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- House with Gable / mia2/Architektur
- Futurium Berlin / Richter Musikowski
- SALA Samui Chaweng Beach Resort / onion
- Cafe Oriente / LABOTORY
- Onyx Lit House / Emerge Architects
- Bamboo Sunyata / akasha+associates architecture
- Haxstead Garden House / Tobias Partners
- Gabi James LA / Blanchard Fuentes
- Christo's First UK Outdoor Public Sculpture Opens on the Serpentine Lake
- House in the Lake / A4estudio
- BIG's LEGO House has its own "Block-Buster" Netflix Documentary
- Interior AM2 / NT2architecture
- Pre-Announcement: International Tender For the Architectural Design of Qianhai International Financial Exchange Center
- A Brief Architectural History of Nightclubs
- House in the Mountain / Gluck+
- Hidden Lighting: 5 Ways to Delicately Light a Building
- Which Cities Have the Most High-Rises?
- Luzhniki Stadium / SPEECH
| House with Gable / mia2/Architektur Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Kurt Hörbst
 © Kurt Hörbst „House with gable" is located on a slope site on the edge of a small settlement with a beautiful view on Pyhrn-Priel-Region, an alpine region in Upper Austria. The private builders wanted to create a house that harmoniouslymatches the surroundings and brings the outdoors inside. The young family requested a calm, clear architecture made of wood, concrete and glass.  © Kurt Hörbst The solid timber house with its precisely chosen elements is simple and complex at once. Simplicity comes from the clear structure and proportion of base, ground floor and roof. Complexity comes from spacial variety. At the high part of the slope the ground floor is located half a meter below terrain level which creates a living space embedded by grassland. Downwards the kitchen and living room is given enough space to unfold up to the ridge. The hight picks up the topographic properties in an ideal manner and the slightly elevated position guarantees an excellent view of the mountains.  © Kurt Hörbst Since the beginning the focus has been on a highly ecological and biological quality. Volume and land usage is limited, the house is built from wood and isolated with cellulose. Although there were modest funds, with the help of a simple construction and a minimalistic range of materials and forms a maximum quality and comfort has been achieved.  © Kurt Hörbst  Plan  © Kurt Hörbst
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| Futurium Berlin / Richter Musikowski Posted: 19 Jun 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Dacian Groza
 © Dacian Groza Text description provided by the architects. The Futurium is a building for exhibitions and events in the heart of Berlin – embedded between the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (ministry for education and research), the Spreebogen (Spree Riverbend) and the Humboldthafen (Humboldt port), the main station and the Charité Hospital.  © Dacian Groza The Haus der Zukunft (house of the future) creates its own sculptural identity in this ensemble. On the two main sides of the Futurium two public spaces are defined by setting back the building. Folding the building up to create urban high points makes the Futurium a striking appearance between the Spree River and the elevated railway. The Futurium was conceived as a low-energy building and achieved the BNB-Gold sustainability rating.  © Schnepp Renou Exterior Spaces  Axonometric Façade  © Schnepp Renou Picture Window  © Schnepp Renou  © Schnepp Renou Foyer  © Schnepp Renou  © Schnepp Renou Forum for Events  Floor Plan Futurium Lab  © Schnepp Renou Exhibition on the Upper Level  Section  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| SALA Samui Chaweng Beach Resort / onion Posted: 19 Jun 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya
 © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya Text description provided by the architects. Sala Samui Chaweng Beach Resort has a panoramic view of Chaweng Beach on Thailand's third largest island. Ko Samui lies in the Gulf of Thailand off the east coast of Surat Thani Province. It is known for its palm-fringed beaches, coconut groves, crystal clear sea, mountainous rainforest, luxury resorts and spas. It has a domestic and international airport. Travelers stop over at Chaweng Beach before joining the Full Moon Party on Ko Pha Ngan.  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya Onion started designing 138-room Sala Samui Chaweng Beach Resort 5 years ago in the scopes of architecture, interior, hardscape including decks and swimming pools, furniture, lighting and object designs. In January 2018, the 52-room beachfront phase was opened for Sala's guests. Every room has a private swimming pool and the sea view. There are 2-Bedroom Presidential Pool Villa next to the beach, framed the view by the old Banyan Trees, 4-Pool Villas and the rest of the guest rooms are in the 3-storey building. Each room is different. On the first floor, Garden Pool Suites have the swimming pool on the rear. On the second and the third floors, Balcony Pool Suites have private swimming pool rooms on the balconies overlooking the central beachfront courtyard. The third floor also has the 1-Bedroom Pool Suites facing the ocean. On the opposite side of the Chaweng Beach Road, the 85-room roadside phase of Sala Samui is expected to be finished in December 2018.  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya  Master Layout  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya Onion's design direction comes from an observation that our perceptions of the moon change every night, even if the source of light remains the same. Full moon is the time when we see the moon. Black moon is the period when we see no moon. Crescent moon is in the space in between. Everything at Sala Samui Chaweng Beach Resort is designed to enhance a sequence of light, shade and shadow.  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya The design process starts by these two questions: what Sala's guests would like to see and how they would like to live when they stay at Chaweng Beach. Onion decides to leave a maximum open air space next to the beach. This courtyard functions like a bright living room. There is no attempt to control the circulation. Guests are free to walk around in whatever direction they want. The circle is right for this purpose. Daybeds and umbrellas around the circular swimming pools have no direction. There is no particular spot to enter the swimming pool. Guests may sit, walk and lie down at any part of its perimeter wherever the water level is for their posture. The swimming pool's floors gradually slant to the niche wall. Each niche fits the human scale for a reason of privacy. At night, lighting design mimics an ambience of full moon in the water. Onion also add the white swim rings, named Onion Ring, as a friendly gesture.  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya Nothing blocks the sea view is an exclusive experience for Sala's guests. From the largest exterior courtyard to the smallest interior space of every room, the ocean is a most picturesque scenery. Even at the lobby, one can see the sea right away. This is how we perceive the sense of luxury. Luxury is not about what we build; rather, it is about the space that we decided not to build. Leaving the 70x40 square meters beachfront courtyard towards the East in this sense is a luxury.  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya The continuous long and flat facade of the beachfront building is painted in white colour. That is to highlight the crescent shadows of the precast concrete walls. At least 7 different curves are layered from the building envelops to the interior spaces. Each curved wall separates each activity such as swimming, bathing and sleeping. Moving shadows make each room different. A most complex shades of grey often appear in the private swimming pool rooms. These spaces are painted by the shadows of stripe and oval shading devices, overlaid on the curved wall and its crescent shadow.  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya Onion works with local materials and everyday life objects. What makes the ordinary things appeared special are the modes of arrangement and the inventions of new forms. Bamboo blinders are used as the lobby's ceiling. Triangular pillows are scaled down and reshaped to fit our spaces. The patterns of rattan lamps are redesigned so that the light of each lamps would appear different. Coconut shells are used as lamps and other decorative elements such as table legs. Onion does not design too many objects for Sala Samui Chaweng Beach Resort. Each object is thought of with care.  © Wworkspace , Wison Tungthunya  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Yong Joon Choi
 © Yong Joon Choi Text description provided by the architects. A space needs not only to deliver beautiful visuals but offer a unique emotional experience filled with nuance to visitors. There are numerous cafes these days, but we hope that Cafe Oriente would become a unique place that resonates with people rather than simply being a place to have coffee.  © Yong Joon Choi The start of Cafe Oriente goes back to the comment from the client, "I would like the space where oriental aesthetics are implied." Cafe Oriente is a cafe that sells artisanal traditional snacks of Korea and the name implies that. The location is at the very end of an alley in Hannam-Dong where there used to be an electronics equipment shop. We wanted to apply a touch of Asian beauty or Korean beauty to the place. In addition, we wanted to bring out emotions through a combination of minimalist design and contemporary Korean aesthetics.  © Yong Joon Choi The designer brought in various elements of a traditional Korean house. The stability provided by the 'ㄷ' shaped structure with a court in the center, the elaborate curves of the awning, the expandability of the front floor that serves as a bridge between the interior and the exterior, the calmness of the courtyard brought into the house, the warmth of the cream-colored traditional papers and the wood, and the rough and solid texture of granite have been brought together to create this unique space.  © Yong Joon Choi First, the 'ㄷ' shaped layout of the building that has a courtyard in the middle comes from the traditional Hanok structure.  © Yong Joon Choi  Floor Plan  © Yong Joon Choi Second, the elaborate curves from the rooftop to the awning has been reflected in other elements, too.  © Yong Joon Choi Third, the front floor of Korean houses, Hanok was used as another element.  © Yong Joon Choi Fourth, the various textures of Hanok were used as elements.  © Yong Joon Choi As Saint-Exupery once said, "Being complete is not being in a state where nothing needs to be added but a state where nothing needs to be thrown out", Cafe Oriente is a minimal space that provides a refined sense of nuance to users and visitors, by combining traditional Korean aesthetics with contemporary minimalism.  © Yong Joon Choi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Onyx Lit House / Emerge Architects Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Emerge Architects
 Courtesy of Emerge Architects Text description provided by the architects. Our first impression of Toucheng Village and Wishi Harbour in Yilan was the smell of salty waves, the sound of splashes on the glossy shingle beach, and the sight of distant Guishan Island. The image of dissolving waves and glittering sea foam became the source to the guesthouse's design element.  Courtesy of Emerge Architects Clusters of round openings on the black façade allow light beams and diffuses inside like roaming foam in the air. The building morphs into an obscure lantern whose dim light glowing upon the voyagers.  Courtesy of Emerge Architects  Sketch. Image Courtesy of Emerge Architects  Courtesy of Emerge Architects Climbing up the narrow staircase directly to the 3rd floor, long and gloomy, but a flickering radiance in the far end. Imitating the experience of running through the longest tunnel in the country from Taipei, expecting Yilan's open plain to come and guide, just like the starry lighting placed above.  Courtesy of Emerge Architects In the guest rooms, light holes in sizes on the wall filter out buzzes and leave serene frames of streetscape. Balconies are open but not exposed; every guest may savor exclusive scenery, whether courtyard or hillside, whether sunlit or drizzly, in their own comfort.  Courtesy of Emerge Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bamboo Sunyata / akasha+associates architecture Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Akasa Minh
 © Akasa Minh Text description provided by the architects. Bamboo is free self-element by mean of anti-manipulation processing and growing up. In Vietnam, the best simple ancient way of connecting them together was deeply figured and commonly transferred by local great masters with a solution of short bamboo stick's joint only.  © Akasa Minh  Sketch The length, weight, and form of bamboo are the singularity in comparison with other natural materials in construction and sympathy. Otherwise, from primitive time bamboo preserves a huge inspiration of human creations in both physical and spiritual field.  © Akasa Minh On the small land property of the unique private museum MUONG minority museum, space for art and performance were built up. The main idea is how to enhance hidden values of bamboo and simple solution of building up by hands, saving a cost cause we have no budget for.  Floor Plan 1 Aspiration from a bamboo ladder, a popular Vietnamese home tool, a flexible skeleton with 3D ladder composition is manipulated as an orchestral bamboo space with a concept: wall plays as an open roof – a primitive solution.  © Akasa Minh The skylight is another key, it highlights bamboo elements from inside and creates new multiple functions for the whole museum, transforming Vietnam vernacular architecture into contemporary life.  © Akasa Minh  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Haxstead Garden House / Tobias Partners Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Justin Alexander
 © Justin Alexander Text description provided by the architects. Designed for a couple and their two children, the Haxstead Garden House in Central Tilba, NSW Australia is located within a rural setting on a large historic family estate, surrounded by native bushland and landscaped gardens overlooking the Sapphire Coast.  © Justin Alexander  © Justin Alexander  © Justin Alexander The brief called for a house that would enjoy views, offer protection from bracing winds and heavy rainfall, provide a strong connection with nature; and given its harsh location and remoteness, be tough and as low-maintenance as possible.  © Justin Alexander  First floor plan  © Justin Alexander Previously containing garages for the main homestead, the site selected has sweeping views to the south-east so the material combination, in-situ concrete on the southern facade and a pre-fabricated galvanised steel structure to the north, was chosen to buffer the elements and engage with views of the surrounding landscape.  © Justin Alexander The building is placed east-west and has a robust concrete facade to the south that provides protection. Its monolithic concrete gutter harvests rainwater and incorporates the main circulation spine internally. From the inside, carefully placed columns frame views of Tilba beach and the Bermagui township beyond.  © Justin Alexander In contrast to the 'brut' concrete form of the southern facade, a series of prefabricated lightweight steel portal-frames and full-height glazing create rooms along the building's length that open up to the north and the garden. Designed to buffer the elements and in combination with the building, the landscaped garden creates a microclimate that provides protection from the north-eastern winds and connection to the view. Even on very windy days occupants can enjoy being outdoors in the dining and pool areas, and when inside the house can be left open to the garden.  © Justin Alexander The design approach aims for a clear expression of its construction with highly resolved details that take form in concrete, steel, glass and timber. There is an economy of material employed throughout and a well-considered construction process that reduced material waste and time onsite. With no superfluous components or lavish decorative elements, materials are expressed as both form and finish. The level of refinement achieved and the cost-effective building program is testament to the construction team led by builder Pat Waddell.  © Justin Alexander Myles Baldwin designed the gardens to reflect the coastal location. A perimeter of Melaleuca and Casuarina trees blend with the native bush, and Norfolk Island pines punctuate lawns and are complemented by sculptural beds of native Poa, exotic Miscanthus grasses, cactus and succulents.  © Justin Alexander The swimming pool is positioned within the garden and connects with a pergola and outdoor dining area. A paved pathway leads from the lower entry courtyard and connects to the garden and house placed a metre above. By arranging the plan in this way, all external garden walls present as secondary elements and nature takes precedent.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gabi James LA / Blanchard Fuentes Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Deborah Fuentes & Frank Lee
 © Deborah Fuentes & Frank Lee Text description provided by the architects. Signaled by Rivera Village's multi-year, development plan, the dining establishment formally known as Zazou was to be rebranded and re-thought in anticipation of the upscale food trends fast approaching the area.  © Deborah Fuentes & Frank Lee The existing store front, a classically derived 2 storied arcade would be stripped down to framing and retro-fit for expansive openings at the ground floor with a suspended 'timber' curtain enclosing the upper.  Axonometry A prefabricated carrying system of bolt-able steel struts and CNC milled aluminum girders was designed to suspend the new surface out from the existing building line. Tension-able steel tie-rods, connecting these systems would handle all associated vertical and lateral loading produced by the new design.  © Deborah Fuentes & Frank Lee Responding to the cities call for walk street vibrancy on all new design proposals, we believed the new facade should play primarily the role of communicator at the street interface while offering a more private venue above. We worked on the frequency of the member to achieve this, spacing each cedar stave 1/2 distance apart from one another. Increased surfaces meant more reflectivity and shadow from southerly sun exposure while the spacing allowed for improved ventilation into the space.  Floor plan The interior of the ground floor was crafted in collaboration with designer Ana Henton. Bronzed steel and white oak were selected as the primary architectural finishes for durability and a time-honored aesthetic. A large, multi-unit pocket door divides the main dining floor from the outdoor patio, while a seamless glass entrance is set back from the existing wall line. This is the new face of Gabi James Restaurant.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Christo's First UK Outdoor Public Sculpture Opens on the Serpentine Lake Posted: 19 Jun 2018 07:00 AM PDT .jpg?1529420235 "The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016-18. Image © Wolfgang Volz") The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016-18. Image © Wolfgang Volz The "London Mastaba" has opened in Hyde Park. A temporary sculpture floating on the Serpentine Lake, the project is the first major public outdoor sculpture in the United Kingdom designed by the artist Christo. The opening comes as new photographs by Wolfgang Volz are released which chart the construction and completion of the striking art piece. Featuring 7,506 horizontally-stacked barrels floating on the Serpentine Lake, the Mastaba coincides with an exhibition of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's work at the Serpentine Galleries featuring sculptures, drawings, collages, and photographs spanning more than 60 years.  The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016-18. Image © Wolfgang Volz .jpg?1529426634 "The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016-18. Image © Wolfgang Volz") The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016-18. Image © Wolfgang Volz Volz's photographs document the construction of the scheme built to a height of 65 feet (20 meters) by a team of engineers. The barrels were specifically fabricated and painted for the sculpture, a blend of red, white, blue and mauve. The sculpture sits on a floating platform made of high-density polyethylene cubes held with weighted anchors, with a steel scaffolding frame giving the sculpture rigidity.  Workers assemble the sculpture's floating platform, made of high-density polyethylene cubes. Image © Wolfgang Volz  Workers placing barrels on the roof of the London Mastaba. Image © Wolfgang Volz Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the exhibition will be the artists' first in a UK public institution since 1979 and will showcase their long-running exploits with barrel forms, chosen initially for their sculptural effect and low cost. The Mastaba has been supported by The Royal Parks, Westminster Council, and BlueBird Boats, but was funded by Christo, without the use of public money. The project is free for all to view from June 18th to September 23rd, at which point a majority of the materials comprising the sculpture will be removed and industrially recycled in the UK.  Workers installing barrels on the vertical side of the London Mastaba. Image © Wolfgang Volz  Workers screw together the sculpture's steel frame. Image © Wolfgang Volz The Mastaba's opening comes amidst a flurry of activity at Hyde Park, with the opening of the 2018 Serpentine Pavilion by Frida Escobedo taking place in the previous week.  On top of the floating platform, workers install the steel frame of the London Mastaba. Image © Wolfgang Volz  Barrels being installed on the slanted wall of the London Mastaba. Image © Wolfgang Volz News via: Christo and Jeanne-Claude  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT .jpg?1529266484 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio
.jpg?1529266653 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio Text description provided by the architects. The house is locate in Manantiales at two kilometers of the beach in a private neighborhood with views at the white lagoon. To the terrain of 60 meters front and 90 meters long is access for the ground part rising up more than nine meters in all your longitudinal develop in an approximate 10% slope. .jpg?1529266432 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio  Scheme 01 .jpg?1529266607 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio Thought like a weekend house, two conditions presented like the most determinant, the first get an exterior space that articulate the activities at fresh air but that keep control visual relation respect the neighbors and allow direct visuals to lagoon and tajamares. The second, organize the program getting independences and privacies between the visitants, as well as open the possibility to make more efficient use of the resources integrating or not spaces according to number of people. .jpg?1529266530 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio  Basement floor plan .jpg?1529266546 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio The project implants in the high part of terrain (getting a complete opening of house to the best visuals) over a basement that resolve the relation of project with the natural slope and organize all the access, wine cellar, playroom, plant room and stores. .jpg?1529266586 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio  Sections .jpg?1529266679 "Cortesía de A4estudio") Cortesía de A4estudio Over this basement the house is organize in independent pavilions binds for a transversal gallery. In the south extreme the first pavilion organize the public spaces (living room, dining room, kitchen, gallery and services), in the north extreme, the second, organize the intimate spaces for the visitants (bedrooms), finally in center and one level above to the others, the third pavilion organize a big suite with gym for the owners house.  Ground floor plan The piscina acquires an entity comparable with the rest of pavilions and conquest the view toward under terrain finish to define a big space of exterior relations confined as much as the extreme pavilions as the transversal gallery of connection even getting protection of eventual breezes, wanted privacy with respect to the neighbors and a total opening to the landscape.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BIG's LEGO House has its own "Block-Buster" Netflix Documentary Posted: 19 Jun 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of LEGO The LEGO House by Bjarke Ingels Group now has its own Netflix documentary. Taking viewers on a journey through the conception, design, construction, and opening of the LEGO House, the documentary offers an insight into the challenges faced throughout the process, and the thoughts and reflections of the project's key contributors, including Bjarke Ingels. "LEGO House – Home of the Brick" offers the most thorough insight yet into the scheme's creation, detailing major early construction issues, delays, and (spoiler alert!) the ultimate successful completion of one of the most iconic pieces of architecture created in recent years. The documentary dives into the history of the LEGO brand, the vision, and importance placed on the LEGO House by the company's directors, and perhaps most interestingly, a series of interviews with Bjarke Ingels in which he reflects on the role of LEGO in the development of his own career. Completed in 2017 in Billund, Denmark, the LEGO House brought the toy scale of the classic LEGO brick to a human scale with exhibition spaces and public squares. The 130,000-square-foot (12,000-square-meter) scheme is home to a color-coded system of experience zones, as well as three restaurants, a LEGO Store, a conference center and a 2,000-square-meter public space known as the LEGO Square. The documentary is available to Netflix subscribers here, location-dependent.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Interior AM2 / NT2architecture Posted: 19 Jun 2018 04:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of NT2Architecture
 Courtesy of NT2Architecture Text description provided by the architects. This small but spacious studio apartment was designed especially for rent. The main objectives of the project - low budget and easily restored finishing materials and furniture.  Courtesy of NT2Architecture Main ideas: - Minimal investments in finishing materials: painted walls without leveling, open wiring,  Courtesy of NT2Architecture - Usage of non-conventional pieces of furniture: industrial metal cabinets in the hallway  Courtesy of NT2Architecture  Floor Plan  Courtesy of NT2Architecture - Usage of vintage items from flea markets and online auctions: dining chairs, sink table, decor.  Courtesy of NT2Architecture  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Shenzhen Qianhai Development & Investment Holding Co., Ltd. The Overall Planning for the Development of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone was approved by the State Council in 2010. The Planning defines Qianhai as an innovative cooperation demonstration zone for Guangdong-Hong Kong modern service industry. As a strategic platform for the new era of changes and open policies, Qianhai was created and planned by General Secretary Xi Jinping in person. A cooperation demonstration zone of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, as well as a new city center will be constructed with high standards, basing on the motto "relying on Hong Kong, serving the Mainland, and facing the world". Following the work arrangements of Shenzhen Government, the Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, the Urban Planning, Land & Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality and Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, three parties together have completed the compilation of the Planning for Qianhai New Urban Center. The proposed Planning is aimed to build a world-class bay-area "living room", by centrally constructing international and regional public facilities step by step. The "living room" is a group of landmark public buildings at high standards. To implement the planning, Qianhai International Financial Exchange Center (tentative name) which is located in Unit 1, Guiwan Area of Qianhai is planned to be constructed. Its architectural concept design work will begin in the near future. We hereby make a pre-announcement on the global wide tender for this project. Locally or internationally well-known design consultancies that are interested in this project, are highly welcomed to contact us for further information, including the work scope, work phases, work period, mode, etc.  Courtesy of Shenzhen Qianhai Development & Investment Holding Co., Ltd. I. Project Overview 1. Location: Plot 01-01-01 and 01-01-02 and Adjacent West Plot, Unit 1, Guiwan Area, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen City 2. Land area: Tentatively 51,000 m2 3. Floor area: Tentatively 130,000m2, including around 80,000m2 for the conference center and around 50,000m2 for the hotel of five-star standard 4. Positioning: The first international conference center in Qianhai. The venue for multilateral summits of heads of states. Aiming to serve the government, public institutions, enterprises, and associations, etc. A complex conference venue with conferencing as the main function and other functions such as catering, banquet holding, hotel accommodation, quality product exhibition, new product launching, and festival activity holding. II. Tender Arrangement Time: The international tender is scheduled to be started in mid to late of July Platform: Official website of Shenzhen Construction Engineering Trade Service Center (http://www.szjs.gov.cn/jsjy/, please register in advance) Qualification: Domestic and overseas well-known design consultancies with experience in similar projects III. Contact Information Host: Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen Organizer: Shenzhen Qianhai Development & Investment Holding Co., Ltd. Address: Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Center, Menghai Avenue, Qianhai Cooperation Zone, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China Contacts: Ms. Fu, Ms. Wei, and Ms. Chen
Special remarks: The final information is subject to the tender announcement/tender document released by the tender organizer. From the Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen.
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| A Brief Architectural History of Nightclubs Posted: 19 Jun 2018 02:30 AM PDT  The environments of nightclubs shifted along with trends in architecture and design. Pomo theatrics formed the interiors of the Flash Back Discotheque in Borgo San Dalmazzo. Image Courtesy of Paolo Mussat Sartor This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "The Designers Who Made Disco." What can't be done on the dance floor? Not much, said the 1960s Radical Design collective Gruppo 9999, which argued that discos should be "a home for everything, from rock music, to theater, to visual arts." Other artists and designers—including New York bad-boy painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, architect Peter Cook of Archigram, and Manchester's "cathedral of rave" creator Ben Kelly—saw the dance floor as a more subversive setting: one where boundaries could be blurred and thresholds crossed, where partying and politics could be woven together in the dark to channel a cultural revolution. Night Fever at the Vitra Design Museum stitches together this conception of the nightclub as a social Gesamtkunstwerk.
 In general, nightclub designers excel at playing with issues of scale, as Akoaki's 2014 Mothership mobile DJ pod attests. Image Courtesy of Akoaki Though organized as four exhibition halls corresponding to a loose chronological narrative over five decades, Night Fever eschews strict timelines to focus on broader thematic angles that allow the various phases and trends of club culture to crossfade in the dark. Fashion, pop and subcultures, social progress, and rampant commercialization bob in and out throughout the show. Night Fever first teleports visitors into the ecstatic and hypnotic world of 1960s Italian Radical Design through a futuristic glowing corridor. A fluorescent red arrow electrifies a smooth aluminum enclave that expands into a cavernous dark room in which neon signs, pulsing music, designer furniture, and club paraphernalia converge underneath the gleam of glass vitrines. The premise of this first room, named "Beginning to See the Light" in a nod to rock 'n' roll deities the Velvet Underground, is simple: Pop and rock music revved up an emerging youth culture across Europe and the US, which claimed the nightclub as a social factory. "The '60s was the first—and, really, the only—time that nightclubs served as a space for young people to meet and share ideas," cocurator Jochen Eisenbrand suggests while standing in front of a modular scaffolding unit that emerges from a corner of the gallery. (Eisenbrand organized the show with Catharine Rossi and Nina Serulus.) The gleaming metallic growth—known as a space frame system, it was invented by German engineering company MERO in the 1940s—creates an optical illusion against a floor-to-ceiling backdrop of a night spent at iconic Italian club L'Altro Mondo.  The environments of nightclubs shifted along with trends in architecture and design. Architects' dalliance with pneumatic structures in the late '60s and early '70s was reflected in the design of Florence, Italy's Space Electronic. Image Courtesy of Carlo Caldini, Gruppo 9999 While it kicks off in Italy, Night Fever quickly extends its gaze across cities and continents to examine how architects and designers from New York to Paris answered the call of the night. Reading the nightclub as a new building typology, the first room surveys the rise of modular interiors and custom-designed furniture that responded to the hallucinatory environments conjured by high-tech lighting machinery. Beneath the geodesic-like space frame installation sits a candy-colored example of Cesare Casati and Emanuele Ponzio's translucent and illuminated furniture, designed in Bolzano, Italy, in 1968. It cozies up to the all bark, no bite of Roger Tallon's Swivel Chair Module 400 No° 3 (1965), whose ominous spikes are in fact made from plush anechoic-chamber foam. With such a supersensory subject in hand, Night Fever doesn't skimp on entertainment. For audiophiles (or those big on flashing lights), the clear highlight of the exhibition is Konstantin Grcic and Matthias Singer's interactive installation that consumes Hall 2. Like entering a giant disco ball, ducking under the dropdown walls and moving up onto the dance floor bring visitors into their own private nightclub. Headphones dangling from the light-up mirror-plated ceiling tell a sonorous story of four eras of music—pre-disco, disco, house, and techno—expertly compiled by the musician and exhibition consultant Steffen Irlinger. The goal here is to bring visitors into intimate contact with the contagious energy of the music while also unraveling its stylistic evolution through the decades. It's obviously a huge hit: I watched multiple visitors let loose on the light-up dance floor, including a rather demure septuagenarian with an apparent penchant for deep house music. (Fear not, wallflowers: Dancing is optional.)  The Arata Isozaki–designed Palladium in New York City, with mural by Keith Haring. Image Courtesy of Timothy Hursley/Garvey|Simon Gallery New York The party sobers up somewhat in the third room, themed "Slave to the Rhythm," homing in on disco's hypercommercialization. A cringe-worthy clip from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever illustrates how disco went straight from queer subcultural sanctuary to sleek Hollywood backdrop. In a cruel death for the radical '60s daydream, the ecstatic underground discotheque grew streamlined in a push for capitalist gain. But Night Fever doesn't get bogged down in the obituary, instead forging onward with the swift uptick of house music, which vibrant club scenes all cropped up in moments of political upheaval, from postwall Berlin to Detroit's economic distress, and the gentrification of New York in the '80s and '90s," explains Eisenbrand. In a sense, club culture in the '90s became a way of reckoning with the fractured memory politics of shrinking cities; moreover, it was a chance for those inhabiting such transitional spaces to redefine their—and the city's—culture. Of course, the anonymous architecture of these nightclubs made them a brand in and of themselves—with Berlin's Tresor (est. 1991) and Berghain (est. 2004) doing their bit in promoting techno as part of a viable tourist economy.  Les Bains Douches in Paris, 1990, designed by Philippe Starck. Image Courtesy of Foc Kan The link between hypercommercialization, brand allegiance, image consciousness, and nightclub culture carries Night Fever into the postglobalized present, where the fourth and final hall ("Around the World") addresses clubbing in the 21st century as a worldwide phenomenon. The DJ has been canonized as a cult figure—often wielding his or her own fashion line, or sponsored by trend-savvy brands—just as the nightclub functions as an economic node in competitive global cities, including Amsterdam, London, and New York, that have appointed their own "night mayors" to promote urban nightlife. More fascinating still, Night Fever points out the paradox of digital media's influence on the vitality of club culture. From Boiler Room YouTube DJ sets to online music festivals, social networks offer an alternative space to congregate that is quick and easy to access, and free of charge. Meanwhile, IRL venues already up against ever-climbing rents are being forced to innovate—a new pressure that, Night Fever astutely observes, has revived interest in the precise visions of futuristic architecture and design of '60s club culture, including the mixed-use daydream of theater producer Joan Littlewood and architect Cedric Price's Fun Palace (1964). Pop-up and hybrid venues have combined with a renewed focus on migrant music and arts festivals emphasizing the creation of place amid non-place, such as the desert parties of Burning Man and Coachella. Work by contemporary archistars like OMA and the Turner Prize-winning artists and architects' collective Assemble features alongside the equally brand-label-focused cultural capital of Miu Miu, Prada, and Gucci, whose recent collections have adopted the aesthetics of club culture.  OMA's cancelled design for the Ministry of Sound in London. Image Courtesy of OMA From politics to design, a countercultural fervor mirroring the social revolution of the '60s and '70s is sweeping across the contemporary scene. In architecture and design, the pop-loving and transparent movements of Pomo and high tech are resurrected and deified; from the schizophrenic pattern clashing of Gucci to the ubiquity of rose gold iPhones, material culture's glitz and gaudy extravagance are back in business. Club culture has always inhabited this sticky in-between space: As likely to crop up on the catwalk or in furniture trade fairs as the grungy underbelly of Berlin's techno scene, equally at home in celebrity-DJ YouTube channels and in government-sponsored regenerative architecture contests, the nightclub has always influenced haute couture and pop culture in equal measure. Perpetually teetering on the edge of extinction, it is a fiercely resilient and radical typology. Night Fever begs us to stay out a little later, to soak up these excesses and nonsense of the night a little longer—because who knows what the world will look like the morning after. Night Fever is on view at the Vitra Design Museum through September 9, 2018.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House in the Mountain / Gluck+ Posted: 19 Jun 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Steve Mundinger
 © Steve Mundinger Text description provided by the architects. Looking to extend the idea of the 'Landscape House,' this 2,850 SF guest house in the Rocky Mountains integrates into and accentuates its mountain environment. Two intersecting bar shapes bookend to complete the implied courtyard of the original house, creating a high mountain yard that connects the two structures into a single family gathering place. The East-West bar of the new structure houses three bedrooms and the garage, while the North-South bar encloses the living, dining and kitchen areas. Planes of 'roof meadow' render the house practically invisible from the road, preserve and highlight the original view from the existing structure, and provide a super-insulated envelope. Continuous clerestory glass focuses the panorama views and provides a completely day-lit space.  © Steve Mundinger  Plan  © GLUCK+ A thick solar wall on the South side separates the service side of the building from the main courtyard while creating a secondary space for cars, storage and the harvesting of solar energy. A corten-clad retaining wall slices diagonally across the site, capturing the solar courtyard on one side and forming a private sunken court on the other. The solar panels heat the house and the outdoor pool and hot tub. The pool and interior floors are 'overheated' during the day, acting as heat sinks, to avoid mechanical heating at night. An integrated building information system includes real-time sensor information and energy performance that is controlled remotely. This real-time information enables a system to respond to changing environmental conditions and to optimize over time, reducing fossil fuel usage by over 60% as well as energy costs.  © Steve Mundinger  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hidden Lighting: 5 Ways to Delicately Light a Building Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:00 AM PDT
Carefully designed or relegated to its mere functionality, lighting can be a determining factor in the quality of a space, influencing the way it is perceived and inhabited by the user. Although it has been considered an object independent of most architectural elements, lighting often interpenetrates walls, ceilings, and floors, disappearing almost entirely to make its radiance appear only when the user needs it. How do you subtly illuminate a structure, while simultaneously creating an impressive atmosphere? Built-In LightingThrough subtle perforations in the walls of buildings, light is reflected in the material and is fully integrated into its mass. This 'luminous cut' can vary in width and length, delivering different light effects on the surfaces.  Wall Recessed Lights - Ghost | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES  Wall Recessed Lights - Ghost | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES Linear LightsThis system enhances and highlights the length of a space, illuminating it continuously or dividing the area virtually through its transversal arrangement. In addition, it can function as non-invasive guides for the movement of users.  Wall Recessed - Continuous Rod | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES  Wall Recessed - Continuous Rod | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES Light StreaksThese recessed luminaires are hidden from sight to highlight architectural or landscape elements, indoors or outdoors. As in previous cases, it can serve as a guide in the night.  Inground Walk-Over Lights - Miniround / Minilinear | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES  Inground Walk-Over Lights - Miniround / Minilinear | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES Bright SpotsAlso providing similar features as the previous system, bright spots' shape accent walls, floors, or ceilings. They are built of stainless steel to withstand weather conditions in the exterior.  Walkover / Wall Recessed - Nanoled Stainless Steel | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES  Walkover / Wall Recessed - Nanoled Stainless Steel | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES Luminous Constructive ElementsThis innovative 'brick of light' illuminates a facade from within the facade. Luminous constructive elements are built into a wall, similar to a traditional brick. They can be located in the middle or corner of a structure, and also embedded, protruded, or in placed curved walls.  Wall Recessed Lights - Brick | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES  Wall Recessed Lights - Brick | SIMES. Image Courtesy of SIMES View similar systems here. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Which Cities Have the Most High-Rises? Posted: 18 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT  The downtown skyline of a city is perhaps its most symbolic feature. The iconic cityscapes that we know and love are typically formed by skyscrapers, but much of the surrounding context is made up of other high-rise buildings. Yes, there is a difference between a skyscraper and a high-rise. Research company Emporis defines a high-rise as a building at least 35 meters (115 feet) or 12 stories tall. These high-rise buildings play a major role in the more sprawled urban context of larger cities today. Read on for Emporis' list of the 20 cities in the world with the most high-rises. You might be surprised by which cities made the cut. 1. Seoul, South Korea (33,073) © <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Deiaemeth'>Wikimedia user Deiaemeth </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 2. Moscow, Russia (12,092) © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Wecameasromans&action=edit&redlink=1'>Wikimedia user Wecameasromans </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 3. Hong Kong (7,833) © <ahref='https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Haydn_Hsin&action=edit&redlink=1'>Wikimedia user Haydn Hsin </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 4. Mumbai, India (7,068) © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: Yoyosrk '>Wikimedia user Yoyosrk </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 5. São Paulo, Brazil (6,332) 6. New York City, USA (6,250) © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/22240293@N05'>Flickr user Francisco Diaz</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> 7. Singapore (5,861) © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Someformofhuman&action=edit&redlink=1'>Wikimedia user Someformofhuman </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 8. Caracas, Venezuela (3,864) © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/manurey/3262705973/'>Flickr user Paulino Moran</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a> 9. Busan, South Korea (3,493) © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/people/88503995@N02'>Flickr user Younguk Kim</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> 10. Incheon, South Korea (3,232) <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/martijnkoster/35482250895'>Flickr user Martijn Koster in public domain 11. Istanbul, Turkey (3,198) © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/tony709/7330203854/in/photolist-caKde5-nHjKYZ-9M89aE-FYEjMM-oH75xx-bRMVVp-23UKFYJ-wKyk3u-wHLCJu-24XPCm7-Gpx7vA-T5YUDW-mi4QjT-7rjuo9-moKcSy-8PUQ9G-srkLCr-fph3EE-a5jqay-7iYTNi-918oNN-Mt1tCg-7XnNLt-dPvKMy-9nksz8-CSQnt9-tvqyvp-qQVXNr-AAxC5T-ebcWm6-zfip5o-Qz5dUb-rpZsFw-qJrJGi-FCwLvE-c337xQ-qKz76L-pYtFoz-wEYBvT-qEE8FJ-dUPvHw-zdKzG2-9mas2a-X4hHcz-qxmTeZ-5NPq8e-xvmhjr-JhxccD-dbW7Xy-qFHvU9'> Flickr user Cycling Man CC BY 2.0</a> 12. Tokyo, Japan (2,928).jpg?1529023940 "© <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Morio'>Wikimedia user Morio </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a>") © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Morio'>Wikimedia user Morio </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 13. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2,801) © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/i-gunawan/22018641529/'>Flickr user Indra Gunawan</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> 14. Gurgaon, India (2,788) © Wikimedia user Dinesh Pratap Singh licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5//'>CC BY 2.5</a> 15. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2,668) © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldon/'>Flickr user Rodrigo Soldon</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> 16. St. Petersburg, Russia (2,579) © <ahref='https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Haydn_Hsin&action=edit&redlink=1'>Wikimedia user Haydn Hsin </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0//'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> 17. Toronto, Canada (2,438) © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sajeewashaluka'>Wikimedia user Sajeewashaluka </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a> 18. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2,125) © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/people/60951521@N00'>Flickr user Juan Ignacio Iglesias</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> 19. Kiev, Ukraine (1,921) © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sviatimage&action=edit&redlink=1'>Wikimedia user Sviatimage </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>CC BY-SA 4.0</a> 20. Kolkata, India (1,904) © <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenzoplease/6139600045/in/photolist-amx4cc-DecqNy-diK6dA-diK9jH-dUL7JF-aUVtfp-5giXLe-a1Mcxh-7o3AVM-dTDNzk-dqVPUr-ddJtim-diKeVz-dmXCwQ-diKegg-diKmKq-aRTTgk-5gj1bD-aBVxjj-dTDRd4-muw77L-zFPkh3-972Sth-cFurH1-CQh2YR-zXgbah-8NAixB-586ipZ-fTMjth-oGS12V-8NDpz1-diKi3P-cgcHcb-diK9hm-diKbiL-diKcQN-diKdgh-diKcRi-diKnyB-ci4TwG-da9YLD-diKoxZ-dURGA9-b7QRJV-diKd5c-diKcqP-dVGDsA-diKoUg-r9z6e-b9Nvxn'> Flickr user lorenzoplease CC BY 2.0</a> You can find the complete list from Emporis on Wikipedia here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Ilya Ivanov
 © Dmitry Chistoprudov Text description provided by the architects. Luzhniki Stadium was designed and built in 1955-1956 under the supervision of architect Aleksandr Vlasov. The stadium is situated on a planning axis created by the 1930s masterplan for Moscow and linking key sites in the city such as the Kremlin, the Church of Christ the Saviour, and Moscow State University. In 1980 Luzhniki was the main arena for the Olympics. It has been closed for reconstruction since 2013. In 2018 it will a venue for World Cup football matches, including the cup final.  Site Plan The key objectives of the reconstruction project have been on the one hand to preserve the stadium's external appearance (the stadium's historical wall and roof) as an icon of Russian sport and on the other to fulfil all FIFA's requirements with regard to floor areas and capacity. This meant that the difficult task facing the planners and designers was to fit all the required functions into the existing geometry.  © Ilya Ivanov The renewed Large Sports Arena has a maximum capacity of 81 000, which is 3000 more than previously. Furthermore, prior to reconstruction, approximately 10% of seats in the stadium were in a zone where there were limited views of play. The stands have for this reason been replaced with two tiers raked at a steeper angle; additionally, there is a third tier consisting of 100 skyboxes. These changes mean that football fans now have a great view of the pitch from any point in the stands (including the bottom and top rows). There are also new comfortable VIP boxes with capacity for 1950 spectators.  © Ilya Ivanov  4th Floor Plan  © Ilya Ivanov  Section The stadium's external appearance has been lovingly preserved, including the colonnade girdling the stadium, the inside wall, and the shape and sculptural form of the roof. Behind the historical wall an internal street has been created; its main feature is eye-catching cascades of staircases, which serve as the main way for spectators to get about. The only new element on the façade is a frieze in the form of a broad metal strip on which images of symbols of various types of sport have been created using perforation. The graphic design of this element was developed in collaboration with the Art Lebedev Studio. A 23-metre-high viewing platform is situated at the very top of the stands and will be open to all, providing an opportunity to admire the views which open up from here of Sparrow Hills, the University, and the city centre.  © Dmitry Chistoprudov Prior to reconstruction, Luzhniki was mixed-use, containing sports halls and a hotel. The stadium has retained a mix of functions; it now has a large business centre in its southern part and a fitness centre and universal sports hall and spa in its northern part. As well as football matches, the pitch can be used for mass events of various kinds (e.g. concerts).  © Ilya Ivanov  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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