22.3.13

OFIS Arhitekti | Bate Borisov FC, Football Stadium | Belarus

I know this is not a new project. I do, but come on, you have got to give me a brake here... 

OFIS Arhitekti | Bate Borisov  FC, Football Stadium | Belarus | Future Architecture
It is the Bate Borisov FC, Football Stadium by OFIS Arhitekti and it is smoking hot. 

OFIS Arhitekti | Bate Borisov  FC, Football Stadium | Belarus | Future Architecture
Talk about architectural design! Wow!

OFIS Arhitekti | Bate Borisov  FC, Football Stadium | Belarus | Future Architecture
See more stunning pictures from this project here.

21.2.13

MAD Architects, Absolute Towers, Canada

The Chinese architecture firm MAD has completed the Absolute Towers after six long years of planning and construction.
Future Architecture | Absolute Towers by MAD Architects Canada | Photo by MAD Architects
Future Architecture | Absolute Towers by MAD Architects Canada | Photo by MAD Architects
Located in the city of Mississauga in Ontario, the two towers stand at about 492 and 557 feet, respectively. Apartments are located on each oval-shaped floor and the levels are rotated gradually to give the towers that unique curvy outline.

15.2.13

Moshe Safdie Architect, Lotus Flower ArtScience Museum, Singapore


A masterclass in green architecture, the Lotus Flower ArtScience Museum, in Singapure, features 21 gallery spaces totaling 50,000 square feet (6,000 s.m.) that will deliver exhibits from art and science, media and technology, to design and architecture.

Moshe Safdie Architect, Lotus Flower ArtScience Museum, Singapore
Moshe Safdie Architect, Lotus Flower ArtScience Museum, Singapore 

7.2.13

James Law Cybertecture, Cybertecture Egg, Office Building, Mumbai

Are you familiar with the term “cybertecture”? Well, in case you are not, let me explain the concept to you, as simple as possible. Cybertecture, is the point where architecture, technology and innovative engineering get together, in order to sculpt the urban environment. 

James Law Cybertecture, Cybertecture Egg, Office Building, Mumbai
James Law Cybertecture, Cybertecture Egg, Office Building, Mumbai
Pretty cool hah? Well, I sure think so.

Not so sure yet? Just check out the Cybertecture Egg, in Mumbai, India, an astonishing 33,000 square meters office space, stacked in 13 stories with highly intelligent building management systems and 3 levels of basement providing 400 car parking spaces.

James Law Cybertecture, Cybertecture Egg, Office Building, Mumbai
James Law Cybertecture, Cybertecture Egg, Office Building, Mumbai
According to James Law Cybertecture, the Architects, (or should I say the Cybertects?), behind this impressive office building structure, the Cybertecture Egg is a Cybertecture building that brings together iconic architecture, environmental design, intelligent control systems, and evolutionary engineering to create the most innovative building for the city of Mumbai and for India in the 21st Century. 

James Law Cybertecture, Cybertecture Egg, Office Building, Mumbai
James Law Cybertecture, Cybertecture Egg, Office Building, Mumbai
For more stunning pictures of this project you can visit the James Law Cybertecture site.

29.1.13

Steven Holl Architects,Tianjin, Ecology and Planning Museums, China

It was back in 2009 when we wrote a post about Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co., Ltd (SSTEC), developing the first eco-business park of its kind in Tianjin Eco-City, China.

Today we run into this almost poetic project by the renown New York and Beijing based practice Steven Holl Architects.

Steven Holl Architects, Tianjin, Ecology and Planning Museums, Chine - Images by Steven Holl
Steven Holl Architects, Tianjin, Ecology and Planning Museums, Chine - Images by Steven Holl