and also creates the best conditions to find not only high quality wood materials but also extremely well gifted carpenters to carefully craft a wooden building.