*️⃣Chengdu Tianfu Art Gallery

Architect #CSWADI
City #Chengdu
Country #China #AP

🔤Situated on a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, the architectural concept features a rectangular exhibition hall supporting a massive curved overhanging roof to shield against sunlight and rain, adapting to the local climate.

The exterior is characterized by a floating white roof, delivering a sculptural appearance. The interior public spaces are covered with bamboo shavings, creating a cave-like flowing space and successfully shaping an iconic image for media dissemination. #interior@simoderna

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Material #wood (bamboo)
Function #entertainment #venue
Feature #onwater
Address: 30.7152280, 104.0219940

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text by Architizer

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*️⃣Prestige University

Architect #Puri #SanjayPuri
City #Indore
Country #India #AP

🔤As opposed to creating an imposing edifice, the building gradually steps up from the approach direction, belying its 28 metre height.

The built form evokes images of stepped wells, which have existed in India for 1100 years, and which were spaces built not just to store water, but also as large social interaction spaces to bring the community together. The Prestige University imbues this principle, becoming a stage for fostering social interaction and events. #context@simoderna

The entire terrace of the five-level building is accessible to the students and faculty of the university, transforming it into an open auditorium amidst the landscape. Some of these platforms are wheelchair accessible.

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Colour #coral
Material #brick and #gfrc (façade)
Function #education
Address: RVR2+RX Ringnodiya, Madhya Pradesh, India
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pics by #Panjwani
text by Archdaily

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*️⃣Hotel Puerta América

Architects
#Newson #MarcNewson (1st picture)
#Findlay #KathrynFindlay (2nd, 5th)
#Hadid #ZahaHadid #ZHA (3rd)
#Plasma (4th)

City #Madrid
Country #Spain #EU

🔤The Hotel Puerta América is a space that invites people to dream. A project that has brought together nineteen of the best architect and designer studios most popular of which are Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and David Chipperfield.

An idea of freedom come true, a gathering space merging different cultures and ways of interpreting architecture and design. A masterpiece that awakens guests’ senses, that breaks the mould by using different colours, materials and shapes.

Just pressing the button in the elevator transports you to completely different worlds and ways of perceiving architecture.
All selected received the same area with precise room dimensions, the same amount of money, and complete freedom.

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Colour #mixed
Function #hospitality #hotel
Feature #interior
Address: Av. de América, 41, Chamartín, 28002 Madrid, Spain
Zaha Hadid room GS
Plasma hall GS
Marc Newson hall GS
Kathryn Findlay hall GS
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text by puertamericahotel.com, e-architect.com and archiweb.cz

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*️⃣Kilden Performing Arts Centre

Architect #ALA
City #Kristiansand
Country #Norway #EU

🔤The monumental abstract form of the front wall made of local oak separates reality from fantasy. Passing through, the audience will move from natural landscape to the realm of performing arts.

This wall made of wedged CNC milled solid planks is not only a disguised theatrical effect but also improves the acoustics of the foyer. The infinite blackness of the other three facades emphasizes the spectacle of the foyer.

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Material #wood
Function #entertainment #venue
Address: Sjølystveien 2, 4610 Kristiansand, Norway
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pics by #Uusheimo (1st, 2nd), Jon-Petter Thorsen (3rd, 4th) and Lars Gunnar Liestol (5th)
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*️⃣Lotus temple

Architect #Sahba #FariborzSahba
City #NewDelhi
Country #India #AP

🔤While designing the Baha’i House of Worship for India — a Temple dedicated to the Oneness of Religions, in which peoples of all backgrounds are welcome – architect Fariborz Sahba was inspired to use the lotus flower as the basis for his creation.

He chose it as a symbol for the Bahá’í belief in the potential purity of the human spirit; he chose it as a metaphor for the truth that out of the “murky waters” of our collective history of ignorance and violence we will arise to create a new age of peace and universal brotherhood.

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Colour #white
Material #stone
Function #religious
Feature #retro
Address: Lotus Temple Rd Bahapur, Kalkaji, New Delhi, Delhi 110019, India
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