Cool Modern Architecture

[amor de cosmos]

gmp architekten: eco-park in qingdao

near the coast of the yellow sea in qingdao, china, german practice gmp architekten has laid the first cornerstone for 'eco-park in qingdao', a sustainable living and working district. positioned between the mountain ranges and the ocean, the ten square kilometer site is positioned amidst the rock formations and green plains of the area. the design integrates the highest possible proportion of renewable energy sources into the masterplan including water and wind power, geothermal energy and an emphasis upon solar energy. the region has an above average number of sunny days per year, making this a viable option.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...n-qingdao.html

Centro de Interpretación del Monte Abantos / g+f arquitectos
Arquitectos: g+f arquitectos (María Antonia Fernández Nieto + Jorge Gallego Sánchez-Torija)
Ubicación: Monte Abantos, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid, España

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...f-arquitectos/

Saint Xavier Tower Complex, Guadalajara, Mexico
RACO reveals banded residential and commercial area in Guadalajara

In the heart of the most upcoming commercial area of the city, RACO designs a new mixed use project that will gather two residential towers and a luxury commercial area that generates a series of alternated commercial terraces that overcome the site's view to the upcoming area.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=18275

[RLS_rls]

Originally Posted by trueviking

i very much appreciate your efforts in this thread...i read it very often....a great way to kill time.

I second this amor, I appreciate the work you've done here. This thread is the first one I check out whenever I get a chance to come here. You've consistently impressed me with your posts. Thanks!

[amor de cosmos]

oooooook... thx everybody

Poetry Foundation / John Ronan Architects
Architect: John Ronan Architects
Location: 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA

http://www.archdaily.com/189339/poet...an-architects/

[amor de cosmos]

the actual renderings







http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog...pple-campus-2/

MVRDV: the cloud

unveiled today, the design for 'the cloud', a pair of residential highrises within the yongsan dreamhub masterplan in seoul, korea by rotterdam-based architecture practice MVRDV. reaching 260 and 300 meters, the towers are linked at the 27th floor with a volume spanning ten floors, evoking the image of a pixelated cloud. typically found at the base, the plinth has been raised to place the public green space designed by cambridge and london-based landscape architect martha schwartz at ground level. express elevators will lead directly into the connecting bridge containing a sky lounge, restaurants, cafes and conference center as well as wellness and fitness studios within the 14,000 square meter area. vegetated gardens, decks and pools will top the various shifting cubes.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...the-cloud.html

[amor de cosmos]

Fabrica Ceramitur / NLA
Architect: NLA-Nuno Leonidas Arquitectos, Lda
Location: Lagos, Portugal

http://www.archdaily.com/189816/fabrica-ceramitur-nla/

CIC ENERGIGUNE / ACXT Arquitectos
Architects: ACXT Arquitectos / Javier Aja Cantalejo
Location: León, Spain

http://www.archdaily.com/189577/cic-...t-arquitectos/

[CarlosV]

Long Island City’s (New York City) library dreams are manifesting on the waterfront.

Well it’s about time we saw some photos of the new library heading to the Long Island City waterfront. The Queens West Library, or the Hunters Point Community Library – not exactly sure which is the official name so we’ll use both – is designed, and officially in progress. In fact, the designs for the state-of-the-art building won first place last week at the 29th-annual Awards for Excellence in Design. In a nutshell, it’s fancy



Rendering of the impending Queens West Library, LIC – courtesy of Steve Holl

BUILDING AREA (SQUARE): 21,000 sf

The prominent site on the East River, facing a magnificent view of Manhattan, inspired the design, which cuts the lines of the main interior circulation route into the west façade. A “Manhattan view” stair rises up from the open arrival space, allowing the users a great view toward the city, flanked perpendicularly by reading tables in ascending sections backed with bookcases. While users may be on computers, the view from the entry is of books, and the view on the way up is of the East River and Manhattan



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[amor de cosmos]

M3A2 Cultural and Community Tower / Antonini + Darmon Architectes
Architects: Antonini + Darmon Architectes
Location: 6 Rue Marguerita Duras, Paris, France

http://www.archdaily.com/190272/m3a2...n-architectes/

rocco design architects: LHT tower

a re-construction of the luk hoi tong building which was well-known as a by-gone cinematic landmark in central hong kong for fifty years, this new establishment, named the LHT tower is comprised of 29 stores, offering 11,000 square metres of office space and 3000 square metres of podium, retail and restaurant areas. the re-development of the building was conceived by hong kong-based studio rocco design architects and is situated at a prominent corner of the queen's road central and pedestrian theatre lane in the bustling city.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...lht-tower.html

[Tom Servo]

CLC & MSFL TOWERS / REX
Shenzhen, China
CLIENT CBD Leasing Company (CLC) and Minsheng Financial Leasing Company (MSFL)
PROGRAM Headquarters buildings for two of China’s largest growing financial institutions, including owned and leased office space, operations halls, multi-purpose rooms, boutique and “big box” retail, high-end dining, cafeterias, gyms, gallery, executive club, shared lobby, and parking
AREA 131,600 m² (1,416,000 sf)
CORE & SHELL CONSTRUCTION COST RMB 1.024 billion ($160.3 million)
STATUS Limited competition, submitted 2011



http://www.rex-ny.com/work/clc-msfl-towers

Two of China’s largest growing financial institutions—CLC and MSFL—chose to consolidate their new headquarters on a single site within Shenzhen’s Futian Central Business District (CDB). Although the planning regulation permits relatively tall buildings on the site, its maximum allowed building area and the proposed combination of offices and retail seemingly dictate a perfunctory tower-and-plinth scheme. This solution would neither meet the clients’ ambitions of embodying elegance and innovation, nor their desire to enliven the existing CDB.

In a more thoughtful response, CLC’s and MSFL’s offices are organized into two highly efficient blocks with: an ideal 9 meter distance between core and façade; an entirely flexible, column-free plan; the largest floor area allowed by code and urban design requirements; and an efficiency ratio of 80%.

The ideal office blocks are raised to the planning regulation’s height limit…

...to maximize their property value, views, daylight, and iconographic potential.

On the given site, a typical podium would compress retail and collective programs into an undifferentiated mass that would reduce property value, limit daylight, and eliminate most public space.

To avoid this condition, the retail and collective programs are amassed into two billboards of attractors, providing each program a unique identity and amplified visibility.

Further, maximum pedestrian space is reclaimed and a new, dynamic urban room is created to boost the vitality of Shenzhen’s Futian CBD.

The two towers are shifted to make the best possible daylighting relationships between them and their neighbors, and are sheathed in vertical fins of aluminum (CLC) and stone (MSFL) for self-shading and glare control.



The resulting towers combine the clients’ desire to project the image of elegance, responsibility, and stability with their wish to stimulate innovation, creativity, and public engagement.



To create the desired typological duality in each building each structure’s pair of concrete cores holds aloft a “launch pad” truss…

…that supports a conventional high-rise gravity framing system and conventional office plans.

The launch pad trusses free the lower levels from normative structural constraints associated with high-rise construction. Hence, retail and collective functions can become an “ant farm” of highly individuated attractors.












Navigating Shenzhen’s complex urban design requirements, the lobbies and landscape wrest rare public space from an otherwise deplete CDB.

The CLC & MSFL Towers playfully impregnate the elegance of Mies van der Rohe with the provocation of Archigram.

[Insoluble]

Originally Posted by Tom Servo

On the given site, a typical podium would compress retail and collective programs into an undifferentiated mass that would reduce property value, limit daylight, and eliminate most public space.

To avoid this condition, the retail and collective programs are amassed into two billboards of attractors, providing each program a unique identity and amplified visibility.

Further, maximum pedestrian space is reclaimed and a new, dynamic urban room is created to boost the vitality of Shenzhen’s Futian CBD.

So instead the building fronting the sidewalk, it's set back in a large plaza? Sounds like an otherwise cool building will be marred by the same poor urban planning mistakes that did so much damage in the 2nd half of the 20th century.

[amor de cosmos]

Space Asia Hub / WOHA
Architects: WOHA Architects
Location: 77 Bencoolen Street, Singapore

http://www.archdaily.com/190691/space-asia-hub-woha/

[amor de cosmos]

Park Shops Adaptive Reuse / Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Architect: Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

http://www.archdaily.com/189882/park...ley-cease-lee/

112 Reus / ACXT Arquitectos
Architects: ACXT Arquitectos
Location: Tarragona, Spain

http://www.archdaily.com/191705/112-...t-arquitectos/

shenzhen OCT design museum by pei zhu nearing completion

while in shenzhen, china, designboom toured the construction site for the 'OCT design museum' by beijing-based practice studio pei zhu. positioned within a cultural, recreation and entertainment development along the gulf, the spheroidal exterior evokes the imagery of a water droplet captured in time. its unique shape attracts visitors through the encompassing public plaza. the shell inclines outward from a constrained footprint to form an integrated overhang while a cantilever extends to encourage circulation below, guiding visitors around the building towards the entrance.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...ompletion.html

[alps]

Originally Posted by Insoluble

So instead the building fronting the sidewalk, it's set back in a large plaza? Sounds like an otherwise cool building will be marred by the same poor urban planning mistakes that did so much damage in the 2nd half of the 20th century.

Exactly...I was thinking, this is just 1960s crap presented as something innovative.

Nice illustrations though!

[amor de cosmos]

Wildbach- & Lawinenverbauung / KREINERarchitektur
Architects: KREINERarchitektur ZT GmbH
Location: A-8940 Liezen, Schönauerstraße 50, Austria

http://www.archdaily.com/187681/wild...erarchitektur/

Green Hotel in Williamsburg / Oppenheim Architecture + Design
Architects: Oppenheim Architecture + Design
Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States

http://www.archdaily.com/191293/gree...ecture-design/

The Darling / Cox Architecture
Architect: Cox Architecture
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

http://www.archdaily.com/187651/the-...-architecture/

estudioSIC: GH genhelix biopharmaceutical facilities

spanish practice estudioSIC has sent us images of the recently completed 'GH genhelix biopharmaceutical facilities', a research facility and antibody monoclonal manufacturing plant located in león, spain. the transverse sides of the rectilinear volume are treated with a metal screen which may be easily removed for projected additions by merely extruding the building for additional internal space and reapplying the facade. five areas for offices, laboratories, production, utilities and warehouses are compactly combined to allow efficient circulation and control. sited near high speed train line connecting madrid and asturias, the structure is elevated to clearly see the passing trains. the cantilevered canopy becomes the entry, welcoming visitors into the ground level reception area.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...acilities.html

Centro Social / Donaire Arquitectos
Arquitectos: Juan Pedro Donaire (Donaire Arquitectos), Cristina Rubiño (Surco Arquitectos)
Ubicación: Avd. de la Paz, Sevilla, España

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...e-arquitectos/

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by amor de cosmos

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they had to issue an apology for this design because of its resemblance to the 911 attacks.

[Don Pacho]

Originally Posted by trueviking

they had to issue an apology for this design because of its resemblance to the 911 attacks.

The evil people who came out with that story is the one who should apologise.

[Guiltyspark]

Yeah, this was all over the chive. I had to carefully explain to people why they were oversensitive idiots for being offended by this. BTW, it looks nothing like the events of 9-11.

[THE BIG APPLE]

I say the definition of cool modern architecture, is a building with a beautiful facade of glass (and or steel), like the Beekman (New York), or 7 WTC (New York).

[amor de cosmos]

Local Government Headquarters in Gerona / Fuses i Viader
Architects: Josep Fuses – Joan Maria Viader
Location: Pl. Hospital. Girona, Spain

http://www.archdaily.com/192301/loca...uses-i-viader/

Polilleuger / Domingo Ferré
Autores: Domingo Ferré
Ubicación: Reus (Tarragona) – calle Figueres, 2, España

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...domingo-ferre/

[amor de cosmos]

San Luis Música / FUROGRAMA Arquitectos
Autores: FUROGRAMA Arquitectos (Gonzalo Fuzs – Diego Rolando – Diego Gramoy – Juan Cruz Martínez Arce)
Ubicación: Villa Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...a-arquitectos/

[amor de cosmos]

foster + partners: ourense AVE station

london-based international practice foster + partners have received the commission for 'ourense AVE station', a high-speed train station in galicia, spain. this joint venture with engineers G.O.C. and cabanelas castelo architects will merge transportation infrastructure and a public park creating pedestrian links between the divided city district. the station will be located above a parking area and bus station, also traversing the tracks below. extending directly from the station, the green space shall connect the streets barrio del puente to barrio veintiuno. a formal network of pathways intersected with pools of water will echo the established urban grid and existing entities.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...e-station.html

Federal Center South Redevelopment, Seattle, United States
US Army looks set to improve its sustainable credibility with highly-efficient headquarters

Led by ZGF Architects and Sellen Construction, the Federal Center South Redevelopment looks to achieve unprecedented levels of efficiency and sustainability for its area. Resting on the banks of the Duwamish Waterway in Seattle, Washington, the project is currently targeting LEED Gold status, and is a shining example of the new eco-trend currently engulfing the design of government buildings. Utilising cutting-edge technology, such as specifically manufactured light fixtures and chilled sails, every effort has been put into rendering this $72m redevelopment as non-detrimental to the area and environment as possible.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=18281