A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
The design of an office development for Bolougne Billancourt was proposed by Foster+Partners for a competition in 2005. And now the construction is complete. The seven-storey building sited on the former Renault headquarters. Utilizing white concrete structure, with a steel…
The Bank of America Tower will stand 288-meter tall at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. Designed by Cook + Fox the building is expected to be the first LEED Platinum skyscraper. With 204,000-square-meter floor area, three-quarters of the…
The new Museum of Islamic Art at Doha, Qatar was opened on December 1st 2008. Designed by I.M. Pei (Pritzker Prize-winner), the museum was built to house masterpieces spanning three continents from the 7th to the 19th century. The building…
Sited on Shanghai’s Luijiazui Finance and Trade Zone, the Shanghai tower is the third of trio of towers which the construction was begin two days ago. The tower consist of office space, a luxury hotel, retail and cultural venues. And…
Harri Mäkiaho’s Krafta has won the first prize for realisation of Sundsvall Arts Centre and Theatre. Adopting simple structure, the project also implementing simple cube shape.
Hearst Tower is 46-storey extension above an existing six-storey Art Deco building located in New York. Completed in 2006, the tower was designed by Norman+ Forster and achieved LEED certification with gold rating. During a ceremony in the Frankfurt Paulskirche…
Located in Beijing, the temporary “Green” Technology Showroom is designed by Gong Dong for CR Land. This showroom using grass panel with integrated irrigation system. Total building area: 500 m2.
The latest residential tower sited at Dubai Waterfront named ‘The Atrium’ is expected for completion in 2013. The tower will stand at 278 metres and has 68 floors above the ground and 3 floor under the ground. Designed by American…
