LuxeRivers is a new mixed-use development in Chongqing, a large city in southwest China, on a steep site at the confluence of the Yangtze and the Jialing Rivers. It comprises several blocks of luxury apartments, residential villas and commercial elements woven together with extensive infrastructure, including bridges and tunnels, landscaping, paths...
Architecture firm
SAOTA (Concept Design)
Location
Chongqing, China
Principal architect
Lead Architects: 5+design (Design Development)
Design team
SAOTA Project Team: Greg Truen, Adrian Monger, Lean Fouche, Kier Bothwell, Darren Rodgers
Collaborators
Project Manager: Mingyi, Li
Structural engineer
Chongqing Bojian Architectural and Planning Design Institute Co. Ltd & Chongqing ChangSha Xiaan Architectural Design Institute Co. Ltd.
Landscape
Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM), Chongqing Riqing Urban Landscape Design Co. Ltd
Construction
Chongqing Education Construction (Group) Co., Ltd
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Connection between outside and inside the building. The location of the site in front of a mosque on a neighborhood scale and several commercial sections, the presence and movement of passers-by, which apparently did not like the taste of the project residents.
Architecture firm
Barsav Office
Location
Seyyedrazi Blvd., Mashhad, Iran
Photography
Sahar Niknejad
Principal architect
Mohammad Reyhani, Alireza Modarresi
Design team
Mohammadhadi Shariatpanah, Mohsen Ajam, Hossein Mohseni
Collaborators
Model: Rasoul Jahanshiri, Ehsan Fakhri Beyk. Graphic: Faezeh Samadi, Hamideh Sarafian, Matineh Rezaie, Elham Mahdian, Bahareh Hajizadeh
Civil engineer
Ali Bozorgmehr
Structural engineer
Mohammad Jalali
Environmental & MEP
Mohammadhadi Shariatpanah
Visualization
Rasoul Jahanshiri, Ehsan Fakhri Beyk
Typology
Residential › Apartments
A building of sculptural character that dances on itself, taking advantage of the views of the surrounding lagoon. With two apartments per floor and surrounding balconies, the building developed for the upper class is a milestone that defines the start of the masterplan development for this part of the city.
Project name
Abidjan Tower
Architecture firm
Paulo Merlini Architects
Location
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Visualization
SA Digital Technology Co., Ltd
Tools used
Autodesk Revit
Principal architect
Paulo Merlini
Design team
Paulo Merlini, André Silva
Status
Concept - Design, Unbuilt
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Asif Residential Building, the second alternative. Attention to the client's choice: The project has two shells, the first of which includes openings and skylights. The second shell of the surface on the facade. A noteworthy point in the project is the difference in the levels of the interior spaces. In a way, this difference of class levels inside...
Project name
Asif Residential Building
Architecture firm
Architectural Group Space and Performance
Location
Asef St. , Zafaranieh, Tehran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Saeb Alimmohammadi
Design team
Niloufar Alimohammadi, Ayda Alimohammadi
Visualization
Architectural Group Space and Performance
Typology
Commercial › Office
Freebooter is the first developed and designed biophilic residential project of Amsterdam-based architecture and design practice, GG-loop. The complex, situated on the center of Amsterdam’s Zeeburgereiland and with an eyeline to the Ij River, consists of two, two-bedroom apartments of 120 m² each.
Architecture firm
GG-loop
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Francisco Nogueira, Michael Sieber
Principal architect
Giacomo Garziano
Design team
Giacomo Garziano, Robbie Nijzen, Simone Peluso, Daniele Colombati, Jan-Willem Terlouw, Piergiorgio Angius, Krzysztof Zinger
Collaborators
Mabutec (Installations Engineering)
Structural engineer
Pieters Bouwtechniek
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Le Borgne Rizk Architecture, an award-winning Montreal-based firm renowned for applying creativity, technical competence, and aesthetic sensitivity to the creation of efficient, functional, and harmonious buildings, proudly introduces Notre-Dame, two semi-attached residential triplexes located in Montreal’s south-west district.
Architecture firm
Le Borgne Rizk Architecture
Location
Notre-Dame Street East, Montreal, Canada
Photography
Maxime Brouillet
Principal architect
Amani Rizk
Construction
Cocoon Construction
Material
Brick, Bowerstone Shale
Client
Cocoon Construction
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road, Cape Town, designed by SAOTA, makes a striking but sensitively integrated architectural statement in the area’s distinctive cliffside setting.
Project name
Clifton Terraces
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Niel Vosloo
Design team
Philip Olmesdahl, Mark Bullivant, Edward Peinke, Jo Nel, Christian Liebenberg, Melissa de Freitas, Peter Harel & Lichumile Monakali
Collaborators
OKHA (Bespoke Furniture), De Leeuw (Quantity Surveyor), Taupo Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Developer), SIP Project Managers (Pty) Ltd (Project Manager), All Round Pools (Pool Consultat), Graham Wood (Copy)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Sutherland Engineers
Structural engineer
JG Afrika
Construction
Haw & Inglis
Typology
Residential › Apartment
A project in which we tried to create privacy for each apartment and at the same time take into account the directions of the sun and wind, as well as an aesthetic design and the use of wood materials for finishes.
Project name
Residential Tower
Architecture firm
Visuality Studio
Location
Istanbul, Turkey
Visualization
Yasser Agha
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Yasser Agha
Typology
Residential › Apartments
