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Plasma Studio won First Prize in an invited competition for one of two mixed-use twin tower complexes in Datong, Shanxi province, China. The project comprises 70,000 m2 of floor area split between a hotel in one tower and offices in …
‘Enclosed Open House’ + ‘Water-Cooled House’ won the 2010 SIA Architectural Design Awards in the ‘Individual House’ category. SIA Architectural Design Awards is the highest recognition given by the Singapore Institutes of Architects once every two years for works that show excellence in architectural design. Wallflower Architecture + Design is the first private firm in SIA record to win two Design Awards in the residential category in the same year, since the first design award was given out more than 20 years ago.
The General Services Administration has selected Krueck & Sexton Architects, Chicago to be lead design architect for a 475,000sf, $145-million, federal agency office building in south Florida. Other firms competing for the project were Foster+Partners, New York City; Murphy/Jahn, Chicago; Thomas Phifer and Partners, New York City; REX, Seattle; and Asymptote, New York City.
The University of Akron Blue Team has taken First Place in the Student Titanium Pedestrian Bridge Design Competition sponsored by the Defense Metals Technology Center (DMTC) of North Canton, Ohio. Winners were announced Thursday night at a dinner and awards ceremony at InfoCision Stadium, the new University of Akron Football complex. Guests included Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and University of Akron …
Proposed by Jian Yuan & Xu Yang, the Vertical Confluence awarded a special mention in the 2010 eVolo skyscraper competition. In fact they we have continued working on this project after the competition. So now they want to share with you the final completed version of this project:
The Ciliwung Recovery Project won second place in the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. The design was proposed by four Indonesian architects – Rezza Rahdian, Erwin Setiawan, Ayu Diah Shanti, and Leonardus Chrisnantyo.
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Jakarta is a city of flood. Ciliwung river is one of those river in Jakarta which floods annually. Ciliwung is one of the main river in Jakarta. Starts from its upstream area in Bogor down to its downstream area in Jakarta, its length about 89km, with basin area about 347 m2. Ciliwung river is one of those river which supplies freshwater around the city it passes. The proposed site is an area called Kampung Melayu, which passed across by Ciliwung river. This area is one of the most critical slum that needs respons. Almost each year this area flooded by the river, people lived so close to the edge of the water that it narrows the river section, and gotten worse along the increase of population.
Cleveland Design Competition – Project 2009: Lakefront Station is an international, single-stage ideas competition for a new multi-modal transportation center in Downtown Cleveland between the historic Mall and Lake Erie. Designs for this new transportation center must provide the city with a state-of-the-art rail station ready to support high speed passenger rail service, a facility capable of integrating and balancing the needs of various transportation modes, and a significant pedestrian connection from the Mall to Cleveland’s lakefront. Linked into a High Speed Passenger Rail network, Downtown Cleveland will be an important midwest rail center among a network of connected American cities, a fitting gateway to Northeast Ohio.
Formerly known as HOK Sport Venue Event, Populous was selected to design the 2014 Winter Olympic stadium in Sochi, Russia. The project is prepared to house 40,000 people when the stadium is full, but currently the plans are still unclear.
