The Leonardo Glass Cube in Bad Driburg was designed by the German design studio 3deluxe and celebrated its opening in March 2007. After numerous innovative temporary design projects and architectural concepts, the Glass Cube is the first permanent building 3deluxe was able to realize.
Project name
Leonardo Glass Cube
Architecture firm
3Deluxe
Location
Bad Driburg, Germany
Photography
Dynamic Forms / Martin Foddanu Photography
Lighting
Licht & Gestaltung Schiefer GmbH
Construction
Metallbau Renneke
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Client
Glaskoch B. KOCH JR. GMBH & CO. KG
Typology
Exhibition Center
The original design is from Zaha Hadid Architects, Wais Arman remodel this building as a practice to explore the free form surfaces and form-finding methods. He choses this building because of its complex design and futuristic, wavy shape which reminds me to motion and water fluidity.
Project name
Jesolo Magica - Fluidity 2.0
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3dsMax, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher, Gianluca Racana
Design team
Marco Amoroso, David Campos, Ayat Fadaifard, Massimiliano Piccinini, Ivan Valdez, Francesca Venturoni
Collaborators
Favero & Milan Ingegneria
Typology
Retail and business center
Designed by Iranian architect Madineh Mohammadi, this project is located in an area with hot and dry climate, the orientation of the building is on the site of the east-west axis, the project site is near the Karun River with an area of about fifteen thousand square meters, in this project of suitable vegetation to reduce heat Air is used, to reduc...
Project name
House on a Slope
Architecture firm
Madineh Mohammadi
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Madineh Mohammadi
Visualization
Madineh Mohammadi
Typology
Residential › House
FR-EE: Design for a class-A tower on the most important traffic artery in Mexico City, Paseo de la Reforma. A 1.5-acre site with plans for a 73-level, 145,000 m2 tower with an additional 10 levels below ground. A series of zones create interstitial spaces for perspectives and views to the outside throughout the entire building.
Project name
Torre Puerta Reforma (Saba)
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Mauricio Ceballos, Salvador López Polo, Alan Parra, Zuzanna Walczak, Victor Hugo Mendoza, Argentina Sotelo, Samantha Salgado, Karla Jazmín Gutierrez, Erick López, Marina Edurne Morales, Octavio Moreno, Brenda Muñiz, Alma Delia Nazario, Sergio Rebelo, Unai Artetxe, Joao Urbano, Lucas Velle, Celia Julve, Nicolle Hazard, Xiang Ao, Pierre Tairouz, Hangning Zhou, Nicholas Dolan, Daniela Gallo, Moss Owen Palmer, Marta Rodrigues
Typology
Mixed-use building
Milad Eshtiyaghi: The design of this project was formed with Iranian architectural patterns to have the identity of Iranian architecture. The main material of the project is exposed concrete and for some parts of wooden louvers have been used to create a canopy.
Project name
Concrete House
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Location
Lavasan, Tehran Province, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Typology
Residential › House
The Indian architecture firm Urbscapes led by Narendra Mangwani and Nidhi Parikh have recently completed Parallel Volumes residence located in Ahmedabad, India.
Project name
Parallel Volumes
Architecture firm
Urbscapes
Location
Ahmedabad, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Narendra Mangwani, Nidhi Parikh
Design team
Prabhuti Desai, Kushboo Anandpura
Collaborators
Bhavin Panchal & Arpan Dave
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Red Sand Stone cladding, Wood, Glass, Concrete
Typology
Residential › House
Habitat Horticulture proposes Confluence Rising, an iconic living tower that celebrates the confluence of nature, art and innovation. Visitors enjoy an entry plaza/café and experience panoramic views framed by lush plantings from balconies at every level culminating in a roof-top greenhouse and observation deck.
Project name
Confluence Rising
Architecture firm
Habitat Horticulture
Location
Guadalupe Park, San Jose, California
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
David Brenner
Design team
Mickey Mangan, Lucia Lamm, Mateo Aguilar, Ben Donelan, Donna Shibata
Collaborators
Scott Moran
These buildings, which can be called Tiny House area is an architectural concept by Turkish architcet Bartu Armağan. Each of these three-storey buildings are 45 square meters and 8 meters high. There is a living room on the ground floor, a bathroom on the first floor and a bedroom on the top floor.
Project name
Some Tiny Things
Architecture firm
Bartu Armağan (bar2design)
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Bartu Armağan
Built area
45 m² each house
Visualization
Bartu Armağan (bar2design)
Typology
Residential › House
MB Architects: The benefits of twisting towers go beyond aesthetics though. This type of design can make a building more aerodynamic and energy efficient. The twisting tower reduces wind-load by 24% (compared to a similarly sized rectangular building).
Project name
Twisting Tower
Architecture firm
MB Architects
Visualization
MB Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Muhammet Bilgiç
Design team
Muhammet Bilgiç
Typology
Mixed-use building
Ever since they gained worldwide fame back in the good old 1920s, RVs instantly became a popular “get out of jail free card” for all people who wanted to get off the grid and temporarily replace their urban lifestyles with something more adventurous and outgoing.
Photography
Free To Use Sounds, Airstream Inc., Christian Mikhael, Cottonbro
