Nairobi to Host The Real Estate Development Summit 2018- East Africa Edition
GBB Consulting Services is hosting The Real Estate Development Summit 2018- East Africa Edition that is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya on the 29th June at the Radisson Blu-Upper Hills.…
Belatchew Arkitekter Releases Renderings of Proposed Asymmetrical Discus High Rise in Stockholm, Sweden
Belatchew Arkitekter has, on behalf of Swedish real estate developer Sveafastigheter Utveckling, designed Discus, a new landmark high rise in central Nacka; a booming part of the Stockholm metropolitan area…
Prague Castle: The Largest Castle in the World
Prague Castle is one of the oldest and most popular tourist attractions in the capital of the Czech Republic. It’s an impressive architectural marvel with a total area of 753,474…
Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas by Morphosis: An Extraordinary Collision of Rock and Glass
Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Architects, the museum consists of a magnificent cube that sits on a landscaped plinth. Actually, it is a rock…
Pool Yard House by Studio Ardete in India: Spatial Connection Reimagined
On a busy road in a sector of the city of Panchkula, India, Studio Ardete have designed a relaxing and leisure home for an elderly couple. The project which was completed…
U.S. Bank Stadium: An Arena Worthy of Hosting the Super Bowl?
On Sunday 4th February 2018, the attention of the NFL and sports fans the world over will be trained on the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The new home of…
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: An Unreal Glacial Edifice of Frozen Music by Herzog & de Meuron
Frozen glaciers, floating mountains and sailing ships – these are some of the visual metaphors for the new Elbphilharmonie by the Swiss architecture firm, Herzog & de Meuron. Located in Hamburg’s…
Grace Farms by SANAA is a Serpentine River that Snakes its Way Gracefully in New Canaan
The 2010 Pritzker Prize laureates, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, the architects behind SANAA, have been praised for designing buildings that seem deceptively simple. At the core of their work is an…
Messner Mountain Museum by Zaha Hadid is an Illustrious Destination Worthy of Reinhold Messner’s Life
Reinhold Messner is a superstar, period! He has climbed every mountain above 8 000 metres without bottled oxygen; and was the first person to summit Mt. Everest, solo! The Messner…
Ring-shaped Lycée Schorge Secondary School by Kere Architecture: An Inspirational Masterpiece
A ring-shaped school by Architect Francis Kéré grounds its site in the outskirts of Burkina Faso’s third largest city, Koudougou. Following a ring-like arrangement, the architect used this school to…
EDP Headquarters in Portugal by Aires Mateus: Vertical Geometry
Simple design is easy to embrace and accept at first sight. Basic geometry on a building facade looks familiar and resembles many other shapes that we encounter daily. For example,…
Luxury meets Landscape through Architecture: Coastlands House in Big Sur, California
The discussion of “architecture of place” is a topic widely focused on in an attempt to promote regionalism and a sense of individuality. Architects that have achieved the level of…
Batumi’s Soaring McDonald’s + Fuel Station by Giorgi Khmaladze
Architecture is truly the visible catapult that pushes everyday life into the future. Walking down the street and coming across such a daring piece of art awakens the urge to…
Antinori Winery: An Exemplary Merge of Architecture, Landscape and Class by Archea Associati
Family-owned Marchesi Antinori is arguably the most famous house in Italian wine, having been in the business since 1385. Its famous winery in Chianti Classico region in Bargino Italy was designed by…
Igualada Crematorium: Funerary Architecture in Barcelona, Spain
Disposing of the dead is not as straightforward as it looks — burn or bury in a matter of days. Religious and cultural taboos surrounding the place and act of…