Chengdu Natural History Museum, China
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was chosen as the winner of an international competition for the Chengdu Natural History Museum. The site is located in Chengdu, a historical and culturally rich city in China. With a form inspired by the geological impact of shifting tectonic plates, and reflecting pools inspired by ancient irrigation systems, the scheme makes heavy reference to the surrounding natural landscape. The 62,700-square-meter museum will include innovative exhibition and…
Bee'ah Headquarters, UAE, Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) was selected to design the Bee’ah headquarters in 2013, following an international design competition. Bee’ah Headquarters in Sharjah, UAE has won the prestigious Green Building Award at the Gulf Sustainability and CSR Awards honouring Buro Happold’s work on the project. The sinuous building is designed to echo the shape of sand dunes to help the structure withstand extreme weather conditions and blend in with its desert setting. The active and passive design…
Catatumbo Lightning; The most electric place on Earth
In a small area of northwestern Venezuela, where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, you’ll discover one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena - the Catatumbo lightning. Known as Relámpago del Catatumbo, or “the everlasting storm,” this wondrous natural light show rampages through the sky for up to 160 nights a year, for as long as 10 hours at a time and produces as many as 280 per hour. The area has been labeled as the…
DBS Superleggera: Aston Martin's V12 Flagship
The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera is a grand tourer produced by British luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin since 2018. In June 2018, Aston Martin unveiled the car as the marque's V12 flagship grand tourer based on the DB11 V12 but featuring modifications that set it apart from the DB11 lineage as a replacement to the Vanquish. The Superleggera name, which pays tribute to Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera, who helped Aston Martin to create the lightest grand…
Edoardo Tresoldi's Transparent Sculptures
Born in 1987, Edoardo Tresoldi grew up in Milan where, at the age of 9, experimented different languages and techniques under the guidance of painter Mario Straforini. In 2009 he moved to Rome and started to work in various creative areas. Cinema, music, scenography and sculpture gave him a heterogeneous vision of arts and became a platform for experimentation; “back in the days when I was a scenographer, I made use of wire mesh to…
