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China Pavilion - Shanghai Expo
One of the most striking pavilions at last year’s Shanghai Expo came, appropriately, from the home country. It was obvious immediately that it was Chinese, through both the inverted pyramid of its shape, with strong horizontals, and the bright red that is immediately reminiscent of monuments such as Beijing’s Forbidden City. The horizontals, with ends cantilevering a short distance beyond the supporting elements below, pay homage to one of the most typical forms in traditional Chinese architecture, interlocking ‘dougong’ brackets. These were always realised in timber but here, in this modern interpretation, are clad in aluminium.
Architect South China University of Technology Institute of Architectural Design (He Jingtang) Location Shanghai - China Company involved Hunter Douglas China Website http://www.hunterdouglasgroup.com -
Sochi's Tunnel
Sochi’s Tunnel – an Olympic architectural highlight
Known to the world for its hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the Russian city of Sochi will also welcome the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
"Cladding material: Novelis ff2® pre-painted aluminium 2 mm gauge"
Architect Karen Saprichian Location Sochi - Russia Company involved Novelis Website http://www.novelis.com -
Arcus College
The new campus of the Arcus College in Heerlen, in the southeast Netherlands is a regional provider of vocational training for the Limburg province. It was designed, says architect IAA Architecten, “to meet the challenges of contemporary vocational education, anticipating future developments in this field and creating an optimised learning environment for a new generation of students”.
Photography: Little Planet www.littleplanet.be
Architect IAA Architecten Location Heerlen - The Netherlands Company involved ArcelorMittal & Jack Muller Website industry.arcelormittal.com