Tag: Asia | The Plan

TAO (Trace Architecture Office)

Hua Li, founder and principal architect of the practice TAO (Trace Architecture Office), once defined architecture in an interview as a discipline beset by too

# China (1027) # Productive complex (197) # TAO (Trace Architecture Office)

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Clover House Kindergarten

MAD

MAD architects have completed their first project in Japan, the Clover House kindergarten. Located in the small town of Okazaki, the school's setting boasts views of the paddy fields and mountains, characteristic of the Aichi Prefecture.

# Education (461) # Japan (110) # MAD (15)

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The (Re)discovery of MODERNISm

Vector Architects

Chinese architecture today shows a marked affinity with western Modernism. After escaping the clutches of Stalinist Formalism, we were engulfed by Postmodernism

# China (1027) # Vector Architects

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Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum

Vector Architects

Chinese architecture today shows a marked affinity with western Modernism. After escaping the clutches of Stalinist Formalism, we were engulfed by Postmodernism

# China (1027) # Cultural center (476) # Vector Architects

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SOM Leaves its Mark in the East

SOM | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

The 88-story Jin Mao tower, an abstracted pagoda in the Pudong district of Shanghai, was completed in 1999 and its success magnified the Chinese debut of Skidmo

# China (1027) # SOM | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (29)

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Byblos Town Hall Architecture at the service of human relations

Hashim Sarkis Studios

As we know, architectural form has a special relationship with time. It has no choice: it can only be non-contemporary, or anachronistic, if for no other reason

# Public (333) # Lebanon (21) # Hashim Sarkis Studios

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Yidian Office Complex

Jacques Ferrier Architectures

In February 2011, Jacques Ferrier Architecture’s firm won a competition held by public real estate developer Shanghai Guang Dian Real Estate for the creat

# China (1027) # Offices (965) # Jacques Ferrier Architectures

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Akin Barber & Shop

Anarchitect

The Akin Barber & Shop designed by ANARCHITECT is the creation of a handpicked collective of Dubai based, home-grown entrepreneurs chosen to bring passion and commitment to the project with a unified desire to realise something individual and inspiring. The name Akin came from the idea of a brotherhood (of the same Kin) of like minded people who appreciate craftsmanship, fine details and beautiful aesthetics.

# Commercial - Retail (489) # United Arab Emirates (51) # Anarchitect

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SHENZHEN MAPPING An orderly layout already needing review

This issue looks at a city whose history is as recent as it is extraordinary: Shenzhen. It became a city just some thirty years ago with the massive arrival of

# China (1027)

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Urban development at its most extra-ordinary

Over the last 30 years, urbanization in China has expanded at an incredible speed. The city of Shenzhen is a clear example of this process. Located in Guangd

# China (1027)

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Prototypes and Materials

Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

Any analysis of Zhang Lei’s practice must consider his educational background. While 90% of the members of contemporary Chinese architecture practices stu

# China (1027) # Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

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Wanjing Garden Chapel

Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

Any analysis of Zhang Lei’s practice must consider his educational background. While 90% of the members of contemporary Chinese architecture practices stu

# China (1027) # Religious Building - Complex (137) # Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

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