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Architecture
The Expocenter Project
Closely located to the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), the largest investment and construction project in Russia, and Europe as a whole, the Expocenter Project offers the city a new…
The Circle – Zurich Flughafen
I love my Flughafen, aka airport. Noooo, I am not crazy, or totally lost my mind. Keep reading please, and you will agree. Do you know how many times it…
The City of Dreams Pavilion Competition
January 15, 2010, NEW YORK, NY. FIGMENT, one of Governors Island’s key cultural partners, has joined forces with The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of…
Top of the Grossmünster
Climbing first the carved stone staircase and then the wooden steps took me all the way up to one of Grossmünster’s twin towers. The 360 view from the top was…
The Newseum
The Newseum is designed by Polshek Partnership Architects that features seven levels of galleries, theaters, retail spaces, and visitor services. It will open on Friday, April 11, 2008. The building’s total area…
Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai
Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis is the world’s first luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport…
Phare Tower, France
Morphosis won the International Competition for the design of the “Phare” Tower (Lighthouse), the centerpiece of redevelopment in the business district, La Défense, just outside of Paris. Mayne beat out…
Songjiang Hotel, Shanghai
Atkins has won an international competition to design a five-star resort hotel set within a beautiful water-filled quarry in the Songjiang district close to Shanghai in China. Its stunning concept…
The New York Times Building
New York always deserves (and gets) the best of all, and here is another one! The new 52-story building between 40th and 41st Streets, designed by the Italian architect Renzo…
Arts centre by Tadao Ando
Architect Tadao Ando has designed a new contemporary arts centre in Venice for luxury goods tycoon François Pinault. The project will convert the historic Punta della Dogana building into a…
Shangri-La meets Europe
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has signed a long-term lease agreement with BAI Bauträger Austria Immobilien GmbH, the development, and management arm of the Immobilien Holding Group, for the Shangri-La Hotel, Vienna, opening…
“Welcome home, welcome to Alcatraz”
This is how you were to be greeted by a correctional officer in Alcatraz… I had a lot of questions going thru my mind last weekend while I was pacing…