The Opus; a legacy by Zaha Hadid
Located within the Burj Khalifa district of Dubai, the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects will house the first ‘ME by Melia (one of the world’s leading hoteliers)’ hotel in the Middle East. The five-star property will become somewhat of a legacy, as it is the only hotel in the world to have been fully designed both inside and out by the late architect, Zaha Hadid in 2007. The Opus is…
Napoli Afragola Rail Station, Italy
The new rail station of Napoli Afragola is designed as one of southern Italy’s key interchange stations serving four high-speed inter-city lines, three inter-regional lines and a local commuter line. The interchange is the first phase of a larger development that will complete in 2022. Construction began in 2015 with the building inaugurated in 2017. Zaha Hadid Architects conceived the project as an ‘urbanized public bridge’ that connects the communities on either side of the…
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taiwan
Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo, the architecture of the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts (Wei-Wu-Ying) is inspired by the sinuous canopy created by clusters of banyan trees commonly found in the region. Designed with the subtropical climate in mind, the open structure allows the wind to blow freely through Banyan Plaza. The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts provides a stunning home for thousands of locals and…
Oculus World Trade Center Transportation Hub, NYC
The Oculus World Trade Center Transportation Hub, completed in 2016, serves 250,000 Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) daily commuters and millions of annual visitors from around the world. At approximately 74,000 sqm, the Hub, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is the third-largest transportation center in New York City. Located immediately to the east of the original World Trade Center Twin Towers, the project replaces the original PATH rail system that was destroyed on September 11, 2001. …
Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang, South Korea
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA) has completed the “Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang”, a building that forms the largest center for automotive culture in South Korea. DMAA’s competition winning-design responds to Hyundai’s ‘modern premium’ strategy, which encompasses the fields of technology, functionality, design, comfort, and sustainability. The scheme brings together a range of functions including sales, branding, and customer entertainment alongside a series of exhibition spaces, all defined by…
