InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel, China
In January 2019, the InterContinental Hotels Group celebrated the official opening of InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, the world’s first underground hotel in Shanghai, China. The winner of an international design competition in 2006, Martin Jochman and his studio JADE + QA have dedicated over a decade to turn the abandoned former quarry into an art form. The 337-guestroom Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel contains only two levels above ground, with 16 more…
Changsha Meixi Lake International Culture & Arts Center, China
The Changsha Meixi Lake International Culture & Arts Center aims to become the new cultural and civic node for the city of Changsha, China, and well as a global cultural destination. The Changsha Meixi Lake International Culture & Arts Center defines itself by extreme sinuous curves that radiate from each of the three independent structures and links them by a pedestrianized landscape. Outward views are afforded by ribbons of glazing and balconies that serve the…
National Museum of Qatar
The new national museum of Qatar is currently being built in the country's capital Doha, designed by architect Jean Nouveland. This museum located on a 1.5 million-square-foot site and is expected to complete in 2019. It will be formed from a pile of interlocking disks of various dimensions made from steel clad in glass-reinforced concrete. According to the architect, the building is meant to represent both the country's desert location alongside the sea. "Everything in…
The Antwerp Port House, Belgium
The Port House designed by Zaha Hadid Architects renovates and extends a derelict fire station into a new headquarters building for the Port of Antwerp in Belgium (Europe’s second largest shipping port). These three key principles define the design’s composition of new and old: a new volume that ‘floats’ above the old building, respecting each of the old facades and completing the verticality of the original design’s unrealized tower. The client requirements for an ‘activity…
Camp Adventure Park, Denmark
Camp Adventure Park, located in the preserved forest, Denmark, is a new and unique experience destination. A 900-meter treetop walk connected to a 45-meter-tall observation tower creates a unique opportunity to take a walk above the treetops and experience the stunning nature of the preserved forest from another perspective. The tower and treetop walk is as a seamless continuous ramp that makes the forest accessible to all - regardless of their physical condition. The treetop…
