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The Soul of Wine in the Vortices of Fluids

(Issue of a magazine 3/2016, page 86)

The Cité du Vin is a museum as well as a place of exhibitions, shows, movie projections and academic seminars on the theme of wine located in Bordeaux, France. Its official opening by the President of France François Hollande took place on May 31, 2016. The shape of the building, all in curves, to the outside as well as inside, has been designed by the architects of the agency XTU and the agency in the English design Casson Mann Limited who wanted to make an iconic building with high visibility. The two agencies have been selected by contest of project management in May 2011. The structure has a form of the vine, gnarled (de cep de vigne noueux) “to remember both a wine, turning it into a glass and the tub of the Garonne river, which borders the site.”

“Hyperion” – Wooden Trio

(Issue of a magazine 3/2016, page 92)

Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés, in partnership with Eiffage and Woodeum, has won a competition to build a 57-meter high residential tower in Bordeaux on plot 8.4 in the Saint-Jean Belcier district. The project named “Hyperion”, in reference to the tallest living tree on earth, will be built using a wooden CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) structure. This name was born by analogy with Hyperion – evergreen redwoods tree (Sequoia sempervirens), which grows in national “Redwood Park” in Northern California, USA. It is the tallest tree in the world – 115.61 m.

Linking by “Green Ribbon”

(Issue of a magazine 3/2016, page 96)

Two French architectural companies Atelier Phileas and LA architectures in collaboration with Amsterdam-based SeARCH have won a competition to design a housing block in urban redevelopment zone (ZONE D’AMÉNAGEMENT CONCERTÉ, ZAC) the new Paris Rive Gauche district on the left bank of the Seine. With each practice focused on one building, the project resulted in the combining of three interconnected high-rises united by a “green ribbon,” “cut skyline” and a common expression of function projected onto the facades.

Butterfly Tower: Feel Like in Paradise

(Issue of a magazine 3/2016, page 100)

Nha Trang on the coast of the South China Sea is one of the most popular resorts in Vietnam. The temperature in summer and winter kept at 22-28 ˚С and the sea temperature – 26-29 ˚С. Excellent public sandy beaches, sightseeing attractions and different recreational infrastructure allure travelers from all round the world. It is not surprising that tourism is an industry, which determines the economy of the city. There are many excellent hotels and modern residential buildings with sought-after apartments. Such as “Butterfly Tower”, the center of a residential complex “Butterfly”, situated in the new district U-Sea City.

Carmel Place: Model of Micro Living Units

(Issue of a magazine 3/2016, page 104)

Carmel Place (formerly known as MY MICRO NY), winner of the adAPT NYC competition, optimizes modular construction to provide the city with housing solutions for the expanding small household population. Exterior and interior spaces were designed with the goal of creating a systemic new paradigm for housing in NYC and other cities with similar demographic and affordability challenges. The implementation of the project in real-residential building occurred in late 2015.

Awards for Sustainability, or How to Break Stereotypes

(Issue of a magazine 3/2016, page 110)

Traditionally in June RIBA National Award announce the winners of architectural awards. During last 50 years, from 1966, jury of Royal Institute of British Architects chooses the best realize projects with local RIBA awards. There are projects mentioned for green technologies among the winners. They receive Sustainability Award, sponsored by SIKA company.

Come Back to Salerno

(Issue of a magazine 2/2016, page 44)

Inaugurated on 25 April 2016, the new Salerno Maritime Terminal designed by Zaha Hadid Architects is integral to the city’s urban plan. Begun by Mayor Vincenzo De Luca, now governor of the Campania Region, and continued under the current mayor Vincenzo Napoli, the 1993 plan for Salerno targeted the development of essential projects and programs for the social, economic and environmental regeneration of the city.

New Hospital in the Garden City

(Issue of a magazine 2/2016, page 56)

Architects Penoyre & Prasad have recently completed a new 8541m2 local NHS hospital in Welwyn Garden City. As part of a wider reconfiguration of hospital services in East and North Hertfordshire the new QEII is one of the first of a new generation of hospitals commissioned to provide key healthcare community services. It replaces the existing district general hospital built in the 1950’s, which itself was one of the first purpose built NHS hospitals in the UK.

Sunny Outpost

(Issue of a magazine 2/2016, page 62)

Creation of eco-sustainable cities – one of the biggest challenges faced by people in the XXI century, and this challenge starts in the urban development zone of the 17th arrondissement of Paris at Cardinet-Chalabre. Educational complex designed by Atelier Philéas Architecture Bureau, which includes primary and secondary schools, as well as dormitory for 152 miniapartments, is already constructed.

Place for Sports and Socializing

(Issue of a magazine 2/2016, page 70)

The new UFCSPA Igara sports campus in Brazil is more than a public institution – it is a bold and green public space as well. This was the guiding principle behind the proposal designed by OSPA Arquitetura e Urbanismo, who created a two-faced plan for the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre to have two levels of programmatically diverse spaces. This Brazilian building has an entire soccer field on its roof.

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