Tree-shaped buildings

The residential location consists of two 37 story towers located in Mumbai, India. The Aquaria Grande Tower will feature several different amenities including a car park, fully equipped clubhouse, and a sustainable podium garden.

Aquaria Grande is an iconic residential development intended to become a disntinct landmark in the Borivali suburb of Mumbai. This distinctive project originated from the idea of adjacent forestry and trees of Borivali.

 

The clubhouse in the podium is inspired by a tree form which integrates landscape and architecture harmony.

 

The forms of the twin towers are inspired by the forms of trees. The two distinctive towers provide over 200 comprehensive typical apartments as the trunk of the building, in the roof top, garden and shelter will provide to metaphor the form of leaf shade.

 

On the top of the tower, the triplex Sky Palace apartments will be the most luxurious and attractive units in the twin tower.

 

The Rooftop equipped with sizable decking provides a barbecue deck with internal garden, a Jacuzzi and splendid outdoor view.

 

The shelter on the roof of Sky Palace metaphors the concept of tree branches. It benefits underneath apartment by using 3 types of cladding: 1. Solar panels to absorb excess heat gain and minimize use of indoor energy. 2. Opaque panels to resist awful glaring indoors. 3. Transparent glass makes use of natural lighting to the roof garden.

 

 

 

 

China's ancient capital to get stunning waterfront

The second largest commercial centre in the East China region is preparing for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

A landscape masterplan for the development of 30 kilometres of prime waterfront is coming up in Nanjing, one of China’s four great ancient capitals and the second largest commercial centre in the East China region, in preparation for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

The masterplan designed by Atkins will provide connectivity and access along its length addressing of industrial sites and urban dereliction as well as linking with recent new developments and existing open space.

The waterfront draws inspiration from the local silk industry which produces brocade known as Nanjing Yunjin, a series of weaving patterns using a consistent palette of colour threads.
 

The city of Nanjing, on the banks of the River Yangtze, incorporates some of China’s most important historical, ecological and social landmarks and this project is part of a major masterplan to both consolidate and celebrate these aspects within the overall riverside corridor, according to Atkins.

Covering an area of 11 sq km, Atkins’ design incorporates seven landscape and activity zones which interconnect yet remain distinctive. The zones feature tourism, leisure, commercial facilities and incorporate natural landscape highlights.

Not only will the improvements provide better access to these key features, especially for the visitors to the Games but will provide a lasting legacy celebrating the heritage on Nanjing along its waterfront.

Atkins was the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is currently overseeing the transformation of the Olympic Park into an exciting new visitor destination and community park.

Two-headed animals and other bizarre creatures

A rare Two headed Albino California King Snake is Displayed at the Moscow Zoo, on March 19, 2013. According to the zoo officials the occurrence of two-headed snakes are one in a million and they usually don't survive in the wild.

Frank and Louie, a grey feline with two mouths, two noses and three eyes, turned 12 years and the world's oldest, living two faced cat.

Leonard Sonnenschein, president of the world Aquarium in St. Louie, holds a two-headed albino rat snake. The eight year old oddity of nature is known affectionately by fans worldwide as we died of natural causes in 2007.

A two-headed Honduran milk snake is shown in Ridge Manor, Fla. Parker, a University of Central Florida biologist, says the most two-headed snakes have typical coloration. Albino snakes don't have dark pigmentation in their skin. Albino milk snakes appears in bright shades of red, orange and white. The biologist says two-headed snakes have been documented to live as long as 20 years captivity. but with two brains giving commands to a single body, Parker says the snaked would have a difficult time surviving the wild.

A turtle born with two heads and an extra set of legs between them is held by an employee of a Jenkintown, Pa., Pet store on Sept. 22, 1986. The owner of the store said while it was the strangest thing he'd ever seen he had no idea how long it would live.

 Hakod Avetyan(not pictured) holds a two-headed calf in the Armenian village of Sotk, on January, 28, 2011.The two-headed calf was born on January 25 in the Avetyan's cow house. 

Ukraine Two-headed turtle.