A Floating Feather-Like Airport
"A feather floating in the breeze" was the visual reference for the airport terminal that studio MAD is designing in the city of Changchun, China. Once complete, the building will measure 270,000 square meters and accommodate 22 million passengers per year. However, despite its size, MAD has designed its feather-like form to create light, airy interiors with the aim of making the building feel human in scale. The design,…
Global Headquaters of Tencent; WeChat Social Media
Architecture firm NBBJ designed the global headquaters of Tencent, the company behind Chinese social media platform WeChat. Tencent is ranked the fifth most valuable listed company in the world – worth over $500 billion (£352 billion), making it currently more valuable than Facebook. The complex is made up of two towers, connected by bridges to encourage staff to meet. Two glass and aluminum towers rise to 50 and 39 stories…
Phoenix International Media Center, China
A skewed annular form shapes the irregular volume of the Phoenix International Media Center, the headquarters of China’s largest private broadcaster. Completed by BIAD-UFO, this remarkable building adds value to its location as an engineering tourist attraction. The structural system does not only stand for the engineering genius but also improves environmentally beneficial concepts by integrating water collection that naturally falls through these steel channels into the underground tanks for later use of landscaping elements.…
The only Iranian Winner of Agha Khan Award 2022
The Aga Khan Prize is given every three years. This year, among 463 submitted works from 16 countries, Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre, redesigned by Ahmadreza Schricker (ASA North) made it to the final six winners of the award. Tehran’s first independent contemporary art museum is housed in a more-than-100-year-old former brewery that had been abandoned for decades. The Iranian-Austrian architect’s aim was to create a dialogue between old and new…
China Hangzhou E-sports Center, China
Designed by CSADI, Hangzhou E-sports Center is located in the Beijingyuan Ecological Park at the southern foot of Gaoting Mountain. It was the first standard stadium for Asian Games E-sports competitions in China after E-sports is confirmed as an official competition event of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. This is a public place integrating a sports venue and ecological park. The sunken plazas and courtyards around the building bring sunlight and air to the underground…
