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Junya Ishigami 'excavates' concrete cave for restaurant and residence in Japan

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Asked by the client for a space that "has to look as if it has been there and will continue to be there for the longest time," Ishigami responded with a cave-like structure punctured by three courtyards. Concrete was then poured in situ and the surrounding earth excavated further to reveal the final form.

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Fondation Louis Vuitton: Frank Gehry Reflects on the Making of an Architectural Icon in Paris

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Completed in 2014, Gehry’s landmark building is undoubtedly an architectural icon, but manages to retain a reference for both its site in the heart of Paris’s beloved park and for the city as a whole. When I walked the site for the first time, I cried imagining the history of the Jardin de Climitation.

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Designing for Others

Life of an Architect

There is a secret that all attentive architects know: Don’t give your client what they ask for, give them what they need. In order to create personal and successful designs, you need to develop a relationship with your client that goes beyond providing functionality solely based on their requests.

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10 Design wins competition for Dongguan University of Technology in China

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Situated in an ecological belt of the Songshan Lake district, the new campus sprawls over a wider site area of 137,273 sqm. Nick Cordingley, Design Partner commented: “Our design for the new campus is deeply rooted in the natural environment of the site, offering a people-oriented, sustainable and technology-driven campus.

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City Lane by 5+design

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The Hanyang West Street path will curve across the project to take in the retained historic buildings on the site as it once had. Section diagrams. A pedestrian route will further activate the masterplan and establish a key pedestrian zone lined with Gingko trees, restaurants, and shops. Image © 5+design. Source by 5+design.

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Taiping mixed use development by Peter Pichler Architecture

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aran, Silvana Ordinas Client: Keycity Group Project GFA: 100.000 m2 Year: 2022 finish construction Images: Courtesy of Peter Pichler Architecture. Section.

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Break Ground of Zoomlion Headquarters by HENN

aasarchitecture

This new ground plane traverses an irregularly sloped site and spans a busy motorway to create seamless connections between the north and south sides of the site. The angular main building is wrapped in transparent floor-to-ceiling glass and cantilevers twelve meters over the site, appearing to float above the folded stone landscape.

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