Ho Chi Minh City Central Park, Vietnam
LAVA with partner ASPECT Studios has won the international competition to design the 16 hectare Central Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with construction due to start in 2020. Designed to have an informal layout, LAVA and Aspect Studios' masterplan is centered around a series of elevated, undulating ramps and walkways. These replicate the positions of entwining railway tracks that occupied the site in the 19th century. The site has always been about transportation.…
Dezeen Awards 2020; Architecture Winners
Dezeen Awards is an annual awards program, now in its third year. It identifies the world's best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and the individual architects and designers producing the most outstanding work. Organized by Dezeen, one of the world's most popular and influential architecture and design website, Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere. The judging criteria have been…
Dalian International Conference Center, China
Dalian International Conference Center, located in China, is designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au Architectural Firm. The building, with an area of 40000 m2 has both to reflect the promising modern future of Dalian and its tradition as an important port, trade, industry and tourism city. The footprint of the building on the site is therefore arranged in accordance with the orientation of the two major urban axes which merge in front of the building. Dalian International…
Giant Crystal Cave, Mexico
The Giant Crystal Cave discovered in 2000 after water was pumped out of the cave by a mining company. Two miners saw the crystals when they entered the drying cave on foot. The crystals are buried 300 meters beneath the Sierra de Naica Mountain in Chihuahua, Mexico. Giant Crystal Cave is a U-shaped cavity in the limestone. Roughly 30 meters long by 10 meters wide, it was filled with groundwater for tens of thousands of…
Green Spine (Beulah Southbank), Australia
UNStudio and Cox Architecture have officially been announced as the winners of Melbourne’s landmark Southbank Precinct overhaul. UNStudio's vision for the $2 billion project includes a pair of twisted towers. The project is integrally organized by one Big Detail: a ‘Green Spine’ of vertically networked platforms, terraces and verandas. Situated on a 6,000-square-metre site, the taller tower will be entirely residential and reach a height of 356.2 meters, with a "publicly accessible" garden at the…
