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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Morocco, Theater, Waterfront architecture, Zaha Hadid
In Morocco, Zaha Hadid Architects and the Bouregreg Valley Development Agency Announce the Rabat Grand Theatre. I am delighted to be building the Grand Theatre in Rabat… Morocco’s unique musical traditions and rich cultural history in the performing arts are renowned throughout the world. I am honoured to be part of the cultural development of [...]
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Category: Architecture Tags: Architecture Award, Competition, DSBA, Iconic architecture, Skyscrapers, Taiwan, upgradestudio
“FLOATING OBSERVATORIES” Proposal by Dorin STEFAN’s DSBA, Mihai CARCIUN and upgrade.studio wins the “Taiwan Tower” Conceptual International Competition. Starting from the ‘geographical’ visual of Taiwan – which is an island resembling a leaf – we have developed the concept of the technological tree: we have designed 8 spatial leaves (with eight being a propitious number [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel Tags: 3XN, Construction, Denmark, Iconic architecture, Random pattern, Skyscrapers, White
Right now the construction of the Bella Sky hotel in Copenhagen is the largest building site in Denmark. In only 6 months Bella Sky will open as one of Scandinavia’s largest and most spectacular hotels Visually the hotel will be characterized by the two leaning towers, creating a spectacular and unspoiled view over the green [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: Foster + Partners, Iconic architecture, Stadium
Lusail Iconic Stadium for Qatar 2022 is revealed at ‘Leaders in Football’ conference in London. As the venue for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid, the Lusail Iconic Stadium will provide a world-class football facility for 86,250 spectators during the opening ceremony, group games and final. Reflecting Doha’s culture and heritage, the stadium is designed to [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Belgium, Cladding, Color architecture, Contemporary architecture, Glass, Iconic architecture, Museum, Neutelings Riedijk Architects, Random pattern, Waterfront architecture
Dutch architectural practice Neutelings Riedijk Architects designed the Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS) located in between the old docks in the heart of “Het Eilandje”. This old port area is the major urban renewal project in the center of Antwerp and is developing as a vibrant new city district. The MAS is designed as a [...]
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Category: Architecture, Transportation Tags: C. F. Møller Architects, Competition, ESD design, Folding architecture, Iconic architecture, Sweden, Terminal, Waterfront architecture
C. F. Møller Architects won the competition for the new terminal for Stockholm’s ferry connections to Finland and the Baltics. The terminal will be a landmark for the new urban development Norra Djurgårdsstaden – due to a significant architecture and a significant sustainable profile. As a transit zone the terminal is one of Stockholm’s major [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: Competition, Iconic architecture, Link-Signatur, NBBJ, Norway, Peter Pran, Stadium
Winning a design competition for the Valerenga Football Club’s new stadium, the team of NBBJ / Link-Signatur / Multiconsult designed a 22,000 seat facility in addition to the Master Plan for the overall site: stadium, public amenities and up to 100,000 square meters of commercial development. The stadium was designed with the ability to expand [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Abu Dhabi architecture, Club, Iconic architecture, Omiros One Architecture, Waterfront architecture
A composition of dynamic and fluid forms that link the buildings to the nautical theme, the heritage of the location and the new F1 character of Yas Island…The Yacht Club is designed to excite, inspire and strengthen the concept that is Yas. O1A principal and founder Mr Omiros Emmanouilides The Yas Island Yacht Club’s streamlined [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: China architecture, EASTERN design office, Iconic architecture, Random pattern
Japanese studio EASTERN design office shared their competition proposal for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Wrestling Arena with us. + Full project description courtesy of EASTERN design office It is the international design proposal competition for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Wrestling Arena. During the Olympic Games, the wrestling arena has a 10,000-person capacity. After the Olympic [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: Construction, France, Glass, Iconic architecture, Skyscrapers, Zaha Hadid
In the French city of Marseille, a new 142.8 metre tower, which is the headquarters of container shipping giant, CMA-CGM is now nearly completed. The building was designed by Zaha Hadid architects in 2004, the project intended to provide a vertical iconic building and to act as a gateway to the city from both land [...]
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Category: Architecture, Design, Selected, Transportation Tags: Australia NewZealand, Car Park, Hassell, Iconic architecture, Random pattern, Skin, Urban Art Projects
Urban Art Projects (UAP) is collaborating with established American artist Ned Kahn, Hassell Sydney and the Brisbane Airport Corporation to create an eight-storey, 5000sqm kinetic façade for the car park of Brisbane’s Domestic Terminal. It is expected to become a memorable icon for the city of Brisbane. Inside the car park, intricate patterns of light [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Foster + Partners, Iconic architecture, Kazakhstan, Nigel Young, Tensile structure, Theater
The grand opening of the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre was recently held in Kazakhstan. It is the world’s tallest tensile structure designed by UK-based architectural firm Foster + Partners. The project is located at the northern end of the new city axis and soars 150 metres from an elliptical base to form the highest peak on [...]
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