Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA, California
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which will be situated in the current place of Wiltshire May Company building, Los Angeles, California, is designed by Pritzker-Prize winning architect Renzo Piano with Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Gensler. The larger portion of the museum, which will take in the May Company Building, is being renovated and upgraded to hold a mixture of galleries, temporary exhibition spaces, event venues, and a small 144-seat theatre. …
Tianjin Binhai Library, China
Tianjin Binhai Library, Nicknamed The Eye, is located in Tianjin, China. The atrium of the Tianjin Binhai Public Library is deliberately designed to look like a 3D eyeball, staring out through the building's glazed facade. It is part of the Binhai Cultural Center, being one of its five central attractions. The five-level library has a total space of 33,700 square meters. It features floor-to-ceiling, terraced bookshelves able to hold 1.2 million books, and a large,…
Jeddah Tower (Kingdom Tower), Tallest building in future
Jeddah Tower or Kingdom Tower in Jeddah is designed by Burj Khalifa architect, Adrian Smith and will be the world’s tallest skyscraper with a height of 1,007 meter (3 303.8 feet). This project has started from January, 2012 and is due to be completed in 2019. Kingdom tower will have more than 200 floors, with the highest deck observation in the world on the 157th level. Total construction area of 530,000 square meters (5.7 million…
Basílica Sagrada Família, Barcelona
The Basílica Sagrada Família is a large unfinished Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. The starting point for the Sagrada Familia was Gothic architecture, which Gaudí modified and improved on to offer a new architecture. He drafted a remarkable and original basilica that was to have 18 towers. Gaudí’s conception of the Sagrada Familia was based on the traditions of Gothic and Byzantine cathedrals.…
Quzhou Sports Campus, China
The “Quzhou Sports Campus” designed by MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has just broken ground in the historic city of Quzhou, in China. Spanning almost 700,000 square meters, the first and second phase have a total construction area of approximately 340,000 square meters, and include a stadium (30,000 seats), gymnasium (10,000 seats), natatorium (2,000 seats), national sports complex, outdoor sports venue, science & technology museum, hotel accommodations, youth center and retail programs. MAD’s design…
