I am often amazed at the ingenuity of architects and designers as they challenge our concept of shape and space. This unique shaped contemporary building is located in Monaco where it resides in a prestigious area steeped in history. This four-story building is planned to have a café at its first level and offices above. On the fourth level is to be an office where the honorary consular of Monaco will reside offering a grand place to meet and greet dignitaries and important guests.
Part of the scope of this project was that Monaco wanted to create a sense of urbanism as it is has slowly eroded over time. According to the architect firm, McBride Charles Ryan, this type of project is rare. I applaud the government for getting behind such a wonderful contemporary architecture project. I am sure that this building will be a sight-seeing stop for tourists.
Built around a lake, Lavasa is a lifestyle development and India's first post-independence "hill station," or second-home community. Lavasa is poised to be a world-class urban and economic center built in an area of 8,000 acres / 3,240 ha.
The development defines a new way to support human habitation while preserving and improving India's important natural ecosystems. The intent is to provide a new sustainable community, both in its relationship to the environment and in how people live, learn, work and play. Combining longstanding patterns of historic Indian development with vernacular building forms, the plan preserves open spaces while establishing a dozen compact, walk-able villages along the lake.
