The Architectural Combinations

Art & Architecture

The conceptual project of Performance Center Alexanderhoehe is developed by experts from the US architectural studio «B+U Architecture» for Iserlohn (Germany). The new futuristic architectural art structure should become ultra-modern continuation of an existing building of Parktheater theater.

Art Modern Architecture

The conceptual center combined with an art architecture will construct on a North side of the city special for view of the new visual reference point.

The Art of Architecture

Orientation of a new building will promote creation of a uniform point of access for visitors of Parktheater and the new cultural center. To avoid block of Parktheater by walls of new art building and to reach extremely effective visually-spatial communications have been created generous multilevel foyers with glass facades from which the kind on Parktheater and a city landscape opens. The modern art scene in new futuristic structure is located so that to create effect of soaring.

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The Eco Project in Emirates

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National Ecological Institute in South Korea

The company «Samoo Architects» together with Grimshaw Architects have presented to the world the project on area Sochhon arrangement in South Korea. A part of forthcoming changes — building of National ecological institute by the area more than 33,000 sq.m.

The interconnected domes

The project includes erection of the interconnected domes representing triangular hothouses from a tree and plexiglas.

«The national ecological institute is a building of the future, solving problems of the present. Universal researches of a climate, safety and harmonious existence of the person and the nature Here will converge. Besides, this establishment will promote education of the population in the field of a modern condition of world resources and ecological systems. To carry out it it is planned by carrying out of scale exhibitions and lecture halls» — the press-secretary «Samoo Architects» has told.

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The Solar Energy Absorber

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Design kilometre

The given architectural decision for Hua Qiang Bei Road in the Chinese city of Shenzhen command WORKac has offered. The design project corresponds to growing commercial value and character of territory — this tendency has led to a problem of transport congestion and stoppers. Architects have suggested to make a series of strategic crossings of road.

5 Exclusive Lanterns

The project consists from “5 conceptual lanterns”, each of which has the function. Lanterns are visible from apart — by the way, during day heat they create a shade.

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Park of the United Nations

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Park observatory

For the Korean city of Seongnam architects from bureau Changki Yun have presented the project of an observatory on competition. However, they have not won it.

Cloud 360

The dream of flights has in reality inspired authors of this project. «Cloud 360» is a platform, having risen on which (on one of the lifts integrated into"feet"of a design), you will be admired by full sensation of freedom… At top levels the restaurant, cafe, a media library are located.

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New vision of office space for clerks

Architects Herzog & de Meuron have developed design of the central office for Spanish bank group BBVA.

Bank on suburbs of Madrid

The building, which building is planned to finish in 2013 year, will be on suburbs of Madrid.

The building is in new area, is surrounded by office centres, the commercial real estate and residential buildings. In this cold, reserved place architects have suggested to erect an artificial garden, an oasis which would involve outside inside. The linear structure of a three-storyed structure is laid out by a carpet, following district topography. The cool and damp microclimate is inside created.

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SpaceShipTwo For the Space Travels

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The Architectural Chinese Greatness

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Landing stage Angus Meek

Bristol architect Angus Meek has won competition on restoration of landing stage Weston-super-Mare which have suffered in a fire in July of this year, having bypassed architects of five firms, including Grimshaw.

Colourful and the shone 18 metre design which will cost not less than 10 million pounds sterling, has been chosen by owners of a mooring and 59% from 20,000 respondents voting for the project.

Exact data about voting are coded, but on hearings, company Grimshaw, the prize-winner of award Ferguson Mann has received less than 10% of voices, and the others of 31% were divided between AWW and Ray Hole Architects.

The won project which consists of four similarity of a column and sidewalk round a building, is considered the most suitable to shape of the pier constructed in 1904.

Angus Meek — the director of company Roger Ellams — has told: “We scooped inspiration from quay elements — waves, beach huts, and also from radical architecture art-deco”.

Kerry Michael, one of owners of a mooring, along with sister Michel, has declared, that “they aspired to find modern design which would be entered in historical surroundings of a pier”. This design with four pontoons — the best decision.

Owners of a pier finance the project from the money resources private and received under the insurance. Building is planned to finish by 2010.

The Gore Hill Park (Sydney)

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Four inhabited complexes in the Emirates from RNL

On the annual congress of the international investments into the real estate of the United Arab Emirates, taken place in Abu Dhabi, company RNL has presented four variants of development of city areas.

Ambitious projects Al Ghadeer, Ghantoot, Lu’Luat Al Raha, Shams, assume expenses for building of inhabited complexes for 8-100 thousand inhabitants on the areas more than 15-18 million in sq.m.

The general for projects RNL — aspiration to create functional city structures in which there will be an environment favorable for the pedestrian and all-round comfort of residing.

Al Ghadeer — building around borders Dubai and Abu Dhabi — becomes the main centre between these two cities. Three million sq. m. of a site will give accessible habitation of average density of building for 20,000 inhabitants, some foot tunnels will allow to carry out an easy approach to any point of quarter, and technological features, such as universal Wi-Fi, will make a finding this quarter the most comfortable.

Project Ghantoot in Abu Dhabi — an inhabited complex for 100,000 inhabitants who should enjoy a site similar to a resort in this historical oasis, located along a gulf halfway between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with convenient access to local ports and the airports. Company RNL has planned this complex as the unique and viable centre of multiuse focused on tourist business. Landing stages for yachts, prove the horse centre, beach resort hotel and a golf course once again, that rest will be unforgettable.

Lu’Luat Al Raha in the centre of the harbour with the same name the Suburban system of a high-speed tram in this area includes 470 000 sq. m. of area on recently modernised island in 235 000 sq. m. will connect the airport of Abu Dhabi to city centre.

Unlike other projects, Shams in Abu Dhabi will be the unique complex consisting mainly from high-rise buildings. Literally meaning “the Sun of Abu Dhabi” Shams Abu Dhabi, will be the prospering centre of city activity.

«Ziggurat» — a future city

«Ziggurat» represents a tower from the parallelepipeds put against each other or the truncated pyramids.

Timelinks — the leading ecological company of the project, has chosen Dubai to create a viable city of the future.

The city in the form of a futuristic pyramid can carry out ability to live to one million person, using power of the nature. Ridas Matonis, general director Timelinks, has told: “Community «Ziggurat» completely provide the residing for the account of steam energy, a wind power and natural natural resources of district”.

Timelinks underlines, that the project does not destroy natural ecology of district as the base of buildings reclines all on 10% of a surface of the earth. Public and private agriculture not only will brighten up leisure to many inhabitants, but also will improve appearance of constructions. On all complex 360-degree transport messages will be laid, thus — cars remain not with affairs — in any point of constructions possibility very quickly will reach on foot.

The operating director of the International Institute of City Environment has told: "the General tendency of the Project «Ziggurat» — viability from the technical point of view. However we are set really till now by questions which do not give us rest, here for example — whether will suffice received in «Ziggurat» a foodstuff on all inhabitants and whether people in a mega-building in 2.3 sq. km will want to live?"

Timelinks has already patented the project and the technology included in the project and has addressed to the European union for grant granting on a technical part of the project.

Office building in Johannesburg

The newest addition to Vest Rand's landscape in Johannesburg (Southern Africa) — for a long time an expected building for offices of financial institutions WesBank and FNB HomeLoans.

The building site was before a heathland, and designers have decided to connect the project with surrounding landscape. Green has flown down also vegetative colours of facades cause direct associations with the African nature.

The building represents three-storyed structure with oblique concrete columns.

The building can accept more than 5,000 persons, and contains offices, a dining room with two kitchens, ready to make 2,000 dinners in day and a 600-seater multipurpose conference hall.

Way Roombas

As the Roomba vacuum cleaner cleans a room.
A photo with a 30-minute delay.

Social habitation in Paris

French architectural bureau ECDM has finished building of an apartment house in the north of Paris.

Here it is planned to place students, university teachers and women who require support — so it is spoken in release.

Various wings of a building are identified by colour — designers have thought up the original colour coding. Authors assert, that the concept, ideally corresponds to a district landscape.

The project will play various roles in the future; a stimulator of development, a divider of territory, a link between industrial and commercial buildings. The building place is mastered as follows: here 150 apartments for 170 inhabitants, 19 houses for researchers and the invited professors, and also already mentioned women are created.

In a complex all necessary household equipment is provided. Here there are premises for protection, private rooms for work and study, laundries, rooms for rest, as inside, and on the nature, gardens with fruit trees.

Buildings are focused on the east and the West that allows to protect naturally inhabitants from pollution and the noise connected with road lying nearby. Parametres of volume of four buildings are perfectly integrated into an architectural landscape of district, transition and interaction with the next buildings is conveniently organised.

The project of the highest tower in the world is promulgated

Developer company Nakheel in these days off has promulgated the plans for building of the highest tower in the centre of Dubai.

The building height will reach 1 kilometre and will eclipse itself the highest for today a tower in the world — Burj Dubai.

Nakheel the tower becomes a part of the project, named New Dubai which will be stretched more than on 270 hectares. And, predictably, will manage in 21 trillion of pounds sterling.

Representatives of company Nakheel have told, that instead of a unique kernel as it is accepted at building of skyscrapers, at their this building will be four, that is inspired by "traditional Islamic structures”.

Acting in the Near East the chief executive of company Chris O'Donnell has declared, that global credit crisis will not affect plans on tower erection. Also, he has told, that means for building will arrive under the following scheme — “earth presale inside and round a tower, and then project financing”.

The message on the given project is dated for beginning Cityscape 2008 event in Dubai. On this action it is expected to involve more than 60000 visitors from 150 countries. The exhibition will include more than 1500 exhibitors.

2008 Cityscape (Dubai)

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UFO-House by Solaleya Domes

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