Structures

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Vo Trong Nghia unveils bamboo domes under construction in Vietnam
Diamond Island Community Hall in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia | So far two of the 24-metre-wide domes have their structural framework in place, creating a woven lattice made up of clusters of bamboo stalks.
Ring of Life in China | WordlessTech
The enormous monument “Ring of Life” in Fushun, Liaoning Province in China, a 515-foot (157 meters) high metal structure, serving as an elevated sighting site. Ring of Life a monument like the Eiffel Tower, made of 3,000 tons of steel, uses four elevators to take people to the top and will glow at night by 12,000 LED lights.
Design
The Dragon Skin Pavilion, a collaboration between the Laboratory for Explorative Architecture and Design (LEAD), a Hong Kong- and Antwerp-based firm, and the Tampere University of Technology in Finland
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Marrakech Menara Airport, Morocco "Completed in 2008, the structure is formed of massive concrete rhombuses. This muscular approach is softened by the exquisite arabesque patterns on the building's glass skin, which cast complex, ever-changing shadows on the terminal's floors."
keepitsurreal
Occupying and connecting. Frei Otto. The image above by Otto supports his argument that human spontaneous networks of urbanity follow similar patterns to ones formed in nature through the structures of leaves, insect colonies or soap bubbles.
Archery Hall & Boxing Club / FT Architects
Timber Structure: Archery Hall & Boxing Club / FT Architects
Forest Pavilion / nArchitects
Forest Pavilion, Da Nong Da Fu Forest and Eco-park Hualien, Taiwan designed by nArchitects
Windshape / nArchitects
Windshape, Ephemeral pavilions, Lacoste, France by nArchitects :: venue and gathering space
Train station Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal - Calatrava project
'Gare de Oriente' Railway Station in Lisbon, Portugal by Santiago Calatrava Architect
Pancho Arena / Tamás Dobrosi + Doparum Architects
Pancho Arena by Tamás Dobrosi + Doparum Architects / Felcsút, Fő Street 169, 8086 Hungary