Toyota Woven City, Japan
BIG unveiled its latest intervention, the Toyota Woven City, the company's first venture in Japan. The project, in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, is the world’s first urban incubator pushing forward the development and progress of mobility. The 708,200-square-metre design is conceived as "a living laboratory" to test and develop technologies such as autonomy, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence in a real-world environment. The project will be built on a 175-acre former…
Atlantis Sanya 7-Star Hotel, China
Atlantis Sanya is China’s first 7-star hotel and is located in Hainan Island, which is sometimes referred to as “the Hawaii of China”. The property covers 540,000 square meters overlooking Haitang Beach and the South China Sea with a 52-story tower as its centerpiece. Atlantis Sanya is a one-stop entertainment resort destination integrating hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, water parks and aquariums. There are 1,160 guestrooms plus 154 suites, five of…
Great Barrier Reef; One of the Natural Wonders in Australia
One of Australia’s most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. Sprawling off the east coast of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef stretches over 2,000 kilometers north to south and covers some 350,000 square kilometers in total. It has many astounding underwater attractions including the world’s largest collection of corals (in fact, more than 400 different kinds…
Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato
The design partnership between Aston Martin and Zagato started with the DB4 GT Zagato in 1960, and has been sporadically rekindled over the intervening six decades. It spawned the Vanquish Zagato Coupe and Volante in 2017, but the designers clearly had more to give, because Pebble Beach will play host to another creation, the Vanquish Zagato Speedster, which will be followed by a Shooting Brake. The Speedster features a set…
Bloomberg European HQ by Norman Foster, London
Bloomberg European HQ, located in London, is designed by Foster + Partners. The 3.2-acre site comprises two buildings, with a total area of 102000 sqm, united by bridges that span over a pedestrian arcade. Bloomberg Arcade is now a key route for people moving around the City, with restaurants and cafes at ground level. Three public plazas, located at each end of the arcade and in front of the building’s entrance, provide new civic spaces.…
