Santiago Calatrava Calatrava's style has been heralded as: Bridging the division between structural engineering and

architecture. In the projects, he continues a tradition of Spanish modernist engineering that includes Flix Candela and Antonio Gaud. Nonetheless, his style is also very personal and derives from numerous studies of the human body and the natural world.

Turning Torso, Can

MVRVD

Concept derived from human body

MVRDV is well-known for its philosophy of densification and multiple space use. Their Studies in Density implies a city that is not only in front, behind or next to, but also above and below. In this dense three-dimensional world, spatial quality is no longer translated into morphology or geometry, but in richness, diversity, presence, and proximity.

Include retail and office space, housing units, a hotel, and a park around the base of the building. Flexibility is one of the buildings key design elements, and its modular composition allows property managers to alter its structure to suit tenants needs. In converting the old twin Seed Silos on Copenhagens waterfront into residential towers the architects placed the circulation in the core of the concrete structures and, literally, clipped the apartment to the exterior of the silos.

Sky Village

Gemini Residence

Interior view

Tom Wiscombe

A major characteristic of his working philosophy is the integration of other disciplines and sciences into the architectural work, introducing the latter into a far bigger framework. Biomimicry concept cells structure and dragonfly wings, Biomorphism and biomimicry as two threads of discourse

Huaxi Urban Centre Tower, Guiyang China, 2008

Bjark Ingels

Its liberating sense of joy and the exaltation of human experience through functional aestheticism thats at the heart of Ingels philosophy. To turn the vision and ambition for economic and social sustainability into a pragmatic utopia. The traditional notion of functionalism is to get different functions resolved as quickly as possible to create a model for efficiency rather than happiness.

A technology centre for Taipei, Taiwan, was designed by Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group. The building design consisted of a cube-shaped structure with round voids cut from its volume. The modern building was called TEK (Technology, Entertainment & Knowledge Centre).

Ben van Berkel -

Ability to be holistic, to listen, to be engaged with the client as well as the sites environment and a buildings essential function. Many thoughts and theories pertaining to our world and our lives cannot be fully understood without an image of the apparatus that holds the concept together, which seems to me a very architectural notion. Its not so much the articulation of form and materials that everyone always talks about, its about the energy behind the structure.

Raffles City

The philosophy behind the Raffles City concept was to incorporate mixed use in an urban context, but in such a way as this concept gave a twist. It focused on the urban context met the landscape of the city. In the building design, the urban element of the project turned towards the landscape, whilst the landscape aspect, in turn, turned towards the urban context. The incorporation and consolidation of these separate elements in one formal gesture were effect.

They are also intended to create a more intimate relationship between the interior shape and the exterior faade. Unlike commons voids that are placed at the centre, these voids are placed at the perimeters, hence they have three advantages: 1. The voids are easily transformed into balconies 2. The usable floor space is larger and can be planned more flexibly 3. The voids offer space for small meeting or personal reflection

UNStudio Tower