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China Pavilion - Shanghai Expo
One of the most striking pavilions at last year’s Shanghai Expo came, appropriately, from the home country. It was obvious immediately that it was Chinese, through both the inverted pyramid of its shape, with strong horizontals, and the bright red that is immediately reminiscent of monuments such as Beijing’s Forbidden City. The horizontals, with ends cantilevering a short distance beyond the supporting elements below, pay homage to one of the most typical forms in traditional Chinese architecture, interlocking ‘dougong’ brackets. These were always realised in timber but here, in this modern interpretation, are clad in aluminium.
Architect South China University of Technology Institute of Architectural Design (He Jingtang) Location Shanghai - China Company involved Hunter Douglas China Website http://www.hunterdouglasgroup.com -
Water Towers
Haninge is a municipality about 40 kilometres south of Stockholm (Sweden) which consists of over 3,600 inhabited and uninhabited islands. Previously an industrial area, the area is undergoing a rapid transformation into a residential suburb thanks to its excellent transport links to the centre of Stockholm.
Architect HMXW arkitekter Location Haninge - Sweden Company involved Elval Colour Website www.elval-colour.com -
Avilés Warehouse
Steel is the obvious choice of materials for industrial buildings, even more so if it is to be housing steel elements. So when steel maker ArcelorMittal was planning a new warehouse building in the port of Aviles in Spain, in front of its works, there was little discussion about the selection of materials.
Architect [baragaño] Location Avilés - Spain Company involved ArcelorMittal Website http://www.arcelormittal.com