For its latest design in China, the Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects takes inspiration from Shanghai's forest-rich landscape and creates a series of architectural "trees" that branch out, forming a canopy above a new marketplace.
These series of designs include the Urban Forest in Brisbane, a 30-story mixed-use residential high-rise with one of the world’s most densely forested vertical gardens, or the Sky Trees project in downtown Los Angeles.
An important element of Ottoman architecture in Turkey was the addition of birdhouses affixed to the outer walls of significant city structures, a safe space for regular avian guests to nest outside of mosques, inns, bridges, libraries, schools, and fountains.
The birdhouses were not simple concrete structures, but rather elaborate feats of miniature architecture that ranged from one-story homes to multiple-story bird mansions.
designed by NUDES as a receptor to ‘catch’ and transport water into a safe, shallow rainwater harvesting pool connected to a larger tank, the concept celebrates the sensory experience of water through an eye-catching form.
Russian artist and designer Oleg Soroko of After Form created Scate Chair as one of his “Parametric Furniture” collection using parametric design tools and complex algorithms in the Rhino3D and Grasshopper3D software.
Scate chair is the first object from Parametric furniture collection made by Oleg Soroko
The Vanke Pavilion, for China's largest property developer, is a spiralling structure with staircases wrapping around its perimeter and a "forest of bamboo" contained inside.
Libeskind described the reptilian structure as a "handcrafted dragon". Its exterior is clad with approximately 4,000 shimmering ceramic tiles that look like scales.
These tiles feature a metallic surface, so they appear to change colour from red and pink to gold and white.
The new head office for Middelfart Savings Bank is located on one of the most visible sites in the town of Middelfart, which puts a lot of expectations on the design of the building.
The vision was to create a design that added value - not just for the Middelfart Savings Bank but for the citizens of the community."
-Claus Moser