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Concrete Showroom
The Seara Sports showroom in Bangkok, Thailand is defined by cast-in-place concrete, expansive interior spaces and uniquely shaped terraced slabs.
The building makes sculptural use of cast concrete. Raw and expressive, concrete slabs extend outward to form horizontal bands. Deep floor plates convey a sense of permanence, while softened edges and rounded corners temper the overall mass. Concrete materials are left unfinished, exposing the ceilings to reveal diagonal band beams of varying sizes and directions — visual patterns that express the different structural loads and wide-column spans of each floor.
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The showroom is set back, creating overhangs and balco... More
Aqua Tower
As much sculpture as structure, Chicago’s newest jewel in its breathtaking skyline is the Aqua tower, located on the 200 block of North Columbus Drive. A mixed-use skyscraper that boasts 215 hotel rooms, 475 rental units and 263 condos and penthouses, the 82-story building was designed by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects and developed by Magellan Development.
Despite its prime location, Aqua was not built for the super-wealthy; and in spite of its great height, it is not an iconic attention-grabber. With almost 750 residential units and nearly 2 million square feet, the challenge of Aqua was to house a large number of people at a reasonable cost, while enhancing its environment with an elegant design, according to architect Gang.... More