A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
Influenced by Calatrava, Hadid, Sarah Schneider and Chris Cunningham, the Seed Archive’s architecture is in the form of a growing cytoskeleton of a plant. This building is proposed to house and preserve native plants for future generations in the Pacific…
The Australian architects who won Pritzker Prize in 2002, Glenn Marcus Murcutt has been awarded the 2009 AIA Gold Medal based on effect of his works to the world, especially his small, elegant building.
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…
