Real Estate

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Designer: Greentown China Holdings Limited Work: Garden Tag: Real Estate

The Bund

The Bund is a residential development in Shanghai, China, with a gross floor area of 78,917 square meters. The facades follow the three-section composition of classical Chinese architecture and highlight horizontal lines, curved corners and Art Deco details. Chamfered corners are applied to towers, podiums, corridors, door heads and enclosure walls. The buildings are arranged in a scattered layout to create a sense of openness along the street. Lintels and brick walls from the former buildings are combined with modern materials to form a garden of memories.

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Designer: Kalbod Studio Work: Urban Design Tag: Real Estate

Seaside Town

The Seaside Town project is defined by five types of villas, each of which has its own characteristics that distinguish it from the others. But at the same time, the idea and physical program follows almost the same principles. With the help of each volume orientation, all villas benefit from views of both the city and the sea. As for privacy matters based on the location and culture the site provides, it was required to make sure each building and its views will not hurt other villas’ privacies or views, the buildings are close to each other by only one elevation that does not have any doors.

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Designer: Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd. Work: CBD Phase 1 Tag: Real Estate

Zhuhai Shizimen

Zhuhai Shizimen is a mixed-use development located in the Shizimen District of Zhuhai, China. The complex covers a site area of 203,000 square metres and includes an office and hotel tower, a serviced apartment tower, a hotel tower, an exhibition and convention centre, a theatre and an opera house. Zhuhai Centre, the main tower, rises 330 metres and is the tallest building in the city. The design was inspired by the link between the site and the water and by the description of Zhuhai as a city of romance. The convention centre is shaped as a ribbon along the water's edge.

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Designer: TOPWAY Work: Three Dimensional Eco-House Tag: Real Estate

Jade Villa

Jade Villa is a residential complex designed as a three dimensional eco house. The project takes inspiration from the landscape of Wu Hu and places a hanging garden along the east west axis, giving each unit a private garden with a storey height of 6.2 metres. High performance concrete and low polluting building materials are used. A rainwater harvesting system, green vegetation and a rain garden support ecological restoration. Open transitional spaces link interior and exterior areas and encourage contact between neighbours. The interior layout is adjustable for flexible use of space.

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Designer: Hangzhou Green Development Design Work: Residential Community Tag: Real Estate

Feng Yong Chao Yang

GD has crafted a serene secluded garden like community in the old city of Hangzhou. Rooted in the local context, the project redefines a contemporary lifestyle. The iconic building facades, adorned with full-glass curtain walls, evoke the image of a clear lake cascading from the sky, inviting residents to embark on a beautiful journey of discovery and everyday living. The master plan design prioritizes the internal spatial experience within the community, aiming to create a secluded garden style community in the city, offering a natural and serene retreat in a diverse urban environment.

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Designer: Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd. Work: Residential Development Tag: Real Estate

Huafa Jinjiang Manor

Huafa Jinjiang Manor is a residential development in Sansheng Town, Jinjiang District, Chengdu, China. The design creates a hidden elevated courtyard within an urban district. Residential spaces are arranged in multiple layers along the central axis of the site, following a natural landform that is high in the north and low in the south. A layered, barracks-style arrangement brings natural light into each unit and keeps a close relationship with the landscape. The site covers 37,303 square meters, with a floor area of 55,955 square meters and 626 residential units.

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Designer: Hang Chen Work: Affordable Rental Houses Tag: Real Estate

Urban Pastoral

This design takes into consideration the need for affordable rental housing in Shanghai, the impact of epidemics, and China's carbon reduction policies. The designer creates a community vegetable plantation within the settlement and small vegetable gardens on the roofs of buildings of different heights. Together, they form a multi-level growing system that provides safe and easily accessible food for residents. Additionally, each floor of the building has a public space that encourages neighborhood interaction and serves as a service place for emergency medical control during epidemics.

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Designer: Yoram Cimet Work: Tower Tag: Real Estate

Glorieta Insurgentes

Glorieta Insurgentes is an office tower located on a roundabout that connects two major avenues in Mexico City. The tower rises 120 meters over 26 levels above ground and offers a total area of 60,000 square meters. The semicircular form follows the shape of the roundabout. Facilities include a triple height lobby, 18 office floors, a double height multipurpose hall for 800 people with retractable bleachers, and two roof gardens. Double glazed low emissivity curtain walls, solar panels and automated lighting and shading systems reduce energy and water use.

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Designer: Nan Wang Work: Mixed Use Complex Tag: Real Estate

Greenland Bund Centre

Greenland Bund Centre is a mixed-use complex on the South Bund of Shanghai. The site covers 126,700 square meters, with a total construction area of 1.2 million square meters. Class A office towers, residential buildings, retail areas, cultural venues and public spaces are combined with preserved historic structures. Small-scale buildings and pedestrian routes relate the complex to the nearby old town. An east-west landscape axis and a north-south cultural axis link the riverside with the surrounding neighborhood.

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Designer: SUIADR Work: Industrial Park Tag: Real Estate

Hepalink

Hepalink is an industrial park designed for biopharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing in Pingshan District, Shenzhen. The park includes production factories, research offices, staff dormitories and supporting commercial facilities. The phase IV construction covers a land area of 27,822.03 square meters and a total building area of 81,874.43 square meters. Modular column grids and standardized floor heights are used, and space is reserved for water, electrical and wind equipment. The reserved capacity allows future adaptation to new functions.

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Designer: Aico Ltd Work: Mixed Use Tag: Real Estate

Baoshan U World

Baoshan U World is a mixed use development in a suburban district of Shanghai. The layout uses a permeable perimeter block. Continuous facades along the city roads define an active public sidewalk, while several paths and small plazas lead into a central courtyard. The porous plan improves visual links to the nearby riverfront greenery. Community facilities and entertainment venues occupy the ground floor to keep the streets lively. Creative offices and apartments sit along the sides and surround a community service building that serves as a social and fitness hub.

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Designer: Quincy Li Work: Residential Tag: Real Estate

River One

River One is a residential complex located in Chongqing, China, between the Jialing River and Zhaomu Mountain Park. The orientation and height of every building follow the local terrain, so each apartment has an open view of the landscape. Height differences at the entrances are resolved by elevators and stairs set within the landscape design. A waterfall in the central courtyard and other landscape elements also address the level changes of the site. The facades are made of silver-gray aluminum plates, glass and wood-grained aluminum panels.

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