Library Design

Now designers are able and free to take liberties creativity and create public spaces that are attractive, community-based and unique aesthetic Because of the changing nature of library policy.

LYCS, architectural firm, took the newly acquired freedom surrounding creative design library and presented a concept design for the library of the University and China Jiaxing Media Center modernism and traditionalism juxtaposed and integrated and organic. Guided by project managers Ruan Hao, Zhan Yuan and Devin Jernigan and with a team of experts who includies Vedrana Puhalo, Jin Shanliang, Max Peterschmidt, Li Yan and Chen Rong, the duration of the development phase library from from 2012 until its completion in 2014.

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With the site which covers 42,000 square meters, it is essential for designers that the building is connected to itself and its environment.

In the realization of this idea, the designers presented a vision of the building as one that is completely overwhelmed by the organic matter. From rivers and woods surrounding the courtyard inward focus and rooftop gardens, connecting the building to the vast body will be optimized by the inclusion of a highly glazed facade.

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The development will be built on a triangular floor plate, maximizing outdoor view. The emphasis on the connection of the natural environment and the built environment is also reflected in the presentation of the building, which calls on all stairways and ramps should be grouped in the center of the building to does not block the opening to the outside.

Curtain walls allow plenty of natural light to filter into the library and also insulation and remove excess solar gain.

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About Olympic Building

Usually, before design a new architecture, we need to consider that whether it can integrate into current architecture and environment. Take Olympics for example, host cities face the challenge of maintaining the structures built specifically for these events and integrating them into the current built environment.

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Modern Olympic Games have often been lambasted for failing to provide an architectural legacy. According to a study, the overall loss of private and public consumption comes in at $2.1 billion, with the upfront venue development costs sitting at $1.9 billion, leading to the conclusions that the Olympic facilities did not offer great return on investment.

While the 2012 Olympic Games are a far different story. London Mayor Boris Johnson siad, "The difference between London and others is that we’ve taken amazing care with our legacy preparations. We are unlike other host cities at this stage, where six of the eight venues already have their futures assured."

Response was mixed with respect to the London Olympic's overall green ambitions and how this was delivered, particularly in terms of renewable energy use.

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About Urban Planning

Our cities are facing density crisis. So urban planning is more important now than ever before. One of the key urban planning in a cultural context, social and environmental moves to the broad objectives of sustainable development of the world's urban regeneration a sustainable holistic perspective. It is redeveloping urban areas that include one or more of the pillars of sustainable living: economic renewal, social and environmental thanks to the design.

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WAN AWARDS 2012 Urban Regeneration List welcomes projects that convey regeneration in a way that is "more than doing what was unattractive and ugly a good place to be, but how can that inspires the way people live and interact with the city, "says jury member AMJ Finished projects and the Cathedral Group creative director Martyn Evans.

Successful developments include Guthrie Urban Green Park in Tulsa, United States by SWA Group and Houtan Park, Shanghai, China Turenscape.

Urban regeneration only get into second gear. While urban planning in cities across the world now revolves around managing growth, reclaiming urban space and improved methods of planning and development of the former offers plenty of opportunity in the sector.

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Cooled Conservatories

Every year there are many excellent architectures spring up. And many are awarded. So through World of the year, we can see the trend of the building design.

Cooled Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, has won the World Building of the Year Award at the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2012. The awards are divided into three main sections: Completed Buildings, Landscape Architecture, and Future Projects (for designs in progress). The project was designed by Wilkinson Eyre, Grant Associates, Atelier One and Atelier Ten.

Located in Marina Bay, Gardens by the Bay is a key project in delivering the Singapore Government’s vision of transforming Singapore into a ‘City in a Garden’. At a total of 101 hectares, the Gardens by the Bay project comprises three distinct waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central. Sitting in the heart of Bay South Garden, the Cooled Conservatory Complex provides a spectacular, all-weather attraction, comprising a 1.28 hectare cool dry conservatory (the ‘Flower Dome’) and a 0.73 hectare cool moist conservatory (the ‘Cloud Forest’). Each has its own distinct character, but both explore the horticulture of those environments most likely to be affected by climate change.

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Herzog & de Meuron & Herzog & de Meuron's Porta Volta

It is a projects that aroused a controversy. Despite Controversy, Herzog & de Meuron's Porta Volta Breaks Ground. Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have unveiled plans for a new headquarters for the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli in Milan.

Two of the three long narrow buildings will be separated by a small gap, while the third will stand at an angle on the other side of the site to create a gateway through the new park.

Called Porta Volta Fondazione Feltrinelli, the project will be located to the north of the city center and will house the foundation, dedicated to the history of ideas, alongside cafes, restaurants, and shops.
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Ekler Architect Design Twin Houses

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The spacious site offered a chance to locate and form the houses freely. The fortunate South-East orientation and the marvellous view both collide with the approach. Therefore, oriented to that direction a cantilevered structure facilitates the living areas overhanging above the garages. Side loggias turning out from the main volume accommodate the representative guest door on the east side and the garden exit on the west. The composition of the buildings is based on the rotation of three volumes around a base point which allocates the individual spaces to optimal positions, and provides diverse visual character to the houses from every side view.

It is twin houses, designed by Ekler Architect. It is stand in a garden suburb of a city in East Hungary. The clients, two good friends wished to build only slightly different houses which are situated on a hillside covered by acacia grove. The two-storey buildings contain service rooms in the basement (garage, wellness room, storage, mechanical room) and living areas, rooms on the ground floor facing the hillside.

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Beijing Design Week 2012

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Beijing Design Week 2012 was held in Beijing from 28th September to 6th October, featured seven sections: Opening Ceremony, Annual Design Awards, Guest City, Beijing Design Fair, GeoCity Smart City-International Information Design Exhibition, Beijing Design Forum, and Design Hop.

The theme is Upgrading the city by design.

The Orientation is a "presentation week" that serves the public; an "exchange week" that serves the profession; a "trading week" that serves the industry.

The Organizers includes: Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, the Municipal Government of Beijing.

Visitors are wide, including architects, interior designers, planners, 3D renderig and 3D visualization companies, architectural rendering companies and so on.

Beijing Design Week 2012 made a full success. Looking forward to next Design Week.

West Kowloon Cultural District

The following 3D visualization image is Foster + Partners' Masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District, which is to transform Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District into a world-class destination for arts and culture. It is scheduled for commissioning in 2016.

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Beside the Center, M+ Museum is also part of the Masterplan. M+ is an ambitious project, the scale of the museum building alone, at around 62,000 square metres, will be on par with the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Situated on the waterfront of the Victoria Harbour at the edge of a 14-hectare park, the architecture brief will be shaped around the museum’s core values. It will provide vital space for artists to meet, exhibit and experiment and will house a world-class permanent collection of Hong Kong, Chinese, and Asian visual culture: art, design, architecture and the moving image.

Looking Back to 2012 Zaha Hadid Architects' Design

2012 will pass soon. Looking back to the whole year of architecture industry, there are many wonderful design. Here show some about Zaha Hadid's Design during the year.

Pierrevives, Montpellier, France-The most important building by zaha Hadid since Guangzhou Opera House opened at the start of 2011. It is on a major scale, but more than that it is almost without compromise, a huge example of the architect pushing her fluid style to limits other architects can't reach.
"If I named this building after a quote from one of the greatest authors of Humanism, it is because public investment is not only a response to the needs of the moment, in this instance re-housing the archives and multimedia library of Hérault, but also a vision for the future of public service and urban planning."

Jockey Club Innovation Tower, Hong Kong, China-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has topped out of the Jockey Club Innovation Tower on its campus. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects the 15-storey tower will become the new home for the PolyU School of Design and the newly established Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation. The new building will be 76m high.


Galaxy SOHO, Beijing, China-This project is a 330,000 sqm office, retail and entertainment complex. The architecture is a composition of five continuous, flowing volumes that are set apart, fused or linked by stretched bridges. These volumes adapt to each other in all directions, generating a panoramic architecture without corners or abrupt transitions that break the fluidity of its formal composition. This is yet another major buidling completion by architect Zaha Hadid, and coming so shortly after pierrevives it cements the studio's worldwide reputation. The architectural rendering and architectural visualization were created by frontop.

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, USA-Designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Zaha Hadid, the 46,000 sqft Broad Art Museum at MSU features a striking façade of pleated stainless steel and glass, making a clear and positive contrast to the traditional campus buildings close by. The building will present a collection of more than 7,500 objects, ranging from the Greek to modern art. The building features galleries for special exhibitions, modern and contemporary art, new media, photography and works on paper.

Kasumigaoka National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan-Zaha Hadid Architects has won the international competition to build the new National Stadium of Japan. The studio was selected ahead of 45 other international architecture firms for the US $1.62bn development. Japanese architect Tadao Ando chaired the jury which included British architects Richard Rogers and Norman Foster. Ando praised the fluidity and innovation of Hadid's design and how it complements Tokyo's landscape. "The entry's dynamic and futuristic design embodies the messages Japan would like to convey to the rest of the world," said Tadao.

Pleated Shell Structures, SCI-Arc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA-Oct 25 2012 - Zaha Hadid’s installation at the SCI-Arc Gallery represents an "evolution of architectural methodologies related to self-supporting, curved surface geometries". The show combines parametric design (algorithmic form generation) with research by 20th century designers such as Frei Otto, Felix Candela and Heinz Isler. By integrating form-finding methods, Zaha Hadid expands upon Frei Otto’s material explorations and creates double curved surfaces through computational simulations : Zaha Hadid SCI-Arc Installation - SCI Arc Architecture News

House for Naomi Campbell, Moscow, Russia-This is a futuristic home for Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin and his girlfriend Supermodel Naomi Campbell. Zaha Hadid was asked to design the residence to look like a spaceship. The extraordinary home features a tower that pushes high to gain good views. This unusual residence has an area of 2,650 sqm and is located Barvikha, Moscow.

The Architecture Event in 2013

Today I surf online and look for something about architecture event in 2013. Why? If you want to know a field, you must know not only the field you are in, but also the field related. I'm engaged in architectural rendering and architectural visualization field. Knowing the trends of architecture in future is necessary. So I make a record about the architecture event in 2013.


The 3rd International Exhbition of MIDEX, Tehran, Iran
7 - 10 Jan 2013
Modern house, Architecture, Interior design, lighting, new technologies and accessories Exhbition

Resource Efficient Buildings - International Congress, Vienna, Austria
21 - 22 Feb 2013
Organizer: Austrian Institute for Building and Ecology
Event details at www.ibo.at

Harvard School of Public Health - Architecture Event, MA, USA
Apr 1 - 4 2013
'Prevention through Design for Construction'
April 1 - 4, 2013
Boston, MA
This course explores methodologies for preventing or reducing occupational injuries and fatalities through the inclusion of prevention considerations into the building lifecycle, particularly the design process.
https://ecpe.sph.harvard.edu/Design-for-Safety

Istanbul Architecture Event, Turkey
10 - 12 Apr 2013
CONTEMP ART '13: Urban life and Contemporary Arts
10th to 12nd April 2013
Istanbul
CONTEMP ART '13 will focus on the relationship of urbanism and arts. The conference will open its doors to styles and approaches produced by artists and scholars from different geographies, identities and tendencies of contemporary arts.
Web address: http://www.contempartconference.org

Harvard School of Public Health - Architecture Event, MA, USA
May 6 - 10 2013
'Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations'
May 6 - 10, 2013
Boston, MA
This program takes a multi-disciplinary approach to laboratory design, with a focus on health and safety. Participants will be able to ensure that the completed laboratory will be safe, free of hazards, ergonomically sound, and environmentally friendly.
https://ecpe.sph.harvard.edu/Laboratory-Design

3rd Global Conference - Urban Popcultures, Prague, Czech Republic
12 - 14 May 2013
Presentations, papers, performances, reports, work-in-progress, workshops and pre-formed panels.
Website: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/urban-popcultures/call-for-papers/

NEXT Architects & Melkwegbridge

NEXT architects is an amsterdam-based firm. As part of a team of nine other Dutch and Chinese architecture offices, NEXT architects have been working for the last year on a project for affordable housing for VANKE. By the way, VANKE is also one of our long-term partner. We created architectural visualization and architectural animation, even digital sand table for them.  NEXT architects designed a project-melkwegbridge which is a continuation of melkweg, which is part of the kanaalsprong master plan and connects the weidevenne district to the historical city centre of purmerend, in the netherlands. To conform to the angle of inclination requirements with regards to bicycle and wheelchair traffic, a length of over 100 meters was needed. To solve this challenge the paths were separated into two, one for pedestrians and the other for cycling. Citizens cross the canal by a high arch which reaches a total height of over 12 meters creating a connection between the old and new districts making the bridge  more than just the fastest possible crossing, it becomes an end and an attraction.
Because pedestrian and bicycle traffic are separated, the footbridge can continue the direct line of the melkweg in the direction of the centre.
The cycling bridge coils over the water to create sufficient length to limit the angle of inclination of the path.

Remote 3D Visualization

At CIMdata, our research into remote 3D visualization and virtualization technology has shown that their benefits are real. Data access and security issues can be addressed by leveraging remote 3D visualization technology. The latest iterations of virtualization allow predictable, scalable computer performance to be distributed efficiently for the 3D rendering and visualization of large graphical data sets. Upcoming enhancements in graphics-processing unit (GPU) virtualization will make the technology even more cost effective and flexible.

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” That old phrase is as true today as it ever was. Pictures (i.e., those with heavy graphical content) are still too large to easily transfer using the Internet or company wide area networks (WANs). Historically, high-powered desktop computers with dedicated 3D graphics hardware have been required to support data creation and modification. In addition, due to large file sizes, the 3D data needed to be on the local network, since opening the files from remote servers was too time-consuming.

Over the last few decades, businesses have become much more global. Medium-sized and even small businesses are able to leverage resources around the globe due to advances in transportation, logistics, computing, and communication technologies. “Design Anywhere, Build Anywhere” has become an important strategy to take advantage of distributed resources for delivering better products faster and at lower cost. To execute this strategy, the right data and applications have to be accessible to the right people at the right time, independent of where the people are located.

Tree Architects and Kazuyo Sejima

The people on the photo are three architects, named camilo restrepo ochoa, frida escobedo and yang zhao (from left to right) who are the three finalists for one-year long mentorship with japanese architect kazuyo sejima.

kazuyo sejima, co-founder with ryue nishizawa of the architectural practice SANAA, is one of seven mentors of different creative disciplines who is being paired with an emerging talent for the 2012-2013 cycle of the rolex mentor and protégé arts initiative. the other mentors are margaret atwood (literature), lin hwai-min (dance), walter murch (film), gilberto gil (music), patrice chéreau (theatre) and william kentridge (visual arts).

Camilo restrepo ochoa, age 38 is a colombian architect. he has a master in urbanism, architecture and urban culture from the centro de cultura contemporánea de barcelona CCCB, universidad politecnica de catalunya UPC, in barcelona, spain.

Frida escobedo, age 32, director of frida escobedo architecture studio, in mexico city, is currently working on multiple projects for the national council of arts (CONACULTA). she teaches at the universidad anahuac.

Yang zhao, age 32, founded the architectural practice 'zhaoyang studio' in 2007. Current projects include a series of buildings in the rural area of yunnan province, China. he has a master in architecture with distinction from the graduate school of design, harvard university.
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Oakridge Centre illustrations (First Part)

Vancouverites got their first look at the new Oakridge Centre last week, an ambitious intend to shave first shopping center of the town and replace it with a mini city townhouses and condo towers designed to hold more than 7,000 people.

Nearby residents have made no secret of their dislike to see a forest condo towers pierce their quiet suburb for years. This could explain why the Oakridge Centre illustrations, NIMBYites were simply wiped out of existence.

Despite being only 10 minutes from downtown, in a neighborhood perched over 11,000 people and sandwiched between two of the busiest streets of Vancouver, the megaproject has been described in a quiet leafy trees and asphalt empty.

After all, in the words of the American architect Rudolph Paul, writing in a book 1997 illustration "engaged the architect in exploring the ideal worlds of the imagination."

Even before its downtown Toronto skyscraper dotted, Vancouver has built bridges between its inputs and Montreal built a paradise in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, architectural illustrators were on hand to show everyone how it is. this hidden class of artists are not just picturemakers. Qualified computing and versed in the art of handling, these invisible and unknown artists can have more influence on the shape of Canada "Cities we know.

A few years ago, said Ron Love Vancouver illustrator, he went into a meeting with an architect and client tightening the first architectural rendering of a 20-storey project.

"The customer looks at the picture and said:" This is my building? '"A Love said. "The architect said proudly" yes "and the client turned and walked out."

No matter good or bad, architectural illustrations have a way to arouse emotions.

Methods of Choosing an Architect

A licensed architect can be an invaluable asset to any construction project or even a new home remodeling important. Architects not only come with the design, they also guide you through each step of the construction process, including construction supervision and ensure the contractor follows the plans.
Brief introduction if choosing architects.
1. A list of local architects that you want to interview. Ask your friends, family or business associates for recommendations. Also visit the websites of architects to see samples of their work.
2. Contact candidates for brief telephone interviews. Remember that architects are highly paid professionals, so make sure you have a list of questions. Any architect you consider hiring should take the time to answer your questions about their experience, design principles, etc., but do not expect to give their knowledge freely.
3. Refine your list of three to five best candidates, and set up a meeting with each of them. Be prepared with information on what you want to build your budget, and any questions you want to ask the architect.
4. Ask them questions when you meet them, like what is your experience in building? what do your services include? and so on.
5. Take the time to compare the best candidates carefully, ensuring that there is an adjustment of the personality as a professional.
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Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate

China is awash with architectural inspiration ceremony Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Shu Wang jacket and an open forum on the future architecture of the developed countries is complete.

As a prelude to the ceremony, 700 national and international architects gathered in Beijing to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the industry in China, with a key focus on the approach to the industry boom and growth urban development in a manner that capitalizes on modern design and technology without forgetting the cultural roots.

"The success of the urbanization of China will be crucial to its economic and social development," said Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of award sponsors. "The challenge, as urbanization throughout the world is to achieve urban growth that is consistent with local needs and culture."

With the rapid growth of China, the industry seeks to develop long-term urban development plans that respond to growth, in addition to establishing the foundations of a modern country. However, 2002 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Glenn Murcutt has urged members of the forum to maintain cultural ties, even in their most modern developments.

"I think one of the dangers of China's modernization is forgetting the rich culture and beauty of the buildings that you had," says Murcutt. "It is very easy to simply look to the future. I think looking at the past is also extremely important to be able to integrate aspects which are not part of the present and the future. '

President of the jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, Lord Peter Palumbo, said Wang Shu received the highest level of recognition for his architectural ability to bring together these key elements.

"The jury saw the emergence for the first time the authentic Chinese architecture contemporary high quality," said Palumbo. "They combined all sorts of things. New and old, traditional and modern, past and future, all these issues have been beautifully combined in his work "

The discussion that its architecture and have attracted recent forum has always been the goal of Shu, and an aspect he feels should be explored and discussed in order to create a thriving industry of China and the built environment.

"What I practice is in contrast with the huge, shiny, modern, iconic architecture and powerful in the center of our cities. Seeking something that is close to the grass roots, the rights of the common people, and is linked to the traditions of the Chinese people and everyday life, "said Shu." My architecture is not shining, and sometimes even the raw air. it is quite different from the traditional architecture in China and I think it will continue to raise debates and discussions. " Architectural rendering services for architects and designers.

Architectural Art

Architectural rendering has a number of requirements to be met, less commonly known as architectural art. Because reports used to present an idea, the architect seeks to convey as much information as possible. The emphasis in architectural renderings is not expressive qualities, as they are often with drawings arts. For example, many architectural renderings of the population of the 2000s, the use of shadow transparent silhouettes of human figures. In the architectural rendering, it is important to include a human figure to show the scale of the building. However, a figure opaque obscuring information on the structure of the building - where architects use shadow people to show scale, without hiding the details of the design.