Icon Yunduan Tower, China
Icon Yunduan Tower is a 192-meter-high building located in the city of Chengdu, China. The aim of the project was to create a landmark visible on entering the city. The project is based on a winning entry in an invited architecture competition in 2009. During the design process, what was originally planned as an office tower evolved into a versatile, mixed-use building complex. A shopping center…
Lamborghini "Huracam" The World's Fastest Camera Car
Incline Dynamic Outlet, the company that built the Lamborghini “Huracam” - a vehicle that the group claims is the fastest camera car in the world - recently finished a paid gig at The Thermal Club in California. The car is currently using a RED camera capable of 8K resolution. The production company has mounted a $600,000 gyro-stabilized camera rig to the $200,000 supercar, which has been aptly named the Lamborghini “Huracam.” (Lamborghini Huracan + Camera…
MIRA Residential Tower, San Francisco
MIRA, designed by Studio Gang, is a 40-story Residential Tower in the heart of San Francisco, USA. The design responds to the need for dense housing in the city and offers new models of sustainability, all while reinterpreting the city’s architectural traditions. It evolves the classic bay window, a familiar feature of San Francisco’s early houses, reimagining it in a high-rise context. The Bay-inspired design means every residence has an outlook of almost 180 degrees,…
Rainbow Mountains, China
Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park, also known as Zhangye Danxia (Landform), has become one of the most important sites for landscape photographers and travelers that visit China since it was classified as a national park in 2011. Located in the foothills of the Qilian Mountains, the landform area covers about 510 square kilometers. Over the years, wind and rain have sculpted the structures into towers, pillars, and ravines of various…
Shiraz Grand Hotel, Iran
Shiraz Grand Hotel is located above the northeastern mountains of Shiraz, the birthplace of Persian art and culture. Overlooking the Quran Gate (Darvazeh Ghoran) and Shiraz Gardens, the proximity to the historic sites of Persepolis, Hafezieh and Sadi’s tomb and convenient accessibility to the airport, make this hotel unique in terms of location. This hotel, with 40000 m² area in 14 floors has 170 rooms and suites equipped with modern facilities to bring comfort and…
