Architecture

Qatar 2022 World Cup: Qatar to Accommodate Soccer Fans with Floating Hotels

In response to the mounting criticism of Qatar’s ability to host the 2022 World Cup, the “tiny Gulf Arab state” is considering developing floating hotels, luxury villas and a water park off the coast of Doha called Oryx Island to house the influx of visitors that will need accommodation during the games.  The island would …

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112-Year-Old Utah Church Lifted 40 Feet Above Ground Without Moving an Inch

A building weighing seven million pounds currently appears to be floating in mid-air in Provo City, Utah. The huge exterior walls of the century-old temple rest on 40-foot-high stilts, which make the building appear to be as light as a paper mock-up. The building was damaged in a 2010 fire, and it’s now being restored and converted into a Mormon …

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Gyeongju Arts Center

Samoo Architects & Engineers have designed the Gyeongju Arts Center in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. The design intent for this Performing Arts Center is to provide a dynamic new icon to symbolize the ancient city of Gyeongju, which used to be the capital of ancient Kingdom of Shilla. To accomplish this goal the design team capitalized …

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Energy Environment Experiential Learning by Perkins+Will Architects

Located at the University of Calgary, the Energy. Environment. Experiential. Learning (EEEL) building is a five-storey, 24,531 sm undergraduate teaching facility that allows students to learn in an experiential and hands-on environment. Imagined as a building that ‘connects the dots’, EEEL is sited on the northern edge of the campus and links together a series …

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Norwegian Official Residence, Sri Lanka by Dis. interiørarkitekter

Dis. interiørarkitekter have designed the Norwegian Official Residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Description from the designers: In addition to covering various functions of public visits the interior should present and emphasize a Nordic style. We had never worked with an official residence, and the client wanted to use this as an advantage and not put so many constraints …

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New Office Building Design for Samsung Headquarters in Silicon Valley

NBBJ‘s design for the new Samsung Headquarters in Silicon Valley will become one of the new buildings to relieve the city of its dull, nondescript two-story office architecture that dominates the landscape and introduce a new culture of office environments with a little push from the architecture itself. The new Samsung Headquarters will be composed of two, …

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Levin Residence by Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

The Levin Residence in Marana, Arizona has been designed by Ibarra Rosano Design Architects. Three simple rectangular volumes hover above the desert floor, oriented to harness the sun, frame the views and capture the breezes. In much the same way a photographer crops an image, the house organizes the landscapes into intelligible formats, which focus and celebrate …

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Villa Areopagus by Paravant Architects

Paravant Architects designed the Villa Areopagus in Atenas, Costa Rica. Developed in close response to the rhythms and materials of a subtropical climate, we sought to embrace the fundamental environmental intentions of the program while creating a contemporary place of strong individual character and quiet complexity. The street facing facade of the home is closed, contrasting the …

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