A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
The World Architecture Festival 2008 will be held between 22 – 24 October in Barcelona, Spain. Some world’s greatest building will be presented during the event, so if you have a chance to visit, take it and don’t miss it.…
BIG has won the competition to design the Danish Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010. This pavilion will allow visitors to experience the Denmark urban living in continuous way from bottom to top of the pavilion. Visitor also have an option…
Located at Eveleigh, Australia, the CarriageWorks is 1 of 42 winners of NSW Architecture Awards in heritage architecture category (Greenway Award). It’s revitalized by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects and successfully combine the old architecture with the new generation spaces in…
The Australian pavilion was designed by Italian Davide Marchetti who won the competition back in July 2008. It’s sited in Venice, Italy with 500 sqm floor area. As described by the architects, the pavilion uses standard and cheap material, and…
An ancient mud brick was detected by satellite as stated by Italian researcher during a conference in Rome, Italy. The mud is located near Peru’s Cahuachi and bas been investigated by the researcher. And it’s believed to be the biggest…
The design of Meridian Tower was proposed by Patel Taylor Architect. This 32-story tower is 122 meter AOD or 41 meter higher than it’s permitted. Beside the main tower, actually the proposal also includes 4 more blocks: 5-story pavilion and…
Designed by TR Hamzah & Yeang, the EDITT Tower will be the next ecological icon in Singapore. EDITT means “Ecological Design In The Tropicsâ€, so I think you can predict what kind of skyscraper it will be. Utilizing 855 square…
James Stockwell’s Leura House was awarded the 2008 Wilkinson Award from Australian Institute of Architects New South Wales. Mr. James adopting Japanese design method ‘discontinuous unity’ that’s popularized by Takamasa Yoshikaza, it means there are more opened-space rather than closed-space…
