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Pop music, while a global phenomenon, is regional in its definition. The Taiwanese Pop music scene typifies the phenomenon; while it crosses borders and cultures and dialects, it nevertheless has produced styles and genres with distinct transnational form and appeal.
Mecanoo’s Fifty Two Degrees and Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Performing Arts have been awarded the prestigious International Architecture Award 2009 by the Chicago Athenaeum Europe.
One has to die a bit to be reborn. City is dead, long live the compost. For my urban sins I needed Post-Urban Rehabilitation and for my sins they gave me one: the cave.
Kaohsiung City Government invites young planners and students born after 1970 to participate in Idea for Action Kaohsiung International Competition, giving innovative suggestions for Kaohsiung urban planning and design.
In 2002 I wrote to the Taipei City Government that they will die. This was mainly because of ecological reasons. When the modern man loses his connection to the nature, he will die.
Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Complex design by Studio Nicoletti Associati – The Biolab Squadron consists of two units of laboratories protected and sealed within two similar elements evoking the “Nautilus” shell of different sizes.
“The house is realized on an old Japanese cherry-farm in the Datun mountains of North-Taiwan. It is designed as a vessel to react on the demanding wind, flooding and heat conditions on the site.
In the spirit of Taiwan’s time-honored cultural diversity, and its more recent social and political resilience, the Performing Art Center embodies a series of contrasts and counterpoints.
From human being origins, people doing circles around someone who is speaking, singing, dancing or arguing – under a tree shadow if possible – has been the main characteristic of performing.
The dichotomy between high and low culture is slowly disappearing. But how can we create an environment that is inspiring for everyone? Is it possible to be elitist and populist at the same time? How can we envision a truly Public building?
Star Place Kaohsiung retail development Taiwan design by UNStudio, architects A vibrant new landmark has appeared in the fast and modern city of Kaohsiung: the luxury shopping center Star Place.
A strategic use of the site fully satisfies the specific functional necessities of the Performing Arts Centre integrating it with the city of Taipei.
Lewis & Hickey is celebrating its first venture into the booming Asia-Pacific residential market, as work will soon begin on a unique luxury residential development in the Taiwan capital, Taipei.