All Blog Posts Tagged 'mixed-use' (24)

Asian Cairns is a proposal for Shenzhen, China by architect Vincent Callebaut.  With Shenzhen and Hong Kong growing together to total approximately 20 million…

Axis Mundi offers a conceptual alternative to the MoMA Tower in New York, New York, one of the largest skyscraper projects in one of the most overbuilt parts of…

The Orange Cube is a vibrant 6,300-square-foot structure on the edge of the Saône River in a converted industrial zone in Lyon, France.  Surrounded mostly by grey buildings, the bold design by Paris-based architecture practice Jakob +…

The 420-foot tall mixed-use Phoenix Observation Tower is poised to become the headline destination in the Valley of the Sun in Arizona.  The design by BIG has been nicknamed "The Pin," and…

The starting point of this project came from the ongoing conflict over one of the most attractive pieces of fallow land in Berlin: the Spree riversides located between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.  Drawing on the spatial partitioning strategy of a Voroni diagram, elements from differing social demands…

The bold and distinctive design of the Library Building in Clapham One is the work of London’s own Studio Egret West, in collaboration with Cathedral Group. …

Espacio Talca takes an emptied Chilean prison and turns it into a viable public space for arts, sports, politics, and retail.  The winning proposal was created by a team of architects that includes Guillermo Hevia García,…

The concept design behind the Star Performing Arts Center is the desire to blur the boundaries between retail and cultural zones, as well as indoor and outdoor spaces.   Located at Vista Xchange in Singapore,…

Sity is the dramatic proposal for a mixed-use structure that coils through Shangai’s city center, over a river and across a park.  Designed by the elusive land surveying company Sonik Module, Sity draws its form from the classic Chinese dragon.  The…

Built in and around a 19^th century rail viaduct in Southwark, the southern center of London, Archway Studios is a live/work space that subverts its site’s tight…

The Gasometers in the Simmering district of Vienna were originally built between 1896 and 1899 to supply town gas to Vienna.  As technology changed, they fell out of use, and later were declared historic landmarks in 1978.  In 1995, Vienna called for…

The Crescent Moon Tower is the architectural design project submitted to the 11^th ThyssenKrup Elevator Architecture Award by the California-based firm…

And now, another non-traditional skyscraper design for your viewing pleasure . . .

The aptly named…

Proposed by the firm Popularchitecture, the…

The CPH Arch will be a majestic landmark that serves as both an inter-city bridge and as a city gate.  The Arch will be the only “dry” connection between the city of Marmormolen in the west and the city of Langeliniekaj in the east, and is designed to be easily utilized by both cyclists and…

Expected for completion in 2012, the Miami Dade College campus center will be a 2.5 million square foot, mixed-use architectural icon.  The giant extruded…

Everyone is beginning to swoon over Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H. Architects, which is scheduled for completion in April.  The giant curvilinear bonded timber…

AquiliAlberg Architecture and Design Studio has created a dynamic proposal…