A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
The French Embassy of Germany by Atelier Christian de Portzamparc is a Prizewinning entry of a competition in 1997. Program: This cultural facility accomodates the Ambassador’s residence, the Consolate and Chancellery offices, the cultural department, function halls, a cafeteria, an…
Norwegian architects, Snøhetta has won the competition to design King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture in Saudi Arabia. The design concept is “the history of oil in Saudi Arabia”. May 20th 2008, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz set the cornerstone…
Zaha Hadid designed the Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion for her client, Expoagua Zaragoza 2008. The pavilion is built to hold the Water and Sustainable Development Expo in Zaragoza or known as Zaragoza Expo 2008. It has 3915 m2 of surface and…
Foster+Partners had an idea to let the audience involving the architecture during the London Festival of Architecture. They built a conical structure, interwoven with fabric panels hand-printed by the public. Alistair Lenczner of Foster + Partners said: “The day was…
Designed by Frank Gehry, the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008 is under construction. This landmark is mentioned to be the first example of Frank Gehry’s spectacular architecture in London. Frank Gehry said: “The Pavilion is designed as a wooden timber structure…
Have you’ve heard an idiom ‘home sweet home’? I think everybody know about it. And we also know that the most crucial aspect to achieve the mentioned idiom is not the home interior, of course. But I think the home…
Designed by Jean Nouvel, the Tour Signal comprises 71-storey, consists of five different uses including office (50,000 sqm), hotel 39,000 sqm), residential (33,000 sqm), Public facilities (8,000 sqm) and retail spaces (10,000 sqm). This tower will be located at La…
Zaha Hadid proposed an interesting design for the new School of Design tower on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The tower utilizing glass and steel and expected to be completed in 2011. Mainly made up of dark…
