ARCHITECTURE LIST

The International Bank of Qatar, known as IBQ, has decided to locate its new Headquarters Building in the New District of Doha. The building is planned to achieve iconic status as a landmark image distinguishing IBQs continuing success as a symbol of trustworthiness and financial leadership in this area.

Designed by Yamasaki Architects, the Qatar Education City Convention Centre scheduled to open next year. The project need $720,000,000.00 to complete the construction and will become the largest convention center in the Middle East. The centre will feature several performing halls, including a 2,500 seat theatre, an exhibition hall and banquet facilities for up to 7,000 people.

Global Architectural Development (GAD) has completed the Borusan Music & Art House, Istanbul.

Designed by gmp Architects, the Bank of Ningbo includes two towers covers 103,000 m2 of floor area. The construction of the building will start this year and scheduled for completion in 2012.

The Harbor Point project, which is located on the waterfront in Stamford’s South End adjacent to an MTA Metro North and Amtrak train station, is one of only 25 projects worldwide to receive LEED-ND Gold certification for integrating the principals of new urbanism, green building, and smart growth. The mixed-use development, one of the largest of its kind in the nation, involves the transformation of 80 acres of former industrial property into 4000 residential units, 400,000 square feet of retail space, office buildings, two hotels, a community school, a marina, and …

Located at Himeji Hyougo Japan, the Double House was built using wooden structure and galvalume steel sheet. This two-story house covers 82,84 m2 of floor area or about the half of the site area. Designed by Architect Associates Tonoma, I love the environment, the neighborhood, the mountain, and of course I love how the house responses to its surrounding.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, in collaboration with BDP, is the master planner and urban designer for the development area known as Liverpool One. The project is a large, retail-led mixed-use development with areas of varying scale and use. The plan is expected to improve Liverpool’s status as a special city of regional and national importance.

Designed by NeyPoulissen Architects & Engineers, the new bridge “De Oversteek” in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, will spand as long as 285m over the Waal river to connect the western part of the city to the ring road. The bridge will use brick masonry to respect the roman heritage of Nijmegen and the piers follow the traditional building techniques of in-situ concrete.