Beijing Cityvision Competition 2014

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AIM Competition Beijing

Evolution: the architecture of future mankind

Beijing Cityvision Competition is the sixth international competition launched by Cityvision and it’s part of the annual programme 2014, Evolution: the architecture of future mankind.

This architecture competition aims to provide a future vision of Beijing perceived as a Supercity that will absorb the best features from other cities, assuming them as her own, and then reinvent itself in the form of a new model.

University of Iowa School for Art Building

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University of Iowa School for Art

Design: Steven Holl Architects. The School of Art & Art History at the University of Iowa, which also opened in September 2006, is awarded for successfully negotiating its site at the crossing of two orthogonal paths in the campus, at a place where the city grid is interrupted by natural landscape in the form of a small lagoon and a limestone bluff.

Busan Opera, BOH Korea Design Contest

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Busan Opera House Building

Design: Peter Ruge Architekten. A thin skin, protecting from the sun and water connects the two buildings, leaving in between a pathway open for the public. This supports Busan’s natural flow from mountain to the ocean, creating a good harmony between urban space and architecture.
The new landmark of Busan’s Opera House reflects the natural and urban energies and connects it to the performing arts spaces of “Madangnoli”, at the Mountain Plaza and the Sunrise Plaza, an urban harmony with a folk performance played by ordinary people.

America’s Cup Pavilion Valencia Building

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America's Cup Pavilion Valencia

David Chipperfield Architects’ ‘Veles e Vents’ building in Valencia temporarily became ‘The Paddock Club’ – the central hospitality venue for the European Grand Prix, in 2008. Built as the hospitality building for the 2007 America’s Cup, and located at the centre of the Valencia Street Circuit.

Reanimate The Ruins Competition, Detroit

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Reanimate The Ruins Competition

Reanimate The Ruins Architecture Contest. Detroit Design Contest, Michigan, USA by Parallel Projections. Detroit, once the fourth largest city in America and Michigan’s primary Metropolis, has recently filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the United States.

Library of Kunming University Building

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Library of Kunming University of Science and Technology

Architect: STUDIO TWIST. The Library of Kunming University of Science and Technology is regarded as the symbolic center of the university campus.
The building form resembles stacked cubes on a plinth with bi-axial symmetry and a vertical central atrium. The central circular atrium serves as the spiritual center as well as the main vertical circulation of the library.

Vanke New City Center Nanjing Development

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Vanke New City Center Nanjing

Spark’s sales gallery is located adjacent to Nanjing South Railway Station: the two storey building showcases the broad spectrum of residential and commercial space available at Vanke’s mixed use development.

Conceived as an abstracted reflection of railway track geometry this bold building is shaped by functional and conceptual considerations.

Library España: Colombia Building

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Library España Colombia Building Developments

Architect: Mazzanti Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia. This stunning building is located on one of the hillsides of the city that have been affected by harsh violence since the 80´s because of several drug traffic networks that operate within its perimeter.
It is part of the government’s social master plan program that aims to give equal economic and social opportunities to the population.

Sarpi Border Checkpoint – Georgia Building

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Sarpi Border Checkpoint in Georgia

Design: J. MAYER H. Architects. The customs checkpoint is situated at the Georgian border to Turkey, at the shore of the Black Sea. With its cantilevering terraces, the tower is used as a viewing platform, with multiple levels overlooking the water and the steep part of the coastline.
The building welcomes visitors to Georgia, representing the progressive upsurge of the country

Smithsonian Institute Building Washington DC

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Smithsonian Institution

Design: Foster + Partners ; Co-architects: Smith Group Inc. Now designated as a National Historic Landmark, the former United States Patent Building building was rescued from impending demolition in 1958 by President Eisenhower

ViILA NM New York, UN Studio American house

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ViILA NM New York

Design: UNStudio Architects. Sadly on February 5th 2008 this family summerhouse in Catskills, Upstate New York was destroyed by fire. The house was a simple rectilinear form floating above landscape, thus evoking seminal modern houses by Mies van er Rohe (Farnsworth) and Philip Johnson in America. The residential building was realised in April 2007.

University of Cambridge Student Services Centre

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University of Cambridge Student Services Centre

Bennetts Associates architects appointed by the University of Cambridge to design its new Student Services building at the New Museum Site. The project will consist of part new build and part renovation of existing listed buildings.

Float House Israel Residence, Tel Aviv Home

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Float House

Design: Pitsou Kedem Architects. A one story, private residence in the center of the country. The architectural concept was to create a structure with a continuous, wide space, divided by internal courtyards and movable partitions into smaller spaces used for a variety of different functions.

Sir Michael Hopkins Nottingham University Talk

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Sir Micheal Hopkins

National architecture figure to speak at university

One of Britain’s leading architects will visit Nottingham Trent University when it hosts a gala awards ceremony for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) East Midlands.

Sir Michael Hopkins CBE – who was knighted for services to architecture – will along with his wife, Lady Patty, be guest of honour at the event on 15 May.

U-Selva Catalonia show villa property

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U-Selva Catalonia Show Villa 1

PGA Catalunya Resort add a new show villa to its collection of world-leading properties, U-Selva, by award-winning architecture studios of Josep Camps and Olga Felip – combines classic architectural concepts with the latest construction techniques

Falmouth School Design Studio

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Falmouth School Design Studio

Design: Urban Salon

The project came out of the Sorrell Foundation’s ‘joinedupdesignforschool’ programme where pupils are given control and responsibility as clients. From inception through to completion, the project team worked directly for a client team of 11 pupils selected from years 9 and 10.