Shandong Provincial Cultural and Art Center, China
Jinan is a tourist city with the unique natural features of "mountains, springs, lakes, and rivers” with far-reaching history and culture. The project is in the core area of the west new town of Jinan. The total site area is 16.02 hectares, and the construction area is 380,000 square meters. Jinan is known as the city of Springs and the form of the building rises and falls, like the surge of spring water. The Lashan…
5 Impressively Geometric Cube-Shaped Buildings
Perfectly symmetrical and pleasingly simple, the cube has become the artistic flex of the architecture world. London is getting a glassy “Paddington Cube” by Renzo Piano. If the Mukaab in Riyadh is ever finished, it will become the biggest cube ever built. But what’s this obsession with cubes really about? The beauty of a cube—versus a pyramid, a dome, or any other pronounced shape—is that it’s not about the form but what it’s inside of…
The World's Longest Cantilever
The world's longest cantilever has reached completion in Dubai, projecting out from between two skyscrapers at the mixed-use One Za'abeel development. The development consists of two elegant skyscrapers (the Tower and The Residences) connected by The Link. Nikken Sekkei designed it to function as a four-story bridge between them. The Link is a luxury mixed-use development and comprises apartments, hotels, offices, retail, and restaurants. The Link, suspended 100 meters in the air, features a 230-meter…
Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre, China
Aedas Studio creates a mixed-use complex to form an urban living room, encouraging social interaction, strengthening communities and creating a vibrant live-work dynamic. This double twin towers complex exemplifies an efficient high-density infrastructure integrating different functional programs to cater to rapid urban development. The Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou) Technology Finance Centre comprises of a five-star hotel, offices, retail and residential spaces. Derived from “waterfall cloud”, the architectural form adopts a…
The 10 Most Anticipated Projects of 2024
We look forward to the most anticipated projects planned to open in 2024. The selection of projects spans various scales and programs, from restoration and expansion works such as Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Restoration, or ZHA's Navi Mumbai Airport in India, to environmentally conscious buildings such as Studio Gang's Hotel in the United States. 1. Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Restoration The famous Gothic monument in the center of Paris has been closed to…
