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News • News • 4 Aug 2022
Sculptural, flower-shaped Holland Casino Venlo by MVSA Architects displays a colourful, interactive facade
Located close to the German border, Holland Casino Venlo is a flower-shaped, sculptural building by MVSA Architects featuring a colour-changing interactive façade that provides a light show at night.
Corné Clemens
A grand staircase leads up to the entrance by a path flanked by twin ponds dotted with illuminated water lilies. The casino’s routing guides visitors through the heart of the building, where the design concept unfolds. The nature of the flower is central to the atrium concept. From the stem, a structure of laminated wooden strips rises to form the corolla, or flower head, defining the appearance of the interior.
Corné Clemens
The feature façade comprises a grid... More
Project • By MIKAMI Architects • Secondary Schools
Ibaraki Prefectural Toride Second High School
Toride Second High School opened in 1925 (Taisho 14) as Ibaraki Prefecture Toride High Practical School for Girls. Later, it became coeducational and, in the summer of 1984 (Showa 59), it became known as the school that defeated PL Gakuen, despite possessing players like Kuwata and Kiyohara, to win the championship at Kōshien. It is a relatively small high school with four classes per grade level that consists of general education and home economics courses and in some ways, still holds remnants from its Girls High School days.
MIKAMI Architects
MIKAMI Architects
In order to ensure room for the reorganization of future facilities on the relatively small school grounds and allow all of the students to feel a sense of unity when th... More
News • News • 24 Jun 2021
Foster + Partners designs breezy Florida headquarters for the PGA Tour
A large overhanging roof covers two elongated volumes separated by an atrium street. The roof covers shaded terraces that overlook the surrounding golf course. The architects at Foster + Partners aim to blur the boundaries between the lush landscape and the interior spaces.
Chuck Choi
Located in the TPC Sawgrass wetlands, the new headquarters for the PGA Tour incorporated the principles of biophilia. The connection with the surrounding landscape is enhanced allround glazing. The glazed facade and atrium flood the interiors natural light.
Chuck Choi
“On our very first visit to the site at Sawgrass, we were inspired by the quality of the landscape, the interplay of light and shade and the water. This led to our very first sk... More