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KAUST Breakwater Beacon in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

August 23, 2010 Filed Under: Education, Public Buildings
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... 

National Library of China in Beijing, China

August 13, 2010 Filed Under: Cultural, Public Buildings
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...