Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Saudi Arabia
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (also known as Ithra) is a bold new initiative on the part of the Saudi Aramco Oil Company to promote cultural development within Saudi Arabia. Following an invited architectural design competition in 2007, Snøhetta was selected to design this new prestigious cultural facility. The design for the Saudi Aramco Cultural Center embraces both past and future, captured in the present. The building covers 100,000 square meters with its…
Merdeka PNB 118, Kuala Lumpur
Merdeka 118 is a mixed-development complex, which will be developed in three stages on 19-acres of land. Merdeka has 292,000 m2 gross floor area. It is a geometrically intricate 118 storey office and hotel tower that will be home to the headquarters for Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), one of Malaysia's leading investment firms. With a completed height of more than 635 meters, PNB 118 will be the tallest building in Malaysia, and rank amongst the…
Raffles City Chongqing, China
Sitting at the confluence of China’s two major rivers, Raffles City Chongqing has become a new symbol for the city, with its design recalling the site’s historic role as an imperial city gate and maritime trading post. This 1,127,000-square-metre development has sparked revitalization around its waterfront site. Located at the heart of one of the world’s fastest growing cities in an area with limited public parks, the development provides over 30,000 sq. m. of public…
Murray Road Skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects, Hong Kong
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for a sinuous, glass, 36-storey skyscraper, which will be built in Hong Kong at 2 Murray Road on what is reportedly the world's most expensive plot. The form of this 43200 sqm building was based on the shape of the Hong Kong orchid tree, which was previously grown near the site and is the flower at the center of the city's flag. Replacing a multi-story car park, the…
Copenhill Power Plant, Denmark
CopenHill, also known as Amager Bakke, is a power plant located on an industrial waterfront in Copenhagen, Denmark, that is capable of converting 440,000 tons of waste into clean energy annually. It was designed by BIG to double as public infrastructure, and is complete with tree-lined hiking trails and ski slopes on its roof along with the "tallest artificial climbing wall in the world" on its facade. Aligning with Copenhagen's goal of becoming the world’s…
