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Klinta Kalnina
Climate responsive vertical villages, towards net-zero future of mid-rise living, for a healthier, cleaner, cooler and sober New York City & United States Of America. The "New York’s Green New Deal" provides for an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared to 1990. The remaining 15% could be offset by financing projects deemed bene...
Project name
Treescrapers
Architecture firm
Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Location
New York City, U.S.A.
Principal architect
Vincent Callebaut
Visualization
Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Typology
Futuristic Architecture
Founded in 1996, Taikang Insurance Group has grown to become one of China’s largest providers of insurance, asset management, health and elderly care. The new Taikang Financial Centre will be a centre of excellence that collaborates with leading civic, academic and corporate institutions to develop effective systems and networks that will provide a...
Project name
Wuhan Taikang Financial Centre
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Visualization
Negativ, Proloog
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
ZHA Project Team: Zheng Xu, Shaofei Zhang, Xuan Zhao, Yuchao Zhang, Pengcheng Gu, Othmane Kandri, Alejandro Garcia Gadea, Armando Solano, Branko Svarcer, Carolina Lopez-Blanco, Catherine McCann, Christian Lindvang Samsoe, Congyue Wang, Dennis Schiaroli, Dimitris K, Erwan Gallou, Frenji Koshy, Houzhe Xu, Jung Yeon Kwak, Lenka Petrakova, Li Jin, Lida Zhang, Meng Zhao, Pelayo Bustillo Macias, Tomasz Starczewski, Xiujing Wang, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Ying Xia, Yuan Feng, Zohra Rougab. ZHA Competition Team: Agata Banaszek, Ashwin Shah, Igor Pantic, Jingwen Yang, Juan Liu, Leo Alves, Mei-Ling Lin, Sai Prateik Bhasgi, Sergiu-Radu Pop, Silviya Barzakova. Project Team (Interior Architecture): Anna Adebayo, Billy Webb, Boyan Hristov, Enoch Kolo, Haoyang Shi, Jon Krizan, Marco Pavoni, Meysam Ehsanian, Roman Shumsky, Shaofei Zhang, Sonia Renehan
Collaborators
ZHA Project Director: Satoshi Ohashi. ZHA Project Associate Director: Yang Jingwen, Stephane Vallotton. ZHA Project Associates: Martin Pfleger, Di Ding. ZHA Project Architect: Sebastian Andia. ZHA Competition Project Directors: Satoshi Ohashi, Nils Fischer. ZHA Competition Associates: Ed Gaskin, Jingwen Yang. ZHA Competition Team Lead Designer: Sebastian Andia. Interiors Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). Project Director (Interior Architecture): Kar-Hwa Ho. Project Associates (Interior Architecture): Bidisha Sinha, Melodie Leung. Project Lead (Interior Architecture): Nailu Chen.
Environmental & MEP
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
Villa 300, an impressive one-bedroom house located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This majestic property presents itself as a luxurious refuge in a sophisticated and elegant environment, designed for those who seek the best in life. On the ground floor, we find the social areas of the house, which include spacious rest rooms, a modern and fully equipped...
Architecture firm
Paramo Arquitectos
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Isaac Lozano
Design team
Isaac Lozano, Cristina Solorio, Jose Zasueta
Visualization
Paramo Arquitectos
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Laconic interior reveals a person and his soul. It is a place where you expand your scale, dissolve your personality. Nothing distracts – there are only your thoughts, pleasant emotions and sensations with help of the change of light, shadow and the perception of different surfaces.
Project name
Minimalist Apartment
Architecture firm
Valentina Ageikina
Location
Tyumen, Russian Federation
Photography
Andrey Bydanov
Principal architect
Valentina Ageikina
Interior design
Valentina Ageikina
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wood, glass, natural stone
Visualization
Valentina Ageikina
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, AutoCAD
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The aim of the project is to expand an apartment inside a small building built in the middle of the last century, in an outer district of Cuneo. Before the intervention the apartment was connected to a large garden through an uncovered and free terrace on three sides, which was closed by a new volume to create an extra room which will be used by th...
Architecture firm
Studio 3Mark
Location
Cuneo CN - 12100 Italy
Photography
Oscar Bernelli
Principal architect
Manuela Rosso, Michele Cassino
Interior design
Studio 3Mark
Material
Concrete, steel, wood
Typology
Residential › House › Extension
CMMY is situated near the western edge of Pinamar city on a street that ends in a Cul de Sac, away from the sea and downtown. The house was built on an irregular shaped lot that presented a steep slope on the front and back, bordering a forest that will be plotted sometime in the future.
Architecture firm
Estudio Galera
Location
Pinamar, Partido County, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Principal architect
Ariel Galera, Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil, Luisina Noya
Collaborators
Soledad Van Schaik, Juan Cruz Ance, Facundo Casales. Administration management: Verónica Coleman. Aluminum Millwork: Alumia. Concrete Supplier: Pasalto. Wood Supplier: de las Misiones. Iron: Plastigas. Sanitary Material: Mastergas. Paint: Sagitario. Heating: CARILO Ingeniería. Marble: LAVIGE. Surveyor: Ariel Triana. Ducts and sheet metal: Rubén Calvo. Custom metal working: Juan Rascione / Marcelo Herrero. Decks: Gwez Obras. Masonry: Lenis Hermanos. Pool: IPC Pinamar
Structural engineer
Javier Mendía
Environmental & MEP
Electricity: Gabriel Jaimón. Sanitation: Cristian Carrizo. Heating: CARILO Ingeniería.
Supervision
Pablo Ahumada. MMO
Construction
Bauer Hermanos
Material
Wood, Stone, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
This project was about creating volume, both inside and outside. A big space with a big garden on a small site. It was about creating a lot with a little. Designed as steel portal frame pressed up against the planning envelope, the simple steel structure with exposed concrete slab is infilled with glazing and polycarbonate at the ground level.
Project name
Windsor Castle
Architecture firm
Antarctica Architects
Location
Seddon, Victoria, Australia
Principal architect
Nicola Garrod
Design team
Nicola Garrod, Graham Crist, Jean-Marie Spencer
Interior design
Antarctica Architects
Structural engineer
ARGALL
Environmental & MEP
ARGALL
Landscape
Antarctica Architects
Lighting
Antarctica Architects
Supervision
Nicola Garrod
Visualization
Antarctica Architects
Tools used
AutoCAD, Revit
Construction
Nicola Garrod
Material
Steel, Concrete, Glass, Glazing & Polycarbonate
Client
Field Carr and Nicola Garrod (our own house)
Typology
Residential › House
In the land of Khour, where the sun shines bright, There lies a garden, a paradise of delight nestled in the mountains, to explore, its stories to be told.
Project name
Bagh-e-Khour
Architecture firm
Babak Abdolghafari Atelier
Location
Hashtgerd, Karaj, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Babak Abdolghafari
Design team
Natalie Ishoonejadian, Kiyanoush Sheydaie, Roujan Abdoli
Collaborators
Mona Afrazi (Interior design), Peyman Yadollahi (Structural engineer)
Visualization
Forough Seyedi, Aryan Namdar Banaderi
Client
Mr. Parviz Falahatkar
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
This new house located adjacent to a conservation area of well established native bush, endeavours to make the most of its dramatic siting.
It is organised around two central axis, one to the Korokoro Gorge and the other to the Cook Straits. The house forms an L-shape tucked around the corner of a steeply sloping section. This simple shape enable...
Architecture firm
Wallace Architects
Location
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Photography
Paul McCredie
Principal architect
Liz Wallace
Structural engineer
Clendon Burns and Park
Material
Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
