ARCHITECTURE LIST

Wow, thanks to the internet that make it possible and easy to share anything. I found the reproduction of Eiffel’s original designs that originally published in the book “The 300 Meter Tower”, Lemercier publications, Paris 1900. I’ve never visited the tower but I have a plan to go there in near future. It’s just make all the thing easier to understand now.

Arab Saudi want to redesign the al-Haram mosque complex to host more than triple the current 900,000 capacity. King Abdullah has approached 18 architects including Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster to “establish a new architectural vision” for the complex and the whole city.

After getting massive critics on the previous design, Foster proposed new design for an addition to the Parke-Bernet Gallery on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The design is still under review by the the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) which predicts to release for public in early fall. The new design proposed erecting a 30-story (revised to 5-story) elliptical glass tower atop the building.

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Located in Numea, the J. M. Tjibaou Cultural Center is composed of 10 houses. It’s designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and sited in direct contact with the ocean. Renzo brought great concept into the center, he want this project as a work taking care of nature, a humanistic realization where history, architecture, archeology and social sciences are brought together.

The Center, rather than a museum, is very much like a “promenade” unfolding outdoors as well as indoors. The realization of the cone-shaped structures confirms the close connection between the memory of the Kanak culture and the adoption of modern techniques. This relationship between old and modern ,interior and exterior, produced by the Piano’s typical sensibility and a good application of natural ventilation and illumination, give us a sense of great harmony.

The Contemporary Art Museum of Latvia is the latest revitalization of abandoned building in the former Soviet states, Latvia. Located in Andrejsala, this new museum is created as an expansion of the Latvian National Art Museum where its space is limited.

The new museum, which will incorporate a former power plant, will feature 4,000 square meters of exhibition space as well as a lecture hall, cafe, library, and a few workshop spaces.

Designed by Ragnar Qvale architect, the Sahara Hotel and Casino, has been opening since 1952. During the long period the building has been renovated couple of times but the classic style and the historic flair still remain, thank to the architect who worked to preserve historic building. Mr. Qvale was born in Norway but he immigrated to America with his family at age 13. Then he studied architecture at the University of Washington. Ragnar Qvale was died on September 20, 2001, he was 86-years-old.

Located on the Las Vegas Boulevard, the Sahara Hotel and Casino is known as the landmark Las Vegas property, it means the Sahara is the most wanted hotel by tourists who visit Vegas for having fun. Sahara Hotel and Casino is celebrating its fifty years of having fun. And as most of people know, since its establishment, top American and European stars including the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe to Elvis Presley have performed live in the Hotel.

Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been selected by Chelsfield deputy chairman to redevelop the existing modernist Commonwealth Institute in Kensington and Chelsea, London. The redevelopment will be achieved by injecting life in to it with new residential.

“OMA will explore a number of uses appropriate to the existing design, capitalizing on the building’s dynamic interior spaces. Careful consideration will be …

Foster+Partner has touched the historic Dolder Grand at Zurich with modern touch and transform it to become a luxury city resort consist of tennis courts, a golf course, pool area, ice rink, sculpture park, and new extension to the historic hotel which originally designed by Jacques Gros in 1899.

Foster + Partners was the architect and masterplanner for the project and collaborated with local architect Itten and Brechbuehl to ensure its detailed execution. While this team was responsible for the internal planning, it did not complete the interior decoration and furnishings.