VietinBank Business Center, Vietnam
VietinBank Business Center is Foster + Partners first project in Vietnam and pioneers an ambitious sustainable project. The taller tower, at 68-storeys, will provide an energy-efficient new headquarters for the Bank, while the second, 48-storey tower will house a five-star hotel, spa and serviced apartments. The towers are connected by a seven-storey podium building, which contains a range of shops, cafes and restaurants and is topped by roof gardens. …
National Botanical Museum, China
National Botanical Museum, located in China, is designed by THAD and Sutherland Hussey Harris. Taking on 28.55 hectares of land, the museum embodies the fusion and integration with nature. Positioned strategically at the convergence of multiple valleys, the design concept of the museum is directly inspired by water. THAD and Sutherland Hussey Harris have imagined a structure that “lands on the site like a drop of water, rippling, flowing, spreading, and brimming with the music…
National Maritime Museum of China
Designed by COX Architecture, after winning the international design competition back in 2013, the National Maritime Museum of China is first of its kind. Comprising four wings, focusing on the themes of "the ancient ocean," "ocean today," "journey of discovery" and "the age of the dragon", the project aims to highlight China’s maritime evolution. Covering 80,000 square meters, the three-story museum includes six display areas and 15 interconnected exhibition halls. …
Nur Alem: Museum of the Future, Kazakhstan
In 2017, Kazakhstan hosted the EXPO International Specialized Exhibition. EXPO 2017 was designed by Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture with a special focus on the exhibition topic, Future Energy. The key architectural structure of the exhibition complex was the pavilion of Kazakhstan – Nur Alem. This is the world’s largest spherically-shaped building, measuring 100 m in height from plinth level and 80 m in diameter. Its total area is 24,000 sq. m. Since the exposition’s completion,…
Elbphilharmonie Mixed-Use Complex, Germany
The Elbphilharmonie, designed by Herzog & de Meuron Office, is located in the historic Sandtorhafen, which was Hamburg’s old working harbor for centuries. The Elbphilharmonie with its impressive glass facade and wave-like rooftop rises up from the former Kaispeicher building; Hamburg’s biggest warehouse on the water. The Kaispeicher was built in 1875 and destroyed in the Second World War, it was then rebuilt and renamed Kaispeicher. 1,000 curved window panels, transforms the new building, perched…
