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I.M. Pei and Chen Chi-Kwan, Luce Memorial Chapel at Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, 1954-63

Chinese Transect from the Museum of Taipei, c. 1500 CE

Toyo Ito, World Game Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2009

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Maritime Culture and Pop Music Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2010-1 (via creativeloafing)

Reiser + Umemoto, Port and Cruise Service Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, c. 2012-4

Reiser + Umemoto, Pop Music Center, Taipei, Taiwan, c. 2014

OTA+, City Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010

B+U, Performing Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008

UFO Dwellings, Sanzhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, c. 1978 (via flavorwire)

'The buildings resembled Futuro houses, of which some examples also can be found in Taiwan.They were intended as a vacation resort in a part of the northern coast adjacent to Danshui, and were marketed towards U.S. military officers coming from their East Asian postings. However, the project was abandoned in 1980 due to investment losses and several car accident deaths during construction, which is said to have been caused by the unfortuitous act of bisecting the Chinese dragon sculpture located near the resort gates for widening the road to the buildings. Other stories indicated that the site was the former burial ground for Dutch soldiers. The pod-like buildings became a minor tourist attraction due in part to their unusual architecture. The structures have since been subject of a film, used as a location by MTV for cinematography, photographed by people, and become a subject in online discussions, described as a ghost town or "ruins of the future."'

BIG, TED Building Renderings and Diagrams, Taipei, Taiwan, c. 2012 (via eVolo)

"TED is a public building in Taiwan that uses a form and highly mixed program to encourage a large cross section of users. Designed by BIG Architects, the 57 meter cubed building has an open section, or ‘street’ to allow full public access through the building. The access rises and dilates near the top of the building and opens onto a rooftop garden. The roof is to be a public park and informal performance area. Radiating from the street will be hotel, retail, office, restaurants, etc, with no particular formal arrangement. The building is an expression of a city bock packed into a more vertical system. The ribs, evocative of the underside of a mushroom form stairs through the structure and is repeated on the walls and ceiling thus creating a visually continuous facade. The access through the building allows for ventilation, shade, and increased fenestration for the occupants. The building site is not yet disclosed."

Bamboo Architecture

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