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…
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.
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…
Designed by London-based architect Ross Lovegrove, the Alpine Capsule will be presented at Alta Badia, Italy, in December. This mountain living unit has a diameter of eight metres, and constructed with acrylic and a reflective coating that offers 360 degree…
Russian based architect Alexander Asadov offers deconstructivist concept called ‘Aerohotel’ that can be implemented anywhere in the world from reservoirs to oceans. Covering 200 m wide, the floating Aerohotel hotel supported by three ‘arms’ and mix the function of hotel,…
ALA won ‘honorary mention’ from a competition to design the Sundsvall Theatre in Sweden. The project covering 9000 m2 area and sited at Pictouresque rivershore on the edge of the square block city next to a highway.
The Taipei Performing Arts Center consists of three theatres which are connected each other with a concourse to offers a hybrid experience. The architect described the concourse as a bridging element which acts as circulation for the theaters but also…
The design of ‘Italian Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010’ shown here is the 3rd prize winner. The architect, BiCuadro Architects, trying to express Italian city: ‘the historic city layered’ by exposing a split casing in a series of plates “stratigraphy”.…
