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News • News • 10 Feb 2025
UNStudio’s new Chongqing development balances demand for high-rise living with health and well-being of residents
International architecture and design practice UNStudio has completed 18T Mansion, a high-rise residential development in the city of Chongqing, China. The development addresses the demand for high-rise living in a densely populated urban center while emphasizing a commitment to the health and well-being of its residents. A clear focus on improving living, communal, and recreational spaces resulted in 18T Mansion achieving a WELL Platinum Certification, the first for a residential project in Southwestern China.
Kris Provoost
Kris Provoost
Ben van Berkel, Founder / Principal Architect, UNStudio, describes 18T Mansion as representing a “transformative urban revitalization initiative in the heart of Chongqing that is d... More
Project • By NS Studio • Residential Landscape
Residential house in Didi Digomi
The project was developed between II and III micro districts of Didi Digomi in Tbilisi.
For the development of the urban environment of modern Tbilisi, architectural intervention in this place is a challenge, because now this area is being actively developed, and the existing background is quite chaotic. In the peripheral zones, quite budgetary constructions are mainly carried out, and therefore much attention is not paid to the artistic-architectural appearance of the buildings, the quality of finishing, the ecological factor, etc. We want this project to be a precedent for raising the level of common construction and architectural standards in peripheral areas, which we think will be a healthy factor for the city and its society.
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Project • By Wizhevsky Architect • Offices
Djibouti Towers
DJIBOUTI TOWERS is a unique, the world's first complex of skyscrapers, embodying the state symbols of the country and its emblem, carrying the national heritage of the peoples of the Republic of Djibouti.
The project is an incredible composition of three towers. The central tower represents a spear and a shield and the star at its top symbolizes the unity of the nation. There are two symmetrical towers on both sides of the spear. They are designed in the form of two traditional Djibouti daggers, decorated with elements symbolizing a Laurel wreath. The Laurel wreath represents the peace granted to the people of Djibouti after independence on June 27, 1977.
"DJIBOUTI TOWERS" will be the tallest complex of skyscrapers in Africa,... More