Photo: Golden Pin Design Award / Yu-Chen Chao
THE TAIWANESE DESIGN STUDIO MAYU ARCHITECTS GAVE THE LIBRARY A NEW LOOK AND CREATED AN ACCESSIBLE SPACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHILE OFFERING THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN A NEARBY FOREST
Photo: Riken Yamamoto & FIELDSHOP
RIKEN YAMAMOTO DESIGNED THIS BUILDING WITH THE IDEA OF NOT ISOLATING PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE MAIN FUNCTIONS WERE PUSHED TO THE PERIPHERY AND THE VERANDA WAS LOCATED INSIDE INSTEAD TO CONNECT DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL SPACES
THE VISUALLY STRIKING ROADSIDE STATION IN SHONAN, JAPAN. THE BUILDING’S INCLINING FRONT PART OF THE ROOF THAT DEVIATES FROM THE MAIN NORTH-SOUTH AXIS AND THE ZIGZAG WALL OUTLINE IS HOW THE JAPANESE DESIGN STUDIO NASCA MAKES IT STAND OUT
THE THREE FACTORY BUILDINGS DESIGNED BY SKARN CHAIYAWAT ARCHITECTS EXEMPLIFY THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ‘QUALITY OF SPACE’ AND ‘QUALITY OF LIFE’
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THE INDONESIAN ARCHITECTURE FIRM ‘ANDRAMATIN’ DESIGNS THE AIRPORT IN BANYUWANGI, INDONESIA WITH A FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, SIMPLICITY, FUNCTIONALITY, AND RETAINING THE PHILOSOPHY OF INDONESIA’S TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE
MVRDV, A DUTCH ARCHITECTURE STUDIO, AND LLJ ARCHITECTS, A TAIWAN-BASED ARCHITECTURE FIRM, TRANSFORM A WHOLESALE MARKET INTO A RECREATIONAL SPACE, A LEARNING CENTER, AND A CITY LANDMARK WITH AN UNDULATING ROOF STRUCTURE
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AN INTERFAITH COMPLEX IN WHICH ADJAYE ASSOCIATES DESIGNED TO BIND A CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM, AND JEWISH WITHIN THE SAME PROXIMITY AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF FAITHS
JOYS ARCHITECTS INCORPORATES THE ICONIC RAW CONCRETE SURFACE AND THE TERRAIN, WHICH ARE DEFINING CHARACTERS OF YELLOW SUBMARINE COFFEE TANK, INTO THE HOUSE EXTENSION TO CREATE AN ENCLOSED EXTERIOR WHILE MAINTAINING AN OPEN AND FLUID INTERIOR
LEARN SOMETHING NEW THROUGH A CONVERSATION WITH ‘HUMAN LIBRARIES’ IN ARCHITECT’23, WHICH FEATURES FOUR ARCHITECTURE PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES ALONGSIDE WITH VARIOUS INFLUENCERS FROM OTHER FIELDS
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THE NEW SEWING BUILDING OF LONG GOY, A CLOTHING BRAND FROM CHIANG MAI, DESIGNED BY SHER MAKER, CONVEYS A SENSE OF PLACE, WHICH IS THE SHARED ESSENCE OF BOTH BRAND AND THE ARCHITECT Read More
