Tencent P5 Residential Complex, China
MVRDV has revealed a large-scale residential complex to take shape as part of a new smart city campus built by technology company Tencent in Qianhai Bay, Shenzhen, China. MVRDV’s intervention, named Tencent P5, is comprised of 11 apartment towers arranged around four courtyards. The towers vary in height, from 57 to 100 meters, and are positioned to allow each apartment to enjoy a private balcony or terrace oriented towards views of the sea and the…
China Merchant’s Bank Headquarters by Norman Foster
The China Merchants Bank Headquarters by British architecture studio Foster + Partners has topped out in Shenzhen. Images of the skyscraper's construction progress show the height of its structural core and facades made from steel and triangular glass panels taking shape around it. Once complete, the upper portion of the 388-meter-tall building will have a staggered shape topped with landscaped terraces. The tower achieves three stars in the Chinese ‘Assessment Standard for Green Building’ -…
Zaishui Art Museum on a Lake, China
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has unveiled the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum on an artificial lake in China, which features openings that let water flow over the museum floor. The 20,000-square-metre linear museum extends from one side of the lake to the other, almost covering the entire diameter of the lake. Ishigami wanted the Zaishui Art Museum to feel like it was emerging from under the lake. "The most difficult part was building the length of…
One Future, A Pair of Round-Edged Skyscrapers
Architecture studio Aedas has designed a pair of round-edged, 150-metres-high skyscrapers, named One Future, in Hangzhou, China. It integrates commercial, cultural, retail and residential to accommodate the rapid urban development. According to the studio, the project is a response to increased demand for flexible live/work spaces for young entrepreneurs in the city – therefore offering tenants a choice between work or residential unit layouts. "[Young entrepreneurs] are not interested in standard Class A offices, but…
Freedom Plaza, USA
BIG has designed a pair of Manhattan skyscrapers connected by a twisting skybridge as part of a four-tower development. Freedom Plaza will be located on a 2.7-hectare site that sits across from the United Nations (UN) Headquarters complex. The project is oriented towards the East River and will consist of two residential and two conjoined hotel skyscrapers that enclose a central park with the spiral-shaped Museum of Freedom and Democracy at its center. …
