Architecture Magazine

Architecture Magazine

Architecture Magazine featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Fengxi Metropolis

Xi An, a city with both traditional Chinese culture and an international outlook. This Xi An Vanke Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 project includes a 34,000 square meter office tower and a 100,000 square meter shopping mall. Positioning young families and children as the target customer group. With the design concept of "Dougong Heritage, Silk Road New Language", Xi An Metropolis is committed to create a family-friendly shopping park for children and parents as well as a garden-like green living experience center for all customers.

Continue reading

 

Vanke Metropolis Seasons

This project is located in Changzhou, China. The project pays tribute to the entire city and shows a unique urban image under the theme of natural ecology. By integrating design of the indoor and outdoor of the space, the modern style door frames are stacked in layers, whose sequence is adjusted by mathematical parameters for a gradual transition. It seamlessly blends the environments inside and outside to construct a naturalistic metropolitan masterpiece. Another classic metropolitan property development underlines the experience aesthetics of life and creates an ideal living environment.

Continue reading

 

Chinese Quadrangle

This is a recently completed quadrangle project in Luoyang. Throughout the planning process, the designer adheres to the principles of ingenuity, sincerity, meticulousness and reassurance, and deeply grasps the traditional Chinese culture, spatial scale and human settlement concept, and walks away from the psychedelic feelings of modern and ancient times. The Chinese quadrangle courtyard, as the crystallization of traditional wisdom and civilization, is also a dynamic architectural model worthy of our reference in today's increasingly common urban housing.

Continue reading

 

Zen Mood

Zen Mood is a conceptual project centered in 3 key drivers: Minimalism, adaptability, and aesthetics. Individual segments are attached creating a variety of shapes and uses: homes, offices or showrooms can be generated making use of two formats. Each module has been designed with 3.20 x 6.00m arranged in 19m² within 01 or 02 floors. The transportation is mainly made by trucks, also it can be delivered and installed in just one day. It is a unique, contemporary design that creates simple, lively and creative spaces made possible through a clean and industrialized constructive method.

Continue reading

 

Wenjiang Shouan

To diversify the proposed osmanthus exhibition hall in Minjiang village, MUDA-Architects integrated it with a business conference center, a township training center and related merchandise sales. The design was inspired by Western Sichuan folk dwellings based on the consideration of native elements, and modern aesthetic techniques were introduced as innovation to the irregular-shaped site by stretching a spiral from plane vertically. The exhibition hall was ultimately conceived with an upturned ground floor, an enclosed exhibition and conference floor and an exposed panorama roof platform.

Continue reading

 

Medieval Rethink

Medieval Rethink was a response to a private commission to build a Cultural Centre for a small undisclosed village in the Guangdong Province, which dates back 900 years to the Song Dynasty. A four storey, 7000 sqm development is centred around an ancient rock formation known as the Ding Qi Stone, a symbol of the origin of the village. The project’s design concept is based on showcasing the history and culture of the ancient village whilst linking the old and the new. The Cultural Centre stands as a reinterpretation of an ancient village and a transformation into contemporary architecture.

Continue reading