Tora Asa, Japan
The Toronamon-Azabudai District is a complex of three skyscrapers under construction in Tokyo. Construction of the complex began in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2023. The complex, designed by the architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, is being developed by the Mori Building Company. It is estimated that the project will cost about 580 billion yen. Accompanying the skyscrapers are a series of low-rise buildings designed to create a landscape pergola, designed…
Museum of Ethnography Budapest, Hungary
The new building of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest City Park was opened recently. The new museum, designed by Napur Architect, is part of Europe’s largest urban-cultural development called the Liget Budapest Project. The building has dynamic yet simple lines simultaneously harmonized with the park environment and communicating with the surrounding urban area. The gently curving lines enable the building to function as a gateway and a passage…
7 Extraordinary Buildings Inspired by the Natural World
BEIJING NATIONAL STADIUM: BEIJING Designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron for the 2008 Olympic Games, the locals nicknamed this stadium the “Bird’s Nest” before it was even completed. The stadium accommodates concerts and other special events, and also hosted the Winter Olympics in 2022. ATOMIUM: BRUSSELS Originally constructed for Expo 1958, this quirky building features nine interconnected spheres measuring 102-meters high. Engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak…
DNA-like Shape Building in Taiwan
Agora Garden Tower is a luxurious Eco-design residential complex in XinYin District, Taipei City, Taiwan. In November 2010, Vincent Callebaut Architectures SARL was awarded as the successful tenderer for the construction of the tower. This vertical structure is inspired by the double helix structure of the DNA. Agora Garden with a surface area of 42.335.34 m² and 20 floors includes 40 luxurious apartments + facilities. The apartments are 540 square meters and each has its…
The Eyes of Sanxingdui, China
MAD architects unveil the design of its latest project, ‘The Eyes of Sanxingdui’ for the Sanxingdui ancient Shu cultural heritage museum. The Sanxingdui site features cultural relics 2800 to 4500 years old, including longitudinal bronze eye masks and large bronze standing figures. The project will occupy the northeast corner of the site's protected region. The result is a park which acts as an urban and cultural public space where humanity and nature, the past and…
