Located across the Willamette River from downtown Portland, the YARD is a 21-story, 343,100-square-foot mixed-use apartment building that rises above the famous Burnside Bridge. The roof of the podium elevates a native planted landscape to the level of the bridge to create a shared community landscape environment, while its folded roof shape abstra...
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA
Photography
Maria Lamb, Stephen Miller, Brian Walker Lee
Principal architect
Jeff Kovel
Design team
Jeff Kovel, Creative Director / Principal Architect. Brent Grubb, Principal. Susan Barnes, Project Lead. Nathan Cox, Project Architect. Jill Asselineau Project Architect. Josh Ashcroft, Designer. Ben Porto, Designer. Stephen Miller, Visualization. Amy DeVall, Interior Designer. Mark Nye, Project Lead. Jim Henry, Project Architect. Jon DeLeonardo, Architect. Marian Jones, Architect. Katy Krider, Lead Interior Designer. Hiroki Abe, Designer
Interior design
Skylab Architecture
Collaborators
Acoustical Engineer: SSA Acoustics, LLP. Geotechnical Engineer: GeoDesign Inc. Surveyor: Blue Dot Group. Acoustical Consultant: SSA Acoustics, LLP. Building Envelope Consultant: The Façade Group, LLC. Environmental Graphics: Open Studio Collective
Civil engineer
Harper Houf Peterson Righellis - Inc.
Structural engineer
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Environmental & MEP
PAE Consulting Engineers
Lighting
LUMA Lighting Design
Construction
Andersen Construction
Visualization
Stephen Miller
Material
9Wood / Ceilings and panels. Lapchi Carpets / Rugs. Stephen Kenn Loft / Couch. Arcadia Curtain Wall and Storefront. Guardian Glass
Client
Key Development Corporation
Typology
Residential › Mixed-use Development
The Kerman Motor Project is an administrative building with an approximate area of 10,000 square meters in the Saadat Abad area of Tehran. This building consists of eight office floors, one lobby floor, and a half-floor. Paying meticulous attention to details, the design of the building facade, incorporating the interplay between volume, glass mate...
Project name
Kerman Motor Building
Architecture firm
Zomorrodi & Associates
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Shahrooz Zomorrodi
Design team
Anna Akhlaghi, Payam Alrahman, Delaram Arafati, Ali Moravej
Collaborators
Phase 2 Team Leader: Hamed Nourian Phase 2 Design Team: Nastaran Shaban-Zadeh, Gelarreh Aghaei Architectural Presentation: Sepideh Rezvani
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Located on Line 6 of Xi’an’s metro system, the Xi’an High-Tech Economic and Technological Development Zone in the city’s southwest includes manufacturing, research and development bases of more than one-hundred Fortune 500 companies and multinational corporations. The new Daxia Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects for Daxia Group on Jingye Road is at the...
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
ZHA Competition Team: Billy Webb, Enoch Kolo, Felix Amiss, Hualing Jiang, Ignacio Garcia Martinez, Karina Linnsen, Liyuan Gao, Mingjia Zhang, Paul Joseph, Pittayapa Suriyapee, Sanxing Zhao, Siyu Liu, Tingyu Wang, Yuxuan Zhao
Structural engineer
广州容柏生建筑结构设计事务所 (普通合伙人) RBS
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-Used Development
Omniview Design presents Golf Apartments, a high-end residential development adjacent to a famous golf course in Glyfada, Greece. The articulate form of the building, with playful geometries of the street-facing façade, is derived from an interpretation of local planning regulations, creating a wireframe that engulfs the volume.
Project name
Golf Apartments
Architecture firm
Omniview Design
Photography
Panagiotis Voumvakis
Principal architect
Dimitri Tsigos
Design team
Ioanna Iliadi, Afroditi Maragkou, Danai Diou, Christina Tsakiri, Lina Kazolea, Katerina - Christina Anastasopoulou
Collaborators
Construction Architect: Thaleia Stergiou, Ioanna Iliadi, Afroditi Maragkou, Stelios Koukiasas. Project Architect: Thaleia Stergiou
Structural engineer
Paul M. Savvas
Environmental & MEP
George Karvounis (Mechanical Study)
Material
Concrete, Marble, Metal, Ceramic, Brick
Typology
Residential › Apartments
I always wanted to design a skyscraper in London style, finally I did design it. This is the year 2030! The concept for a thirty store building in London, that has a white parametric surface with blue glasses.
Project name
London Sweet Upside
Architecture firm
Amin Moazzen
Location
London, United Kingdom
Visualization
Amin Moazzen
Tools used
Leonardo.Ai, Adobe Photoshop, Firefly.Ai
Principal architect
Amin Moazzen
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
Destined for student accommodation, the Hoso tower is located in the largest university campus in the city of Porto. Integrated between orthogonal volumes, it fills an urban void created by the various discontinuities associated with the inner belt motorway in Porto.
Architecture firm
OODA Architecture
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG, Guilherme Oliveira
Structural engineer
A3R, TEKK, Fluimep, Alfaengenharia
Typology
Residential › Housing, University Campus
Skyscrapers have become iconic symbols of human engineering and architectural prowess. These awe-inspiring structures dominate the skylines of cities around the globe, captivating the imagination of millions. This article will take you on a journey to explore some of the world's top skyscrapers and delve into their captivating interiors
Written by
Liliana Alvarez
Aedas-designed Xi’an Lovi Center has opened in 2023 June and served as an urban oasis for the city. Located in Xi’an, the project is comprised of a shopping mall, office and hotel towers. Designed to be a vibrant mixed- use destination, Lovi Center has become a unique retail-recreational attraction through the hybrid of public space and greenery.
Principal architect
Christine Lam and David Clayton, Global Design Principals
Client
Shaanxi Nan-Feihong Industrial Co., Ltd.
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
