Having received numerous awards, the Chung Tai Chan Monastery, designed by the avant-garde architect C.Y. Lee, has become a landmark of 21st-century religious architecture. Its Buddhist temple is currently the largest in the world outside China. The design of the roofs, which confer so much identity to the monastery, is typical of Chinese temples built during the Tang ...
For what is one of Belfast’s most important civic buildings, the transformation of the Belfast Waterfront has seen the creation of a stunning new £29.5 million extension which has doubled the size of the existing facility and features a semi-transparent and colourful façade to form a dynamic frontage to the waterfront. The new 7000m² extension to Belfast Waterfront f...
JD Architects (JDA) has recently completed its ambitious redevelopment of Cinque Ports Street, the 1,050 sq. m. former Central Garage site in Rye. Derelict for fourteen years, these buildings have been given a new lease of life with a striking, angular wooden façade made from Kebony. With its clever design and sustainable focus, Cinque Ports Street was announced as a win...
