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Line Up for Concrete Curves: Curvilinear Facades Doing the Trick
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https://www.archdaily.com/1022233/line-up-for-concrete-curves-curvilinear-facades-doing-the-trickAgustina Iñiguez
Büro Ole Scheeren Wins Competition to Design New Swirling Headquarters for Tencent in Shenzhen
Büro Ole Scheeren has won the international competition for the design of Tencent’s new global headquarters in Shenzhen, China. The new structure, occupying a 14-hectare site, will become part of a new urban development along Qianhai Bay. Envisioned as a centerpiece within the future technology and financial district, Büro Ole Scheeren’s Tencent Helix will become the center of the multinational company’s expanding ecosystem.
https://www.archdaily.com/1011356/buro-ole-scheeren-wins-competition-to-design-new-swirling-headquarters-for-tencent-in-shenzhenMaria-Cristina Florian