Hekla Tower, France
The French architect and winner of the 2008 Pritzker Prize Jean Nouvel has designed a 220-meter-high tower in Paris’ major business district, La Défense. The 80,000m² Hekla Tower offers a dual-level lobby, six underground floors, five dining areas, a 250-seat auditorium, and innovative office spaces to accommodate 5,800 employees. Hekla will become an entirely new space like no other upon completion in 2022, and it will also offer the largest green area of the district.…
9 Futuristic Concept Cars Of 2020
• Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR concept The mercedes-benz VISION AVTR – is a concept for mobility in the distant future. Translating to ‘advanced vehicle transformation’, the concept car is fully electric and utilizes an organic battery technology that is free of metals and other environmentally harmful materials. Read More... • DS X E-Tense DS Automobiles have called the DS X E-Tense their vision of what a car should look like in 2030. The E-Tense is unique…
Quay Quarter Tower, Australia
3XN along with local partner BVN and Arup designed the 200-meter-high and 49-storey tall Quay Quarter Tower located close to the Sydney Opera House. The design incorporates 2/3 of the structure of an existing building located on the site. In an act of radical sustainability, it will incorporate the majority of the existing structure, adding four new elevator shafts to the core. Given the solar envelope and other contextual restraints, the design adds approximately 45,000m2…
$6.7M Pagani Huayra Tricolore is a 830 hp Hypercar
The Pagani Huayra is a mid-engine sports car produced by Italian sports car manufacturer Pagani, succeeding the company's previous offering, the Zonda. It is named after Huayra-tata, a Quechua wind god. The Huayra Tricolore has been conceived to mark the 60th anniversary of the Italian Air Force Aerobatic Team, known as Frecce Tricolori in its home country. Claimed to be the world’s largest aerobatics patrol, with 10 Aermacchi jets. Just three examples of the commemorative…
"Presence in Hormuz" Cultural Residence, Hormuz Island
Presence in Hormuz is a series of urban developments by a semi-public institution that hired ZAV Architects, in order to empower the local community of Hormuz Island in South of Iran. Described by ZAV Architects as a "cultural residence", the 10,300-square-metre housing contains around 200 brightly coloured domes overlooking the Persian Gulf. “You cannot remove color from the island of Hormuz – its coloured sand beaches change even the color of the blue sea, nor…
