A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
The Taipei Arts Centre is expected to be completed in 2013 and the construction will spend £84 million. Designed by OMA (as a result of an international competition), the project covering 40,000sq m to accommodate a 1,500-seat theatre and two…
Zaha Hadid has won the competition to design the headquarters of Antwerp Port Authority in Belgium. Covering 12,000 m² of floorspace, the project is expected to be completed in 2013 and will accommodate 500 people when finish. The construction will…
The design of China Life Insurance R&D Center was proposed by Henn Architekten for a competition. Located in Beijing, the project adopting the Chinese traditional buildings and translates them into modern design. Consists of of a main building, a research…
The International Competition for the Architectural Renovation of Tabakalera has selected the Jon Montero and Naiara Montero’ design as the first winner. The competition aimed to get the best proposal to turn the 90 years old Tabakalera building into an…
Zaha Hadid has won the competition to design the Library and Learning Center (LLC) at the University of Economics & Business, Vienna. As you can see in the image, the geometry of the building is unusual. It takes the form…
Bird Nest‘s architect, Herzog & de Meuron, designed the new BBVA headquarters in Spanish. According to the architect, the project sited on a desert-like place which doesn’t have quality, that’s why they propose the creation of an artificial garden laid…
FARO’s sustainable residential tower in Netherlands was selected by the jury as the winner of design competition for urban villas and a residential tower for the Cascade park at Almere. Designed to house 57 residences, the tower utilizing green balconies…
The first refrigerated beach in the world will be built at the new Palazzo Versace hotel in Dubai. This luxury hotel doesn’t want the sand to burn its rich visitors. Expected to open late next year or early 2010, the…
