Bahrain Financial Harbour | MAKE Architects

The proposals will provide a dramatic culmination to the Bahrain Financial Harbour masterplan. A cultural quarter with an Opera House at the scheme's epicentre generates a heart to the scheme while providing the area with a prominent gateway icon.

Twin tower proposals have been conceived in a scissor formation to optimise views towards the harbour corniche and beyond to the Gulf. The building orientation minimises wind loading and exposure to the low sun angles with 'dart-like' forms exploiting and funnelling cooling breezes, while providing shade and a calming eddy at the ground plane............more

International Architectural Competition | Aura SOHO | Beijing | China | Make Architects

Make were shortlisted for a prestigious international competition with this dramatic design for a new 500,000m² office and retail development. Located on a gateway site near Beijing international airport, the building takes the form of a monumental arch which creates a powerful presence on the skyline and celebrates arrival into the city. The development is surrounded by new public spaces which are conceived as a fluid landscape, linked and defined by ribbon-like canopies that flow through the pedestrian routes. Organically-shaped retail pavilions overlook a range of gardens and sunken courtyards and a large civic plaza provides the development, and the wider area, with a focal point............more