The port city of Da Nang not only hosts a key link to the developing eastern regions of Vietnam, world-renowned beach resorts and the route to the UNESCO heritage town of Hoi An, it now has become a tourist attraction and source of economic development in its own right, thanks to the—literally—fire-breathing Dragon Bridge.
The use of architecturally expressed mass timber is not only exotic in China, it is considered a coup by the contest's judges, who were impressed with the building team's ability to work with the owner and the strict Chinese authority to dispel concerns about combustibility, durability and more.
Construction of the new Y-Tec Keylex Mexico Automotive Parts Manufacturing Facility on Mazda's new Guanajuato automobile manufacturing campus required a multicultural approach by contractor Kajima|Alberici.
Antarctic researchers spend months in total darkness and brave -55°C temperatures and winds in excess of 100 mph. Yet these hardy souls endure and thrive at the Halley VI Antarctic Research Station, a $42-million habitat constructed in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
Industry veterans selected the Global Best Projects winners as outstanding examples of the challenges, risks and rewards of designing and building internationally.
Inspired by the waterfalls and rocky landscape of Hong Kong, the designers of this residential building sought to reflect the island's rough beauty while honoring the owners' interest in modern art and design.
Related Links: Museum Plans Major Hans Hollein Retrospective in June Extended Architectural Record Obituary: Frederic Schwartz, 1951-2014 Hans Hollein, a maverick Austrian architect, teacher and designer, died April 24 following a long illness. He was 80.Hollein's irreverent, art-minded designs for schools, shops and museums earned him the 1985 Pritzker Architecture Prize, widely regarded as the profession’s Nobel. His work established a framework for post-modern architecture, focused on wit, eclecticism and irony with historical references.Hollein studied with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Richard Neutra, earning a master's degree in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, in
Repurposing the 100-year-old U.S. Embassy in Helsinki for current and future diplomatic and community use challenged the project team to blend historic components with new technology and heightened security mandates.
Keeping contamination at bay was nearly as crucial during the construction of this Saudi Arabian superabsorbent-polymers (SAP) plant as it is now during production of the plant's end product: material used to make diapers and disposable hygiene products.
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