Architecture Magazine

Architecture Magazine

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

 

Anji Creative Design Center

Anji Creative Design Center is a shared work and cultural building designed to connect urban and rural life. The center holds public services, co-working areas, an innovation lab, a library and a cafe. Spaces of different sizes are spread across the undulating site and linked by raised corridors and inner courtyards. Slim steel columns and glass curtain walls support vaulted roofs covered with planting, so the building blends into the surrounding tea fields. The design offers digital nomads and creators room for work, study, exhibitions and seminars.

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249 Design Hotel

The 249 Design Hotel is a hospitality building in the tourist city of Gramado, Brazil. The project is a retrofit that expanded an existing inn of 318 square meters and 10 suites into a building of 1106 square meters and 31 suites. A new reception volume and a new section of suites with balconies were added. Steel was selected as the main structure because it allowed faster construction. Wood and stone cover the facades, following local building traditions. The design creates a respectful dialogue between contemporary and German vernacular architecture.

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Jenga

Jenga is a two-story public building located at the entrance of a residential community. The building covers 1200 square meters and holds four functions: commercial space, a community lobby, a property management office, and an equipment room. The irregular and limited site is addressed by stacking and reorganizing these four areas like toy building blocks. A steel structure forms the main body, while thin aluminum panels with rounded curves cover the outer walls. Light strips and glass surfaces reveal the interior functions.

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Woyun Platform

The Woyun Platform is the entrance exhibition center of the Giant Panda National Park, taking the geological features of local bamboo forests, mists, and glacier debris as architectural imageries. The bamboo forest on the ground floor is used as a rural living room, which is a feedback to the surrounding villages; the suspended mists in the middle is used as a cultural display space; the debris on the top is used as a leisure space.

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210 Bloor

210 Bloor is a 29-storey mixed-use building home to 42 residential units, 126m2 of retail space and 3 levels of below-grade parking. The development will result in a gross floor area of 15,589m2 with an overall density of 20 times the area of the lot. The design features a mirrored glass triangular tessellated geometric pattern on the east and west facades, which are designed right to the property line. The mirrored finish of the hexagonal panels creates a canvas of reflected light and forms.

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Chuxin Pavilion

Chuxin Pavilion is a community service center in Minhang District, Shanghai. The building stands in a public green space and works as a public activity node for the surrounding area. Arched modular structural units reinforce the existing structure and shape flexible spaces. LED fiber optics inside the units provide lighting and changing light scenes. Large LED screens act as partition walls and support online and offline events. Modular furniture allows many layouts. A mirrored glass floor on the second floor terrace reflects the building and the nature around it.

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