Martin Duplantier Architectes: The landscape is baroque. Unique. Breathtaking. It is world heritage site. The mountains rise like nimble fingers towards the sky. The vegetation, against all odds, has managed to grow on this invincible rock. Faced with this topographical spectacle, all are left astounded.
Architecture firm
Martin Duplantier Architectes
Location
Zhangjiajie Shi, Hunan Province, China
Design team
Martin Duplantier Architectes, Daqian Landscape Architects
Status
Ongoing (unbuilt, winning-project)
Typology
Urban and landscape design
The first-place winner for the Rifat Chadirji Prize 2020 and the People’s Choice Award is a team of five from Cairo, Egypt: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla and Ebtisam Elgizawy. The winning team was selected out of 177 submissions from 42 countries received this year.
Project name
Living pedestrian bridge over the Nile
Architecture firm
Five Egyptian Architects: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy
Location
Over the Nile River, Linking El Tahrir district to El zamalek district, Cairo, Egypt
Principal architect
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Visualization
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, V-ray
Status
1st prize winner - Tamayouz Excellence Award - The Rifat Chadirji Prize
Typology
Pedestrian Bridge
Iranian architecture practice Studio Eiraji, with its young architects, have revealed its competition proposal for Shiraz Life Bridge architectural competition in Shiraz, Iran.
Project name
Shiraz Life Bridge
Architecture firm
Studio Eiraji
Principal architect
Javad Eiraji
Design team
Ali Judaki, Elnaz Tofighi, Fatemeh Ramezanpour, Marjan Ghahremani, Parisa Masudi, Shima Nuri, Mahshad Fakhraeinejad
Collaborators
Ali Judaki (Design Manager)
Structural engineer
Javad Eiraji
Visualization
Studio Eiraji
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Client
Shiraz Municipality
Status
Competition Proposal
The Iranian Architect Milad Eshtiyaghi has designed a sustainable bridge for the city of Shiraz in south-central Iran.
Architecture firm
M.E Architecture Studio
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Landscape
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Client
Shiraz Municipality
Status
Third place in Architecture competition