Won Dharma Center / By Hanrahan Meyers Architects LLP

Claverack, NY, United States
Hanrahan Meyers Architects LLP
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Photo © Courtesy of Michael Moran

The Won Dharma Center, USA, is a 32,000 square foot recreational and spiritual retreat in Claverack, New York for the Won Buddhists, a Korean organization that emphasizes balance in one's daily life and relationship to nature.

Metalmorphosis Sculpture / By David Cerny

SCULPTURE, METAL WORKING

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
David Cerny
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Photo © Courtesy of David Cerny

‘Metalmorphosis’ is a giant dynamic sculpture 30 feet high, located by the main façade of the business centre ‘Whitehall’ in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the first permanent public construction in USA by a Czech sculptorDavid Cerny.

Eight Spruce Street ( Beekman Tower) / By Gehry Partners, LLP

8 Spruce Street, Newyork, United States
Gehry Partners, LLP
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Photo © Courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Structural Design of the Year 
The 867 ft, 76-story iconic Beekman Tower, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry, is New York City’s tallest residential tower. Located in the middle of the block bounded by Nassau, Beekman, Spruce and Gold Streets, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge, the 1.1 million SF mixed-use building has redefined the skyline of Downtown Manhattan.

Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church / By Marlon Blackwell Architect

Springdale, United States
Marlon Blackwell Architect
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Photo © Courtesy of Timothy Hursley--At night, St. Nicholas presents a glowing, balanced composition. The architects embedded blue and yellow glass windows and a red cross in the white, western elevation. To further delineate the church, they surrounded it with a skirt of black mulch.

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: CIVIC AND COMMUNITY
Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church is the result of a transformation of an existing metal shop building into a sanctuary and fellowship hall in anticipation of a larger adjacent sanctuary on the same site.

Union Station Bicycle Transit Center / By KGP Design Studio

Union Station, Washington DC, United States
KGP Design Studio
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Photo © Courtesy of KGP Design Studio

At the cusp of a livable cities movement, the Bicycle Transit Center is a highly visible catalyst promoting bicycle use and alternative transportation options by providing secure parking, rental, and retail uses.