Tag: Asia | The Plan

Makoto Sei Watanabe Architects

Japan's famous Shinkansen high-speed railway network was opened in 1964 between the major metropolitan areas of Tokyo and Osaka. It was subsequently expanded to

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Komyo-Ji Pure Land Temple

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

My brief was to reconstruct this 250 year old pure land temple of the Edo period in the city of Saijo, the gateway to Mount Ishizuchi, known for its mild clim

# Religious Building - Complex (137) # Tadao Ando Architect & Associates # Japan (110)

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Springtecture B

Shuhei Endo Architect Institute

In this structure, planar Renzokutai spirals forward to form the roof, walls, and floor, realising a “springtecture” of linked discontinuities. “Springt

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House Peng

Behet Bondzio Lin Architects

This innovative, 900sqm, multi-storey villa was built in Taichung, one of Taiwan’s major cities, a tropical neon-lit conglomeration at the centre of a high-te

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Marco Guarnieri & Lea Katz in Tel Aviv

Marco Guarnieri | Lea Katz

35 year old Marco Guarnieri is one of a rare breed of young Italian architects who have established their practice and home in London.This pivotal position enab

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Ewha Women’s University Campus Complex

Dominique Perrault

South Seoul, the Korean capital, with its 17 million inhabitants is set among hills and valleys, crossed by rivers, canals and roads linking neighbouring hills.

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Suzhou Museum

Pei Partnership Architects

The gardens of Suzhou preserve the legacy of an ancient canal city that flourished with the silk trade and dazzled Marco Polo. High walls shut out the ugliness

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Dutch Ambassador’s Residence

Dirk Jan Postel

The Dutch Ambassador’s residence in Beijing houses three functions: representation, plant and services, and private residence. The relatively large site (4220

# China (1027) # Embassy # Residence (1664) # Dirk Jan Postel

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Trutec Office Building

Barkow Leibinger Architects

For European-trained architects, building within a specific environment or urban context is a major concern whatever the brief. Now that architectural practices

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Sukkar Family House

Vladimir Djurovic

The baseline idea followed by Vladimir Djurovic when designing this residence with private spa located south of Beirut was to ensure it fitted seamlessly into i

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Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo

Fumihiko Maki & Associates

Tradition and spirituality come together at the site of the Izumo Taisha temple. Still today, as tradition demands, access to the temple is reserved for the Shi

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Meiso No Mori Municipal Funeral Hall

Toyo Ito & Associates

Going beyond Modernism, creating “living” spaces that impart emotions, eschewing the soulless box-like buildings of modern-day consumerism. This, for Toyo I

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