A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
Reported by City Slickers, “Monocle believes that the measure of a city is everyday wonders – pavements, well-designed schools, punctual transport – rather than one off,, grand projects. Here’s our list of the top 25 urban elements that make a…
Expected to be completed in spring of 2008, the construction of Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) was reported on schedule. Named as the next tallest building in China, the SWFC has 102-storey with 492m-tall total, 300 rooms, and 377300 meter…
As mentioned by weblog.housing.com, the picture above was called as _gin and tonic bus stop_ that made by Lee Brackett, a designer based in Nevada City. He has 5 years experiences of working with a Kyoto temple carpenter. From the…
Are you a follower of the aphorisms _Less is more_ and _God is in the details_ ? and then you must be the fans of Mies van der Rohe. As one of the most influential modern architects, Mies has created…
The Concept Ghana, a development group based in Ghana, has a project to design the Augustino Neto Condominiums. The site located in Acra with the area of 1,500-square-foot-units (25 units total) and the 3/4-acre site is on the airport road…
Tado Aando, a famous Japanese architect, unveiled his design of contemporary arts centre in the Punta della Dogana building in Venice for luxury goods tycoon François Pinault. The art center is planned to open for the first time in 2009…
In this era, there are so many jobs that require frequency moving, and this condition challenging architects and designers to design a comfortable mobile housing or motor home. Other condition such as the high land prices also make the mobile…
As a man-made island, the Pearl-Qatar covering 400 hectares and consists of luxury apartments and town homes (for 40,000 permanent residents), penthouse and villas, 5 star hotels, international retails, restaurants, and entertainments spaces, and an international yachting hub with three…
