Feb 28
Conceived by Moritz Gruppe and designed by internationally acclaimed architects, LAVA, THE:SQUARE³ is a new mixed use development inspired by sport that revitalises a unique urban quarter in Berlin, located near the Olympic sports centre, Europe’s largest urban nature reserve and just nine minutes from Alexanderplatz. THE:SQUARE³ will offer quality living, nature and sports amenities all in one …
Feb 26
Towering at an astounding 1,164 feet, the JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai will be officially opened as the tallest hotel in the world tomorrow. With 72 floors spread over 355 metres, the landmark luxury hotel has taken the Guinness Book of World Records title from the 1,093 feet Rose Tower, also situated in Dubai. Owned by the …
Feb 12
A near completion 72-story tower in Dubai, UAE designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where each floor is rotated 1.2? to create a full 90? twist from bottom to top. The tower will serve a variety of purposes including luxury residential units, parking, and retail. The twisting form optimizes low level views to Dubai Marina and high rise views …
Nov 21
A two million square metre luxury residential and marina development designed by Minifie Van Schaik Architects, in China. It is comprised of two icon towers, a winter-garden mall, town houses, villas, luxury hotels, an international ferry terminal, a cultural centre and 1,000 marina berths.
Oct 29
Description from EASTERN Design Office: This tower is lucid. The visibility of this tower differs in accordance with the very motion of the atmosphere and every change of sky and light. No doubt this tower forgets that it is a tower. Building such a lucid tower in the middle of a big square, which is …
Sep 13
Designed in 1978 by Robert Harvey Oshatz Architect, this 450,000 square foot, thirty-story mix use tower was proposed for a square block in downtown Portland. Elevated four stories above its formal entry at the upper plaza level; the tower is column free around its perimeter at ground level. Most of the street level site would …
Aug 02
Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has designed the new UIC building, ‘V on Shenton’, in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District. The dual programming of ‘V on Shenton’, comprising office and residential, presents a unique situation in this area of the city. The twin tower is comprised of a 23-storey office building and a 53-storey …
Aug 02
Foster + Partners have recently completed ‘The Troika’, and it has been shortlisted in the ‘housing’ category of the 2012 world architecture festival. Located at the north-eastern corner of the Park, within the precincts of Kuala Lumpur City Centre, the Troika development combines apartments, offices, shops and restaurants within a single complex, with the aim …
Jul 26
A residential tower that catches and purifies rain water, and maximizes wind pressures to cross ventilate all units. Designed by 10 Design
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