Django Building, an apartment complex was designed by KCAP Architects & Planners is located in the first district of the Zuidas, in Amsterdam’s Zuidas development area, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Django building with 9 storeys is the lowest city block between the highest building in the area, the 29-storey twin tower Amsterdam Symphony designed by the Architecten Cie, and the 20-storey Duke Tower designed by Ateliers Lion. “This contrast is what we find challenging and exciting”, says Han van den Born, architect and partner of KCAP. Read more »

Located in Atlanta, United States, Emory University has been a champion of sustainable design practices for decades. And the Emory University Few and Evans Halls by Ayers Saint Gross architects is also freshman dorms that designed to teach residents about sustainable living. This architectural design is on that truly takes green to heart, from the selection of a sustainable site to incorporating features that reduce water and energy consumption and atmospheric impact. Emory University’s Few and Evans Halls consist of 293 beds inside resident hall unit types and community sizes. They have been designed to house communities in traditional double units and a few single units, each with one Resident Advisor and two Sophmore Advisors per floor. Each community is comprised of two ‘clusters’ with their own study lounge located at each end of the corridor and a common floor lounge located in the middle. Read more »

Designed by Make Architects in London, United Kingdom, the Grosvenor Waterside Development is startlingly modern block of flats, two residential buildings that exceptional affordable sustainable home designs with contemporary architecture style. An innovative approach was required to ensure these buildings represented the highest architectural design quality and individuality and with this in mind an art strategy was integrated into the building design from the outset. Make Architects collaborated with the artist Claire Woods to design a vast artwork which wraps the two buildings and visually binds them into a striking whole. The design evokes elements of the site’s history and is etched into the panels so that it flickers in and out of view as prevailing light conditions fluctuate. Read more »

The Raffles City was designed by Sparch is located in Beijing, China. Work rest and play were to be accommodated at CapitaLand’s Raffles City in Beijing, but Sparch were tasked with creating more than just a functional arrangement, they were to create a visual spectacle to entice visitors and make their journeys surprising, memorable and enjoyable. The recently completed master-plex is the first Raffles City development on a new architectural scale, soon to be followed with projects by Raphael Vinoly in Bahrain, Stephen Holl in Chengdu, UN Studio in Hangzhou and Sparch in Ningbo. Read more »

The Mountain Dwellings, a contemporary housing building was designed by architect Jakob Lange, Bjarke Ingels Group is located in Orestad city and offer the best of two worlds: closeness to the hectic city life in the centre of Copenhagen, and the tranquillity characteristic of suburban life, in Denmark. The Mountain Dwellings are the 2nd generation of the VM Houses, same client, same size and same street. The Mountain Dwellings appear as a suburban neighbourhood of garden homes flowing over a 10-storey building – suburban living with urban density. Read more »