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Complete with a landscape design by 2.ink studio that incorporates indigenous plants, this sustainable headquarters by LEVER Architecture thoughtfully uses design thinking to accommodate various levels of physical ability and feel inviting to all

Located in Portland's Albina neighborhood, The Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters by LEVER Architecture with 2.ink Studio is a platform for advancing Meyer’s initiatives across the state, supported by a design that expresses the Foundation’s commitment to equity and sustainability.
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David Adjaye creates a new civic and cultural hub through three pavilions of different scales and functions all in harmony with the unique tropical ecology of the site

Integrated into the revitalization of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Winter Park Library & Events Center by David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates is a civic and cultural complex outside Orlando providing spaces for social gathering, intellectual nourishment, and enhanced connection to the natural tropical context.
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Based on the concept of transformation, Ian Png of Woods Bagot is set to covert the 84-year-old Tianjin Thermal Plant into a mixed-use center as a model of sustainable urban renewal for a major port city in China

Together with the client Jinmao Group, Ian Png and Woods Bagot’s mission for the Ianjin Jinmao Plaza is to vitalize the old factory into an engaging place for Tianjin citizens that inspires a new lifestyle while memorializing the local history. 
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Weaving together a neighborhood and a park in a sustainable, next-generation mixed-use development, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture set new standards for commercial and retail buildings in the city

Golden Leaf Gardens by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture for China Overseas Land and Investment (COLI) is a landmark project designed to create a new neighborhood that functions as the center of the vibrant new Zhenru Central Business District in Shanghai.
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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s design for a sprawling new development based on sustainability gears to become a Jamaican national landmark and symbol of community and placemaking

With a people- and environmentally-centric design, the Kingston Leadership Plaza by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture provides specific educational spaces and programs and will bring people together in a safe, neutral place for both children and adults to enjoy live music, sports, and other events.
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Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron/SZAD design a new low-carbon ecological innovation space, complete with Gree Electric’s patented photovoltaic power generation curtain wall for an energy-saving air-conditioning system

Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. has commissioned Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron/SZAD to design its new headquarters on the island of Hengqin as a stacked complex of spaces to be completed in 2023 that will provide a new platform for the diversified development of the carbon-neutral industry. 
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