Western Sydney International Airport, Australia
Zaha Hadid Architects and Sydney-based Cox Architecture have won the international design competition for the Western Sydney International Airport, a new travel hub that is slated to become the largest international gateway to Australia by 2060. This includes an overhanging flat roof that evokes verandas found in traditional Australian architecture, as well as landscaping and undulating wooden ceilings inside that nod to the surrounding Australian bushland. The design is an evolution of Australian…
The Twist Museum and Bridge, Norway
The Twist, designed by award-winning architecture BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, opened to the public in September 2019 in Norway. The project was the winning entry in the competition by Kistefos Museum. The design responds to the unique environment and enhances the visitor experience of Kistefos, one of Europe’s most naturally beautiful places to enjoy contemporary art. This 1.000 square meter building twists at the midway point as it crosses the Randselva river…
The Opus; a legacy by Zaha Hadid
Located within the Burj Khalifa district of Dubai, the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects will house the first ‘ME by Melia (one of the world’s leading hoteliers)’ hotel in the Middle East. The five-star property will become somewhat of a legacy, as it is the only hotel in the world to have been fully designed both inside and out by the late architect, Zaha Hadid in 2007. The Opus is…
Napoli Afragola Rail Station, Italy
The new rail station of Napoli Afragola is designed as one of southern Italy’s key interchange stations serving four high-speed inter-city lines, three inter-regional lines and a local commuter line. The interchange is the first phase of a larger development that will complete in 2022. Construction began in 2015 with the building inaugurated in 2017. Zaha Hadid Architects conceived the project as an ‘urbanized public bridge’ that connects the communities on either side of the…
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taiwan
Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo, the architecture of the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts (Wei-Wu-Ying) is inspired by the sinuous canopy created by clusters of banyan trees commonly found in the region. Designed with the subtropical climate in mind, the open structure allows the wind to blow freely through Banyan Plaza. The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts provides a stunning home for thousands of locals and…
