Month February 2010

Shams Sale Center by X-Architects

From the X-Architects: The proposed sales center provides a sensitive approach to the local ecology and landscape, especially to the fast depleting mangrove reserves of AbuDhabi. Extending and hovering above the existing mangroves and integrating them into its design, the…

Rolex Learning Center by SANAA

The design of Rolex Learning Center was proposed by SANAA for a competition in 2004. And the construction of the building has been completed and scheduled to open for operation next week. Aimed to be the main point of entry…

Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer, Italy

Designed by Oscar Niemeyer ten years ago, the Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer sited on difficult landscape in Ravello, Salerno, Italy. The project covers 1,500 sq m space includes an auditorium, a semicircular stage, a recording studio, and a rehearsal room. There…

Singapore Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010

Looks like a huge “music box.” , the Singapore pavilion will be a two-story 3,000-square-meter structure with an “Urban Symphony” theme. Its aluminum façade will feature replicas of Singapore’s famous buildings, Water and gardens will be the two main elements…