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 →
Strata SE1 is the tallest residential building in central London. Developed by Brookfield Europe it comprises high quality apartments in two architecturally prestigious buildings both with space for shops and restaurants below.
There are 408 private apartments at Strata SE1 with a choice of studios, one, two and three bedroom duplex apartments all with stunning views of London.
The first building in the world with integral wind turbines, it sets a new benchmark in terms of environmental strategy.
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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 →
Design team Chimera has conceived of an incredible series of spiraling skyscrapers for New York’s Hudson Yards that are modeled after the complex ecosystems created by the mangrove tree. Dubbed “Mangal City”, the project is an “urban ecological system” composed of modular pod capsules that shift to adapt to environmental and contextual conditions. A beautiful example of biomimicry and certainly a flight of fancy, the plan proposes a futuristic building system based upon flexibility. Continue Reading →
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 →
