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UNStudio set to connect Russia and China with world’s first international cable car

July 29, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Blagoveshchensk Cable Car – world’s first international cable car between Russia and China

Designed as the first ever cross-border cable car the Blagoveshchensk – Heihe Cable Car will be built across the Amur River, which marks the border between eastern Russia and China. UNStudio has designed the station in the city of Blagoveshchensk, on the Russian of the border, while the architect of the terminal in the Chinese city

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Bending Bridges / Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey, CEDIM

July 16, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

Within the context of double layered shells in architecture, there is a wide contemporary research which is bringing relevant advancement in lightweight applications and structural performance for large span construction. Such topics have been explored during the last eight years by educational institutes such as the Institute for Computational Design and Construction ICD, the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design ITKE and the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture CITA, creating the ground for this research.

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Cloudscapes / Transsolar & Tetsuo Kondo Architects

July 13, 2019 Daniel Sánchez 0

Clouds are important elements of our atmosphere, framing outdoor space and filtering sunlight. They are the visible part of the terrestrial water cycle, carrying water— the source of life—from the oceans to the land. Clouds find balance within stable equilibria and naturally sustain themselves, embodying and releasing solar energy. The ability to touch, feel, and walk through the clouds is a notion drawn from many of our fantasies. Gazing out of airplane windows, high above the earth, we often daydream of what it might be like to live in this ethereal world of fluffy vapor.

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Panorama – Airtime Bridge Building / Marc Mimram

July 12, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The building thus becomes a bridge-building resting on either side of the tracks, which are 58 meters apart, its 16,000 tons being suspended above the trains. The effect of this structural arrangement is liberating, making it possible to make particular use of gravitational stresses. Since the stresses are concentrated in the floors forming the bridging structure, the other parts of the building are free. This choice of structural design makes it possible to develop comfortable tertiary spaces. The different areas and spaces extending from the office areas open onto the city or are screened from it by the use of corbelling. The beams of the main bridging are concentrated in the floors with façades pierced with a pattern recalling the Vierendeel beams used. The terraces included on the suspended or supported floors are freely varied.

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SOM designs concourse terminals for Studio ORD’s Chicago O’Hare airport

July 11, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
SOM O'Hare Global Terminal satellite concourses

American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been selected to design a pair of concourse terminals as part of the major Chicago O’Hare Airport expansion. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) will design two new satellite concourses, measuring 1.2 million square feet (111,483 square metres), to form part of the new O’Hare project, the City of

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Victor Hugo Car Park / Taillandier Architectes Associés + Scalène Architectes

July 11, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

The project’s objective is to renovate and expand a car park in Toulouse, including a new circulation pattern and a modernized parking system (Occitanie region, France).
The Victor Hugo “Market-Car Park” is situated near Place Wilson, not far from Place du Capitole, in the historic center of Toulouse. It enjoys a favorable location near major shopping areas, especially the rue Alsace Lorraine. Historically, the site was home to the “Wood Market”, and served over the years as a market for wood and animal feed and later as a flea market. In 1886, the market was renamed after the French writer Victor Hugo. By 1892, it was part of a network of three metal-framed market halls serving the city: Victor Hugo, Les Carmes, and Saint-Cyprien. Of the three, Victor Hugo was the largest and most modern.

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Bergen Airport / Nordic Office of Architecture

July 9, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Bergen Airport is the second busiest airport in Norway, located 19 km south of Bergen city centre. In 2017, the airport was upgraded with a new passenger terminal building and an improved taxiway system. The airport now has the capacity to serve 7.5 million passengers per year. In addition to the new terminal, Nordic was responsible for the masterplan on airside and landside, as well as auxiliary buildings.

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Carnon Nautic Base / Stephane COULAUD Architect

July 7, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Some projects seem badly started from their genesis. This is the case of the new Nautical Base of Carnon City. On one hand, you have a sailing club with a building similar to old dilapidated colanders and on the other, local inhabitants hostile to all construction, and in the middle, as an arbitrator, the town hall torn between the two parties. It must be said that the issue is important. Located on the beach, at the exit of the marina, the sailing school enjoys an exceptional panorama on the Mediterranean Sea. In order not to aggravate things, the project must take into account all the wishes of all parties, in addition to respecting the drastic rules of the program and its budget.