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News • News • 15 Nov 2022
Studio Zhu Pei embraces stone volumes and concrete curves in the Zibo OCT art centre
Located in the Zhangdian district on the city outskirts, the Zibo OCT Art Centre draws cues from traditional Chinese culture. Designed by Studio Zhu Pei, the cultural complex is an introverted structure with a central courtyard.
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The ring-shaped structure responds to the climate via its porous form and large roof overhangs. The courtyard, perceived as a void, can transform into a bustling place where social gatherings and activities unfold.
Jin Weiqi
A rustic and raw material palette of concrete and stone masonry dictates the architecture. The roof was built by pouring fair-faced concrete on site while the stone masonry is laid using a local technique practised in the Shandong province.
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Project • By SPF:architects • Cultural Centres
The Anaheim Performing Arts Center (APAC)
SPF:architects (SPF:a), an award-winning studio based in Culver City, has released new renderings of their design for the Anaheim Performing Arts Center (APAC), located in Anaheim, California. The images reveal the complete scheme of the $500 million, 500,000-square-foot cultural campus, which is anticipated to become a world-class destination for the performing arts.APAC will replace Anaheim’s City National Grove, introducing an 11-acre program defined by three theatres—a 2,000-seat concert hall, a 1,700-seat opera hall, a 600-seat black box theatre—and a museum tower with observatory set upon 24-foot podium. The site will also incorporate an outdoor amphitheater, two restaurants, office space, a convention hall, and lecture room... More
Project • By omni//form,inc • Private Houses
Residence P
600m2 interior living space over two floors with 500m2 deck space
5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 powder rooms, eat-in kitchen, living room, indoor and outdoor dining, reflecting pool with fire place, infinity pool
all communal spaces open up completely to the outside.
all bedrooms with seaview
passive energy house with rainwater harvest system & natural earth cooling system
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