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First Place of eVolo’s 2012 Skyscraper Competition: ‘Himalaya Water Tower’

Posted on March 19, 2012

Archivenue just shared a Honarable Mentions entry by Bogdan Chipara for the 2012 Skyscraper Competition hosted by eVolo Magazine.

The first place was awarded to Zhi Zheng, Hongchuan Zhao and Dongbai Song from China for their project ‘Himalaya Water Tower’. The proposal is a skyscraper located high in the Himalayan mountain range that stores water and helps regulate its dispersal to the land below as the mountains’ natural supplies dry up. The skyscraper, which can be replicated en masse, will collect water in the rainy season, purify it, freeze it into ice and store it for future use.

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‘Coal Power Plant Mutation’ by Bogdan Chipara

Posted on March 18, 2012

eVolo Magazine recently announced the winners of the 2012 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution.

This entry here, ‘Coal Power Plant Mutation’ by Romanian architect Bogdan Chipara, was one of the Honorable Mentions and suggests a radically new design approach towards fossil fuel power plants. Continue Reading →

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eVolo 2011 Skyscraper Competition

Posted on July 28, 2010

eVolo invites students, architects, engineers, and designers from around the globe to take part in the 2011 Skyscraper Competition.

The annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, development, and promotion of innovative concepts for vertical density. It examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city. Continue Reading →

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A Skyscraper That Produces Freshwater

Posted on July 4, 2010

For the contest Evolo 2010, the agency Parisian architecture DCA / Crew Design for Architecture has designed the tower ecosystem, vertical greenhouse to produce fresh water from sea water and mangroves. A project that was awarded a special mention by the jury. Continue Reading →

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Winners of 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition Announced

Posted on March 14, 2010

eVolo Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organization. The award seeks to discover young talents whose ideas will change the way we understand architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.

The Jury of the 2010 edition was formed by leaders of the architecture and design fields including: Mario Cipresso, Kyu Ho Chun, Kenta Fukunishi, Elie Gamburg, Mitchell Joachim, JaeYoung Lee, Adelaïde Marchi, Nicola Marchi and Eric Vergne. The Jury selected 3 winners and 27 special mentions among 430 entries from 42 countries. Continue Reading →

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