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Essence Financial Building by OMA

2013-02-07T13:17:00-05:00

Yesterday we published a first image of OMA's latest competition win, the Essence Financial Building in Shenzhen. Here is the project now in more detail.

Previously: OMA to Design Essence Financial Tower in Shenzhen

OMA to Design Essence Financial Tower in Shenzhen

2013-02-06T17:25:00-05:00

OMA has been awarded the first place in the international design competition for the Essence Financial Building in Shenzhen, China. OMA Partners David Gianotten and Rem Koolhaas are heading the project which they intend to be a new generation office tower for Shenzhen.

UPDATE: Click here to see the project in more detail.

Zone: The Spatial Softwares of Extrastatecraft

2012-06-11T14:22:00-04:00

In the future the wisest zone entrepreneurs will question this central feature and ask: Why enclave? What types of incentivized urbanism will actually benefit from physically segregated infrastructure—from being separate and even distant from the dense and dynamic central spaces of existing cities? Given that the zone is now generating its own urban programs — aspiring to be a city—what economic and technical benefits can result from constructing what is in effect a double or shadow of the city?

On Places, Keller Easterling traces the global rise of The Zone -- "a.k.a., the Free Trade Zone, Foreign Trade Zone, Special Economic Zone, Export Processing Zone, or any of the dozens of variants." From pirate enclaves to Puerto Rico, from Shenzhen to Dubai, she interrogates the spatial logic of extrastate zones created to avoid national laws.

Yabao Hi-Tech Enterprises Headquarter Park by 10 Design

2012-05-01T13:58:00-04:00

International architectural practice 10 Design has shared with us their concept of a headquarter park for pharmaceutical company Yabao in Shenzhen, China. Construction of this massive project already commenced last October and is well underway.

Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Passenger Terminal Proposal by WAU Design

2012-04-09T14:54:00-04:00

Shenzhen-based firm WAU Design has shared with us their proposal "Twisted Link" that recently won the team a Commendation in the Design Ideas Competition for Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Passenger Terminal Building, a new structure between the New Territories of Hong Kong and Luohu in Shenzhen, China.

Bridge Urban Life Typology by FangCheng Architects

2012-02-24T14:22:00-05:00

Young Chinese firm FangCheng Architects has sent us their proposal Bridge Urban Life Typology, a city-wide network of bridge buildings which won the team the Second Prize at the 1.100.10000 Ideas Competition. The contest sought for innovative ideas to rapidly add 240,000 affordable housing units for more than 800,000 people in China's mega-boomtown Shenzhen.

The tower and the glory: Terry Farrell's KK100

2012-02-01T14:49:50-05:00

Looming over the sprawling Chinese city of Shenzhen, this building is the tallest skyscraper ever designed by a British architect.

LYCS Architecture to Design CEIG Research Center in Shenzhen

2011-12-20T15:09:13-05:00

Chinese practice LYCS Architecture has won an invited competition for a 32,000 sqm testing and assessment research center in the city of Shenzhen, China. The brief called for a mixed-use building including offices, residential and commercial.

Mecanoo to Design New Cultural Complex in Shenzhen

2011-05-24T14:49:05-04:00

Mecanoo architecten has been selected by the district government of Shenzhen to design a new cultural complex in this Southern Chinese city. The design comprises a public art museum, science museum, youth center and a mega bookstore, totaling 90,000 m². The museum complex is located between the commercial business district of Longgang and Longcheng park.

BIG Wins with 1.5 Towers in China

2009-09-08T14:04:00-04:00

BIG, in collaboration with ARUP and Transsolar, was awarded the first prize in the international competition to design Shenzhen International Energy Mansion, the regional headquarters for the Shenzhen Energy Company. Bustler