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Side by Side: located on the border between the city centre and Weerwater lake, two residential towers strike a key note in the urban landscape of Almere centre. To bolster their landdmark character the facades have a deliberately abstract rendering in industrial glass.
Kupla – The Bubble: Korkeasaari Zoo (Helsinki) and Wood Focus Finland organised an architectural competition for the students of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, with the assignment of designing a ten-metre-high view tower out of timber for the Zoo.
Emirates Spinnaker Tower, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK – built in 2005, designed by Greentree All Church Evans Ltd – with a structural height of 170m high (558 ft).
Millbank Tower London: tall structure on River Thames, England, design by Ronald Ward and Partners in Westminster: SW1 building location, date + photos
The Stone Towers by Zaha Hadid Architects for Rooya Group of Egypt is located in the Stone Park district of Cairo. Providing office and retail facilities to a rapidly expanding Cairo, the unique 525,000sqm Stone Towers development also includes a five-star business hotel with serviced apartments, retail with food and beverage facilities and sunken landscaped gardens and plaza called the ‘Delta’.
From the six projects presented, the jury, chaired by Prof. Johann Eisele, chose the designs by UNStudio – Ben van Berkel (Amsterdam), and Kohn, Pedersen, Fox (New York) and recommended proceeding with the UNStudio design for further development.
AS.Architecture-Studio wins international competition jointly organised by the local government and Harbin Construction and Investment Group. Works will start in 2010.
The city of Valencia is considered to be one of the three most important cities in Spain due to its strategic position in the Mediterranean arch, its mild climate and its cultural heritage.
The principal factor in the design is the optimisation of views to the sea and harbour for all tenants. The orientation of the apartment tower is therefore set on the radial axis of the harbour.
Many recent Central Business’ Districts (CBD) consist of series of more or less straightforward office towers without much coherence, each of them celebrating individuality over the collective
When complete the Boston Harbor Garage project will weave together some of the city’s most important areas into one district that will attract people throughout the day and into the night to enjoy the numerous activities the area has to offer.
The jury for the “Shenzhen 4 Tower in 1” Competition chaired by Mr. Arata Isozaki, selected COOP HIMMELB(L)AU’s design for Tower C, the new “Headquarter of China Insurance Group” as winning scheme. Other participants include Morphosis, Steven Holl Architects, Hans Hollein, MVRDV and FCJZ Atelier.
At present the Aurora building site sits on the southern fringe of Belfast City Centre with most recent re-development work centred on the Lagan River.
MONOLAB architects is not convinced and delivers a recommendation to address this in reality. These Rotterdam-based architects project a distinct tower, the ROTTERDAM CITY TOWER, on a unusual location.
Zagreb Office Tower, Croatia building design by Fletcher Priest Architects: modern high-rise commercial property images and news
Torre Baro Barcelona, Catalunya design by Mangera Yvars Architects – modern Spanish building, architecture in northeast Spain
Located at the core of Philadelphia’s Center City District near Logan Square, the American Commerce Center is part of the renewal of the City’s historic downtown area to reposition itself as a premier American city.