Olympic House, Switzerland
Olympic House, designed by Danish architecture firm 3XN, is International Olympic Committee’s new headquarter in Switzerland to bring together the IOC staff under one roof at a single site. Olympic House, with total area of 135000 m², is formed around five key objectives: movement, transparency, flexibility, sustainability, and collaboration, each of which translates the Olympic Movement’s core principles into built form. With its dynamic, undulating façade, the building appears different from all angles and convey…
Biodivercity Masterplan for Penang South Islands, Malaysia
BIG in collaboration with Ramboll and local architect Hijas were selected as the winner of Penang State Government’s international competition to design a masterplan for the Penang South Islands in Malaysia. The 1821 hectares BiodiverCity Masterplan will see three artificial islands. Each island is modeled on the form of a lily pad and will be composed of mixed-use districts, 4.6 kilometers of public beaches, 242 hectares of parks and a 25-kilometer-long waterfront. BiodiverCity will be…
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) by Norman Foster
Located on a prominent site in Kuwait City, the 300-metre-high headquarters tower with a total area of 127000 m² for the National Bank of Kuwait will have a distinctive presence among the high-rise buildings of Sharq, the city’s growing financial district. The design combines structural innovation with a highly efficient passive form, shielding the offices from the extremes of Kuwait's climate, where temperatures average 40 degrees in the summer months.The tower’s cylindrical form opens like…
Xi’an International Football Centre, China
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed the new Xi’an International Football Centre, to be ready by 2023, in time for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. Set to be built in the Fengdong business district of Xi'an, one of China's oldest cities, the stadium will contain 60,000 seats, along with a mix of public dining and entertainment facilities and also be used to host other national, international and domestic league games, alongside training academies, performances…
Museo Soumaya, Mexico
Museo Soumaya, located in Mexic, houses a large private collection of over 66,000 pieces of art which have an alleged value of over $700 million, the majority are European works from the 15th-20th centuries, including several stand-out pieces from Old Masters, French artist Auguste Rodin and more present day artists like Dalí. The Soumaya also has the world’s largest collection of pre-Hispanic and Colonial coins and currency. The museum originally opened in a 16th-century watermill…
