Category: ARCHITECTURE

Tokyo (CNN)Reports of this summer's Tokyo Olympic Games being canceled due to Covid-19 are "categorically untrue", the International Olympic Committee said in a statement to CNN on Friday. The Japanese government also said on Friday that it is determined the Games will go ahead following an unconfirmed report that a cancellation might be imminent. On Friday,

Recognised as the Eurasia Region’s only and one of the world’s largest railway industry exhibitions, Eurasia Rail 2021 brings together global rolling stock manufacturers, infrastructure technology suppliers and rail logistics companies for 3 days of business and networking in Konya, Turkey on 3-5 March. Eurasia Rail, one of the key international trade

Expo 2020 Dubai’s City Readiness Committee has restarted its planning meetings to ensure Dubai and the UAE are prepared to welcome the world to the global mega-event opening in October 2021. The meetings were chaired by His Excellency Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, Director General of HH The Ruler’s Court of Dubai, and attended by Her Excellency Reem Ebrahim

SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CIOE (China International Optoelectronic Exposition) , the world's influential exhibition in optoelectronic industry, officially announces the new logo to present the new chapter of the event in the optoelectronic industry. CIOE New Logo Design The idea of the design is based on the light beams in the

How prescient the theme of the last Met Costume Institute summer show now seems. About Time , a fashion exhibition imagining time as a loop, was held in suspended animation during a year in which time apparently stood still, contracted, expanded and rewound, which finally opened in October 2020 and will stay open until 7 February 2021. This year, we might be

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced, "Due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, CES 2021 will be held all digital, and MSS has built a K-Startup pavilion to raise the status of Korean startups." Also, MSS emphasized that it will actively promote the online K-Startup hall in Korea and abroad

Fundamental Architects and Omega Render have unveiled a new proposal for Tulip City , a redevelopment of the former Astana World Expo site. The 100,000 sq.m project makes use the of the original parking lot on site as part of the Post-Expo Use Plan. The redevelopment is designed to serve as a statement of a new human-centered design approach for the city of

Text description provided by the architects. These three small pavilions were built on the occasion of the International Day of Biodiversity. This year’s slogan by the United Nations “our solutions are in nature” emphasized “hope, solidarity and the importance of working together at all levels to build a future of life in harmony with nature”. (Quote: United

Originally, set to be completed by 2020, the Herzog & de Meuron £500million stadium for Chelsea Football Club, will not move forward as planning permissions expired. The redevelopment plans, subject to numerous legal challenges throughout the years, are interrupted for now. Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron Courtesy of

the ‘wavescape’ is a design proposal for the revitalization of the abandoned, disconnected urban area along the honggye stream in seoul, korea . aiming to transform and redefine the current environment, LMTLS conceived the idea of the undulating surface, thinking of it as a social magic carpet that connects the different levels of stream and city. all images

The architectural trends for 2020 and 2021 have one thing in common: the commitment to sustainable development and sustainable architecture. Society in general is evolving towards environmental commitment and architectural trends, as a social manifestation, too. The use of recyclable materials, buildings that are self-sufficient and installations of all

This renovation project is located in a hutong within a core old quarter of Beijing . The small Siheyuan (a typology of traditional Chinese residence) with three courtyards measures 15 meters in length and 42 meters in width. Before the renovation, the Siheyuan was old and dilapidated. The basic timber beams and some arched door openings were relatively well

Quebec City, Canada – The National Assembly of Quebec’s new reception pavilion is the first addition its site – Quebec City’s late-19 th -century Parliament Building – in more than a century. Multidisciplinary firm Provencher_Roy designed the 5,100-sq-m pavilion in collaboration with GLCRM Architectes as part of an overarching initiative to modernize the

Changzhou – In a new urban district in eastern China, architecture and design studio CROX has completed a museum of local history which refers to the site’s cultural traditions. The harmony between man and nature has continually influenced Chinese architecture, focusing on the ability of buildings to harmonize with their surroundings, positioning their

Text description provided by the architects. The Albi Grand Theatre is going to transform the texture of the city as well as its cultural influence. This building appears as an outstanding architectural symbol, on the outskirts of the historic centre. We have given priority to the presence of the Grand Theatre instead of the cinemas, in order to organize

The London-based architect Wojciech Morsztyn has designed "Ocean community" a future mobility vision to deal with rising sea levels. Project description by the architects: In the next 10 to 15 years rising sea levels could bring irreplaceable changes to our environment. Climate change and global warming are leading to rising oceans. People from coastal areas

Design TeamZhong YAO/Xinyuan PAN/Lingshu LIU/Yuying LI /Tiezhu Liu /Weishi WANG/Xin CHEN/Bin LI/Jiangcheng JIN/ Huajun ZHU/Xiawei DU/Gang YU/Yuqing LI/Hui LI/Xiao LIU/Kebin WANG/Jin YIN The architectural design has combined modern science and technology with traditional culture, taking "Spiral Scroll" + "Layered Gardens" as the core concept. The rising

The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, China. All images are courtesy of Shao Feng/NBBJ Architects With dozens of massive sports arenas across the country, China is by no means a stranger to the world of impressive stadium design—take, for instance, Beijing’s iconic Bird’s Nest. But the newest stadium addition impresses not only with its inspired

known for his documentation of architecture across the world, photographer julien lanoo pays homage to jean nouvel in his photo series of the national museum of qatar . the photographer captures the building’s monumental form which expresses inspiration by the naturally-occurring ‘desert rose.’ the museum, which opened its doors to the public on march 28,

Set in the Upper Hills luxury development in Shenzen, China , Various Associates have completed the farm-to-table Voisin Organique restaurant and lounge. Integrating age-old Chinese cuisine with a fine-dining approach, the restaurant uses only ingredients sourced from its own ECOCERT-certified farm. The interior draws on earthy, classic aesthetics to reflect

For their first project in Norway , the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) present The Twist Museum , a contemporary art destination characterized by its dramatic twisting structure. The architects describe the building as an ‘inhabitable bridge’, stretching across the winding Randselva river that divides the Kistefos Sculpture Park in Jevnaker. Connecting two forest

The 110-foot-long structure is partially submerged in the sea. Ivar Kvaal The world's largest underwater restaurant in Norway was just included on Time Magazine's "World's Greatest Places 2019" list. Fittingly called "Under," the restaurant — the first of its kind in Europe — has three-foot-thick walls and is designed to withstand harsh weather and rough

AIRLAB has completed an angular, mesh-covered pavilion at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay , which has a structure made entirely from 3D-printed stainless steel components. Built using more than 200 rods connected by 54 3D-printed steel nodes the temporary pavilion was created by the Architectural Intelligence Research Lab (AIRLAB), based at the Singapore

1000 Trees - Image Credit: Quingyan Zhu 1000 Trees is conceived not only as a building but as a piece of topography and takes the form of two tree-covered mountains, populated by hundreds of columns. Rather than hiding the columns which provide structural support, the columns emerge at the top of the building as large planters, each holding a handful of

In the mid-aughts, after acquiring an abandoned tech campus in Mountain View, California, Google tapped Clive Wilkinson Architects to fashion a new corporate campus—Googleplex 1.0—out of it. Courtesy Benny Chan/Fotoworks At its Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California, Google has what is arguably one of the most sustainable corporate campuses in

Robotic construction company Apis Cor has used its technology to build the world's largest 3D-printed building, a two-storey office in Dubai . Measuring 9.5 metres high with a floor area of 640 square metres, Apis Cor built the structure for the Dubai Municipality . The company claims it is the largest 3D-printed building ever built. Apis Cor built the

A bungalow at Kisawa, which will open on an island off the coast of Mozambique. Image: Courtesy of Kisawa The preeminent design hotel of 2020 is difficult to describe in just one word or phrase. Our newest annual list is curated with something for everyone. Architect Lord Norman Foster (who designed the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center that

The Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. Photo by Danita Delimont. Image courtesy of Getty Images. When this December turns to January, we’ll be entering not only a new year but a new decade, leaving behind the 2010s, for better or worse. A lot has happened in the past 10 years—at the beginning of this

The World Architecture Festival invites shortlisted architects from around the world to present their projects in a range of categories, the winners of which are invited to present in front of a Super Jury for final selection. In the 2019 version of the festival, LocHal Public Library by Civic Architects has been named the World Building of the Year