Edgar Street Towers Reconnect Lower Manhattan / IwamotoScott

IwamotoScott‘s design for the Edgar Street Towers in Lower Manhattan responds to its urban context and establishes a historical vision for a new hybrid of architecture, infrastructure and public space. The towers would reconnect Greenwich and Washington streets, acting as an east-west public way aligned with the primary north Manhattan street grid which is directly on the 5th Avenue axis. Double

The Acupuncture Tower Redefines the Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan

Graduate students at the I.A. Lab of Taiwan University proposed a new urban masterplan and skyscraper for the port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The “Harbor Capital” is the second largest city of the country and the 6th largest port in the world and since 2009 the most densely populated area of Taiwan.The so-called Acupuncture Tower designed by Kulthida Songkittipakdee, Jen Hung, Tien Wu, andCheng Pan

Port of Kaohsiung Passenger Transportation District / Maxthreads Architects

With a view to create a quality environment in which to serve passengers and clients, the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Taiwan R.O.C. has formulated a plan for the “Port of Kaohsiung Passenger Transportation District” and the construction of the “Port and Cruise Service Center”. The aim of the competition is to improve the passenger service facilities

Benetton Group Headquarters in Tehran, Iran / AquiliAlberg

AquiliAlberg’s design proposal for the new Benetton Group Headquarters in Tehran, Iran is rooted in its tradition, repeating a process already seen and tested in the historical monuments of the city, where a two-dimensional symbol evolves into a three-dimensional volume. The main idea of the project is the integration and transformation of three identical volumes that rotate and scale to create a

A skyscraper as a Stairway to Heaven, ascending from Cairo’s slums

Egyptian architects and engineers Gehan Ahmed Nagy Radwan, Sameh Morsj Gad El-Rab Morsiand Ahmed Magdy Ali are heavy on idealism and light on literal plans for their design Stairway to Heaven, a skyscraper design that blends reality and dreams to create a new utopian dimension.Located within the slums of Cairo, the Egyptians’ entry couples the smiling faces of children and women with a futuristic

Dalian International Conference Center / Coop Himmelb(l)au Architects

The project designed by Vienna-based architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au has both to reflect the promising modern future of Dalian and its tradition as an important port, trade, industry and tourism city.The formal language of our project is not pictographic, but associative; it will combine and merge the rational structure and organization of its modern conference center typology with the

New Taipei City Museum of Art / OODA Architecture

It’s another in a series of cutting-edge projects designed for the blooming Asian market. The competition for the Taipei City Museum of Art has drawn a large number proposals, including the one by Porto-based OODA Architecture, which received a merit award. The aim of the competition was to provide a new landmark for the urban center.The proposed concept is based on two hypercubes; a 90 degree

New Keelung Harbor Service Building / Neil Denari Architects

The winning proposal for the New Keelung Harbor Service Project, designed by Neil M. Denari Architects, focuses on its relationship with the site and draws from it the design guidelines in terms of massing, materials and colors. Located in Keelung, Taiwan, the new port will serve up to 10,000 cruise ship passengers a day. The terminal is scheduled to enter construction in 2013.The phasing of the

Sensory City: Buildings Dynamic Morphologies

Xiaofeng Mei, project is located on a coastal area of Japan which is a site susceptible to environmental influences. The project is about the Dynamic Morphologies of a building’s envelope, and how architecture can move away from being fix to one that is in contrast shape. That shape is a response to the immediate environment. By applying flexible material and intelligent surfaces to new volumes