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- Curvaceous algae-covered towers proposed for Hangzhou Fri, 11 May 18, 10:30pmParis-based studio XTU Architects recently unveiled designs for a futuristic high-rise in Hangzhou that blends sustainable technologies into an organic, sculptural design...
- New City of Wine museum in Bordeaux looks like wine swirling in a glass Thu, 21 Jul 16, 10:50pmThe shape of La Cité du Vin references wine in a variety of ways; it could be interpreted to mimic gnarled vine stock or wine swirling in a glass. Its round volumes are clad in silk-screen printed glass panels and perforated,...
- Trio of living green buildings reinvent Paris as a thriving sustainable ecosystem Wed, 17 Feb 16, 5:00amAs one of the 23 winners of the Reinventer Paris competition, In Vivo explores how to create the “Paris of tomorrow” through resilient architecture...
- France’s 2015 World Expo Pavilion Challenges World Hunger with a Farm-to-Table Design Fri, 2 May 14, 11:00pmX-TU Architects describe the scheme as a "reversed and spectacular landscape," in that food is grown on the vaulted ceiling and walls rather than on the ground...