10 Most Famous Spring Festivals Around the World
Grape Harvest Festival, Argentina One of the highlights of the year on the Argentine cultural calendar has to be the Grape Harvest Festival is one of the world’s most famous wine regions, Mendoza. The main event takes place during the first days of March. The festival culminates with a spectacular show in the Frank Romero Day Greek amphitheater. On the 7th of March, the show kicks off, with a beauty pageant electing the official Harvest…
Unicorn Island by Zaha Hadid Architects
China is now home to a third of the world’s technology start-ups valued at over a billion US dollars - termed ‘unicorn companies’. The Tianfu New Area is being developed as an ecologically sustainable civic, business and residential centre for China’s technology and research sectors. The 67-hectare Unicorn Island masterplan within the Tianfu New Area will foster the continued growth of China’s digital economy, creating living and working environments for Chinese and international companies. …
Burj Jumeira Tower, Dubai
SOM has unveiled the design for Burj Jumeira, an aerodynamic, 550-meter tower located in the popular Jumeirah neighborhood of Dubai. The skyscraper will be one of the tallest buildings in the world. The first phase of the project will be completed in 2023. The tower will be the centerpiece of a vast development known as Downtown Jumeira: a highly walkable, mixed-use community that will include residential, commercial, and hospitality functions. The…
Jen Lewin, Renowned New Media and Interactive Sculptor
Jen Lewin is an American installation artist who is known around the world for her public, interactive light landscapes. As visitors walk, dance, jump and play across her installations, they are able to generate an infinite amount of changes to the works’ colors and reflections. Inspired by light and reflection that occurs in nature, Lewin’s installations—though often temporary—are always site specific and designed to interact within their natural environment. Lewin has shown that art has…
Red Sea International Airport by Norman Foster
Red Sea International Airport was designed by Foster + Partners as part of The Red Sea Project tourist development. Earlier this year construction began on the airport, which is being built around 15 kilometers inland from the coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. It will almost exclusively serve tourists visiting The Red Sea Project tourist development, which is being developed nearby. Set to complete next year, the airport has been designed to reach…
