It is like a temple which is constructed in the heart of the forest. In order to reach this temple, people have to cross many trees and rivers. My purpose was that they have been mentally prepared before they reach the temple!
Project name
Marvel Temple
Architecture firm
Arash Kashkooli Freelancer
Location
Tehran, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
A floating art gallery together with its large 'manmade nature' landscape surroundings creates an urban art utopia where art and artists meet the public. The place created by both the architecture and the landscape, is a highly welcoming and inclusive public space, where people can easily access, experience, and celebrate art while feeling inspire...
Project name
The Central Ring Gallery
Architecture firm
Studio A+
Location
Hefei City, Anhui province, China
Photography
Chen Su, Fang Chun
Nature-inspired forms in architecture bring users close to the natural world. Traditional geometry of a single family house combined within floating forms protecting the community from the outside living in their own OASES.
Project name
Oases Biel-Benken by KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Architecture firm
KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Location
Biel -Benken, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Tools used
Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Integrate, connect, assemble, couple, unite ... put in contact. Not just an existing house with the same extension, but the way you live inside, the way you look outside, the way you connect with your surrounding and with yourself. The way in which architecture flows from contemporary living. At the Fluid House, the main challenge was to make the...
Project name
Fluid House
Architecture firm
SET ideas
Location
Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte & Catalina Garzon
The project consists of an outdoor auditorium for 12,000 people , a concert hall for 3,500 people , six live houses ("whales") , five restaurants connected by a walkway, two towers with an office program, a museum and rehearsal rooms, a center of exhibitions and a series of parks and walks that connect the entire intervention.
Project name
Kaohsiung Pop Music Center
Architecture firm
Manuel Monteserin
Location
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Photography
Shun Chen, Chen Li Hsiien, Yi-Hsien Lee, Darren Teng, Chiung-Yao Tseng, Chien Ming Chen, Chen Hung, Ian Choi, Kano Chang, Lo Ruey-Lin, Su, Bo-An, Nicolas Leng冷家豪, Yi-Hsien Lee, Monteserin, Ian Choi, Terry Chiang 江彥駐, Yu-Zhi Lin, Kevin Lin
In joint venture with Huayi Design, Aedas recently won the design competition for a pioneering project at the East Wing of the Shenzhen Campus of the Cooperation Zone.
Project name
Shenzhen Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone East Wing-1 Project
Architecture firm
Aedas in a joint venture with Huayi Design
Location
Shenzhen, China
The existence of the Qasr-dasht segregated gardens and Chamran gardens on both sides of the project site, led the idea of binding two adjacent areas together. This project creates a continuous green network and make the bridge more integrated to the context. Shiraz City has a unique historical characteristic.
Project name
Life Bridge
Architecture firm
AshariArchitects
Location
Shiraz, Iran
Sometimes, the weather can be unpredictable in Springdale. During such periods, residents will not want to be caught unawares with any sudden temperature change. If the temperature begins to peak out of the blue, we expect our air conditioner to come to the rescue.
Written by
Andrea Estrada
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych

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