Foster + Partners has launched a masterplan, named City Park, for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. The design firm is one of three practices selected for the further development of an international competition to develop the West Kowloon Cultural District Conceptual Plan in Hong Kong.
Architect George Papadopoulos, the former of Skinotechniki, talks about what it takes to run a design firm and what an exceptionally important part strategy plays.
Architects and designers at SHH have completed a new-build £1.1 million house in North London for private clients: an ideal family home for a couple (with two young children) who always wanted a home, built from scratch to answer their specific needs.
Image is important to our clients, not an empty architecture no matter how extravagant. The Japanese sneaker brand, Dragon Beard, asked Anna Nakamura+Taiyo Jinno at the EASTERN Design office to design an office/residence at a slope located in Takarazuka city of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. Here is how they planned the architecture with the help of symbolism and alertness of the site.
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By allowing those who live in town to meet people who structure the town, the Festival des Architectures Vives has, since 2006, found a way to involve people into becoming more aware of architecture. Now, the 5th Festival of Lively Architectures will take place from 17th to 20th June 2010 in Montpellier. This festival offers young architects to propose, think, investigate and experiment new fields of architectural design in relation with the classic town.
The Danish Pavilion at Shanghai's World Expo 2010, designed by BIG, has opened to the public and will provide its visitors a Danish city life. BIG's architecture is a result of contemporary life analysis, due to the influence of multicultural exchange, global economic flows and communication technologies that together require new ways of architectural and urban organization. Now, BIG, will provide visitors with the opportunity to try some aspects of Danish city life in Shanghai.
