Kaohsiung Pop Music Center, Taiwan
The pop music center in southern Taiwan is designed by Manuel Monteserín. Located next to the mouth of the love river, in the port city of Kaohsiung, the project proposes a flexible design as an ensemble of intricate geometries, taking cues from the seabed. Spanning 88,000 sqm, the center is made up of four architectural ecosystems that represent a thematic area: the great wave, whales, dolphins, corals. and all connected by a series of parks…
Google Charleston East HQ Campus, California
First announced in March 2015, Google Charleston East has been designed by a collaborative team of Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studio. As well as creating offices that would adapt to the fast-moving nature of the technology industry, the project also needed to reflect Google’s philosophy of open collaboration. Google’s workplace was to be a highly flexible space that could respond swiftly to its changing needs and evolve over time. …
Mercedes Vision EQXX
The newly unveiled Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX will have a major influence on the brand's future electric vehicles. We'll see cues from it on production vehicles as soon as 2024. The EQXX's impressive efficiency allows it to cover over 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) on a charge. This would be enough to go from Berlin, Germany, to Paris, France, without needing to plug in the sedan. Mercedes claims the average American driver would only need to recharge…
The Valley Complex, Netherlands
Valley is a mixed-use high-rise by architecture studio MVRDV that is nearing completion in the Netherlands. Valley is composed of three conjoined buildings of different heights, linked by a terraced podium that emulates the low area of land between mountains, giving the project its name. The faces of each peak vary across each side, shifting from glass walls to rockier surfaces composed of stone-clad terraces, bay windows, and balconies. On its jagged edges, the building…
Tbilisi Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall, Georgia
Architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas designed the cultural complex. The project site is located inside the green area called Rhike Park, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The €40 million building comprises a pair of flared, tubular structures clad in a tessellated pattern of steel and glass panels. The two volumes are connected as a unique body at the 13-meter-high retaining wall. Every shape has its own function: The Musical Theatre and the Exhibition Hall. …
