(Kent Wang– flickr/creative commons license) Boeri Studio designed the Vertical Forest in Milano, Italy, completed in 2014. Two residential towers rise 80m and 112m. Shrubberies fill platforms of a variety of size to give the image of a forest. This …
(Maurits Ruis– flickr/creative commons license) Sou Fujimoto designed the Serpentine Pavilion 2013 on the front law of the Kensington Gardens in London, England. A three-dimensional rectangular gride of white steel poles forms an overall organic structure. This bare structure is …
(News Oresund– flickr/creative commons license) Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects designed the 54,000 m2 Malmo Live complex on Universitetsholmen Malmö. It includes Clarion Hotel, Congress Malmö Live, and a concert hall for 1,500 people. The white hotels soar with a variety …
(Pollybear70– flickr/creative commons license) Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker designed the Forth Railway Bridge in North Queensferry, Scotland, completed in 1890. It is 8,094 ft long and stands 361 ft above the water. It was the world’s longest …
(Elo_M.– flickr/creative commons license) Herzog & de Meuron designed the MCH Swiss Exhibition hall around the Messeplatz in Basel, Switzerland. This building provides larger uninterrupted spaces than the previous building, with natural daylighting and respect to existing neighborhoods and circulation …
(EDrost88– flickr/creative commons license) Cooper Gary and Van Aukin Akins Architects designed the Cleveland Downtown next to the convention center and will open in July 2016, in time for the Republican National Convention. The $465m convention center and adjacent projects …
DUS Architects designed the temporary entrance facade for the Europagebouw of the 2016 EU Presidency in Amsterdam. Currently underway, leaders from the European Union meet in the building to discuss policies and membership. The facade is a tent-like structure with …
Emin Onat and Assistant Ahmet Orhan Arda designed the Memorial Tomb for Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, leader of the Turkish War of Independence. It was completed in 1953, in Ankara Turkey, as a foremost example of the Second National Architecture …
(ericderedelijkheid– flickr/creative commons license) UNStudio designed the Arhem Centraal railway station in Arnhem, Netherlands, completed in 2015. This expansion focuses on large overhead lighting and wide structural members. This gives a sense of lightness and connection in the midst of …