Perhaps her most intriguing design so far has been an enormous nature-laden university roof inspired by rice terraces ... adopted the "sponge city" concept as a national programme, with 16 ...

"Rice terraces have an important semiotic and symbolic significance in a culture such as China," say the the firm. The design's focus is on the need to sow seed vertically - just like a skyscraper.

Slater previously described the design as inspired by the Banaue Rice Terraces, the so-called "Eighth ... working around the concept of “conforming” with than working against the natural ...

“To have the Banaue Rice Terraces as a design inspiration is perhaps laudable, as they [the rice terraces] are definitely in harmony with nature. But the rice terraces’ use of sloping land is ...

We just pushed everything towards the terrain and just followed the flow of the mountain so this is the whole concept behind ... Its ‘Banaue Rice Terraces-inspired’ design is stunning, yet ...

The Ifugao Rice Terraces, which follow the natural contours of the mountains, only enhance the region’s rugged natural beauty. They also epitomize a harmonic, sustainable relationship between ...

Megawide Construction Corp., the original proponent status (OPS) holder for the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), has unveiled its Banuae Rice Terraces-inspired design ...

The Banaue Rice Terraces are sometimes called the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’. Perched 1,500 metres up on the side of the Cordillera mountains in Ifugao, Philippines, the network of fields ...