Vinpearl Project is the welcome center of the Grand World Phu Quoc master-plan, which is part of the massive Phu Quoc United Center, Southeast Asia's top resort, entertainment, and shopping supercomplex. The scope of the project is impressive, with a building area of almost 1500 sqm.
The client asked VTN Architects to make a bamboo…
Lushly planted walls, hanging vines, structure-piercing trees, weathered stones, and sunken landscapes, these are some of the amazing characteristics of VTN Architects' projects, an architecture practice based in Ho Chi Minh City. Their works incorporate traditional Vietnamese building techniques, like complex bamboo trusses, perforated blocks, cooling water systems, shaded terraces, and thatched roofs. All these…
Design student Eliza Hague has created a concept for inflatable greenhouses made from shellac-coated bamboo paper to help residents of Jaipur, India, grow their own food. The University of Westminster student has developed a low-cost paper-like material from bamboo pulp as a sustainable and local alternative to the polyethylene plastic sheeting typically used for polytunnels.…
CAUKIN Studio is a collective of young architectural designers working on a variety of design and construction projects worldwide. The team began working together in 2015 when the very first project, Playscape, was completed in Cambodia. CAUKIN ’s working practice seeks to tackle social, environmental and economical problems through beautiful, well-crafted design. By seeking collaboration…
Ramboll is a leading engineering, design and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945. With 300 offices in 35 countries, Ramboll combines local experience with a global knowledge-base constantly striving to achieve inspiring and exacting solutions that make a genuine difference to their clients, the end-users, and society at large. The Template House project seeks…
Steven Chilton Architects got inspired by the Sea of Bamboo Park, the largest bamboo forest in China, for the concept of the Wuxi Show Theater, located in Jiangsu Province, China. Due to open in 2019, the 2000-seat building has been designed to house a permanent water show by Franco Dragone. The structure’s appearance is…
Located in Sri Lanka, Zowa Architects is a studio founded by Pradeep Kodikara and Jineshi Samaraweera, both graduates from the City School of Architecture in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Developing environmentally appropriate design solutions is an integral part of their architectural practice. "A contemporary Sri Lankan idiom runs through ourr work, which is shaped by a…
TACO (Taller de Arquitectura Contextual ) is a multidisciplinary workshop where projects of architecture, urban design, interior design, landscaping and furniture are designed and executed in an integral way. TACO's projects are based on the analysis of the context, covering from the tangible factors, such as nature and the built environment, among others; to…
Opened last month, IK Lab is located in the luxurious eco-friendly Azulik resort, on the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The project came about when Santiago Rumney Guggenheim, a descendant of the famed Guggenheim family and a Tulum local, suggested the resort's founder and designer Jorge Eduardo Neira Sterkel to open an art gallery.
Sterkel's design for IK LAB…
TROPICAL SPACE is an architecture firm based in Ho Chi Minh city, founded by architects Nguyen Hai Long and Tran Thi Ngu Ngon. They are specialized in the design and planning of urban design, master planning, architecture, landscape and interior design. With a deep understanding of Vietnamese culture and climate, Tropical Space is committed to the use of environmentally friendly building practices and sustainable material selection.
Beside the Thu Bon river…