KAUST Breakwater Beacon in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

KAUST Breakwater Beacon  that located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was designed by Urban Art Projects, Designed by HOK, KAUST encompasses a total area of more than 36million sq m, the University campus occupies about 16 million sq m on land, and the remaining area is a vibrant offshore ecosystem that will be a sanctuary and part of the new University’s research areas of interest. Daniel Tobin, Principal... 

Tags: artist, Beacon New York, Breakwater, Breakwater Beacon, Carsten Höller, Civil engineering, Construction, Daniel Tobin, Engineering, Environment, Höller, Jeddah, KAUST Breakwater Beacon, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Red Sea, Safaa Harbor, Saudi Arabia, Tate Modern, technology-based research, The new University, Unilever PLC, University campus, Urban Art Projects, World Digital Library

National Library of China in Beijing, China

The new National Library of China building, Designed by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekte, located in Beijing, china is the third largest library in the world and houses as many as 12 million books. The structure is the new home for the ‘Siku Quanshu’ (‘Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature’) which was completed in 1782. It represents nothing less than China’s cultural... 

Tags: Asia, Beijing, China, China building, City, Complete Library, digital data storage device, Libraries in China, National Library, National Library of China, Qing Dynasty, Roof, Siku Quanshu, silver sheet steel skin, steel roof complex, World Digital Library