To serve a rapidly growing area of the city, the Raleigh Parks and Recreation department partnered with Clark Nexsen design the new, health-focused Abbotts Creek Community Center. The healthy living themed facility houses a high bay gymnasium space with sup-porting classrooms, fitness spaces, and staff space. Complimentary outdoor athletic and fitness spaces are also included.
Photography: Mark Herboth, Jordan Gray and Erika Jolleys
Software used: Photoshop, SketchUp, Revit
Client: City of Raleigh
Project Team: Donna Francis, Clymer Cease, Jennifer Heintz, Katelyn Ottaway, Albert McDonald, Matt Koonts, Payton Evert, Don Kranbuehl, Maria Rusafova, Cathleen Amalia, Erika Jolleys
Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected by the jury of the international design competition to build the new Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Considered the capital of the Urals, the city of Yekaterinburg is Russia’s third largest economy. Its population has increased by over 10% in the past decade to 1.5 million and continues to grow as the primary hub and meeting point connecting east and west, Europe and Asia; attracting the many cultures, talents and industries from across Eurasia.
Yekaterinburg has built a rich musical tradition and established its reputation as a cultural and artistic centre. The city’s acclaimed Ural Philharmonic Orchestra has performed in more than 20 countries and collaborates with renowned artists worldwide. The orchestra cultivates aspiring young talent and has as its foundation a dedicated, passionate and growing society of music lovers in Yekaterinburg and around the world.
Tianshan Gate of the World is a large-scale urban mixed-use project in the new city centre of Shijiazhuang. Plots 27 and 28 feature a 450-metre tall International Finance Center with a commercial amenity podium, a 150-metre medical tower, eight 100-metre serviced apartment towers, eight 100-200 metres tall Grade-A office towers and a central 600-metre long retail street.
Arriving in Delft is an unforgettable experience. From the outset, Mecanoo’s idea was to design a station that makes it clear to visitors that they have arrived in Delft. The station, in combination with the new city hall, sits atop a new train tunnel built in place of the old concrete viaduct that divided the city in two since 1965. Coming up the escalators, the impressive ceiling with the historic map of Delft unfolds. When you look outside, you see the city and the old station as a contemporary version of Johannes Vermeer’s painting ‘View of Delft’.
Tianjin is a metropolitan city in both ancient and modern times. Located in the center of this historical and cultural city, Tianjin Holiday Inn at Nankai District is designed by BLVD. The design of Tianjin Holiday Inn creates a precedent for the international brand hotels in this area, upholding the brand concept of leisure and comfort, green health and business trip of Holiday Inn, and injecting natural landscape, industrial temperament and humanistic aesthetics in time to create a happy and warm business holiday experience.
The 14-story, 545,000 SF Star Metals Office building provides over 225,000 SF of Class A office space and 23,000 SF of retail area. Tenants will share common building areas and outdoor terraces and have access to bike storage and shower facilities. A rooftop restaurant with an outdoor terrace will crown the structure, providing incredible views of the Atlanta skyline.
The design concept for the Star Metals Office building is inspired by the historical context of its site. The building’s form and materials are heavily influenced by the area’s existing industrial, agricultural, and warehouse structures, which were constructed with materials chosen for low cost, easy maintenance, and longevity. These materials were typically assembled in consistent structural bays with repetitive rhythms of solid infill and large fenestrations.
This facility is designed for the city of Prague and is based on Prague inspirations. The design is simple, drawn with one line. This line should be easy to remember and should characterize the Botanical Garden once and for all.
We designed a fancy experience house that will lure people to come back again. The facility is designed to be economical both in its construction and in its operation. The facility and its surroundings will be dominated mainly by green plants.
Fashion House seeks to recapture the eclectic and creative energy of the historic Fashion District. The project is a unique interface of developer, architect, community and interior and fashion designers. Fashion House is a juxtaposition of business drivers with raw creativity within a community setting. The client wished to maximize the density on the site, and provide a significant outdoor amenity space that had sun all day and downtown views.
RoarcRenew renovated the space of Carlowitz & Co., (third to fifth floor) located in Middle Jiangxi Road, into a unique co-working space. The original building was built in 1898 with large natural stones and red ganged bricks. It was the biggest architecture among all public concession buildings in Shanghai. In recent years, it was reconstructed from the original wooden structure to a steel structured building. In this project, Roarc Renew kept the original structure, concrete walls and the architectural texture.
The hotel is situated in Surat Thani province. Its design concept—Tropical Surreal—was inspired by Surat Thani’s very own milieu. The design team embarked on the project treating the architectural structure as a cube with overlapping areas of varying functions and perspectives.
Hotel Front Entrance
From the front view, the design was inspired by the abundance of coconut trees in Surat Thani province. The “Tropical Forest”—green, slanted lines—against the architecture reflects the origin of the project’s name, Comet. From the entrance, passersby will be able to see the motions in the lobby area. Similarly on the second floor in the all-day dining area, guests will see the change of movements that metamorphoses throughout time once they stroll into the front hall. Lava stone is used to exhibit the South’s ample mineral.