Designed by CK Designworks, Minsk Central Business District is located in Belarus. The new development would include 87,000 sq m of office space in two iconic 50-storey towers with a revolving restaurant on the 45th level. More than 100,000 sq m of retail shopping would extend across a pedestrian bridge linking the commercial and residential sectors. The design also includes a major transport hub linking...
The £ 115m refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall in London was unveiled this week and will be open to the public June 8 The regulations were developed by the Department of London County Council architects for the Festival of Britain in 1951 and was one of the few large open spaces that meet to be built in the first half of the twentieth century. Architecturally it was a success but it has been...
The Deodoro Sports Complex designed by BCMF Arquitetos is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venues of the Rio 2007 Pan-American Games were grouped into four great distinct regions of the city: Barra, ‘Sugar-Loaf’, Maracanã and Deodoro. This strategy was intended to spread and distribute the direct and indirect benefits of this major international event among all inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro,...
Designed by Albert Abut Architecture, Saint-Gobain Building is located in Tokyo, Japan. Situated within a stone’s throw from the Imperial Palace, the site is at the confluence of two different urban tissues, crossing each other at a slight angle, both tangents to the oval city grid surrounding the Imperial Palace. The building design attempts to marry in the heights of two volumes with different...
The Hilton Riyadh designed by Goettsch Partners is located in Saudi Arabia. The hotel tower has multiple two-level atriums that rotate around the elevator core, creating internal light wells and providing movement in the overall massing. Guest corridors terminate in glass facades as well, providing additional views and connections outdoors. Along with the atriums, the hotel façade is expressed...