520 West 28th // Zaha Hadid

Location: New York City, United States. Architect: Zaha Hadid. 520 West 28th is a 2018 residential building in New York that reflects the urban dynamic between the streets of the city and the High Line. The split levels of the design echo the multiple layers of civic space on 28th Street and the High Line, […]

265 West 45th Street // RB Systems

Location: New York City, United States. Architect: RB Systems. The 265 West 45th Street tower in Midtown Manhattan is a super-slim high-performance tower that rises to 400m in height. The tower is located on a small, currently vacant site on West 45th St, which measures approximately 30x30m. The tower provides modern, ergonomic, sustainable office spaces […]

Maraya Concert Hall // Giò Forma

Location: Al ‘Ulá, Saudi Arabia. Architect: Giò Forma. The first project created for the Journey Through Time Masterplan 1 was Maraya, which aimed to transform AlUla, Saudi Arabia, into a living museum and share its cultural past with the rest of the world. A complex that could host concerts and events was the first request […]

MoAE – Huamao Museum of Art Education // Carlos Castanheira + Alvaro Vieira

Location: Ningbo, China. Architect: Carlos Castanheira, Alvaro Siza Vieira. Built in 2020, the Museum of Art Education of Ningbo is located on the North shore of Lake Donqian and has a triangular form with continuous walls. On the ground floor, the volume is isolated and bordered by planted or paved areas. On the Southeast side, […]

Suzhou Bay Grand Theater // Christian de Portzamparc

Location: Suzhou, China. Architect: Christian de Portzamparc. The Suzhou Bay Cultural Center is part of a series of landmark projects initiated by the city through the Wujiang Lakefront Masterplan. Christian de Portzamparc discovered the deserted plain in 2013, and it was built quickly. The program had two parts: music and performance halls on one side, […]

Shunchang Museum // UAD Architects

Location: Nanping, China. Architects: UAD Architects. The Shunchang Museum is located in Shunchang County, Nanping City in Fujian Province. It is sited in a core urban area, with its south side facing Longshan Mountain and the north side adjoining a waterfront walking trail along Futun Stream. The architects engaged in functional planning and positioning and […]

Dance House Helsinki // JKMM Architects

Location: Helsinki, Finland. Architect: JKMM Architects. The structure represents a substantial expansion and redesign of Helsinki’s historic cable factory. This was the location, for instance, where maritime cables were produced beginning in the early 1940s. The building was purchased by the City of Helsinki in the early 1990s, and today the Cable Factory is Finland’s […]

MAAT — Museum for Art, Architecture and Technology // Amanda Levete

Location: Lisbon, Portugal. Architect: Amanda Levete. The 2016 Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology, or MAAT, is an expansive museum situated in Belém, the region from where the great Portuguese explorers departed, on the banks of the Tagus River. The kunsthalle, a strong yet sensitive and low-slung structure that examines the intersection of modern art, […]

National Museum of Qatar // Jean Nouvel

Location: Doha, Qatar. Architect: Jean Nouvel. The National Museum of Qatar is a twentieth-century landmark dedicated to the history of Qatar. It evokes the desert, its silence and eternal dimension, but also the spirit of modernity and daring that have come along and shaken up what seemed unshakeable. This is the context for the newly-comissioned […]

The Broad Art Museum // Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Location: Los Angeles, USA. Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The museum’s design, dubbed “the veil and the vault,” combines the building’s two main functions: a public exhibition area and the archive/storage that will support The Broad Art Foundation’s lending activities. The archive/storage isn’t relegated to a secondary position; rather, “the vault” plays a crucial part […]

Casa VO // Ludwig Godefroy

Location: Brisas de Zicatela, Mexico. Architect: Ludwig Godefroy Ludwig Godefroy, a Mexican architect who was born in France, has a special passion for design. He has received artistic sustenance from two separate nations. His primary source of inspiration is Mexico, where he both works and resides. As a result, he formed a tender yet emotional […]

The Sphinx Cairo Building // Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Location: Cairo, Egypt. Architect: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. The project is located on the northern coast of Egypt and seeks to synthesize part of the traditional representation that symbolizes the Egyptian god of wisdom. The vertical element, with a variable section, allows the communication core to be housed while maintaining the expressiveness of the project. The […]

Crystal Houses // MVRDV

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands. Architect: MVRDV. MVRDV’s Crystal Houses is a flagship store designed to combine Dutch heritage and international architecture on the PC Hooftstraat, Amsterdam’s distinctive luxury brand street. It features a near full-glass façade that mimics the original design, but is stretched vertically to comply with updated zoning laws and to allow for an […]

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts // Opsis Architects

Location: Beaverton, OR, USA. Architect: Opsis Architects. The Reser serves as a bridge between the upcoming urban growth and the surrounding natural environment and is located on a prominent yet atypically shaped location close to City Hall, Beaverton Creek, and the light-rail station. The community’s desire to give The Reser a distinctive regional identity is […]

The International Rugby Experience // Niall McLaughlin

Location: Limerick, Ireland. Architect: Niall McLaughlin. The International Rugby Experience is a new cultural institution and visitor experience located in Limerick, Ireland. The building is situated on the main shopping street in the city centre and seeks to reinvigorate the area while complementing existing local arts and heritage attractions. The design approach was to create […]

The Mughal House // Patterson Dublanc Designers

Location: Mustique, St Vincent and the Grenadines. Architect: Patterson Dublanc Designers. The Mughal Villa and Landscape Vision is a 32-acre private island in the Caribbean, with a villa inspired by the architecture of the three great Mughals: Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan. The villa is planned around a central courtyard with scented gardens forming jali […]

Jiyu Spa // Shanghai Hip-pop Design Team

Location: Danyang, Jiangsu, China. Architect: Shanghai Hip-pop Design Team. The project aims to immerse visitors in a large-scale peaceful picture, allowing them to rediscover and feel life with a specific attitude or special perspective. The key to the design is the word “feeling”, which is used to arouse sympathy and act as a radar for […]

Shenzhen Cine Sky Cinema // One Plus Partnership Limited

Location: Shenzhen, China. Architect: One Plus Partnership Limited. The cinema in Longhua, Shenzhen, was designed to recreate a virtual world of architecture, combining real-life and virtual elements. The designers used vertical and horizontal lines to build up their design concept, creating a strong sci-fi visual effect. The metal bars in blue tones intersecting each other […]

Ningbo Sino Ocean // Benoy

Location: Ningbo, China. Architect: Benoy. Benoy, a design firm, is leading the masterplanning for a new mixed-use destination in Ningbo, China. The historical port site will be transformed into a unique commercial destination that blends past with present. The scheme aims to evoke the memory of the area’s heritage through a new mixed-use, retail and […]

Guardian Art Center // Buro Ole Scheeren

Location: Beijing, China. Architect: Buro Ole Scheeren. The Guardian Art Center is a new hybrid cultural institution located in the heart of Beijing, built on the doorstep of the historic Forbidden City. It is the world’s first custom-built auction house and offers museum quality galleries, state of the art conservation facilities, restaurants, a hotel, flexible […]