Published: 12/4/2008 10:24:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
The Olympics was just the beginning for China who is going to prove to the world that only the sky is the limit for them. November 28 marked the beginning of another historical milestone at the groundbreaking ceremony for a stunning 632-metre tower.
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Published: 11/27/2008 6:20:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
Lest you think aliens have landed and set up residence on Earth, these dome-shaped extraterrestrial-looking homes have been around for 20 years now. The brainchild of Patrick Marsilli, who built his first dome in 1988...
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Published: 11/22/2008 2:24:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
The New Zealand Yellow Pages is hard at work on a project that easily puts any other telephone directory’s marketing efforts to shame – a chrysalis-shaped treehouse restaurant perched 10 meters high in a redwood tree near Warkworth, New Zealand.
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Published: 11/18/2008 10:18:00 PM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Real Estate
Nestled in a peaceful valley amidst the lush bamboo forests surrounding Hangzhou’s Qiang Tang River, Ninetree Village is a marriage of the area’s charming natural beauty and the luxuries of modern living.
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Published: 11/16/2008 8:20:00 PM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Hotels | Real Estate
The name may conjure images of snow-capped peaks, Everest and mountain climbing but the Himalayas Center is neither a base camp in the Himalayas nor is it remotely related to mountains.
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Published: 11/13/2008 10:24:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Real Estate
The recently completed Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) has bagged the award for Asia’s “Best Tall Building” of 2008. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) gave the thumbs up...
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Published: 11/12/2008 6:23:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Real Estate
Dutch architects MVRDV have cemented a win for its second project in Copenhagen, the Rødovre Skyscraper. Together with Danish co-architects ADEPT...
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Published: 11/7/2008 12:42:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Hotels | Travel
A rejuvenation by acclaimed designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz has given the sophisticated Mondrian Los Angeles an enhanced, updated look...
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Published: 11/6/2008 12:10:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
South Korea's proposed Gateway Business Centre in Incheon looks set to be a vision straight from the creative minds of Philadelphia-based design firm KlingStubbins...
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Published: 11/5/2008 6:58:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
Capital Gate may be poised to dethrone the Leaning Tower of Pisa as the most inclined tower in the world...
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Published: 11/4/2008 6:39:00 PM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Jewellery
With the true New York signature of modern glass and steel, architectural design studio Carlos Zapata has added the architecturally stunning and distinctive Cooper Square Hotel...
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Published: 11/1/2008 3:22:00 PM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
A decade after winning the competition for Ecological Design in the Tropics, the EDITT Tower, a vision of architects T R Hamzah & Yeang, is finally set to be realized in the city-state of Singapore.
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Published: 10/30/2008 10:15:00 PM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
Conceived as a new commercial hub for creative industries, Shanghai’s 1933 in historic Hongkou District has a rather inglorious past – that of a former abattoir and derelict factory that dates back to the 1930s, and until the refurbishment, has largely laid in ruins.
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Published: 10/18/2008 3:19:00 PM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Real Estate
Meraas Development has commissioned Chicago architect Adrian Smith from Gordan Gill Architecture to design four new projects as part of the Jumeirah Garden master plan.
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Published: 10/14/2008 10:18:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
In celebration of Mexico’s bicentenary, Gregorio Vasquez and Manuel Wedeles of America’s Vasquez and Wedeles Architects have come up with an award-winning design...
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Published: 10/14/2008 2:13:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Home Furnishings
Pietra Firma’s limited edition flooring is true luxury with an uncompromising attention to detail, setting the standard in interior luxury floor, wall and ceiling design.
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Published: 10/12/2008 2:33:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
At the heart of Dubai’s Business Bay stands the glittering O-14 Tower, the latest addition to the rapidly expanding commercial area on the shore of the Dubai Creek.
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Published: 10/11/2008 2:00:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
Motorsport legend Michael Schumacher is continuing to make waves even after his retirement from Formula One in 2006.
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Published: 10/9/2008 10:20:00 PM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design
Following the lifting of a ban on buildings above the height of 37 meters in the inner city of Paris, the French capital prepares for a new wave of architectural masterpieces to alter the city’s iconic skyline.
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Published: 10/9/2008 6:03:00 AM
Keywords: Architecture and Interior Design | Real Estate
Man has been building towards the skies since the dawn of civilization. But until Dubai upstages the latest in its own collection of architectural wonders, the more-than-one-kilometer-high Nakheel Tower...
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