Designed by Foster + Partners in collaboration with Berg Arkitektkontor for the City of Stockholm, the new face of Stockholm project covers an area of Stockholm adjacent to the navigation lock between the Baltic and the freshwater Lake Mälaren. Revealed at Slussen Masterplan public exhibition, the project will offer new public spaces, an accessible quayside, pedestrian and cycle routes, and a Water Square as the central feature.
Designed by SOM, the Crowne Plaza Hotel has unique facade and shape as you can see in the pictures. When completed the building will have a total of 53 floors and will stand 208 metre tall, it’s less than one fourth of the Burj Khalifa. The base of the building is a triangular podium and the main body of the building features a distinct shape of three diamond-shaped tower connected each other using sky bridges.
Located on East 32nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, the New York Korea Center will be an eight-story building covering 33,000 sq foot of floor area. It includes spaces for exhibitions, performances, lectures, and administration. The design of the project has been selected from an international competition which the lucky guy is SAMOO Architecture PC. The building has a unique facade incorporataes a multi-layered glass illuminating three sculptural figures within, representing Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. The construction is expected to begin later this year.
Designed by Steven Holl, the Linked Hybrid complex covers 221,426 sqm, consists of 644 apartments, public green space, commercial zones, hotel, cinemateque, kindergarten, Montessori school, and underground parking. Mentioned as an “open city within a city”, the project promotes interactive relations and encourages encounters in the public spaces that vary from commercial, residential, and educational to recreational. The Linked Hybrid is located in Beijing, China, and designed to qualify for a LEED Gold certification, the second-highest LEED rating obtainable.
Schedule for grand opening in February 2010, the CircleBath is mentioned as the first hospital designed by Foster + Partners. Comparable to a luxury hotel, the three-storey building consists of operating theatres, bedrooms, consultation, treatment and recovery spaces, and offers both in-patient and out-patient accommodation.
Designed by OMA, the new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education covers 28,000 m2 of education facilities for its 4,000 students. The building features both pure geometric forms with the two slabs connected by a ‘mat’ that contains library, cafeteria, gym, and lecture theatres. Maximized for natural ventilation, the slabs contain flexible space for classrooms, studios, and offices. As mentioned by the campus selection committee, the design has a strong visual identity for the college, flexibility in use and an environment conducive for multidisciplinary education.
This is the winning design for the Cantos new National Music Centre at the King Eddy site in Calgary’s East Village. Designed by Allied Works Architecture, the new Music Centre delivers an innovative building that fits with Calgary, Alberta, the West, and is symbolic of something that is truly uniquely Canadian.
Located in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Swedbank Head Office building includes 15 and 16 storey structures, and two blocks of lower structure. The building also covers 4500 sqm terrace that offers wide view to the Neris River. Designed by Audrius Ambrasas Architects, the multi-colored facade utilizing stainless-metal plates polished in different directions.
