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Architects Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher have chosen the Thames Gateway as a testing ground in which to evolve new ways of approaching large-scale urban developments. The Thames Gateway is an area stretching eastwards from East London on both banks of the river Thames; it has been hailed as Europe’s largest urban regeneration project. read more
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Here is a cheeky little graphic exploration via underconsideration. I would like to see more architecture have graphic design legs like this.
Built in 2005 by Rem Koolhaas’ OMA in the city of Porto, Portugal the is, without a doubt, a significant architectural statement — further emphasised by its intense angles and towering presence. By using the building as a visual source, Stefan Sagmeister created a dynamic, faceted and endlessly varied identity — all literally speaking. read more
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This is a deceptively simple concept that was executed with a high level of precision. I think one of the reasons it works so well has been touched upon in the text below and is positioned in the question; how a vocabulary that is familiar and steeped in tradition can become a generator for both comfort as well as agitation. read more
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A tower study done by scripting spirals and applying a surface mesh that connects to the ’structural’ spiraling columns. This image is a clip of the lower part of the elevation.
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Framed here by the vertical circulation system of ramps, the roof scape provides a turbulent visual backdrop beyond the simple and refined geometry of the interior space. read more
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