Tag Archive: vertical city

Mar 05

Shenzen Sustainable Farmscrapers

Asian Cairns

Shenzen Asian Cairn is a masterplan featuring six sustainable farmscrapers formed of pebble-like structures in Shenzen, China unveiled by French firm Vincent Callebaut Architects. The project has been designed in response to the growing population of Shenzen, the need to cut C02 emissions and the increased urban development in the area. Inspired by cairns, the stone heaps found on mountains …

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Jul 04

The Scotts Tower by UNStudio

The Scotts Tower by UNStudio 11

A 31-storey tower in Singapore designed by Dutch architects UNStudio offers residents all the possibilities of a neighbourhood in a single building. The Scotts Tower is the first development under the Far East Organization’s SOHO brand, which plans to redesign Singapore to conserve space. This 231-unit tower consists of 1 to 3-bedroom apartments and 4-bedroom …

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Jun 02

RAK Jebel Al Jais by OMA

Jebel Al Jais Mountain Resort by OMA

Description from OMA: Once the idea of the resort was to provide a momentary escape from everyday hardships; an earthly preview of paradise for temporary consumption… but now in the UAE, where the resort has become the ubiquitous condition, everywhere and ever present, it is the resort itself that is beginning to inspire escape. The …

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