Chinas feuriges Watergate
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Fire on the water: China’s watergate

The Chinese city of Hengyang is planning to build a truly impressive architectural monument: two intertwined towers, soaring to a height of 177 metres. Their story tells of fire, water and birds…

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The pool duel: Dubai vs London

Giant hotels are currently being built in London and Dubai, both of which claim to have the “world’s most spectacular pool” on their roofs. We took a deep dive to find out more.
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Timeless double spiral

Good news for lovers of art and culture: a series of interesting new museums will be opening throughout 2020. Among the first of these will be the Audemars Piguet Museum in Switzerland, designed by BIG.
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Norway’s Kistefos Museum has the “Twist”

The Danish architecture firm BIG has a real knack for spectacular design. Its recently constructed building “The Twist”, which opened in 2019 in the Sculpture Park of the Norwegian Kistefos Museum, fascinatingly bridges the gap between art and architecture – quite literally.
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Experimental art overshadows Brad Pitt

Her visionary art and architectural projects are legendary and her work has been singled out for awards on many occasions. Now New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) is holding an exhibition of designer Neri Oxman’s works.

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COBE plans new Science Centre in Sweden

Danish architects COBE are planning a CO2-neutral museum focusing primarily on science. The new Science Centre will be situated in the Swedish university city of Lund.
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Zaha Hadid: her last building design

After four years of construction, the Leeza SOHO tower in Beijing – reputedly the last ever building that Zaha Hadid personally designed – has finally been completed. With record-breaking success.
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New Central Library in Helsinki as a crowd puller

Helsinki’s new Central Library is popular with both residents and visitors alike. And it’s no wonder: the multifunctional building is very attractively designed – including a wooden façade and spiral staircase in the form of a double helix.

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Google (re)invents itself

Internet giant Google wants to do more than provide the right answers every time on the digital front. With the construction of the new headquarters in Silicon Valley, it wants to supply the solution to every workplace problem. Specifically, it aims to revolutionize working environments completely!
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Green light for new EU office complex in Brussels

Project applications were submitted by 28 architecture firms around the globe. Designs for the new European Commission office complex were examined, and the winner has been chosen. It is a consortium of five companies from across Europe – with a fascinating concept.

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Heatherwick project with 1000 trees

The “1000 Trees” complex by Studio Heatherwick resembles a forested rock mountain enthroned on Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek. The project will partially open in 2020, yet it is already spectacular. Countless trees are actually rooted in the walls of the new building.
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Powerhouse hotel in the High North

The Svart Resort is the world’s first hotel with a positive energy performance. Stunningly designed by architecture office Snøhetta, the hotel offers a breathtaking view of Norway’s Svartisen glacier. Svart is due to be completed in 2021.

Zaha Hadid Mit vier Tuermen auf Sendung
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Zaha Hadid: China calling!

Even though the late Zaha Hadid passed away four years ago, her architectural genius lives on thanks to her successor, Patrik Schumacher. Zaha Hadid Architects was recently awarded a mega project for Chinese mobile phone manufacturer OPPO.
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