Here’s How Architects Are Breathing New Life into an Atrophying Typology

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Hongkong Land’s Yorkville – The Ring by PH Alpha Design uses a revolutionary seven-level glass botanical garden design to accommodate hundreds of gravity-defying plants, creating a truly eco-friendly commercial space. A continuous skin sweeps around the mall to cohesively integrate a “Forest of light” within the interior space, which includes gardens, generous gardens and other activities.

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Jury Winner, 10th Annual A+Awards, Shopping Center

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Bold and Unusual: Make a Statement With a Shipping Container Sliding Door

Paul Michael Davis Architects adds an adventurous addition to a ho-hum 1950s split level on Mercer I sland, Washington.

Rethinking the Family Home: This Residence Imagines Life for Multiple Families Under a Shared Roof

How can collective memory be expressed in the domestic space of a communal living arrangement? Neri& Hu's private home is shared by several family units.

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