Symobiotic interlock

2008 Evolo skyscraper competition. Daekwon Park's project (symobiotic interlock - towards the vertically interconnected city) takes place in this urban context, investigating the way to reunite the isolated city blocks and insert multi-layered network of public space, green space and nodes for the city.

Sorouh, Abu Dhabi UAE

Sorouh, Abu Dhabi UAE. The two focal towers frame the developments to the South with two arms opening up to the sky. These towers, which twist to provide spectacular views across the water, transition below to become two other arms of the podium. The podiums embrace the heart and focus of the project which is where the canal and loop road come together.

This space becomes a very important and prominent civic node in the Upper Village of Sorouh. The smaller towers, adjacent to the coastal promenades are more relaxed, dancing with each other on either side of the "parent" towers - designed to maximise views for the residential units.

Four-storey Building

Four-storey building which is completely recyclable, produces no emissions and is self-sufficient in terms of heating energy requirement. The completely glazed building has high quality triple glazing panels featuring a k-value of 0.4. Its design is modular.

Because of its assembly by means of mortice-and-tenon joints and bolted joints, it cannot only be assembled and dismantled easily but is also completely recyclable. The electrical energy required for the energy concept and control engineering is produced by solar cells.

by Werner Sobek Engineering & Design

Vienna International Airport

Vienna International Airport, 2007

Commerical building: Sanlitun North, Beijing

New mixed use development, with master plan by Kengo Kuma is organized around a central piazza and is located in Sanlitun, Beijing busiest neighborhoods undergoing very fast and radical transformation.

Does this look like a library to you?

New Jalisco Library. WOW, so futuristic! This is definitely gonna be one of the coolest library! Boeing 727/737 fuselages are assembled parallel to one another to form an inclined stack. The stack is palced on the given site with the fuselages' length running East-West. By introducing shifts along the same direction, two large open areas are created within the stack.

The system employs the repetition of airplane fuselages to contain and support functions with more enclosed programmatic requirements, such as book collections, meeting rooms, offices, while the two open areas house the main open program with lobby, reading rooms and theaters with their independent foyer on the other.

The glass facade of the atrium is integrated with a transparent LED Display system that broadcasts the library to the plaza surrounding it and extends its functions to the outside through the display of full color imager and movies as well as text.

Beijing Olympic Convention Centre

Beijing Olympic Convention Centre, a key venue in the 2008 Olympic Games, this building will be located at the heart of the Olympic Boulevard.

Mall that is made up of containers

Container Malls in New York. Nine levels of containers are stacked to make an improvised typology for the mall. Interesting!

WORK House

ChileArq's Architecture

Hot property! Building sold out in two hours!

Cube Lofts, Toronto, Canada. The new iteration Cube (designed by Rom Colthoff and Witt while still at Quadrangle Architects and now raw design - ongoing) is one of the most exciting condominium schemes to launch in the hot Toronto market. Units have been made smaller, more in keeping with market demand and response has been fantastic - the building sold out in two hours.

Each apartment in the building is unique including some double height units that together form a dynamic yet urbane composition as a complement to the trendy neighbourhood.

Park your car at your balcony

CarLoft® is a pioneering modular loft scheme with a garden and a garage on every floor. All these brand-new luxury flats come with at least one adjacent parking space known as the CarLoggia, reached via the CarLift. When you arrive outside the building, the CarLift recognises your car from the built-in transponder and knows which floor you live on. And still seated inside your car, you're taken straight to your home in total safety.

The lofts have a modular structure. Use the CarLoft® configurator to compile the living, sleeping and optional areas just as you need them. You can design your own CarLoft® individually or with renowned interior designers.

Another highlight is the aerial garden. Each loft has its own garden laid out just as you wish - perhaps with a sandpit for your children or an illuminated pond next to an open fireplace.

The Wall House Project

The Wall House was completed in early 2007 in Santiago de Chile. Both an environmentally sensitive and spatially intriguing house, The Wall House breaks down the idea of the “traditional” exterior wall of a house and instead plays with new material layers to create dramatically differing aesthetic, sensorial and climate-based experiences within the house.

Contemporary Rail Travel - Florence TAV Station to be completed 2010

As part of the creation of a new high-speed rail network, the Italian Government has instituted a major programme of station restructuring, including the creation of many new stations. The design for Florence Station provides a new facility that will connect with the citys existing Santa Maria Novella station via a new tramline.

Luxury Moscows City Of Capitals

One of the new generation of skyscrapers central in Moscow's International Business Centre is close to topping out. Named the City Of Capitals the project consists of two multi purpose towers called Moscow and St Petersburg in reference to Russia's two capital cities. They will stand at heights of 284 metres and 242 metres the towers are designed by American architectural firm NBBJ.

Luxury is the watch-word in this project with the well being of workers, residents and visitors to the towers being paramount. They will be able to enjoy restaurants, cafes, cinemas, a 25 metre swimming pool with panoramic views of the Moskva River, spa and beauty facilities as well as high tech gym equipment.

The offices have been specified to a Grade A standard and apartments range from a Deluxe apartment approximately 1,019 square metres - 1,060 square metres to the President apartments which are approximately 2,155 square metres - 3,347 square metres.

Car parking will be arranged on several underground levels and offices will be accessed by the embankment, car park and retail levels, possibly to tempt workers into spending their hard earned wages before they have even earned them.

via [skyscrapernews]

Victoria University, Toronto

Victoria University, Ej Pratt Library, Toronto

Shuffle Tower, Dubai UAE

The The Shuffle Tower is a mixed used development that inspires a new kind of modern architecture that brings together the elements of residential, commercial and retail in an extremely innovative mix. "The Shuffle Tower ” design is just like the notion of mixing music on a MP3 player.

Three key elements of built forms are stack and juxtaposed to each other to create a matrix of buildings. The top element is a 129-metre residential tower whilst the middle element is a 69-metre office tower. Sharing the ocean view, both towers have high efficiency with a total of 35 floors. The lower element is a retail mall that connects the above elements. Between these forms are sky gardens and platforms that create a series of communal sky facilities floating above the beach.

Tipped as Asia’s most technologically-advanced cinemas

AMC Pacific Place Cinema, Hong Kong. The ticketing box is no longer enclosed in a conventional glass box, but is more akin to modern sculpture or the lobby of a chic boutique hotel, protruding outwards to skilfully incorporate the technology used to issue tickets. The cinema’s design has been configured so that the moment patrons enter, they will be transported to a totally new cinema experience.

The six auditoriums have a capacity for over 600 cinema-goers. AMC Pacific Place boasts Hong Kong’s best three-way SRD-EX audio system for crystal clear sound reproduction. Comfort has clearly been considered throughout the cinema’s design as each theatre has been upholstered with sumptuous French leather seats; and to top it off, it is the only cinema in town with all-in-one washrooms to guarantee the utmost comfort and privacy.

The VIP theatre provides seating for 39 and is the ultimate venue for intimate corporate receptions and private parties. All seats measure a generous 1.2 metres in width with plenty of leg room to spare. The VIP room creates a luxurious space that is clean and modern in design and feel.

James Law said “I have merged art and technology together as architects in the 21st Century have become more focused on the importance of integrating sophisticated lifestyle-touches into their design than ever before. Our aim is to create an environment that works in tandem with delivering end-users with a space that is technologically astute. AMC Pacific Place is a breakthrough project in design as the use of Cybertecture here provides audiences with the ultimate in comfort and luxury. We will continue our ambition in fusing technology with state-of-the-art architecture with our designs.”

Skin-Changing Building

Visual Building, New Town Plaza in Hong Kong. It's easy to think about changing the skin of our mobile phones, mp3 players and other gadgets. But buildings? That's something new! :)

Interesting architecture

Some interesting and amazing architectures we came across, but we have no clue where they can be found. Anyone any ideas where these architectures can be found?

Du Tower, Abu Dhabi UAE

The design of the Du Tower aims to create a piece of Cybertecture symbolizes the high-tech and young telecommunications company, Du. The 38-storey tower with a podium is conceived as a building with flexibility and efficiency. This 115-metre tower consists of open plan offices with high-tech provisions allowing flexible usage either by Du or by the tertiary tenants of Du Tower .
Being the first of its kind, the Du Tower will probably be a symbol of communications in the future within UAE and the whole region as a piece of Cybertecture building..

The project is scheduled for completion in 2010.