The Absolute Towers, MAD studio

Yansong Ma of the Beijing-based architecture firm MAD created this stunningly curvaceous building for the a new 50-storey condo in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

"Our design forsakes the simplification principle of modernism. In fact, it expresses a higher level of complexity and diversity of modern society through multiple approaches. In the meantime, it caters to (ambiguous) social needs at multiple levels...The towers talk to each other and harmonize with each other. There is a synergy between them, an aura which transcends each of the individual buildings."


The Absolute Tower
MAD studio, Ma Yansong
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Xeros Residence by Blank Studio

"I wanted to wrap one material around the entire house—as sort of an architectural lingerie."

Xeros Residence
Blank Studio
Phoenix, Arizona

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JLI House, MCP Arquitectura

"Perimeter as space, structure as reformulation of tree forest, winning all the surface of the floor plan to garden, two types of circulations, transversal, between technical furniture and perimetral, around inner space, defining a new type of medium and changing space between them. And the game with the inner-outer new space is the living"

MCP Arquitectura
JLI House
La Canada, Valencia, Spain

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Rødovre Skyscraper, MVRDV (co-architect ADEPT )

Dutch architects MVRDV and Danish co-architects ADEPT have won a competition to design the Rødovre Skyscraper in Copenhagen, Denmark.

"The constellation of the pixels allows flexibility in function; the building can be transformed by market forces... ...Flexibility for adaptation is one of the best sustainable characteristics of a building."

MVRDV (co-architect ADEPT )
Rødovre Skyscraper
Copenhagen, Denmark

Skyline Residence, Belzberg Architects

"Perched atop a ridgeline in the Hollywood Hills, the presence of the Skyline Residence represents an honest approach to creating an environmentally sensitive building without sacrificing beauty nor budget. The pre-existing site presented a challenge in terms of constructability, the client presented the challenge of limited allowable expenses."

Belzberg Architects

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Project: Skyline Residence
Design Architect: Belzberg Architects
Location: Los Angeles
Year: 2007

Dynamic architecture, David Fisher

DYNAMIC TOWER, THE WORLD'S FIRST BUILDING IN MOTION
First Rotating Skyscraper to be Self Powered and Completely Prefabricated.



Fisher is the creator of the world's first building in motion, the Dynamic Tower heralds a new era of architecture buildings in motion that will challenge traditional architecture to become the symbol of a new philosophy that will change the look of our cities and the concept of urban living.

Moscow Rotating Skyscraper

Dubai Dynamic Tower
images courtesy DYNAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Dr. Fisher states, "Today's life is dynamic, so the space we are living in should be dynamic as well, adjustable to our needs that change continuously, to our concept of design and to our mood, buildings will follow the rhythms of nature, they will change direction and shape from spring to summer, from sunrise to sunset, and adjust themselves to the weather, buildings will be alive.

"From now on, buildings will have four dimensions, the fourth dimension is ‘Time' to become part of architecture," Dr. Fisher added. "Buildings in motion will shape the sky line of our cities."

By combining motion, green energy and efficient construction, the Dynamic Tower will change architecture as we know it, and will start a new era of Dynamic Living.

Avra Verde, Rick Joy architects

Seven Exclusive Desert Pavilions On Forty Acres, located At The Saguaro National Park West. This project is to promote an indoor-outdoor lifestyle merging sensory experience, artisanship, and environment sensibility; to create the most unique private residence enclave in the American Southwest.

"... The simplest things can evoke the deepest feelings. The silence in great music is often more profound than sounds..." - Rick Joy

Rick Jo architects
Avra Verde
The Saguaro National Park West

Photo: © Avra Verde

Five Franklin Place, UNStudio

"...the strong horizontal cornices and decorative details of TriBeCa’s cast-iron architecture, re-formed them, and transported them onto our building in a very contemporary way that makes them truly functional but that still has a lot to do with pure surface decoration. The reflective metal bands of our building are almost sewn on, like a dress. They grow thinner and thicker, wrapping themselves around the building and generating different visual effects as they change. But they are not just graphic elements, they are three-dimensional. Sometimes these bands become balconies; other times they become sunscreens that protect the apartment interiors from excess sunlight and reflect excess heat. So they have a true function and a sustainable quality, too. These metal ribbons not only pick up the external qualities of TriBeCa through their geometries and their character as added metal elements on the surface of the structure, but they also frame the views from inside the apartments and create intimacy. We couldn’t have achieved the privacy and intimacy of the homes at Five Franklin Place if we’d made ours a fully transparent glass facade building..."

Ben van Berkel -UNStudio

Five Franklin Place

New York, USA

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Photo: © UNStudio, Five Franklin Place

Moulmein Rise Residential Tower, WOHA Architects

Within the constraints of a developer-driven brief, the Moulmein Rise Residential Tower uses innovative techniques and detailing that combine new principles for tropical design and improvements for high-rise living, was designed by Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, partners at the Singapore firm WOHA architects.

Gatica House, Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido

Gatica House by Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido. A contemporary modern house in chilean countryside.

Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido

Gatica House

Chile

Photo: © Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido

Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy

Daniel Libeskind is the master planner redeveloping the Fiero Milano, in collaboration with Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki and Pier Paolo Maggiora, will Collaborate to redevelope the Fiera Milano. The scheme incorporates public space, housing, office towers, retail space and a museum.

"There is a wind flying through the city of Milan bringing with it the message of change. This new century is not about the one, but about the many; it is not about one voice, but about multiple voices."

Daniel Libeskind
Fiera Milano
Milan, Italy

Photo: © Daniel Libeskind

Hong Luo Club, MAD Ai Weiwei

The architecture explores the city dwellers’ understanding of the nature. Hong Luo Club House creates an ever changing space that echoes with the surroundings, where people and the nature are united.

The ever changing water surface joins the ascending roof, expressing the transition from liquid to solid.

The space structure and the functions of the house are integrated naturally.

Ai Weiwei - MAD office

Hong Luo Club
Beijing, China

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image: © MAD office

Tetris Haus, Plasma Studio

"Tetris House is derived from turning very pragmatic parameters into a spatially engaging concept: multiple programmatic demands (five self-contained units, parking space and other covered exterior areas) have initiated two volumes. L-shaped in plan and section they are spatially interwoven as to produce a range of dynamic in-between spaces."

Plasma studio

Tetris Haus (Haus Pezzei) - Multi unit residential block

San Candido, Italy

images: © Plasma studio

VilLA NM – Upstate New York, Unstudio

"at time the house can almost disappear into the landscape, and then re-emerge from a different view point."

Ben Van Berkel

UNStudio

VilLA NM

Upstate New York

more info: noticiasarquitectura

Photo: © UNStudio

Light*house, 3XN and UNStudio

Light*house
Aarhus Harbor Front
Aarhus, Denmark

"The Light*house project signals how today's individualization in society can be enriched by new forms of collectivity. From design of the district as a whole to fitting up of the individual house, the project is about bringing people
together-those who live there as well as those who like to go there. Like in a traditional city centre, but here with an extra multi-storey block dimension."

Ben van Berkel, UNStudio

"The construction appears homogenous as well as individual. As a resident, you will always know your own house from a distance with individual details such as balconies. The characteristic patterns of the facades reflect the reflections of light in water."

Kim Herforth Nielsen, 3XN

Photo: © UNStudio, 3xn

Levent loft, Tabanlioglu Architects

The façade is perceived as an assortment of boxes; also, each unique module shall be distinguished from outside due to the curtain system, a range of colors and light will be reflected from inside, as a method of benefiting functional solutions for esthetics purposes.

Tabanlioglu Architects

Levent loft,

Istanbul, Turkey

Photo: © Tabanlioglu Architects

Jellyfish House, Iwamotoscott

"like the sea creature, it coexists with its environment as a set of distributed, networked senses and responses. Jellyfish have no brain, no central nervous system, no eyes, and consist largely of the water around them. Yet, they sense light and odor, are self-propulsive, bioluminescent and highly adaptive to changing aquaculture...the house attempts to incorporate emerging material and digital technologies in a reflexive, environmentally contingent manner. The house is designed as a mutable layered skin, or 'deep surface', that mediates internal and external environments."

Iwamotoscott
Jellyfish House

Photo: © Iwamotoscott

COR, Oppenheim

A dynamic synergy between architecture, structural engineering, and ecology.

Oppenheim
architecture + design
COR
Miami, Florida