W MACAU Hotel Studio City by ZHA
Located in the Cotai district of Macau, the Hollywood-inspired Studio City resort has welcomed guests and visitors to the city since 2015. Appointed in 2017 to expand the resort, ZHA designed Studio City Phase Two with new leisure, entertainment and hospitality facilities including one of Asia’s largest indoor and outdoor water parks and extensive meeting spaces. One of two new hotels to open within Phase Two of the Studio City Resort, the W Macau incorporates…
Museo Internacional del Barroco, Mexico
Curled white concrete walls and a water-filled courtyard frame this museum of Baroque art and culture in Mexico by Japanese architect Toyo Ito. Toyo Ito & Associates designed the Museo Internacional del Barroco (MIB) for a five hectares plot on the edge of a park near the city of Puebla. It hosts examples of Baroque art ranging from painting, sculpture and fashion to architecture, music, theatre, literature and food. …
Philip and Patricia Museum of Science, USA
The exciting 250,000 square foot Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Frost Science) in Miami, brings together an aquarium, planetarium and science museum onto one campus in downtown Miami’s Museum Park. Grimshaw’s response to the project brief resulted in a complex of four buildings situated in an open-armed stance, inviting visitors to walk amongst them. An open-air atrium threads between the buildings connecting them to one another and creating a dynamic environment. …
The Ark; Transformation of an Old Factory
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its plans for The Ark, a project involving the renovation and extension of a warehouse at an old cement factory in Shanghai, China. MAD's ambition is to preserve the industrial aesthetic of the ageing warehouse on the banks of Chuanyang River while contrasting it with the contemporary addition. The Ark will be distinguished by a futuristic, curved metal extension positioned at roof level and designed to resemble a floating…
Singapore Science Centre by ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects and Architects 61 unveiled the design for the new Science Center in the Jurong Lake District, Singapore. The 52,460 square meters complex aims to make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) more accessible through specialized amenities, educational programs, and interactive experiences. The complex will house a variety of exhibition galleries, interactive labs, and event spaces in addition to facilities for visitors, administrative offices, archives, and service areas. The building is expected to…
