Architecture

November 23, 2024

Zaha Hadid Architects Unveils Stunning Plans for the Alisher Navoi Centre in Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital and the largest city in Central Asia, boasts a rich architectural history. Whether it be intricately patterned or staunchly modernist, the city’s architecture is as diverse as it is creative. These traditions have been beautifully reinterpreted in a new project by Zaha Hadid Architects, which will be located in the up-and-coming neighborhood of New Tashkent.

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November 15, 2024

Stunning High-Rise Has Façade That Mimic the Surrounding Canyons of Colorado

A new mixed-use highrise in Denver, Colorado, takes its design inspiration from the surrounding canyon landscape. Designed by MAD Architects, One River North has an innovative façade with a crack that spreads across it like a canyon. Pitched as a “vertical landscape for its residents to wander as if hiking in the mountains,” it cuts a striking figure on the cityscape.

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November 1, 2024

Singapore’s “Hotel in Nature” Named World’s Best Tall Building

With a stunning design that includes lush greenery and multiple terraced gardens, Singapore's Pan Pacific Orchard has been named the “Best Tall Building Worldwide” by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Designed by Singapore-based WOHA around a “hotel in nature” concept, the open-air design's fresh approach to urbanism won it the special honor.

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October 18, 2024

Museum of Paper Cleverly Designed With a Roof That Looks Like a Sheet of Folded Paper

A former supermarket being transformed into a museum is getting a makeover by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group). The Museum of Paper is located in Denmark, as paper art is a deeply rooted part of the country's cultural heritage. BIG's design calls for a lightweight roof structure that looks like a single folded sheet of paper in a stunning combination of functionality and aesthetics.

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