A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
The Castle House is expected for completion in 2009. It’s designed by Hamilton as an eco-residential tower by utilizing wind turbin on the top of the tower. When complete, the main tower will reach 147 m tall and the adjacent…
The design of Meridian Tower was proposed by Patel Taylor Architect. This 32-story tower is 122 meter AOD or 41 meter higher than it’s permitted. Beside the main tower, actually the proposal also includes 4 more blocks: 5-story pavilion and…
James Stockwell’s Leura House was awarded the 2008 Wilkinson Award from Australian Institute of Architects New South Wales. Mr. James adopting Japanese design method ‘discontinuous unity’ that’s popularized by Takamasa Yoshikaza, it means there are more opened-space rather than closed-space…
The design of Icelandic Opera House was chosen from an invited international competition. And the lucky guy at this time is Arkitema and Arkthing architects who won the competition. This cencert hall located in Hamraborg, Kopavogur, Reykjavik, Iceland. It sizes…
Designed by L-A-V-A (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture), the Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower was unveiled recently as the first project of a series of branded towers. What next, may be Bill Gates Tower or Burj Christano Ronaldo? I hope the…
Sited at Dubai Marina, the 23 Marina residential tower is expected to top out in early 2009. When finished, it could be the world’s first tower with 57 swimming pools in a single building. Consisting of 288 apartments, this building…
Designed by Renzo Piano, the California Academy of Sciences has been opened for public since 27 September 2008. Mr. Piano designed this building with green and sustainability in mind by adopting solar panel, recycled building materials, and natural light and…
Designed by Moneo-Brock, the NP Gas Station is located in Madrid, Spain. It’s constructed on 7391 sqm of site area and adopting the shape of flying bird for its canopy. As you can seen in the picture, the canopy also…
