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Design by Mecanoo – as a main arrival point for travellers, the station building sets a new stage for the city’s spirit, values and identity. Arriving from the underground train and metro platforms, the central hall is a sunken plaza that unfolds underneath a bright ceiling of oval-shaped lights
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pushes for large-scale renovation of Manhattan’s Pennsylvania Station. The first phase of his $1.6 billion plan to revamp the “overcrowded, decrepit and claustrophobic” building into a more spacious and high-tech transit hub is designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM).
Design: AZPML. Her Majesty The Queen reopens redeveloped Birmingham New Street station. Occupying an important position in the city and handling a large amount of traffic this building provides the first impression of Birmingham to a large influx of visitors to the Midlands.
King’s Cross station transformation receives two honours at London Planning Awards. The building was awarded “Best Project Five Years On” and “Mayors Award for Planning Excellence”.
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Hungerburg funicular railway design by Zaha Hadid Architects – four new stations and a cable-stayed suspension bridge over a river – celebrates its 10th anniversary. “These stations are the global benchmark for the use of double-curvature glass in construction” said the architect.
More than a light rail station, the building design by LMN Architects knits together transportation modalities from bike to bus to pedestrians to trains. A unified solution is formed at a problematic street intersection, one of the busiest in Seattle.
Architects: BIAD Office 3A7. The program for Hangzhou International Expo Center include a conference centre, exhibition spaces, restaurants, travel, hotel, commercial, and office spaces, which makes it a truly diverse urban complex.
Designs for the refurbishment and extension of the Ourense FFCC Station in Galicia, Spain, by Foster + Partners and Juan Cabanelas have been unveiled.
Design: Qing-X Architectural Studio
Beijing Subway Fang Shan Line, connecting with Line 9 at Guo Gong Zhuang station, in Feng Tai district, to Liang Xiang Su Zhuang, in Fang Shan district, Beijing, has 11 stations in total with 9 above-grounds and 2 undergrounds.
Design: Architectural design and Research Institute of SCUT. Winning the bid for Asia Game 2010 offered Guangzhou an opportunity to “upgrade the landmark”. What we decided to do was to optimize the environment with elements of artificial landscape, in order to gradually repair the public spaces.
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. The new rail station at Napoli Afragola is designed as one of southern Italy’s key interchange stations serving four high speed intercity lines, three inter-regional lines and a local commuter line.
Design: JDAP Design-Architecture-Planning, Architects. Mumbai’s suburban railway system carries over 7 million passengers daily and is one of the busiest commuter rail networks in the world. The overground railway lines that cut through the city, form quite literally the framework upon which the city has been built over the years.
Hovedbanegaarden København, built in 1904-11, designed by Heinrich Wenck Architect: landmark Copenhagen building on west side of city centre, immediately west of Tivoli.