Photograph by David Bombelli
City Life Milano Residential Complex
Milan, Italy
2004 - 2014
City Life Consortium
CityLife Residences
Photograph by Michele Natasi
City Life Milano Residential Complex
City Life Milano Residential Complex
Photograph by David Bombelli
City Life Milano Residential Complex
City Life Milano Residential Complex
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
City Life Milano Residential Complex
City Life Milano Residential Complex
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The Residential plot is composed by 7 linear buildings set along a continuous path around two land areas: Rc1, including buildings C1-C2-C3 and Rc2 with buildings C4-C5-C6-C7. The land areas are divided by a strip of public park.
The buildings can accommodate up to 230 luxury apartments, with common facilities. The skyline of the residential complex is defined and characterized by a sinuous fluid line. The roof outline raises continuously from building to building, starting from 5-storey C2 building facing Piazza Giulio Cesare it reaches its maximum height at building C6 13th floor, thus ideally setting a unified and unique skyline.
Great care has been given to site and buildings orientation, taking into account environmental and comfort requirements so that most apartments face south-east and at the same time allocate the best views from the terraces, towards the city or the public park.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Generali Tower - Shopping Centre (Podium Interior - lower ground floor)
CityLife Residences is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan’s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair’s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005. Explore our other projects within the CityLife Materplan
The façades design involves continuity and fluidity: the volumetric envelope of the buildings is defined by a curvilinear movement of balconies and terraces, opening up into a rich variety of private spaces, both interior and exterior, echoing the landscape below.
The façade materials - fiber concrete panels and natural wood panels - emphasize this complex volumetric movement and at the same time give a private and “domestic” quality to the interior of the residential courtyard.
At ground level, the double-height lobbies are flooded with light by large openings stretching from floor to ceiling, designed to confer strong visual continuity with the park.
Although great consideration has been given to the ground floor design and morphology, the project is formally defined mainly by the roof profile and the intense urban horizon it generates. This strategy was determined by the awareness of forthcoming towers looking upon the residential roofs and by the strong will to engender, within the inner courtyard, a completely new residential landscape, reassuring yet dynamic.
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Located in Kodra e Diellit, the fastest-growing district of Tirana, the Nest and Cascades are new additions to the community. Renowned for its colourful post-communist architecture and vibrant café culture, Tirana is the capital of Albania with almost one million residents living within its greater metropolitan region. Progressing rapidly towards European Union membership, the Albanian economy is predicted to grow significantly in the coming years—with Tirana as the centre of its growth.
Located in Kodra e Diellit, the fastest-growing district of Tirana, the Nest and Cascades are new additions to the community. Renowned for its colourful post-communist architecture and vibrant café culture, Tirana is the capital of Albania with almost one million residents living within its greater metropolitan region. Progressing rapidly towards European Union membership, the Albanian economy is predicted to grow significantly in the coming years—with Tirana as the centre of its growth.
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Located a short distance from Downtown Dubai and the Dubai Design District, Symphony Tower is situated within the new Horizon district of Dubai between the city's Meydan Racecourse and the waters of Ras Al Khor.
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Situated on the beach at Surfside, The Delmore’s design is defined by its location and environment. ZHA’s detailed analysis of the oceanfront site mapped fluctuations in solar radiation, temperature, humidity, prevailing winds, air quality, rainfall, in addition to the variable ground and sea conditions throughout every day of the year.
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Mews House is an innovative architectural solution built on a restricted urban site within one of London’s historic conservation areas
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Established in 1991, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) has become a leading research institution consistently ranked amongst the best in Asia and around the globe. Over half of the university’s 16,000 students enrolled in the 2019-2020 academic year are from overseas, creating an urgent demand for new residential facilities within its Clear Water Bay campus.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
One Thousand Museum is a 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami. With views across Biscayne Bay, this popular 30-acre park was redeveloped in 2013 as one of downtown Miami's primary public spaces and includes the city's new art and science museums.
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The client explained to the architect, “I want to wake up in the morning and just see blue sky”, to which Zaha replied, “You realise you have to be above the trees?” The form of the residence is defined by its natural topography with fluid geometries emerging from the landscape and remaining partially embedded within the hillside.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
There is a powerful urban dynamic between the streets of New York and the High Line, a layered civic realm that has developed over generations and in many iterations. 520 West 28th conveys this contextual relationship, applying new ideas and concepts to create the latest evolution of the site’s rich history.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Home to six universities and two polytechnics, the city of Graz has a long history as a seat of learning and innovation. Continuing this tradition of welcoming pioneers from around the world, Graz’s 60,000 students, academics and local businesses generate an increasing demand for visitor accommodation in the city whose population has grown by 20% since 2001.
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