The new building concept designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in Farrer Road in Singapore would be an architectural wonder if one looks at the designs. The overall design wishes to communicate the florid vegetation in the Singapore’s climate. The overall project is organized into 7 towers growing from sunken private gardens in the landscape to the sky above. The lower floor highlight the point of buildings meeting the ground, yet providing private space for gardens and vegetation which is unique given the kind of construction involved. The overall look and feel of the tower is like petals blossoming and it sure will not just be an architectural marvel but a revolutionary one too.
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A new architectural wonder is coming up in the Caribbean, with one of the best architects coming together to set up what can be said a destination to look for. In the Turks & Caicos archipelago, a 560 acre island is being developed which has about 124 villas and 154 residences in the cradle of nature. The project, set to be completed by 2010, will feature works by Shigeru Ban, David Chipperfield, Carl Ettensperger, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, Piero Lissoni, and Chad Oppenheim. With each architect worth his salt developing their projects, the highlight of the island is the whopping 30,000 sq ft spa by Mandarian Oriental with a luxury hotel and various eateries making it a perfect vacation destination. So go ahead and just unwind!
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Architects of UNStudio have come up with their competition winning redevelopment and extremely fabulous structure of a former post office in Rotterdam. This building is approximately 44.000 m2 in surface. This is surely going to be a historical monument in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This monument will include a vertical entrance and a 100m high tower featuring a luxury hotel with several facilities such as conferences, offices, cafes, bars, restaurants, and retail facilities etc. The project will most probably end by the year 2012 and creates a sustainable development which integrates a ‘Green Shopping’ experience for people and also offers a new urban look for the city.
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The new Copenhagen aquarium is expected to be a marvel in the contemporary water front architecture. It has been named as ‘The Blue Planet’ and is scheduled to be opened in 2013. It has been designed by Danish architects 3XN who had given their ‘Whirlpool’ concept wherein the whole concept was inspired by nature and sea. The location of the project is on the island of Amager near Copenhagen Airport and the airline passengers will have a complete aerial view of the structure. This design sure has traffic stopping looks.
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Generating to new World virus solves the “archi-epidemic” of the podium to tower prototype and in a while, it would become to new one like any to other solution? Vancouver, is a cosmopolitan city that through the years has become a city with great potential for its country, it counts with a great influence as economic as much as social, its a city where the growth has taken to live it like a very particular experience where each one of the buildings wants to transmit its individuality losing itself between the others like a competition where each one tries to be protagonist and each new member wants to be the leader in a space invaded by the equality of all.
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