Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp has designed a multipurpose commercial development in Sydney that includes a high-rise tower, retail space and green space that reinvigorates a previously run down mid-city area. The state-of-the art building uses new technology that converts the tower into a carbon neutral building. Project Description from Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp: Liberty Place is not a… [Read More]
Hengqin International Financial Center by Aedas
Hengqin International Financial Center is the kick-off project of Shizimen CBD, which will be the milestone for development of the whole region. Designed by Aedas, this mixed-use high-rise includes office spaces, supporting conference and exhibition facilities, apartments, service facilities and retails. The project is located in Plot 8 of offshore financial island in Hengqin Block,… [Read More]
Designs revealed for ‘The One’ in Toronto
Designs were recently unveiled in Toronto for ‘The One’, an 80-storey mixed-use tower on a prominent downtown site at One Bloor West, which pioneers a new model of vertical retail in the city. Designed by Foster + Partners and rising to 318 metres, it will be Toronto’s second tallest building after CN Tower’s 553 metres,… [Read More]
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre by C.F. Møller Revealed
C.F. Møller Architects, artist Conrad Shawcross and developer Knight Dragon reveal design of a major new art and architecture collaboration for the Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre. British artist Conrad Shawcross, has been commissioned to provide a high profile architectural intervention and his largest public commission to date for the entrance to Greenwich Peninsula in… [Read More]
Make and LBS get the green light for Meridian Gate tower scheme
Make‘s 53-storey tower proposal at Meridian Gate has received the green light from Tower Hamlets. See below the official announcement from Make Architects. Make is delighted to announce that its design for a 53-storey, mixed-use tower at Meridian Gate on the Isle of Dogs has been approved by Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets described the scheme in… [Read More]
Grove Towers by 3XN
Shortlisted for the 2014 World Architecture Festival Award, the Grove Towers by 3XN mark the company’s first project in Mumbai. The 77,ooo m² development incorporates a 130 meters tall luxury residential tower, that houses premium 3 and 4 bedroom apartments, and a secondary slightly shorter tower containing more modest 2 bedroom apartments. The design takes… [Read More]
Make submits new Tower Hamlets scheme for planning
Award winning architecture firm Make submitted last week its proposal for a residential-led tower at Meridian Gate on the Isle of Dogs. The scheme was prepared for Meridian Property Holdings Limited and LBS Properties, and aims to provide high quality, residential-led, mixed-use development consisting of approximately 400 one, two and three-bed apartments. The site will… [Read More]
Make creates a 902 hexagonal module facade for the Wanda Reign Hotel
Award-winning international architecture firm Make Architects, created a unique facade for the luxurious Wanda Reign Hotel in Wuhan, China. Commissioned by the Wanda Group, the architects designed a 902 hexagonal module facade that creates the “effect of multiple windows as ‘eyes’ looking our over the city from the guest rooms”. Wuhan, which is sometimes referred to… [Read More]
