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SHUIFA INFO TOWN PROPERTY EXHIBITION CENTRE, CHINA AOE
The main structure of the ShuiFa Info Town Property Exhibition Centre, in Jinan, is assembled from white perforated panels and was designed “like a mountain waterfall, combined with green microtopography” said the architects, to give the building “refinement and cultural significance.” A second layer is set outside the main structure, enveloping the building within the perforated plating. The curtain wall sections are slanted, and interlaced inside, and the gap between the sections forms the entrance. The interior of the building is obscured by the white perforated plating, and as night falls, lighting shines through the perforated plates.
GRAND MOSQUE PRAYER HALL, ALGERIA
KSP JÜRGEN ENGEL ARCHITEKTEN
THE VILLAGE, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE BIG-BJARKE INGELS GROUP
BIG has been selected as the designer of the new Student Centre for Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland. The competition-winning design for ‘The Village’ is an “open, modern facility envisioned as a social engagement hub for all members of the Hopkins community,” said the architects. The 150,000 ft2
building negotiates the sloping grade of the site to allow direct entry from all four levels, while maintaining and providing several accessible routes. The entrance will open into a “cascading interior landscape of dining, performance, lounging, and socialising.” The mass timber structure will provide a warm and acoustically comfortable environment as light filters in between the photovoltaic roof panels, which will help to meet the university’s larger sustainability goals. The new Student Centre will satisfy the university’s “long-acknowledged need for a true non-academic gathering spot,” and is set to be completed by autumn 2024.
KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten has announced the completion of the Prayer Hall of the Grand Mosque in Algiers, the world’s third largest mosque. The interior of the Prayer Hall with its central dome is also divided by pillars, which reach heights of up to 45 metres; the space is able to host up to 36,000 worshippers. Aside from the dome, which measures 50 metres in diameter and reaches a height of 70 metres at its apex, the major landmark of the complex is the minaret, which soars to 265 metres, making it not only the highest structure in Africa, but also the tallest minaret in the world.
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