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…
Cyber-Urban City in the Metaverse, by ZHA
ZHA has unveiled a virtual "libertarian micro-nation" in the Metaverse titled The Liberland Metaverse, where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. People can also buy plots of land and set up businesses in the virtual city and if they do so, they will also have a stake in the physical Liberland. Zaha Hadid Architects designed all of the buildings in its…
Jiashan Museum & Library, China
Jiashan Museum & Library is an eco-friendly and green development demonstration area in the Yangtze River Delta, in China. With a limited plot area, the project lacks space to accommodate a large-capacity outdoor public activity venue. The architects took the open void in the middle as the core, and combined three architectural volumes around it to enclose a square for the crowd. The square provides resting space for citizens, while also connecting the museum and…
