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*️⃣Portland International Airport Architect #ZGF City #Portland Country #USA #NA 🔤Portland Airport is renowned for its high levels of passenger satisfaction, but its core facilities were struggling to keep pace with growing passenger volumes. In 2015, the Port of Portland launched the project to increase the airport’s capacity, flexibility, and resilience. #renovation@simoderna Upon entering the newly reimagined terminal core, the stunning 9-acre mass timber roof invites visitors to take a walk in the forest. The roof’s undulating form celebrates the history and the future of Oregon’s forest product innovation by showcasing wood that was locally sourced from landowners and mills within a 300-mile radius of the airport, including small landowners, tribal lands, and community forests practicing sustainable forestry. #sustainability@simoderna The roof is constructed from 3.5 million board feet of wood, comprised of three different wood products: mass plywood panels for the roof diaphragm, glulam beams, and 3 x 6-foot timbers for the lattice. PDX is the first major airport in the U.S. with a mass timber roof. 🔤 Material #wood Function #transportation #airport Feature #interior Address: 7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218, USA ©️ pics by #EmaPeter text by architects and arup.com ❤️Boost *simoderna for free

*️⃣ Geneo Science Park Architect #Serie Country #Singapore #AP 🔤At heart of the new Geneo science park is a new public ‘Event Plaza’ featuring a branching glulam (glue laminated timber) timber canopy. The team refers to The Canopy as “a super-sized lobby that can incorporate space for informal social gatherings, and large-scale presentations and events.” Glulam is a structural engineered wood product in which many layers of dimension lumber are bonded together with adhesives. It has seen recent uptake across the world, offering not just a strong and lightweight alternative to traditional structural materials such as steel or concrete, but also a more sustainable option. #sustainability@simoderna Some pass briefly beneath the arches; others linger for events or a break from the office. Combined with its distinctive architecture, the space aids wayfinding and has become a memorable landmark. It has even exceeded expectations by attracting visitors on weekends, often the quietest period in workspace environments. 🔤 Material #wood Function #public #community Feature #interior Address: 7 Science Park Dr, #1, 5, Singapore 118221 ©️ pics by #Fallon text by architects and designandarchitecture.com 🖥New analytical and insightful handbook

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*️⃣Starfield Coex Mall Architect #Junglim City #Seoul Country #SouthKorea #AP 🔤Junglim Architecture planned a space that blends books, culture, and arts under the concept of integrating shopping and culture, making it accessible not only to mall visitors but also to nearby office workers and local residents. It is an open library free to all, uniquely having high ceilings and abundant daylight within COEX Mall. Three symbolic large bookshelves, each 13 meters tall, are situated in the Central Plaza, the mall’s core area where multiple circulation paths converge, thereby securing symbolic importance while serving as wayfinding elements for visitors. 🔤 Material #wood Function #retail #mall #public #library Feature #interior #renovation #adminvisited Address: 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea ©️ pics by english.seoul.go.kr text by architects put 📍 reaction if you have visited the place

*️⃣Louvre Abu Dhabi Architect #Nouvel #JeanNouvel #AJN City #AbuDhabi Country #UAE #ME 🔤Jean Nouvel sought inspiration for the concept of Louvre Abu Dhabi in traditional Arabic architectural culture. Taking a contextual approach to the site, Nouvel designed Louvre Abu Dhabi as a ‘museum city’ in the sea. Its contrasting series of white buildings take inspiration from the medina and low-lying Arab settlements. #context The dome consists of eight different layers: four outer layers clad in stainless steel and four inner layers clad in aluminium separated by a steel frame five metres high. The dome is supported by only four permanent piers, each 110 metres apart. These are hidden within the museum buildings to give the impression that the dome is floating. 🔤 Colour #white #grey Material #aluminium Function #public #museum Feature #onwater Address: G9MX+G69 - Al Saadiyat Island - Cultural District - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates Google street Inside google street Inside google street 2 ©️ pics by Luc Boegly & Sergio Grazia and #RolandHalbe text by Archdaily 🎬#bonus@simoderna (Now you see: Now you don't movie had a scene filmed here) Digital platform for engineers and developers from Middle East

*️⃣Fuji Television Headquarters Architect #Tange #KenzoTange City #Tokyo Country #Japan #AP 🔤The design of Fuji Television's new broadcasting station, located within the headquarters, emphasizes the company's concept of openness. In addition, the corridors connecting the two towers strengthen the structure, making it highly earthquake resistant. The building is a mega structure with a unique design of futuristic air. It was designed with innovation in both its architecture and its interior use, housing television studios with leading technology in broadcasting. Because of all this he became a leader in the area giving rise to the construction of other modern buildings nearby. Raising the observation platform into position was a major task for the crew; besides weighing 1,350 tons, the platform's center of gravity is not at its core. Two or three options were considered, but in the end it was decided that the platform would be constructed on the rooftop garden of the seventh floor, where it was balanced horizontally on and supported by three beams, and then raised by hydraulic jacks. The observation platform's external surface is salt air damage resistant titanium that features an appealing reflective finish with a crisp color that is pleasant to the eye. Aluminum curtain wall was used for the outside walls of the building 🔤 Colour #metallic Material #aluminium facade and #titanium sphere Function #office Feature #retro #adminvisited (activities 1/5) Address: 2 Chome-4-8 Daiba, Minato City, Tokyo 137-8088, Japan Google street Under google street #BestGS@simoderna🔥 Tube google street Night google street Google earth ©️ pics by Wikimedia and Pinterest text by Architectuul and Wikiarquitectura

*️⃣La Collina Ōmi-Hachiman Architect #Fujimori #TerunobuFujimori and #MicheleDeLucchi #DeLucchi City #Omihachiman close to #Kyoto Country #Japan #AP 🔤The project draws inspiration from the social skills of ants, symbolized by the ‘Ari’ emblem, representing its commitment to being a gathering place where people thrive, much like the resilient ants that have flourished in nature for millions of years. Occupied by a vast expanse of 115,000 square meters, Taneya’s La Collina houses the main shop, a candy farm, a café, a bread shop, a souvenir shop, and the headquarters. Designed by Fujimori, the main building features a green roof, seamlessly integrating with the surrounding mountainscape. #context@simoderna 🔤 Colour #black Material #wood Function #industrial #other #public #park Feature #greenery #district Address: 615-1 Kitanoshocho, Omihachiman, Shiga 523-8533, Japan ©️ pics by #Christinayan, #JAPS (Takuya Kitamura) and instagram.com/annalutaeva text by Designboom 🌐Use *simoderna google map with 370+ notable places to make better travel plans

*️⃣Badaevsky brewery Architect #HerzogdeMeuron #HdM #Herzog #Meuron City #Moscow Country #Russia #EU part 🔤Brewery plant, largely abandoned since the 2000s, will be re-enabled by a dynamic programming and a strong architectural approach. Because, to Jacques Herzog, "Our project is in keeping with this tradition of urban planning in Moscow: respect and reuse of industrial buildings while adding structures radically contemporary". #heritage@simoderna The best way found the Basel to preserve the existing, it is build on top of the roofs of historical, 35 meters in height. The new buildings will be perched on a forest of poles, taking the appearance of a horizontal skyscraper. The residential complex will have a total of 188 columns: 137 vertical and 51 inclined. Each of them will support a load of 3,000 tons, which is 800 tons more than the building’s requirements. This real estate transaction ambitious blend of housing, offices and shops on about 100 000 m2 and has plans to renovate in parallel, 30 000 m2 of the existing offer in the historic buildings. #refurbishment@simoderna Thanks to the architectural solution — raising the structure on 35-meter columns — the first residential floor is located at the height of the tenth floor of a conventional building, giving residents unobstructed panoramic views of the city from the very first level. 🔤 Colour #white Material #concrete Function #mixeduse #residential #public #community Address: Moscow, Taras Shevchenko Embankment ©️ pics by Oleg Trobosov, skyscrapers channel and instagram.com/b_uborevich text by ideat.fr and archi.ru hashtag of the day #heritage@simoderna

*️⃣Hundertwasser House Architect #Hundertwasser #FriedensreichHundertwasser City #Vienna Country #Austria #EU 🔤In 1977, Austria’s Federal Chancellor proposed that Hundertwasser realize his architectural ideas through a housing project. Vienna’s mayor then invited him to design an apartment building based on human-centered architecture in harmony with nature. Hundertwasser designed a residential building with protruding balconies or pergolas and loggias. #retro@simoderna 900 tons of soil were used for the afforestation of 14 large and as many small green spaces and tree tenant tubs. A number of the terraces are publicly accessible, others are designated to the flats, and some are reserved for spontaneous vegetation. #greenery@simoderna With this house Hundertwasser proved that a more human architecture in harmony with nature is possible within the regular construction time, within the financial budget of a public project, and within the current building laws without any special permits. 🔤 Colour #mixed Material #coating Function #residential Address: Kegelgasse 36-38, 1030 Wien, Austria ©️ pics and text by hundertwasser.com Follow @simoderna for free without any subscriptions

*️⃣Tainan Spring Architect #MVRDV City #Tainan Country #Taiwan #AP 🔤Tainan’s water network served as the basis for the city’s marine and fishing industry since the 17th century, but the 1980s saw the city depart from this historic urban approach. China-Town Mall was built on top of the old harbour next to the Tainan Canal in 1983. The China-Town mall has been removed and meticulously recycled, making the project an innovative example of the circular economy. The foundations of the former mall stick out of the park and the lagoon like a contemporary Roman Forum, offering a visual marker of the historical decision to close a port in favour of a mall. #refurbishment The pool has been carefully planned to be a perfect gathering spot for all seasons: the water level will rise and fall in response to the rainy and dry seasons, and in hot weather mist sprayers will reduce the local temperature to provide welcome relief to visitors, reducing the use of air conditioning in the summer months. 🔤 Material #rawconcrete Function #public #community Address: No. 343-20號, Jhongjheng Rd, West Central District, Tainan City, Taiwan 700 Google street Inside google street Night google street #BestGS@simoderna🔥 ©️ pics by #Scagliola text by Archdaily hashtag of the day #community@simoderna

*️⃣NTU Library Architect #Ito #ToyoIto City #Taipei Country #Taiwan #AP 🔤Columns dominate the library in Taipei, a single-story structure designed in tandem with an eight-story building directly behind it. The taller building holds teaching facilities and forms the fourth side of an enclosed courtyard whose centerpiece is the jewel-like library. Supporting the vertical load, the reinforced-concrete columns are arranged using a double-spiral algorithm. “Usually columns are organized with an orthogonal grid, but here we wanted a more natural way,” explains Ito. So the column plan propagates from three centers in the ground plane. Two sets of curved lines extend outward in opposite directions, as if tracing the petals of a lotus flower. Ito placed columns at their cross points. As the lines spin outward, the distance between intersections grows, and the concentration of columns disperses, creating pockets of open space reminiscent of clearings in a forest. 🔤 Colour #white Material #concrete Function #public #library Feature #interior Address: No. 1號, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10617 Google street Inside google street Night google street ©️ pics by #IwanBaan text by Architectural record

*️⃣Marisfrolg Gardens Campus Architect #Brandenburg #VanBrandenburg City #Shenzhen Country #China #AP 🔤The building's captivating appearance, seemingly weightless and soaring, owes much to the carefully selected materials that anchor it to the earth. A harmonious blend of #stone, recycled #brick, and discarded #ceramic tiles imbues the structure with a sense of groundedness, while showcasing the art of rekindled hand craftsmanship. The Atrium entrance (3rd picture) serves as a hub that connects a boutique hotel, restaurants, and flagship stores, all nestled under an expansive solarium that provides shade to the hotel and design studios. The surrounding #water pond on the northern perimeter captures rain runoff drawing in the prevailing wind, and utilizing it as a passive cooling system for the complex. #sustainability@simoderna 🔤 Colour #brown and #black Function #mixeduse #office #hospitality #hotel #entertainment #venue Address: Guangdong Shenzhen Longhua Langjing Road and 1st Road Intersection Northwest Corner open on irregular schedule ©️ pics and text by architects 📣 @simoderna is now 2 years. Thanks for being with us! 💥

*️⃣TWA Hotel Architect #Saarinen #EeroSaarinen Refurbishment by #BeyerBlinderBelle #BBB City #NewYork Country #USA #NA 🔤Constructed between 1959 and 1962, its wing-like roof, supported by “Y”-shaped piers, captures an era of optimism in air travel. Saarinen compared its shape to the “Leonardo da Vinci flying machine.” However the architect never claimed that his design was meant to represent anything physical; it was, he insisted, an abstraction of the idea of flight itself. This innovative design showcases thin-shell construction, with a reinforced concrete shell roof supported at the corners, and incorporates elements of Neo-futurist architectural style. Inside, the vast open space, framed by tall windows and the tube-shaped departure-arrival corridors, facilitates the efficient movement of passengers and their belongings. Although parts of the original structure were demolished, the head house was adapted into the TWA Hotel in 2019. #refurbishment 🔤 Colour #red Material #concrete Function #hospitality #hotel Feature #retro #interior #heritage Address: 1 Idlewild Dr, Queens, NY 11430, United States Google street Evening google street Google earth ©️ pics by #StewartCohen and inc.nyc text by Archeyes and Archdaily #bonus@simoderna (Catch me if you can movie had a scene filmed here)

*️⃣Canyon water amphitheatre Architect #gmp City #Krasnodar Country #Russia #EU part 🔤The canyon's architecture is defined by its monumental scale and striking contrast of colors. Its stepped, multi-level form in #coral tones evokes the imagery of a canyon and layered rock plateaus—some associate it with the Grand Canyon, others with a brick amphitheater. #Water flows down the towering walls in numerous cascading streams, creating a dynamic landscape in constant motion. A network of walkways and paths surrounds it, allowing visitors to approach the falling water and experience it from multiple viewpoints. Lush planting integrated into the terraces softens the geometry of the structure, reinforcing the impression of a natural canyon embedded within the urban environment. 🔤 Material #concrete Function #public #park Feature #nightlight Address: 22RH+MV Krasnodar ©️ pics by park-galitskogo.ru and Yandex maps text by краснодарскийкрай.рф put 📍 reaction if you have visited the place

*️⃣Pingtan International Performing Arts Center Architect #BeijingAcademy City #Pingtan close to #Fuzhou Country #China #AP 🔤The whitish #rawconcrete and white steel roof frame of the main building portray a simple and friendly architectural image. Instead of a gigantic singular volume, different functions are condensed into small, separate blocks in decentralized layout, thereby producing a series of public spaces in pleasant scales. By decomposing one single building volume into a number of blocks, more “gaps” are created to provide diverse accesses from all direction and allow people to naturally roam from streets into the buildings, thus breaking the boundary between “inside” and “outside”. The elimination of boundaries releases more architectural spaces to the city, inviting the stay and use by citizens. 🔤 Function #public #theatre Feature #interior Address: 25.4829003, 119.6998138 ©️ pics by #ZhangChao text by gooood.cn Vote ➕ or ➖ and shape what stays on @simoderna

*️⃣Vanke Yun / Hills and Valleys Tower Architect #WOHA City #Shenzhen Country #China #AP 🔤Drawing inspiration from the natural landscape and mountain parks in Shenzhen, the Hills and Valleys Skyscraper is designed with twelve 7-storey high “Sky Hills” that connect three office towers configured around a centralised core. These multiple ground levels accommodate child-care facilities, worker amenities, refuge areas, and lift transfer floors. Designed as naturally ventilated atria with cascading sky gardens and planted waterfall valleys, the hills are sheltered from wind and rain while bringing daylight, greenery, and fresh air into the lift lobbies, creating a comfortable biophilic workplace within the tropical high-rise. 🔤 Colour #brown Function #office Feature #skyscraper #nightlight Address: HWGQ+8VW, Nanshan, Shen Zhen Shi, China, 518071 ©️ pics by #DemasRusli, architects trip.com and Google maps text by architects ❗️Only finished buildings are published in @simoderna

*️⃣SKIN1004 Flagship Store Architect #LMTLS City #Seoul Country #SouthKorea #AP 🔤The design aims to offer a distinct experience by blending various landscapes within the urban environment. This intentional contrast with the bustling city outside creates a captivating space, sparking curiosity and providing an intriguing escape for visitors. #context@simoderna For the first offline flagship store in Myeongdong, skin1004 embraces the profound concept of "untouched nature," liberating itself from the cliche of nature in green hues. Instead, it introduces a newly crafted landscape, bathed in #tan and beige tones inspired by the pristine nature of Madagascar, surrounded by rocks, pebbles, and sand. 🔤 Colour #tan Material #coating (presumably) Function #retail #shop Address: 29 Myeongdong 6-gil, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea ©️ pics by Swan Park text by Archdaily 🇰🇷South Korea is catching up with Japan in the number of featured projects per capita🔼

*️⃣Arakawa building Architect #NikkenSekkei City #Tokyo Country #Japan #AP 🔤In many buildings, the connection to the city is limited to the ground floor where most commercial facilities are located. To address this, all levels of the ARAKAWA Bldg. are wrapped by emergency stairs, which are not only essential functional elements, but also work as an “engawa”-like space (veranda), as well as a buffer from the outside. The space supported within this special façade is a regular shaped space that is easy to use. As a result, it becomes an attractive workspace with an appropriate buffer from the outside. More detailed interesting information about the building. 🔤 Colour #grey Material #coating Function #office Address: 2 Chome-35-35番5号 Nishishinbashi, Minato City, Tokyo ©️ pics by Harunori Noda text by Archinect.com 🌐Planning a trip? Find the best destinations on *simoderna google map